Metz 1944: Patton's Fortified Nemesis, Campaign Series

Metz 1944: Patton's fortified nemesis, Campaign Series, Book 242 (Campaign)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Aug. 13, 2019
Metz 1944: Patton's fortified nemesis, Campaign Series, Book 242 (Campaign)

Metz 1944: Patton's fortified nemesis, Campaign Series, Book 242 (Campaign) by Steven J. Zaloga
English | March 20th, 2012 | ISBN: 1849085919 | 96 pages | EPUB | 47.60 MB

General George Patton's most controversial campaign was the series of battles in autumn 1944 battles along the German frontier which centered on the fortified city of Metz. In part, the problem was logistics. As was the case with the rest of the Allied forces in the European Theatre, supplies were limited until the port of Antwerp could finally be cleared. Also problematic was the weather. The autumn of 1944 was one of the wettest on record, and hardly conducive to the type of mechanized warfare for which Patton was so famous.

Imphal 1944: The Japanese invasion of India, Campaign Series, Book 319 (Campaign)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Aug. 14, 2019
Imphal 1944: The Japanese invasion of India, Campaign Series, Book 319 (Campaign)

Imphal 1944: The Japanese invasion of India, Campaign Series, Book 319 (Campaign) by Hemant Singh Katoch
English | March 9th, 2018 | ISBN: 1472820150 | 96 pages | EPUB | 27.37 MB

In March 1944, the Japanese Fifteenth Army launched an offensive into India from Burma. Named 'U Go', its main objective was the capture of the town of Imphal, which provided the easiest route between India and Burma. Whoever controlled it, controlled access between the two countries. Facing off against the Japanese was the British Fourteenth Army and its Imphal-based 4 Corps. For the next four months, over 200,000 men clashed in the hills and valley of Manipur in what has since been described as one of the greatest battles of World War II.

Guam 1941 & 1944: Campaign Series, Book 139 (Campaign)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at July 31, 2019
Guam 1941 & 1944: Campaign Series, Book 139 (Campaign)

Guam 1941 & 1944: Campaign Series, Book 139 (Campaign) by Gordon L. Rottman
English | January 22nd, 2013 | ISBN: 1841768111 | 96 pages | EPUB | 41.90 MB

The island of Guam was the first Allied territory lost to the Japanese onslaught in 1941. On 10 December 5,000 Japanese troops landed on Guam, defended by less than 500 US and Guamanian troops, the outcome was beyond doubt. On 21 July 1944 America returned. In a risky operation, the two US landing forces came ashore seven miles apart and it was a week before the beachheads linked up. Only the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa would cost the Americans more men than the landings on Guam and Saipan, which immediately preceded the Guam operation. In this book Gordon Rottman details the bitter 26-day struggle for this key Pacific island duringWorld War II (1939-1945).

Battle of the Bulge 1944 (1): Campaign Series, Book 115 (Campaign)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Aug. 1, 2019
Battle of the Bulge 1944 (1): Campaign Series, Book 115 (Campaign)

Battle of the Bulge 1944 (1): Campaign Series, Book 115 (Campaign) by Steven J. Zaloga
English | February 19th, 2013 | ISBN: 1841765600 | 96 pages | EPUB | 52.83 MB

The Battle of the Bulge was the largest and most costly battle fought by the US Army in World War II. The Ardennes fighting was Hitler's last gamble on the Western Front, crippling the Wehrmacht for the remainder of the war. In the first of two volumes on the Ardennes campaign Steven Zaloga details the fighting in the northern sector around St Vith and the Elsenborn Ridge. Sixth Panzer Army, containing the bulk of German Panzer strength, was expected to achieve the breakthrough here. It was the failure around St Vith that forced the Germans to look south towards Bastogne.
The Philippine Sea 1944: The last great carrier battle, Campaign Series, Book 313 (Campaign)

The Philippine Sea 1944: The last great carrier battle, Campaign Series, Book 313 (Campaign) by Mark Stille
English | September 21st, 2017 | ISBN: 1472819209 | 96 pages | EPUB | 16.56 MB

After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Soloman Islands, the Imperial Japanese navy attempted to counter-attack against the US forces threatening the Home Islands. Involving the US Fifth Fleet and the Japanese Mobile Fleet, the battle of the Philippine Sea took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War.
Operation Market-Garden 1944 (3): The British XXX Corps Missions, Campaign Series, Book 317 (Campaign)

Operation Market-Garden 1944 (3): The British XXX Corps Missions, Campaign Series, Book 317 (Campaign) by Ken Ford
English | January 25th, 2018 | ISBN: 1472820126 | 96 pages | EPUB | 30.36 MB

Field Marshal Montgomery's plan to get Second British Army behind the fortifications of the German Siegfried Line in 1944 led to the hugely ambitions Operation Market-Garden. Part of this plan called for a rapid advance from Belgium through Holland up to and across the lower Rhine by the British XXX Corps along a single road already dominated by airborne troops.

