A Diary of Life as a Hong Kong Prisoner of War, 1941-1945
I cant visualise us getting out of this, but I want to TRY to believe in a future, wrote 23-year-old Barbara Anslow (then Redwood) in her diary on 8th December 1941, a few hours after Japan first attacked Hong Kong. Barbaras 1941-1945 diaries (with post-war explanations where necessary) are an invaluable source of information on the civilian ......
The German army faced a gun-armor race and placed a premium on technological quality and superiority over mass production. The army and Adolf Hitler pushed for larger and more powerful tanks than had ever been built. The heaviest tanks and assault guns developed and fielded by Germany continue to capture interest confirmed by current restorations.
Laboratory of the Devil, Auschwitz of the East (Japanese Biological Warf
This book exposes Unit 731 as being the largest bacterial warfare force in the history of WW2. Manufacture and the use of biological weapons, the entire process of preparation and implementation of germ warfare, with the reflection on war and human nature, medical and ethical issues, is given by the testimony of the veterans of Unit 731.
The object of this book is not to prove that Adolf Hitler was insane. So much is obvious, both intuitively and from a clinical perspective. Nevertheless the reasons for arriving at such a conclusion will be reiterated and enlarged upon. Instead, the aim of the author is to discover what light Hitlers associates were able to shed on the ......
Assault guns were armored fighting vehicles similar to tanks, with the chassis and tracks of a panzer but without the rotating turret and with a larger gun. Used to support infantry assaults, they were also effective as tank destroyers. Hans Wijers has assembled hundreds of photos of these vehicles at war on the Eastern Front of World War II.
This detailed yet accessible battlefield guide takes the reader on a journey across the Oderfront battlefield as it is today. Eye witness accounts and the author's intimate knowledge of the terrain combine to provide the essential guide for anyone seeking to further understand the Wehrmacht's last desperate defensive battles before Berlin.
The November 1940 British attack against the Italian fleet provided a perfect example of surprise and swift devastation -- a lesson not lost on the Japanese.
This is the gripping account of the heroics of the small band of British & Greek airmen who flew Bristol Blenheims against ever-increasing odds during the fighting over Greece and Albania-particularly once the Luftwaffe were determined to destroy them. By the time of withdrawal to Crete all three squadrons had been wiped out, with great sacrifice.
Hurricanes Over Crete, Spitfires Over Kos, Beaufighters Over the Aegean
This is the first comprehensive account of RAF and Luftwaffe aerial operations over the Aegean 1943-1944. Original research with extracts from official operations and published memoirs. The book also includes many first-hand accounts from both British and German aircrew extracted from official reports and memoirs.