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German Tanks in Normandy 1944
A new study of the German Panzer forces that stood between the Allies' D-Day beachhead and victory in World War II – how they compared, how they were organized, and how they …
Tanks of D-Day 1944
Allied success in invading Fortress Europe (the area of Continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany) depended on getting armor onto the beaches as fast as possible. This book …
Gustaf Mannerheim i strid
Gustaf Mannerheim är en av 1900-talets mest enastående militära befälhavare och betraktas av många som det moderna Finlands fader, men under sin första karriär var han rysk …
Ploesti 1943
Operation Tidal Wave was one of the boldest and most controversial air raids by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). At the time, the Romanian Ploesti oil fields produced …
The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword
The prevailing Western view of Russia's Cold War strategic nuclear weapons policy is that it resulted from a two-part interplay between the leaders of the Communist Party and the …
George S. Patton i strid
George S. Patton Jr. är en av de mest framstående amerikanska befälhavarna genom tiderna. Han inledde sin karriär i kavalleriet och spelade en hyllad men föga betydelsefull roll …
Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1946–60
A study of the Soviet and NATO armored forces that faced each other off in Central Europe in the early Cold War, and how their technology, tactics, and doctrine were all rapidly …
D-dagen 6. juni 1944
På D-dagen den 6. juni 1944 var den største amfibiske militære operasjon, noensinne, iverksatt. Den største armada verden noensinne hadde sett var samlet for å transportere den …
Omar Bradley i strid
General Omar Bradley förde befälet över amerikanska arméns största stridande förband under andra världskriget. Han var den mest betydelsefulle amerikanske taktiske befälhavaren på …
Superguns 1854–1991
Over the last 150 years, gun designers have sought to transform warfare with artillery of superlative range and power, from William Armstrong’s 19th-century “monster guns” to …
SU-76 Assault Gun
The SU-76 assault gun was the second most widely manufactured Soviet armoured fighting vehicle of World War II, out-numbered only by the legendary T-34. Inspired in part by the …
BMP Infantry Fighting Vehicle 1967 94
The Russian BMP infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) was one of the most significant innovations in infantry tactics in the latter half of the 20th century. Built in response to the …