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Air Campaign Nº031. Gothic Line 1944-45 : The USAAF starves out the German Army
This is the history of how the mighty Gothic Line was defeated by American air power, in one of the most pivotal but least-known air campaigns of World War II.By late 1944, the Italian Campaign was secondary to the campaigns in France, and Allied forces were not strong enough to break the Germans' (...)
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Air Campaign Nº032. Arctic Convoys 1942 : The Luftwaffe cuts Russia's lifeline
A new history of the most crucial few months of the Arctic Convoys, when Germany's air power forced the Allies to retreat to the cover of winter.Between spring and autumn 1942, Germany was winning the battle of the Arctic Convoys. Half of PQ-15 was sunk in May, PQ-17 was virtually obliterated in (...)
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The Korean War
In this fully illustrated introduction, Dr Carter Malkasian provides a concise overview of the so-called "Forgotten War" in Korea.From 1950 to 1953, the most powerful countries in the world engaged in a major conventional war in Korea. Yet ironically this conflict has come to be known as the USA's (...)
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Essential Histories. The war of 1812.
In this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Carl Benn examines the War of 1812 and its significance in US history.The war of 1812 1815 was a bloody confrontation that tore through the American frontier, the British colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, and parts of the Atlantic coast (...)
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La defensa alemana de Berlín
Nunca se preparó un plan cohesionado y general para la defensa de Berlín.Todo lo que existía era la obstinada determinación de Hitler de defender la capital del Reich. Las circunstancias fueron tales que no pensó en la defensa de la ciudad hasta que fue demasiado tarde para cualquier tipo (...)
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