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On July 5, 1943, the greatest land battle in history began when Nazi and Red Army forces clashed near the town of Kursk, on the western border of the Soviet Union. Code named "Operation Citadel," the German offensive would cut through the bulge in the eastern front that had been created following Germany's retreat at the battle of Stalingrad. But the Soviets, well-informed about Germany's plans through their network of spies, had months to prepare....
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"One of America's most distinguished military historians offers the definitive account of the greatest tank battle of World War II-- an epic clash of machines and men that matched the indomitable will of the Soviet Red Army against the awesome might of the Nazi Wehrmacht. While the Battle of Kursk has long captivated World War II aficionados, it has been unjustly overlooked by historians. Drawing on the masses of new information made available by...
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224 pages : illustrations ; 22 X 31 cm
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"By the end of World War II the battlefields were littered with debris, the most obvious being knocked-out tanks and other armored vehicles. Tanks--big lumps of metal--were usually sold for scrap but museums acquired some examples and many others were used as battlefield memorials. These survivors of the battles of World War II reflect the numbers built on both sides: there are many M4 Shermans and T-34s, fewer Tigers and Panthers, Cromwells, and...
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Robert Lymans deep knowledge and understanding of the war in Burma, and the great battles at Kohima and Imphal in 1944, are well known. In this book he uses original documents, published works and personal accounts to weave together an enthralling account of some of the bitterest fighting of WWII. Not only does he use British sources for his research but he has also included material from the Naga tribes of north-east India, on whose land these battles...
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xiii, 393 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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"Clarence Smoyer began the war as a gentle giant, a factory worker from Pennsylvania coal country reluctant to unleash the power of the Sherman tank he crewed. But as his tank platoon fought its way from Normandy to the Rhine and beyond, and he watched his friends cut down one by one, he learned to kill with deadly accuracy and efficiency. His fight would climax in Cologne, in the shadow of the great cathedral, where he took a shot immortalized by...
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1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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History of the legendary tank with combat footage of the Tiger in action, as well as footage of the Ferdinand/Elefant on the Eastern front and the Sturmtiget in action in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
8) Smashing Hitler's Panzers: the defeat of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division in the Battle of the Bulge
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372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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In his riveting new book, Steven Zaloga describes how American foot soldiers faced down Hitler's elite armored spearhead-the Hitler Youth Panzer Division-in the snowy Ardennes forest during one of World War II's biggest battles, the Battle of the Bulge. The Hitler Youth division was assigned the mission of the FUhrer's Ardennes offensive: capture the main highway to the primary objective, Antwerp, whose seizure Hitler believed would end the war. Had...
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1 videodisc (48 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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A background to Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. This battle on the Russian front led to the biggest, bloodiest battle ever fought, costing the lives of at least 20 million people and ending Europe's dominiance in world affars. In sheer numbers, miles of front, and quantity of guns, shells, and tanks, no other battle in history can compare with it. Codenamed "Operation Barbarossa" by the German Army, the footage shown has been...
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xix, 411 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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"A general-turned-historian reveals the remarkable battlefield heroics of Major General Maurice Rose, the World War II tank commander whose 3rd Armored Division struck fear into the hearts of Hitler's panzer crews"--
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