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Terrible Terry Allen: Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier
ISBN: 9780891418344 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Terry de la Mesa Allen was one of the most remarkable soldiers in American military history. He failed out of West Point twice, yet ended up as a fearless battalion commander during World War I-- personally leading patrols into no-man's-land. During World War II, following hard and successful combat in North Africa and Sicily, Major General Allen was "fired" by Gen. Omar Bradley from command of the army's 1st Infantry Division for lax personal and unit discipline. Within a year, he was back in combat in command of the crack 104th Division Timberwolves, the first unit to reach the Elbe...
Terry de la Mesa Allen was one of the most remarkable soldiers in American military history. He failed out of West Point twice, yet ended up as a fear...
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72,67 |
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The Greatest War: v. 3: Battle of the Bulge to Hiroshima
ISBN: 9780446610483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Written by award-winning journalist, acclaimed historian and World War II veteran Gerald Astor, THE GREATEST WAR III is an American combat history of World War II told largely in the words of the soldiers, airmen and marines who fought - and ultimately emerged victorious from - this battle. In the third volume, Astor highlights the exploits of General MacArthur in the Phillipines and General Patton in Germany and takes the reader from the Battle of the Bulge to the bombing of Hiroshima, and up through the end of the war. It is a gripping narrative of unparalleled courage, honour and glory...
Written by award-winning journalist, acclaimed historian and World War II veteran Gerald Astor, THE GREATEST WAR III is an American combat history of ...
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106,39 |
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The Right to Fight: History of African Americans in the Military
ISBN: 9780891416326 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) From the opening shots in the American Revolution, Bunker's Hill and the struggle to wrest independence from Britain, to Hamburger Hill and the emergence of fully integrated units, this is a story of struggle. Even in the liberating times of the American Civil War, the Federal government put blacks in segregated regiments, a policy which was to continue throughout World War I and II. Gerald Astor examines the full history of African Americans in the military, and establishes the contribution they have made, right up to the present day.
From the opening shots in the American Revolution, Bunker's Hill and the struggle to wrest independence from Britain, to Hamburger Hill and the emerge...
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106,65 |
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Wings of Gold : The U.S. Naval Air Campaign in World War II
ISBN: 9780345472526 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) From critically acclaimed military historian Gerald Astor comes "Wings of Gold," the first account of how the airplane transformed the U.S. Navy and paved the way to victory in the Pacific in World War II. Astor tracks that fateful journey from its humble beginnings in 1910 when Eugene Ely flew the very first plane off the deck of a U.S. Navy ship to the unprecedented air combat missions that helped defeat the Japanese.
Few naval aviators in World War II realized that when they earned their wings of gold they were about to become test pilots for a whole new kind of combat. In their own... From critically acclaimed military historian Gerald Astor comes "Wings of Gold," the first account of how the airplane transformed the U.S. Navy and p...
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62,97 |
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Crisis in the Pacific: The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them
ISBN: 9780440236955 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) From the depths of defeat...
On December 8, 1941, one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Air Force struck the Philippines in the first blow of a devastating invasion. With an undersupplied patchwork army at his command, General Douglas MacArthur led a valiant defense of the Philippines. When defeat came, MacArthur swore he would return, while thousands of POWs fell into Japanese hands -- and faced a living hell that many would not survive. To the dawn of victory... In this gripping oral history, Gerald Astor brings to life the struggle to... From the depths of defeat...
On December 8, 1941, one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Air Force struck the Philippin... |
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33,88 |
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Presidents at War: From Truman to Bush, the Gathering of Military Powers to Our Commanders in Chief
ISBN: 9780471696551 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The Korean War, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, El Salvador, Grenada, Iran-Contra, Nicaragua, Panama, the Gulf War, Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq
What do these events and scores of others have in common? Each of these wars, incursions, invasions, and covert actions was undertaken by the United States without the benefit of a declaration of war. Where congressional sanction was sought, it usually took the form of a resolution, frequently issued after the fact. Presidents at War is the first book to examine all of America's... The Korean War, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, El Salvador, Grenada, Iran-Contra, Nicaragua, Panama, the Gu...
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117,79 |
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Semper Fi in the Sky: The Marine Air Battles of World War II
ISBN: 9780891418771 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Here, one of America's most popular military historians re-creates, using their own moving and powerful voices, the true stories of the U.S. Marine pilots who flew the Allies to victory in World War II. These riveting accounts recreate conflicts ranging from the Marines' gallant defense of Wake Island, where Captain Henry "Baron" Elrod destroyed two enemy planes before joining the fight on the ground, earning a posthumous Medal of Honor in the last-ditch attempt to stave off the Japanese, to the Battle of Midway and Guadalcanal. Running the gamut from Second Lieutenant Alvin Jensen's...
Here, one of America's most popular military historians re-creates, using their own moving and powerful voices, the true stories of the U.S. Marine pi...
