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A Ride to Panmunjom
By Lt. Duane Thorin. 2017
Lt. Duane Thorin was a Navy helicopter pilot, who rescued many Americans before he himself was captured in 1952 and…
held as a prisoner of war by North Korea until his release in August, 1953.This book, first published in 1956, is a fictional account of men in Korean POW camps, based on Lt. Thorin’s own experiences, as well as those of other prisoners of war in North Korea.Journey of the Giants
By Maj. Gene Gurney. 2017
The story of the B-29 Superfort—the weapon that won the war in the Pacific.Major Gurney writes about B-29 operations in…
the Pacific, asserting that this aircraft was instrumental in forcing the Japanese to surrender.Much has been written about this great airplane, because any account of the devastating fire raids on Japan or of the dramatic beginnings of atomic warfare would be incomplete without telling the story of the B-29s which figured so prominently in these missions. But there is also an exciting story behind that story—the story of the giant bomber’s journey from the drawing boards of its designers to the day when out of the bomb bay of the “Enola Gay” tumbled the fantastic new weapon that, with a blinding flash and unprecedented power, brought about the dawn of the nuclear age. That is the story which Gene Gurney tells in Journey of the Giants, and he tells it well.The book ends with the historic scene on the battleship Missouri which signified the end of the war in the Pacific and, with it, the end of World War II. But while this was the climax in the B-29’s long journey, it was by no means its end. B-29s continued to serve a variety of important peacetime missions; they did their share in the development and testing of advanced nuclear weapons and, in the Korean War, added new battle honors to those gained in the Pacific.—Thomas S. Power, General, USAF, Commander in Chief, Strategic Air CommandValley of the Shadow
By Gen. O. P. Weyland, Maj. Ward M. Millar. 2017
U.S. Major Ward M. Millar was the third and last of three Air Force pilots captured during the Korean War…
to make his escape from the Communists. This is his story, first published in 1955, simply told, and one of stubborn and single-minded determination. Parachuting down in enemy territory, with two broken legs, Millar was picked up by some Chinese soldiers, treated minimally, interrogated at length, and finally taken to a “hospital,” which was no more than an infirmary. His first escape attempt—crawling on wooden skids—failed; his second, with walking sticks and padded galoshes for shoes, was more successful. He managed to hobble at the rate of a mile a day, lived on raw corn, was gradually weakened by dysentery and hunger, and fell into the hands of Kim—a friendly North Korean who was able to complete his escape and escort him to Seoul....“A modest, matter of fact account—which has (and perhaps needs) no pretensions beyond the bare, spare facts of this experience.”—Kirkus ReviewA Marine Division in Nightmare Alley
By Anthony J. Campigno. 2017
First published in 1958, A Marine Division in Nightmare Alley is a brief but gripping narrative of the author’s experiences…
as a young U.S. Marine during the Korean conflict. Beginning with his enlistment at age 17, his training at Camps LeJeune and Pendleton, to his landing at Pusan and subsequent combat (including action at Hagaru-ri and the Chosin Reservoir), the book provides a firsthand account of the fierce fighting and bitter cold faced by the author and his fellow Marines.Coronel and the Falklands
By Capt. Geoffrey Bennett. 2017
On 1 November 1914, off the coast of Chile near Coronel, ships of the German and British navies exchanged fire,…
resulting in the sinking of two British ships HMS Monmouth and HMS Good Hope with the loss of nearly 1,600 sailors. To counter the German squadron, the Royal Navy sent two battle-cruisers—Inflexible and Invincible—to the South Atlantic. In December 1914, the British battle-cruisers, accompanied by smaller ships, engaged the German squadron during the Battle of the Falkland Islands and sank the German armoured cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau near the Falkland Islands.First published in 1962, this is a gripping account of the World War I British-German naval battles off the coast of South America, and an examination of the issue of Britain’s preparation for naval warfare in 1914.Russian Reactions to German Airpower in World War II
By Gen.-Lt. a. D. Klaus Uebe. 2017
Russian Reactions to German Airpower in World War II, first published in 1964, Generalleutnant a. D. Klaus Uebe, and revised…
