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The Battle of Gettysburg [Illustrated Edition]
By Franklin Aretas Haskell. 2016
Includes 30 maps and plans to illustrate the bloody engagement at Gettysburg.Originally published as a 72-page pamphlet for private circulation…
only, and then first published in full print in 1908, this story of the Battle of Gettysburg was written by Lieutenant Haskell to his brother, H. M. Haskell of Portage, not long after the contest .Although not originally intended for publication, its great merit was at once recognized, and the account was widely read by military experts, and received much praise for both its literary and its professional merit.Lee’s Lieutenants: Vol. II - Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville (Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study In Command #2)
By Douglas Southall Freeman. 2016
Following the critical success of R. E. Lee: A Biography, for which he won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize, author Douglas…
Southall Freeman expanded his study of the Confederacy with the critically acclaimed three-volume Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command, originally published in 1942, 1943, and 1944.Together, the three volumes present a unique combination of military strategy, biography, and Civil War history, and shows how armies actually work. Published during World War II, it had a great influence on American military leaders and strategists.Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command established Freeman as the pre-eminent military historian in the country, and led to close friendships with United States generals George Marshall and Dwight D. Eisenhower.R. E. Lee: A Biography, Vol. I (R. E. Lee: A Biography #1)
By Douglas Southall Freeman. 2016
Following the immediate critical success of Lee’s Dispatches, author Douglas Southall Freeman was approached by New York publisher Charles Scribner’s…
Sons and invited to write a biography of Robert E. Lee. He accepted, and his research of Lee was exhaustive: he evaluated and cataloged every item about Lee, and reviewed records at West Point, the War Department, and material in private collections. In narrating the general’s Civil War years, he used what came to be known as the “fog of war” technique—providing readers only the limited information that Lee himself had at a given moment. This helped convey the confusion of war that Lee experienced, as well as the processes by which Lee grappled with problems and made decisions.R. E. Lee: A Biography was published in four volumes in 1934 and 1935. In its book review, The New York Times declared it “Lee complete for all time.” Historian Dumas Malone wrote, “Great as my personal expectations were, the realization far surpassed them.” In 1935, Freeman was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his four-volume biography.Freeman’s R. E. Lee: A Biography remains the authoritative study on the Confederate general.Lee’s Lieutenants: Vol. III - Gettysburg to Appomattox (Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study In Command #3)
By Douglas Southall Freeman. 2016
Following the critical success of R. E. Lee: A Biography, for which he won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize, author Douglas…
Southall Freeman expanded his study of the Confederacy with the critically acclaimed three-volume Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command, originally published in 1942, 1943, and 1944.Together, the three volumes present a unique combination of military strategy, biography, and Civil War history, and shows how armies actually work. Published during World War II, it had a great influence on American military leaders and strategists.Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command established Freeman as the pre-eminent military historian in the country, and led to close friendships with United States generals George Marshall and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Lee’s Lieutenants: Vol. I - Manassas To Malvern Hill (Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study In Command #1)
By Douglas Southall Freeman. 2016
Following the critical success of R. E. Lee: A Biography, for which he won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize, author Douglas…
Southall Freeman expanded his study of the Confederacy with the critically acclaimed three-volume Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command, originally published in 1942, 1943, and 1944.Together, the three volumes present a unique combination of military strategy, biography, and Civil War history, and shows how armies actually work. Published during World War II, it had a great influence on American military leaders and strategists.Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command established Freeman as the pre-eminent military historian in the country, and led to close friendships with United States generals George Marshall and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Pearl Harbor: Failure of Intelligence?