Operation Neptune 1944: Campaign Series, Book 268 (Campaign)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Aug. 1, 2019
Operation Neptune 1944: Campaign Series, Book 268 (Campaign)

Operation Neptune 1944: Campaign Series, Book 268 (Campaign) by Ken Ford
English | February 18th, 2014 | ISBN: 1472802713 | 96 pages | EPUB | 19.50 MB

The story of Operation Neptune was, of course, more than just a tale of planning, building and logistics. It had action a-plenty and the emotive tales of bravery, ingenuity and determination by the crews of the ships involved brought credit to the naval traditions of the Allied nations. Battleships, cruisers and destroyers bombarded enemy positions; midget submarines pointed the way to the beaches; minesweepers worked secretly by night to clear lanes; landing craft of all sizes braved enemy fire and mines to deposit their loads on the beaches and naval beach parties endured shellfire and machine guns to bring order to the beaches.

Operation Pointblank 1944: Campaign Series, Book 236 (Campaign)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Aug. 3, 2019
Operation Pointblank 1944: Campaign Series, Book 236 (Campaign)

Operation Pointblank 1944: Campaign Series, Book 236 (Campaign) by Steven J. Zaloga
English | August 23rd, 2011 | ISBN: 1849083851 | 96 pages | EPUB | 23.53 MB

Operation Pointblank was the code name for the United States Army Air Force's attempt to destroy German fighter capability through the use of daylight strategic bombing in advance of the D-Day landings. Launched in 1943, the operation immediately met with severe problems, most notably the horrible attrition experienced by the US bomber forces. However, with the arrival of the P-51 Mustang, the United States was able to equip the fighters to fly on long-range-bomber escort missions and take the fight to the Luftwaffe in the skies over Germany. This book examines the entire operation from both the Allied and the German perspectives, covering all the main decisions and technological innovations made by both sides in this epic struggle.

Caen 1944: Campaign Series, Book 143 (Campaign)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Aug. 5, 2019
Caen 1944: Campaign Series, Book 143 (Campaign)

Caen 1944: Campaign Series, Book 143 (Campaign) by Ken Ford
English | January 22nd, 2013 | ISBN: 1841766259 | 96 pages | EPUB | 52.58 MB

One of the key objectives of British forces on D-Day was the capture of the strategically vital city of Caen. General Montgomery saw Caen as the key to Normandy and the springboard for the Allied breakout, but so did the Germans and the city did not fall. It took three major offensives and more than 30 bloody days of struggle to finally take Caen. In the process the city was controversially devastated and its civilian population decimated. The Allies paid a high price for Caen but the horrific German casualties bled their forces in Normandy white and helped open the way for the American breakout in Operation Cobra.

Battle of the Bulge 1944 (2): Bastogne, Campaign Series, Book 145 (Campaign)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Aug. 2, 2019
Battle of the Bulge 1944 (2): Bastogne, Campaign Series, Book 145 (Campaign)

Battle of the Bulge 1944 (2): Bastogne, Campaign Series, Book 145 (Campaign) by Steven J. Zaloga
English | February 19th, 2013 | ISBN: 1841768103 | 96 pages | EPUB | 56.12 MB

Osprey's second title examining the Battle of the Bulge, which was the largest and most costly battle fought by the US Army in World War II (1939-1945). When the attack in the north by 6th Panzer Army failed, Hitler switched the focus of the offensive to General Manteuffel's 5th Panzer Army farther south. Overwhelming the green US 106th Division, German Panzers flooded towards the River Meuse. Barring their way was the crossroads town of Bastogne, reinforced at the last minute by the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne, the 'Screaming Eagles". The stage was set for one of the epic struggles of the war — the battle for Bastogne.