and edited by Mr. Harry Fletcher, is one of a series of historical studies written for the United States Air Force Historical Division by men who had been key officers in the German Air Force during World War II.The overall purpose of the series is threefold: 1) To provide the United States Air Force with a comprehensive and, insofar as possible, authoritative history of a major air force which suffered defeat in World War II; 2) to provide a history of that air force as prepared by many of its principal and responsible leader; 3) to provide a firsthand account of that air force’s unique combat in a major war with the forces of the Soviet Union. This series of studies therefore covers in large part virtually all phases of the Luftwaffe’s operations and organization, from its camouflaged origin in the Reichswehr, during the period of secret German rearmament following World War I, through its participation in the Spanish Civil War and its massive operations and final defeat in World War II.The Secret Army: The Memoirs of General Bór-Komorowski
By Gen. Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski. 2017
The Polish Home Army was Europe’s largest, and most active, resistance force. Composed of men, women, and children from all…
walks of life, it was a truly national movement designed to regain Poland’s freedom. Largely self-sufficient, the Polish Home Army carried out extensive sabotage operations and provided the allies with vital intelligence information.General Bór-Komorowski was Commander of this underground organization. The Secret Army is his personal account of those desperate days; it is also the history of a proud people prepared to make tremendous sacrifices. It covers in detail the famous Warsaw Uprising of August, 1944, one of the most tragic events in modern Polish history. For his leadership in this battle, General Bór-Komorowski has been given the highest praise.The Secret Army is a testimony to the fact that the price of freedom is a high one, but it is one that the Polish Nation has never shrunk from paying.The Tempering of Russia
By Ilya Ehrenburg, Prof. Alexander Kaun. 2017
A searing picture of the terrible ordeal Russia has undergone, and of the heroism that conquered the German invaders.“Soviet Russia’s…
most noted contemporary journalist has culled for American readers some of the more colorful passages in which he described the Nazi invasion of his homeland. His prose is fiery, his hate for the Germans is intense, and his love for Russia and her people is boundless.”—Foreign AffairsPacific Battle Line
By Foster Hailey. 2017
“This book is an attempt to correlate the first two years of the Pacific war, to put events in their…
proper “Much of the material contained was gathered firsthand, as a correspondent for the New York Times, at sea and ashore with the navy, the marines, and the army, from Christmas Day, 1941, to the conclusion of the Aleutian campaign in August, 1943.“Where events portrayed were not actually participated in, the information has been gleaned from official records or from conversations with the men who took part in them.“No effort has been made to present this war as anything but what it is, the ultimate insanity of civilization. All of war is hard work, much of it is boring, a fact to which any man will attest who has taken part in one. But the exigencies of war also bring out in many men traits you would not know they had—patience under pressure, cheerfulness under great difficulty, stoicism under pain, raw courage in the face of terrible danger. An effort has been made to tell that too.“Here then is the record as one reporter saw it, a record written in blood and sweat, of the first two years of the wax in the Pacific.“There are many reasons, of course, for writing a book. The principal reason for writing this one is this: that the men with whom I shared some of the hardships and some of the dangers deserve to have their story told, and told as objectively and factually as I can tell it. If they believe that I have made an honest effort to do that and have achieved some success, that will be satisfaction enough for ‘the correspondent from the Times.’”One Who Survived: The Life Story of a Russian under the Soviets
By Max Eastman, Alexander Barmine. 2009
The Guards Armoured Division: A Short History
By Maj.-Gen. G. L. Verney. 2017
First published in 1955, this book is a short history of the Guards Armoured Division, which was an armoured division…
of the British Army during the Second World War.The division was created in the United Kingdom on 17 June 1941 during World War II from elements of the Guards units, the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards. and Welsh Guards.The division remained in the United Kingdom, training, until 13 June 1944, when it landed several armoured command vehicles at Arromanches and lagered its advanced tactical headquarters in communication with GHQ awaiting the bulk of the armour Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord as part of VIII Corps, where its first major engagement was Operation Goodwood, the attack by three armoured divisions towards Bourguebus Ridge in an attempt to break out of the Normandy beachhead.The division existed until 12 June 1945, more than two months after Victory in Europe Day, when it was reorganised as an infantry division, the Guards Division, after almost exactly four years as an armoured division.The Ciano Diaries, 1939-1943: The Complete and Unabridged Diaries of Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1936-1943
By Count Galeazzo Ciano, Hugh Gibson, Sumner Welles. 2017