By Lt -Col Robert F Piacine. 2016
Many scholars and writers state that the surprise the Japanese achieved in their attack on Pearl Harbor resulted from a…
failure of the U.S. intelligence community to provide adequate, accurate information to government and military decision-makers. These historians presume the intelligence community possessed critical information that was misinterpreted or not appropriately disseminated prior to the attack. Some revisionist historians also subscribe to conspiracy theories and believe that key members of the U.S. government purposely withheld this critical information from the military command in an effort to bring the U.S. into World War II against the Axis powers....A review of the evidence available from official, public, and private sources, however, indicates these viewpoints are inaccurate. At best they reflect a lack of understanding of the collection capabilities and information available to the U.S. intelligence community before Pearl Harbor; at worst these views are an effort to rewrite history. It is possible to disprove these allegations, however, by examining the history of the U.S. intelligence community prior to the attack; its intelligence collection capabilities; the success or failure of the collection effort; its knowledge of Japanese military preparations for offensive activity; and the utilization of that information by national and military decision-makers.The lessons of Pearl Harbor are too valuable to be lost to misinterpretation or revisionism. They provide the basis for teaching future generations of government and military leaders the importance of national preparedness and the proper use of intelligence. Without a clear understanding, future leaders may be doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past--an error of major proportions during this time of military downsizing and decreasing power projection capabilities.Selected Readings in the History of Soviet Operational Art
By Harold S. Orenstein. 2016
Renowned and respected military expert Dr. Harold S Orenstein is well known for his translations and analyses of Soviet military…
history and doctrine. In this volume he has collected a number of historical papers discussing topics such as Soviet tactics, deep battle, deep operation, successive operations and operational art. These papers were written by leading Soviet military leaders and theoreticians and shine a fascinating light on the tactics and strategy of the Red Army.Unconditional Surrender, Demobilization and the Atomic Bomb [Illustrated Edition]
By Michael D. Pearlman. 2016
Includes The Bombing Of Japan During World War II illustrations pack with 120 maps, plans, and photosThe calculations for bringing…
large-scale hostilities to an end and for establishing a favorable environment in which post-combat operations, including the occupation of the enemy's homeland, can take place involve high-level military officers in the analysis of a wide range of considerations, many of which fall well beyond what would be traditionally recognized as strictly military in nature.In Unconditional Surrender Demobilization, and the Atomic Bomb, Dr. Michael Pearlman brings home this point through his shrewd assessment of the complex issues confronting U.S. officers as they debated the best course of action to follow in ending the war against Japan. Aside from the list of traditional concerns, such as the human cost of mounting an invasion of Japan, these officers had also to consider such intangibles as continued support for the war effort on the American home front.Thanks to Pearlman's research, the reader comes away with a deeper understanding of why these officers made the recommendations they did to the president and why the president decided to drop the atomic bomb to end World War II.The Fall of Singapore was the largest military blow to the British war effort in the Second World War, underequipped,…
without adequate air-cover; the embattled defenders made a valiant stand against the invading Japanese army to no avail.In this eyewitness account, illustrated with photographs, the anonymous author captures the attempts of the Empire troops to stem the tide of defeat as the inadequate defences were overrun. The anonymous author was a member of the Volunteer Defence Force and saw up close the carnage and heroics of the defenders firsthand before escaping in the nick of time via Penang.The Star Spangled Mikado
By Cornelius Ryan, Frank Kelley. 2016
Two correspondents in Tokyo describe, breezily and none too reverently, various phases of the American occupation of Japan, including MacArthur's…
efforts to lay a basis for democratic government. They do not impugn the General's motives, but they feel that he is relying on the very people who backstopped Japanese expansionism before and are preparing to do it again.The Remagen Bridgehead, 7-17 March 1945
By U. S. Army. 2016
The purpose of this study is to collect all available facts pertinent to the Remagen Bridgehead Operation, to collate these…
