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BOOK: The Men who fired the V2s against England

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The Men who fired the V2s against England Murray R. Barber and Michael Keuer Buy Online ‘We V2 soldiers fulfilled our tasks with the knowledge that every firing meant innocent people lost their lives
’ This substantial book provides an invaluable contribution to the operational history of the A4 (V2) rocket. Little has been written about the secret activities of the…

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In ‘Stalingrad,’ Jochen Hellbeck uses forgotten interviews to take us inside the battle that turned the tide of World War II

By Alan Cate Stalingrad By Jochen Hellbeck PublicAffairs, 512 pp., $29.99 Yorktown and Gettysburg rank highest among American martial epics of valor and victory. Most Brits would probably choose the World War II aerial Battle of Britain as their “finest hour.” To the French, Verdun – with its defiant cry,…

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Portrait of the artist under the Reich

Wolfram: The Boy Who Went to War Roger Moorhouse delights in a Second World War family memoir that stands out from the crowd. Author: Giles Milton Publisher: Sceptre Reviewed by: Roger Moorhouse Price (RRP): ÂŁ20 It would be easy to make the assumption that Giles Milton’s new book is little…

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Youth’s view of Hitler’s rise finally has an audience

The dictator’s paramilitary machine 
 the Strum Abtellung (brown shirts) return from manoeuvres on a Sunday in Nuremberg. Malcolm Brown November 27, 2010 JOHN RISCHBIETH, then a pupil at St Peters College, Adelaide, was awestruck when, as a 17-year-old in Germany in 1935, he became surrounded by beaming members of…

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HITLER’S FINAL FORTRESS – BRESLAU 1945

Richard Hargreaves In January 1945, the Red Army unleashed its long-awaited thrust into Germany with terrible fury. One by one the provinces and great cities of the German East were captured by the Soviet troops. Breslau, capital of Silesia, a city of 600,000 people stood firm and was declared a…

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Austro-Hungarian Submarines

Austro-Hungarian Submarines in WWI (Maritime Series) Paperback – August 19, 2016 by Jiƙí NovĂĄk The…

Book: “Fighting for the French Foreign Legion”

Like the 7th Cavalry, the Waffen SS or the Special Air Service the French Foreign…

In ‘Stalingrad,’ Jochen Hellbeck uses forgotten interviews to take us inside the battle that turned the tide of World War II

By Alan Cate Stalingrad By Jochen Hellbeck PublicAffairs, 512 pp., $29.99 Yorktown and Gettysburg rank…

BOOK: Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth (Retinue to Regiment)

Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth (Retinue to Regiment) Paperback – October 30, 2019…