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Author : Glenn B. Infield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (224 download)
Download or read book The Poltava Affair written by Glenn B. Infield and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glenn Berton Infield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780709144816
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (448 download)
Download or read book The Poltava Affair written by Glenn Berton Infield and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glenn B. Infield
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Poltava Affair written by Glenn B. Infield and published by New York : Macmillan. This book was released on 1973 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A minute-by-minute account of the secret World War II operation that foreshadowed the Cold War. - cover.
Author : James L. McDonough
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1572336757
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (723 download)
Download or read book The Wars of Myron King written by James L. McDonough and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers an engrossing account of King's early life and wartime service as a part of the 401st Bombardment Group, U.S. Eighth Air Force ... Based on a wide array of published and primary sources, including trial transcripts and interviews with King, the book offers a unique view of the experience of air combat, the intertwining of politics and military justice, and the complex circumstances that inaugurated the Cold War"--Jacket.
Author : Serhii Plokhy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190061030
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front written by Serhii Plokhy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The full story of the first and only time American and Soviets fought side-by-side in World War II At the conference held in in Moscow in October 1943, American officials proposed to their Soviet allies a new operation in the effort to defeat Nazi Germany. The Normandy Invasion was already in the works; what American officials were suggesting until then was a second air front: the US Air Force would establish bases in Soviet-controlled territory, in order to "shuttle-bomb" the Germans from the Eastern front. For all that he had been pushing for the United States and Great Britain to do more to help the war effort--the Soviets were bearing by far the heaviest burden in terms of casualties--Stalin, recalling the presence of foreign troops during the Russian Revolution, balked at the suggestion of foreign soldiers on Soviet soil. His concern was that they would spy on his regime, and it would be difficult to get rid of them afterword. Eventually in early 1944, Stalin was persuaded to give in, and Operation Baseball and then Frantic were initiated. B-17 Flying Fortresses were flown from bases in Italy to the Poltava region in Ukraine. As Plokhy's book shows, what happened on these airbases mirrors the nature of the Grand Alliance itself. While both sides were fighting for the same goal, Germany's unconditional surrender, differences arose that no common purpose could overcome. Soviet secret policeman watched over the operations, shadowing every move, and eventually trying to prevent fraternization between American servicemen and local women. A catastrophic air raid by the Germans revealed the limitations of Soviet air defenses. Relations soured and the operations went south. Indeed, the story of the American bases foreshadowed the eventual collapse of the Grand Alliance and the start of the Cold War. Using previously inaccessible archives, Forgotten Bastards offers a bottom-up history of the Grand Alliance, showing how it first began to fray on the airfields of World War II.
Author : Giles Milton
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1250247578
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book The Stalin Affair written by Giles Milton and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the motley group of Allied men and women who worked to manage Stalin’s mercurial, explosive approach to diplomacy during four turbulent years of World War II. In the summer of 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, shattering what Stalin had considered an ironclad partnership. There were real fears that Stalin’s forces would be defeated or that the Soviet leader would once again strike a deal with Hitler. Either eventuality would spell catastrophe for both Britain and the United States. Enter W. Averell Harriman: a railroad magnate and, at the start of the war, the fourth-richest man in America. At Roosevelt’s behest he traveled to Britain to serve as a liaison between the president and Churchill and to spearhead what became known as the Harriman Mission. Together with his fashionable young daughter Kathy, an unforgettable cast of British diplomats, and Churchill himself, he would eventually manage to wrangle Stalin into the partnership the Allies needed to defeat Hitler. Based on unpublished diaries, letters, and secret reports, The Stalin Affair reveals troves of new material about the path to Allied victory, full of vivid scenes between celebrated and infamous World War II figures. Includes eight-page, color photograph insert.
Author : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781410209023
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Winged Shield, Winged Sword 1950-1997 written by Bernard C. Nalty and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and analyzes, in the context of national policy and international rivalries, the evolution of land-based air power since the United States Army in 1907 established an Aeronautical Division. Provides a clearer understanding of the central role of the Air Force in current American defense policy.