data in cases of conflicting reports, and to present the processed material in such a form that it may be efficiently utilized by an instructor in preparing a period of instruction.The data on which this study is based was obtained from interviews with personnel who took part in the operation and from after action reports listed in the bibliography. This is an Armored School publication and is not the official Department of the Army history of the Remagen Operation. It must be remembered that the Remagen Operation is an example of a rapid and successful exploitation of an unexpected fortune of war. As such, the inevitable confusion of facts and the normal fog of war are more prevalent than usual. The absence of specific, detailed prior plans, the frequent changes of command, and the initial lack of an integrated force all make the details of the operation most difficult to evaluate and the motives of some decisions rather obscure.The operation started as a two-battalion action and grew into a four-division operation within a week. Units were initially employed in the bridgehead, as they became available, where they were most needed: a line of action that frequently broke up regiments. In cases of conflicting accounts of the action, the authors of this study have checked each action and each time of action included in the study and have evaluated the various reports in order to arrive at the most probable conclusions.Elephant Bill
By Lt.-Col. J. H. Williams O.B.E.. 2016
A book comes along like this once in a lifetime. You read it as a small child, or even an…
adult, and never forget the images it conjures up of a wonderful Englishman who lives in the mysterious forests of faraway Burma and of the kind native people who teach him about their lovely country. But most of all, you never forget the elephants! For this is a story about those magnificent creatures. Though he was officially known as Lt. Colonel J. H. Williams, the author was known to the world at large as Elephant Bill. That is because he spent 25 years living with the elephants in the mountains and forests of Burma. There he trained them to haul teak logs out of the isolated jungles.Yet this is also a story of great courage, because when the Second World War struck it also came to Burma. The Japanese Imperial Army planned to confiscate the Burmese elephants, drafting them to make the bridges and railways they needed to invade India. When he learned of these plans to put his beloved animals to a war-like purpose, Elephant Bill knew what had to be done. The mighty kings of the jungle had to be evacuated to safety.This is thus the story not only of the peaceful days in the jungle, starting in 1921, but also the story of the largest elephant rescue in history. It tells the amazing account of how Elephant Bill, along with his friends and family, rode 45 of the great beasts across the mountains of Burma, before reaching safety in faraway India.A classic then. A classic now. Elephant Bill is a blessing to any library and a literary treasure.Combined Operations; The Official Story of The Commandos
By Hilary St. George Saunders MC. 2016
This is an astonishing, absolutely absorbing account of the accomplishments of those picked men from the Royal Navy, the British…
Army, and the Royal Air Force, who work with U.S. Rangers and others of the United Nations in what is known officially as Combined Operations--or, more popularly, the Commandos. So far as possible, without giving aid to the enemy, it is the complete story of the Commandos since the very beginning of their activities, commencing with the experimental attacks on Norwegian islands, and proceeding with more ambitious attempts on the Continent. In quick succession follow highly dramatic accounts of the assault on southern Italy, the evacuation of Crete, the defeat of the French in Syria, the daring penetration of the enemy's line in Libya--culminating in the suspenseful stalking of Rommel's headquarters--the assault on St. Nazaire, the capture of Madagascar, the Dieppe raid, the invasion of North Africa.The book is utterly without heroics, and yet is all heroism. The reader marvels at the terrible efficiency, the terrible simplicity, the terrible courage and the awesome nonchalance of the British Royal Navy and Army and R.A.F. men who participate in these raids.The author has the true narrator's gift--a style which is direct, authentic, episodic in a high degree, and stirring from beginning to end. The inspiring scenes he describes keep recurring to the reader long after the book has been laid aside.Tail Gunner [Illustrated Edition]
By Sqd. Ldr. Richard Rivaz DFC. 2016
Includes the Aerial Warfare In Europe During World War II illustrations pack with over 200 maps, plans, and photos.Originally published…
in 1943, this is one man's first-hand account of the part he played in RAF Bomber Command's fledgling bomber offensive between August 1940 and December 1941.Richard Rivaz flew as tail gunner to Leonard Cheshire, one of the most famous RAF pilots of World War II. His modest but vivid narrative reveals what it was like to be part of a heavy bomber crew flying first Whitleys and then Halifaxes with No.s 102 and 35 squadrons.--Print Ed.The Red Beret; The Story of The Parachute Regiment at War, 1940-1945
By Hilary St. George Saunders MC. 2016
They were no ordinary soldiers. Their battlefields were behind enemy lines. They dropped silently from the sky, bringing messages of…
death and destruction.Lightly armed, unsupported by tanks and heavy artillery, they fought time after time against overwhelming odds--and won.This is the story of Arnhem, Bruneval, the Ardennes, Normandy, the crossing of the Rhine. It is the story of the Red Devils, the most heroic band of daredevils any war has ever produced.This is the story of the Parachute Regiment, of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men, drawn from almost every unit of the British Army, who volunteered to reach the field of battle by a novel and unique method. They were the first to wear the Red Beret, and to earn for themselves the name of the 'Red Devils', bestowed upon them in North Africa by an enemy who had good cause to fear their prowess. They were not, however, the only members of the British Army to wear this distinguished headgear. Those who dropped with them belonging to the Royal Engineers, the Royal Artillery, the Royal Corps of Signals, the Royal Army Service Corps and the Royal Army Medical Corps and those who went to battle in gliders also wore it and added lustre to its fame. Their story will, I hope, one day be told, when the facts have been collected and are available.History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon Vol. I [Illustrated Edition] (History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon #12)
By Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers, D. Forbes Campbell. 2016
The product of twenty years of laborious hard work, this is the definitive work on Napoleon and his times at…
the helm of the French Nation, written by no less than the first President of the Third Republic. Thiers moved in the highest circles of society and met with many of the surviving generals and statesmen of France and her opponents and wove their recollections into this monumental history. Filled with a particularly Gallic flavour without going into hero-worship, this multi-volume history has stood the test of time. This first volume begins with Napoleon’s 1797 campaign to his ascent to the consulate in 1800. Includes the Napoleonic Wars Map Pack with over 155 maps and plans following the military career of Napoleon.History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon Vol. XI [Illustrated Edition] (History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon #11)
By Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers, D. Forbes Campbell. 2016
The product of twenty years of laborious hard work, this is the definitive work on Napoleon and his times at…
the helm of the French Nation, written by no less than the first President of the Third Republic. Thiers moved in the highest circles of society and met with many of the surviving generals and statesmen of France and her opponents and wove their recollections into this monumental history. Filled with a particularly Gallic flavour without going into hero-worship, this multi-volume history has stood the test of time. Volume Eleven recounts Napoleon’s sudden return to France following the brief and unpopular restoration of the Bourbons to the throne. Includes the Napoleonic Wars Map Pack with over 155 maps and plans following the military career of Napoleon.History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon Vol. X [Illustrated Edition] (History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon #10)
By Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers, D. Forbes Campbell. 2016
The product of twenty years of laborious hard work, this is the definitive work on Napoleon and his times at…
the helm of the French Nation, written by no less than the first President of the Third Republic. Thiers moved in the highest circles of society and met with many of the surviving generals and statesmen of France and her opponents and wove their recollections into this monumental history. Filled with a particularly Gallic flavour without going into hero-worship, this multi-volume history has stood the test of time. Volume Ten sees Napoleon finally forced from the throne of France in 1814 and thrown sent into exile on the island of Elba. Includes the Napoleonic Wars Map Pack with over 155 maps and plans following the military career of Napoleon.History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon Vol. VIII [Illustrated Edition] (History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon #8)
By Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers, D. Forbes Campbell. 2016
The product of twenty years of laborious hard work, this is the definitive work on Napoleon and his times at…
the helm of the French Nation, written by no less than the first President of the Third Republic. Thiers moved in the highest circles of society and met with many of the surviving generals and statesmen of France and her opponents and wove their recollections into this monumental history. Filled with a particularly Gallic flavour without going into hero-worship, this multi-volume history has stood the test of time. Volume Eight chronicles the disastrous 1812 campaign in Russia and the retreat that wrecked the Grande Armée. Includes the Napoleonic Wars Map Pack with over 155 maps and plans following the military career of Napoleon.History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon Vol. IX [Illustrated Edition] (History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon #9)
By Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers, D. Forbes Campbell. 2016
The product of twenty years of laborious hard work, this is the definitive work on Napoleon and his times at…
the helm of the French Nation, written by no less than the first President of the Third Republic. Thiers moved in the highest circles of society and met with many of the surviving generals and statesmen of France and her opponents and wove their recollections into this monumental history. Filled with a particularly Gallic flavour without going into hero-worship, this multi-volume history has stood the test of time. Volume Nine chronicles the 1813 campaign in Germany as Napoleon is finally decisively beaten in the field at the battle of Leipzig. Includes the Napoleonic Wars Map Pack with over 155 maps and plans following the military career of Napoleon.