The inside story of international politics in Nazi-controlled Europe during World War II, told by the ultimate insider, Count Galeazzo…
Ciano—Italian Foreign Minister and son-in-law of Mussolini—who was ultimately charged as a traitor and killed by the Fascists in 1943.“In this state of mind, which excludes any falsehood, I declare that not a single word of what I have written in my diaries is false or exaggerated or dictated by selfish resentment. It is all just what I have seen and heard. And if, when making ready to take leave of life, I consider allowing the publication of my hurried notes, it is not because I expect posthumous revaluation or vindication, but because I believe that an honest testimonial of the truth in this sad world may still be useful in bringing relief to the innocent and striking at those who are responsible.”—(signed) GALEAZZO CIANO, December 23, 1943, Cell 27 of the Verona Jail.The Desert Rats: The 7th Armoured Division, 1938 to 1945
By Maj.-Gen. G. L. Verney. 2017
The exploits of the Desert Rats, based on official records and personal accounts traces the division’s progress in North Africa,…
Italy, Normandy and GermanyThis classic and inspiring account follows the progress of the 7th Armoured Division from the sands of North Africa to the cold of wintery Holland and the mud of a German springtime, providing a unique insight into the workings of a formidable unit.The division’s reputation was born in the desert. It first went into action against the Italians in 1940 and then, subsequently, fought Rommel’s Afrika Korps in Montgomery’s successful Western Desert campaign.It was during this period of intense fighting that the division won its affectionate nickname of ‘Desert Rats’.From there the division was transported to Italy and, later, Normandy and from then on was almost constantly in battle until the end of the war.Based on official records, and written by one of the division’s key officers, The Desert Rats stands testament to the unique morale of the unit and is an enduring story of the difficulties they had to overcome.Armor Command: of CCB, 1st Armored Division, and of the Armored School during World War II
By Brig.-Gen. Paul McDonald Robinett. 2017
“Armor Command is a candid book presenting the activities and observations of an armor commander who was among the first…
overseas and in action against the European Axis in World War II. All who are interested in the activities of combat troops that make or break the reputations of high military figures and all those who desire an understanding of life in the combat zone will find this book of compelling interest. Military men will find it of professional value for it deals with the problems of a small command in the initial campaign against the German-Italian Allies. Among other things it deals with the problems of the meeting engagement and the withdrawal—two of the most difficult operations in war.”—ForewordCombat Cameraman
By Sgt. Jerry J. Joswick. 2017
OVER THE TARGET…The movie camera in my hands was ready as we entered our run over the oil fields of…
Ploesti. Cracking towers, smokestacks, huge oil storage tanks and outbuildings almost scraped the Witch’s belly as we let go the incendiaries.Through the camera’s lens I saw a B-24 fly into a barrage balloon cable. The plane spun, corkscrewed to the ground and exploded. Beyond, I saw another smash into a smokestack and instantly dissolve into a fireball.The heat from the storage tank fires turned the Witch into an oven, searing my hair and eyebrows. I swung the camera to see planes crisscrossing, exploding in air, being swallowed up in the raging fires and curling black smoke.Ahead, four hundred deadly German fighters hovered high overhead—waiting for revenge.…This is the thrilling story of Sergeant Jerry Joswick, COMBAT CAMERAMANDodging bullets and bombs, he “shot” his way through some of the most savage fighting in World War II, taking memorable pictures of the terrible face of war——in Africa, on a commando raid behind Rommel’s lines—on the disastrous Ploesti air raid, which he was the only cameraman of sixteen to survive—in the first wave of D-Day on Omaha Beach—in the Battle of the Bulge, where he traded camera for rifle to stay alive—parachuting into Germany with the AirborneThrills, action, the shock of battle—and the determinate to get the picture, no matter what the danger—make COMBAT CAMERAMAN one of the most thrilling books to come out of the Second World War.The Counterfeit General Montgomery
By M. E. Clifton James. 2017
Deception and intrigue: the top-secret plot behind the D-Day landings…To Adolf Hitler, aware in 1944 that the Allied invasion of…
Europe was imminent, General Montgomery was the embodiment of Allied might, and they knew that wherever the blow fell “Monty” would be in the van of it.Knowing this, M.I.5 conceived the idea of finding a “double” for Monty and so E. Clifton James, a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Pay Corps, suddenly found himself whisked into a world of cloak and dagger, because he was Monty’s double.Here is the story of a man whose superlative performance in his role hood-winked Hitler and his Generals, and whose contribution to the success of Operation Overlord even now cannot be fully assessed.Hitler’s Spies and Saboteurs