Author : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Winged Shield, Winged Sword written by Bernard C. Nalty and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the milestone official comprehensive history of the United States Air Force with compelling stories about America's airmen and their aircraft. This document, Volume I, contains the first 12 chapters and begins with balloons and the earliest heavier-than-air machines. It carries the story through World War II to the establishment of the United States Air Force as a service separate from, but equal to, the Army and the Navy."--barnesandnoble.com
Author : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Winged Shield, Winged Sword: 1950-1997 written by Bernard C. Nalty and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the milestone official comprehensive history of the United States Air Force with compelling stories about America's airmen and their aircraft. This document, Volume II, picks up the narrative at the Korean War, takes it through the War in Southeast Asia, the Gulf War, to the drawdown following the end of the Cold War."--barnesandnoble.com
Author : Herman S. Wolk
Publisher : Air Force History & Museums Program
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Struggle for Air Force Independence, 1943-1947 written by Herman S. Wolk and published by Air Force History & Museums Program. This book was released on 1997 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Infantry written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heike Bungert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135761345
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)
Download or read book Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century written by Heike Bungert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work investigates the connection between intelligence history, domestic policy, military history and foreign relations in a time of increasing bureaucratization of the modern state. The issues of globalization of foreign relations and the development of modern communication are also discussed.
Author : Lee Trimble
Publisher : Dutton Caliber
ISBN 13 : 0425276058
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Beyond The Call written by Lee Trimble and published by Dutton Caliber. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Near the end of World War II, thousands of Allied ex-POWs were abandoned to wander the war-torn Eastern Front, modern day Ukraine. With no food, shelter, or supplies, they were an army of dying men. The Red Army had pushed the Nazis out of Russia. As they advanced across Poland, the prison camps of the Third Reich were discovered and liberated. In defiance of humanity, the freed Allied prisoners were discarded without aid. The Soviets viewed POWs as cowards, and regarded all refugees as potential spies or partisans. The United States repeatedly offered to help recover their POWs, but were refused. With relations between the allies strained, a plan was conceived for an undercover rescue mission. In total secrecy, the OSS chose an obscure American air force detachment stationed at a Ukrainian airfield; it would provide the base and the cover for the operation. The man they picked to undertake it was veteran 8th Air Force bomber pilot Captain Robert Trimble. With little covert training, already scarred by the trials of combat, Trimble took the mission. He would survive by wit, courage, and a determination to do some good in a terrible war. Alone he faced up to the terrifying Soviet secret police, saving hundreds of lives. At the same time he battled to come to terms with the trauma of war and find his own way home to his wife and child. One ordinary man. One extraordinary mission. A thousand lives at stake. This is the compelling, inspiring true story of an American hero who laid his life on the line to bring his fellow men home to safety and freedom. Include photos"--
Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137037644
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book FDR and the Holocaust written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume take a hard look at Roosevelt's reaction to the Holocaust.
Author : Anthony Tucker-Jones
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750983132
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Slaughter on the Eastern Front written by Anthony Tucker-Jones and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1941, a collective madness overtook Adolf Hitler and his senior generals. They convinced themselves that they could take on and defeat a superpower in the making – the Soviet Union. Foolishly, they thought in a swift campaign they could smash the Red Army and force Stalin to sue for peace, despite dire warnings that Stalin was amassing a reserve army of more than 1 million men on the Volga. The end result would be such carnage that it would tear the German forces apart. In his major reassessment of the war on the Eastern Front, Anthony Tucker-Jones casts new light on the brutal fighting, including such astounding German defeats as at Stalingrad, Kursk, Minsk and, finally, Berlin. He controversially contends that from the very start intelligence officers on both sides failed to influence their leadership resulting in untold slaughter. He also reveals the shocking blunders by Hitler, Stalin and even Churchill that led to the appalling, needless destruction of Hitler’s armed forces as early as the winter of 1941–42. Step by step, Tucker-Jones describes how the German war machine fought to its very last against a relentless enemy, fully aware that defeat was inevitable.
Author : Sean M. Mcateer
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434961591
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)
Download or read book 500 Days written by Sean M. Mcateer and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Square One Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 075705160X
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The Second World War: Europe and the Mediterranean written by and published by Square One Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** OVER 210,000 WEST POINT MILITARY HISTORY SERIES SETS IN PRINT *** From the prewar development of the German war machine to the ultimate victory of the Allied coalition, here is an in-depth analysis of the battles that raged on the Western and Eastern Fronts. It examines the major strategies, the innovative tactics, and the new generation of weapons—along with the people who used them.
