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Award-winning military historian Flint Whitlock chronicles the little-known story of American GIs who were taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge and forced into slavery inside the Nazi concentration camp at Berga.

From acclaimed military historian Flint Whitlock, the untold story of the Big Red One, the heroic and infamous 1st Infantry Division, from its assault on Nazi forces at Omaha Beach, to the Battle of the Bulge

Much has been written about the Nazi concentration camps, but one camp--Buchenwald--stands out as the most horrific of them all. THE BEASTS OF BUCHENWALD is the story of Buchenwald's brutal first commandant, Karl Koch, and his equally brutal wife, Ilse. Their reign of terror, which included beatings, torture, and the killing of helpless inmates so their tattooed skin could adorn lampshades and other personal items, ended with Karl's execution ...

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The Allied landings at Anzio, on the Italian coast, six months before the Normandy invasion were intended as an "end run" around the stalemate that had developed in Italy. The planners hoped that the Allied invasion would surprise the Germans and threaten their defensive line in southern Europe. But the invasion stalled a few miles inland and the Allies faced a five-month bloody fight. In the end, American and British troops accomplished one o...

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How was it possible that Karl and Ilse Koch, a seemingly ordinary couple who ran Nazi Germany's most infamous concentration camp, could have been loving parents while brutalizing prisoners and committing some of the worst atrocities known to mankind? This searing account by one of America's leading military historians exposes the whole ghastly story.

Im April 1945 befreite die 3. US-Armee das KZ Buchenwald. Die Amerikaner fanden zu Skeletten abgemagerte Überlebende vor, entdeckten Beweise für schreckliche Gräueltaten und hörten Geschichten über die Grausamkeit des Lagerleiters Karl Koch und seiner Gattin Ilse. In diesen Geschichten ließ die von der Stenotypistin einer Zigarettenfirma zur "Kommandeuse" aufgestiegene Ilse Koch, eine perverse Nymphomanin, zur Befriedigung ihrer sadistischen G...

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A reissue of this best-selling, soldier's-eye view of the 45th Infantry Division and its heroic efforts during World War II, from the beaches of Italy to the liberation of Dachau.

¿Gentlemen, do not be daunted if chaos reigns, it undoubtedly will.¿ So said Brigadier S. James Hill, commanding officer of the British 3rd Parachute Brigade, in an address to his troops shortly before the launching of Operation Overlord¿the D-Day invasion of Normandy. No more prophetic words were ever spoken, for chaos indeed reigned on that day, and many more that followed.Much has been written about the Allied invasion of France, but award-...

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Turbulence Before Takeoff is the inspiring story of Marlon DeWitt Green, and black Air Force pilot who dared to dream of a career as a commercial airlines pilot during the segregated 1950s--a struggle that ended in a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision in April 1963 in his favor.

The inspiring story of America's first black commercial airline pilot and his struggle for employment during the 1950s and 1960s.

Southwest Book Award Winner from the Border Regional Library Association Distant Bugles, Distant Drums details the battles of 1, 000 Coloradans against 3, 000 Confederate soldiers in New Mexico and offers vivid portraits of the leaders and soldiers involved--men whose strengths and flaws would shape the fate of the nation. Drawing on previously overlooked diaries, letters, and contemporary newspaper accounts, military historian Flint Whitlock ...

This is the story of Elrey B. Jeppesen, Capt. Jepp, and it is the story of America's early commercial aviation. The two are inextricably intertwined. Beyond his friends, Capt Jepp would otherwise be forgotten except for one thing--his little black book. The boy who dropped out of school to help his family make ends meet eventually became wealthy from the company spawned by that little black book. This is a poignant American success story of an...

Chosen by "WWII History" magazine as one of the Best Books of the Year. In the dark days after Pearl Harbor, the small, illequipped arm of the Navy known as Submarine Force would stand between the shattered U.S. Pacific Fleet and the might of the Japanese Navy. Unfortunately, the spirit and courage of the Submarine Force is being forgotten as the veterans of that force pass into history. To preserve their heroic tales of war beneath the sea,...

Of all the hundreds of manuscripts I have seen over the years, I can truthfully say that I have not seen The Great American Novel until now. -- Victor West "Pacific Literary Services

This is the story of aviation's fledgling days and the man who lived those days before founding the most successful corporation in history in the field of aerial navigation.