The Second World War: Europe and the MediterraneanSquare One Publishers, Inc., 2002 - 448 σελίδες *** 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. |
Περιεχόμενα
Birth of the Blitzkrieg | 1 |
Chapter | 5 |
Hitlers Reorganization of the Command Structure | 9 |
A Fiesler StorchThe Eyes of the Panzers | 16 |
The Fate of the Polish Air Force | 22 |
Blitzkrieg in the West | 27 |
Chapter 2 | 28 |
Maginot Line and Invasion Routes | 34 |
Sicily and Italy | 227 |
German Dispositions September 3 1943 | 233 |
First Battle of Cassino | 241 |
Chapter 11 | 248 |
Planning and Preparing the CrossChannel Attack | 253 |
U S Troops With British Escort in Northern Ireland | 254 |
A Landing Ship Tank LST | 263 |
German AntiLanding Obstacles Under Construction | 271 |
British Equipment During Mechanized Exercise on Salisbury | 42 |
A French Armored Division Was Immobilized Through | 48 |
The Battle of Britain | 55 |
1940 | 64 |
The Balkan Campaign and Operation BARBAROSSA | 87 |
Chapter 4 | 89 |
German Troops at a Dynamited Section of Road Near | 95 |
Marcks Plan August 5 1940 | 103 |
The RussoGerman War to Stalingrad | 111 |
German Machinegun Crews in a Russian Village 1941 | 112 |
Moscow Under Siege | 119 |
Directive 41 April 5 1942 | 128 |
The RussoGerman War From Kursk to Berlin | 139 |
Chapter 6 | 140 |
The German Main Battle Tank the Panzerkampfwagen | 147 |
German Prisoners of War in Moscow July 17 1944 | 155 |
North Africa | 163 |
Chapter 7 | 164 |
Sherman Tank | 170 |
The Allied Command Team 1943 | 176 |
The Grand Alliance | 181 |
Chapter 8 | 182 |
The Battle of the Atlantic | 205 |
Chapter 9 | 206 |
German Command in the West | 277 |
The DDay Assault | 283 |
Chapter 12 | 284 |
Eisenhower Talks With Paratroopers | 291 |
American Troops Going Ashore on Utah Beach | 296 |
A Business of BuildUp | 307 |
Chapter 13 | 309 |
Hedgerow Fighting | 316 |
Operation COBRA | 323 |
Troops Dig Out After Bombs Fall Short | 331 |
Field Marshal Walter Model | 338 |
Chapter 15 | 344 |
The Tyranny of Logistics | 347 |
German Equipment on the South Bank of the Seine | 351 |
A Rather Ambitious Counterattack | 369 |
Chapter 16 | 370 |
German Soldier Moves Forward December 1944 | 377 |
Pattons Armor Heading for the Ardennes December 1944383 | 383 |
Mission Fulfilled | 393 |
Chapter 17 | 394 |
Navy Landing Craft Loads Troops for Rhine Crossing | 400 |
Montgomery Accepts the German Surrender at Lunebürg | 408 |
Selected Bibliography | 415 |
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Πληροφορίες βιβλιογραφίας
| Τίτλος | The Second World War: Europe and the Mediterranean Τόμος 1 του The Second World War, United States Military Academy. Department of History West Point military history series |
| Συγγραφείς | Thomas E. Griess, Thomas B. Buell |
| Επιμελητής | Thomas E. Griess |
| Συνεισφέροντες | Thomas E. Griess, United States Military Academy. Department of History |
| Έκδοση | επανεκτύπωση |
| Εκδότης | Square One Publishers, Inc., 2002 |
| ISBN | 0757001602, 9780757001604 |
| Μέγεθος | 448 σελίδες |
| Εξαγωγή αναφοράς | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |