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Read about the Civil War from those who were there.They say history is written by the victors. In the case of the Civil War, that's largely true. But historian Samuel Mitcham brings the Southern point of view to life in Voices from the Confederacy. In it, you will read about the heroic, the scoundrels, the clever, the vanquished, and the hungry. Rich or poor, black or white, Voices from the Confederacy shares hundreds of poignant and revealing...

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This study covers the battles on the Western Front from the collapse of the Normandy line in France in the summer of 1944 until the Germans were able to bring the Allied army to a halt on the borders of the Reich itself. However, this only delayed the inevitable.

Adolf Hitler attained power in 1933 as the result of a complex set of factors, some of which were complementary and some of which were mutually exclusive. This book describes and analyzes the reasons Hitler became chancellor of Germany, which included the harsh Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I, the Germans' lack of faith in democracy and the reasons behind it, the corruption and political and economic mismanagement which characteriz...

The first book length treatment to detail the colorful cast of characters who supported Rommel's campaigns, this study looks at who these men were, where they came from, and their contributions to Rommel's efforts.

A reference guide to each panzer division in the German Army from inception to destruction.

Despite huge odds against them, Hitler's commanders-the elite of the Wehrmacht-almost succeeded in conquering Europe. Now in an expanded edition that includes biographies of the generals of Stalingrad and a new chapter on the panzer commanders, this book offers rare insight into the men who ran Nazi Germany's war machine. Going beyond common stereotypes, Samuel W. Mitcham and Gene Mueller recount the compelling lives of a varied group of army,...

This is the definitive book on the organizational and technical aspects of the German ground forces--the infantry, panzer, panzer grenadier, motorized, Waffen-SS, mountain, parachute, Jaeger, light, Luftwaffe field, and flak divisions--that swept across Europe with such ruthless efficiency in 1939 and 1940 and battled Allied forces until the bloody end. It is the most comprehensive and accessible reference work on the German Army during World ...

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Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, had been massive in scale, arguably the largest military operation of all time. This book not only tells the story of Operation Barbarossa but describes the expertise, skills, and decision-making powers of the men who directed it.