By Charles Wighton, Gunter Peis. 2017
At Nuremberg, in 1945, General Erwin von Lahousen-Vivremont, head of Abwehr II—the sabotage division of the German Armed Forces Secret…
Service—shocked the world with his revelations of Nazi war crimes. He exposed the activities of Göring, Ribbentrop, and other top-ranking Third Reich officials. But there was much more he did not tell!Here is the rest of his story-the top-secret details of Germany’s international espionage ring during World War II.Lahousen had kept a diary. In the United States, Britain, France and other countries, his agents—often citizens of these countries, for Lahousen believed Germans lacked the spontaneity that made for expert spies—carried out some of the war’s most daring missions.In his diary, Lahousen named names and described espionage activities in detail. He wrote of Hermann Lang in the United States, a German-American who provided the Nazis with blueprints of U.S. military machinery; of Robey Leibbrandt, the young African “Olympic Boxer Spy”; of beautiful Vera, bilingual mistress of an Abwehr agent; and many others. Their astounding stories, along with that of the master spy, Lahousen, appear documented and unabridged in these pages.No fictional spy novel can compare with the drama and excitement of the authentic espionage missions revealed here.“Full of fascinating and astounding tales”—Library Journal“Gripping…”—Springfield Republican“A painstaking and convincing record of the daily world of espionage…”—Saturday ReviewThe Eighty-Five Days: The Story of the Battle of Scheldt
By Capt. R. W. Thompson. 2017
An explosive story of blunders and courage in the battle that might have brought victory in Europe in 1944.“I believe…
my book could be described as an attempt at an heroic history of a very long and important battle, which is truly a series of battles. All the events ‘depicted’ in it happened, and if I have erred it has been on the side of understatement, for heroism often is beyond the ordinary use of prose, and if one feels unable to express it beyond a doubt it is better to let it speak for itself in the deed….”—ForewordThe Anatomy of Peace
By Emery Reves. 2017
“Open Letter to the American People”, signed by Owen J. Roberts, J.W. Fulbright, Claude Pepper, Elbert D. Thomas, and other…
dignitaries:“The first atomic bomb destroyed more than the city of Hiroshima. It also exploded our inherited, outdated political ideas.“A few days before the force of Nature was tried out for the first time in history, the San Francisco Charter was ratified in Washington. The dream of a League of Nations, after 26 years, was accepted by the Senate.“How long will the United Nations Charter endure? With luck, a generation? A century? There is no one who does not hope for at least that much luck- for the Charter, for himself, for his work, and for his children’s children. But is it enough to have Peace by Luck? Peace by Law is what the peoples of the world, beginning with our selves, can have if they want it. And now is the time to get it.”The Anatomy of Peace by Emery Reves, first published in 1945, is a book that expressed the world federalist sentiments shared by Albert Einstein and many others in the late 1940s, in the period immediately following World War II.Reves argued that world law was the only way to prevent war, and the fledgling United Nations Security Council would be inadequate to preserve peace because it was an instrument of power, rather than an instrument of law.“I have read THE ANATOMY OF PEACE with the greatest admiration. Your book is, in my opinion, the answer to the present political problems of the world, so drastically precipitated by the release of atomic energy.“It would be most desirable if every political and scientific leader in every country would take a little time to read this book. If this could be brought about, I feel it might avert the disaster of an atomic world war.”—Letter from Albert Einstein to Emery Reves dated October 29, 1945.El Alamein
By Field-Marshal Michael Carver. 2017
The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October - 11 November 1942) was a decisive battle of the Second World…
War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein and marked the watershed of the Western Desert Campaign. In August 1942, Lt.-Gen. Sir Bernard Law Montgomery took command of the 8th Army, and the British victory turned the tide in the North African Campaign, ending the Axis threat to Egypt, the Suez Canal and the Middle Eastern and Persian oil fields via North Africa.The Second Battle of El Alamein revived the morale of the Allies, being the first major success against the Axis since Operation Crusader in late 1941. The battle coincided with the Allied invasion of French North Africa in Operation Torch, which started on 8 November, as well as the Battle of Stalingrad and the Guadalcanal Campaign.This book, first published in 1962, provides a detailed account of the Second Battle of El Alamein, based on original German and British sources and drawing on the author’s own observations as one of the combatants.