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58,13 |
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The Greatest War: Vol II: D-Day and the Assault on Europe
ISBN: 9780446610476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Told by soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, this series is an oral history of World War II from those who were there. This second volume examines the storming of Omaha Beach on D-Day, and the advance of allied forces across Europe to the liberation of Paris.
Told by soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, this series is an oral history of World War II from those who were there. This second volume examines ...
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102,59 |
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The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military
ISBN: 9780306810312 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) From the birth of the United States, African American men and women have fought and died in defense of a nation that has often denied them many fundamental rights of citizenship. Now Gerald Astor has chronicled their efforts and accomplishments in this critically acclaimed survey. From Crispus Attucks, the first casualty of the American Revolution, to fighters on both sides of the Civil War, Astor moves to the postwar Indian campaigns and the infamous Brownsville riot. He also documents the prejudices and grievous wrongs that have kept African Americans from service--and finally traces their...
From the birth of the United States, African American men and women have fought and died in defense of a nation that has often denied them many fundam...
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98,78 |
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Battling Buzzards: The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team 1943-1945
ISBN: 9780440236931 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2001 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The Few and the Brave
Convinced by 1943 that the assault upon Nazi-held Europe would yield swiftly to elite troops, the U.S. Army created parachute regimental combat teams. Drawing on daring volunteers willing to hurl themselves from airplanes and hit the ground fighting, the 517th PRCT became one of the most highly trained airborne units in the world. Blooded in northern Italy in 1944, the Battling Buzzards dropped at night in southern France for the second D-day to spearhead a savage advance through the Champagne region and then into the Alps. Gerald Astor, acclaimed... The Few and the Brave
Convinced by 1943 that the assault upon Nazi-held Europe would yield swiftly to elite troops, the U.S. Army create... |
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29,04 |
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The Jungle War: Mavericks, Marauders and Madmen in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II
ISBN: 9780471273936 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Praise FOR Gerald Astor
""No one does oral history better than Gerald Astor. . . . Great reading."" -Stephen Ambrose on The Mighty Eighth ""Gerald Astor has proven himself a master. Here, World War II is brought to life through the hammer blows of their airborne triumphs and fears."" -J. Robert Moskin, author of Mr. Truman's War, on The Mighty Eighth ""Astor captures the fire and passion of those tens of thousands of U.S. airmen who flew through the inferno that was the bomber war over Europe."" -Stephen Coonts on The Mighty Eighth ""Oral history at its... Praise FOR Gerald Astor
""No one does oral history better than Gerald Astor. . . . Great reading."" -Stephen Ambrose on The Mighty Eighth "... |
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151,85 |
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The Bloody Forest: Battle for the Huertgen: September 1944-January 1945
ISBN: 9780891418559 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 393 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) For nearly five months, starting in mid-September 1944, American GIs battled for the Hurtgen Forest, a fifty-square mile tract of extremely inhospitable terrain.
For nearly five months, starting in mid-September 1944, American GIs battled for the Hurtgen Forest, a fifty-square mile tract of extremely inhospitab...
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95,03 |
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The Greatest War: Vol I: From Pearl Harbour to the Kasserine Pass
ISBN: 9780446610469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) From the sneak attack that ignited the war with Japan to the Tunisian campaign against Rommel, this book puts you in the torpedo duels of Midway, the desperate struggle for Guadalcanal, and the first airborne drop into North Africa. THEIR WAR THEIR WORDS American fighting men engaged the enemy on land, at sea, and in the air. Now one of the nation's most acclaimed military historians presents an authoritative and dramatic three-volume oral history of World War II that is both richly sweeping and startlingly intimate. A gripping account of how American warriors, from buck privates to five-star...
From the sneak attack that ignited the war with Japan to the Tunisian campaign against Rommel, this book puts you in the torpedo duels of Midway, the ...
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98,78 |
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A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It (Dell World War II Library)
ISBN: 9780440215745 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 1993 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Drawing on firsthand accounts by survivors of the bloody Battle of the Bulge, diaries, letters, and official documents, this study describes the events of the campaign, hardships faced by the soldiers, the battle's horrifying costs, and the controversy surrounding the campaign.
Drawing on firsthand accounts by survivors of the bloody Battle of the Bulge, diaries, letters, and official documents, this study describes the event...
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June 6, 1944: The Voices of D-Day
ISBN: 9780440236979 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2002 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In ships and planes, they crossed the English Channel.
On the other side Hitler's army waited. And the longest day was about to begin.... In the spring of 1944, 120,000 Allied soldiers crossed the English Channel in the most ambitious invasion force ever assembled. Rangers, paratroopers, infantry, and armored personnel, these soldiers--some who had just cut their teeth in Africa and Sicily and some who were brand-new to war--joined a force aimed at the heart of Europe and Hitler's defenses. On the morning of June 6, D-Day began. And in the hours that followed, thousands lost... In ships and planes, they crossed the English Channel. On the other side Hitler's army waited. And the longest day was about to begin.... |
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Presidents at War: From Truman to Bush, the Gathering of Military Powers to Our Commanders in Chief
ISBN: 9781684423514 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 303 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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68,23 |
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