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  • THE GERMAN INFANTRYMAN ON THE EASTERN FRONT
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    THE GERMAN INFANTRYMAN ON THE EASTERN FRONT
    SIMON FORTY / RICHARD CHARLTON TAYLOR
    A fully illustrated survey of the German infantryman on the Eastern Front in World War II. The German Army was all-conquering until late 1941 when, only a few miles short of Moscow, it ran out of steam. Maniacal defense, the Russian winter and exhaustion all played their part and, although they didn’t realize it, the German forces wouldn’t advance further on this front. While t...

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  • THE SOVIET INFANTRYMAN ON THE EASTERN FRONT
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    THE SOVIET INFANTRYMAN ON THE EASTERN FRONT
    SIMON FORTY
    A fully illustrated survey of the Soviet infantryman on the Eastern Front in World War II. The Soviet Army was ill-prepared for its ally’s treacherous onslaught in 1941. Its officer corps decimated by Stalin’s purges and its men less well-trained than the Germans, the Red Army was poorly led, hampered by the power of the political officers and only partly mobilized. But, in spi...

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  • RACE TO THE RHINE
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    RACE TO THE RHINE
    LEO MARRIOTT / SIMON FORTY
    Travel across the battlefields of WWII with this beautiful book combining historical images, full-color aerial photography, and informative text.   In June 1944, Allied forces invaded Nazi-occupied France, beginning a sweep of fierce battles that would eventually liberate Western Europe. With aerial photography, historic images, maps, and other illustrations, Race to the Rhine ...

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  • NORMANDY 1944: THE BATTLE FOR CAEN
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    NORMANDY 1944: THE BATTLE FOR CAEN
    SIMON FORTY
    Caen, a D-Day objective on 6 June 1944, did not fall to the British and Canadian troops of Second Army until 6 August, by which time much of the city had been reduced to rubble. The two-month struggle was a crucial stage in the Normandy campaign and, as Simon Forty demonstrates in this photographic history, one of the most controversial.His detailed, graphic account gives the r...

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  • NORMANDY 1944: THE BATTLE OF THE HEDGEROWS
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    NORMANDY 1944: THE BATTLE OF THE HEDGEROWS
    SIMON FORTY
    With rare wartime photography, this WWII history presents an in-depth look at one of the most grueling and vital battles of the Normandy campaign. After storming the beaches on D-Day, the US First Army labored to advance through the Norman bocage country in the west. The lethal struggle that developed there was a defining episode in the Normandy campaign, and this photographic ...

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  • LEIBSTANDARTE
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    LEIBSTANDARTE
    STEPHEN SMITH / SIMON FORTY
    The missions and massacres of the infamous panzer division that spearheaded the German Ardennes Offensive in the Battle of the Bulge. From the outset of the offensive, launched on a snowy December 16, the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler faced difficulties. It captured a fuel dump at Büllingen, but brave defense forced Commander Joachim Peiper onto tight, windi...

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  • 82ND AIRBORNE
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    82ND AIRBORNE
    STEPHEN SMITH / SIMON FORTY
    An account of the heroic D-Day actions of the US Army’s first airborne division in the series that brings World War II battles to life. Since its formation on August 15, 1942, the 82nd Airborne, commanded by Major General Matthew B. Ridgway, trained exhaustively for their new role, which involved parachuting from C-47s and insertion by Waco CG-4A gliders. After participating in...

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  • 1ST AIRBORNE
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    1ST AIRBORNE
    SIMON FORTY / TOM TIMMERMANS
    “An interesting introductory read . . . [on] this infamous ‘bridge too far’ division” in the series that brings World War II battles to life (Classic Military Vehicle). After being held in reserve during the battle of Normandy and spending three months waiting for action, 1st Airborne played a leading role in Operation Market—the air component of Operation Market Garden, an aud...

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  • THE FALAISE GAP BATTLES
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    THE FALAISE GAP BATTLES
    SIMON FORTY / LEO MARRIOTT
    “A great book” on the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the series that brings World War II battles to life (Army Rumour Service). The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944, and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory—all made possible by Operation...

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  • ARTILLERY WARFARE, 1939–1945
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    ARTILLERY WARFARE, 1939–1945
    SIMON FORTY / JONATHAN FORTY
    “From mountain warfare with guns on mules to V2 rockets and everything between makes it well worth a place on anyone’s reference shelf.” —Clash of Steel It is said that artillery won the Second World War for the Allies—that Soviet guns wore down German forces on the Eastern Front, negating their superior tactics and fighting ability, and that the accuracy and intensity of the B...

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  • INFANTRY WARFARE, 1939–1945
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    INFANTRY WARFARE, 1939–1945
    SIMON FORTY / JONATHAN FORTY
    The infantry can always be found at the sharp end of the battlefield. You may be able to crush an opponent with armour or artillery, but there’s only one way to take and hold ground and that’s with riflemen – the ‘poor bloody infantry’. And it is the infantrymen of the Second World War – from all sides, Allied and Axis – who are the subject of this highly illustrated history. I...

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  • A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE 1939-1945
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    A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE 1939-1945
    SIMON FORTY / JONATHAN FORTY
    Amphibious operations have always been an important element of warfare, but they reached their climax during the Second World War when they were carried out on a large scale in every theater of the conflict. That is why this wide-ranging, highly illustrated history of amphibious warfare 1939–1945 by Simon and Jonathan Forty is of such value. Their book gives graphic accounts of...

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