An account of the long and bloody fight that decided the fate of the Philippines in World War II.
Nathan N. Prefer Knihy
Nathan N. Prefer je celoživotní badatel v oblasti druhé světové války. Jeho rozsáhlé studium této éry se projevuje v jeho vojenských historických pracích, kde se zaměřuje na klíčové kampaně a postavy. Preferův zájem o vojenskou historii se prohloubil během jeho služby u amerických námořních záloh. Nyní v důchodu, s postgraduálními tituly z vojenské historie, se nadále věnuje pečlivému zkoumání vojenských dějin a zaměřuje se na méně známé, ale významné aspekty konfliktů.
A comprehensive history of the U.S. Ninth Army, from its formation and organization, through its constituent units and commanders to narrative of the key battles it took part in August 1944-May 1945.
Patton's ghost corps
- 272 stránek
- 10 hodin čtení
Discusses the role of Major General Walton Walker's "ghost corps" during World War II, when they were left by General Patton to defend the entire Third Army frontline
Eisenhower'S Thorn on the Rhine
- 336 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
By the fall of 1944 the Western Allies appeared to be having it all their own way. The summer's Normandy invasion had finally succeeded and the Germans had been driven out of northern France and most of the Low Countries. číst celé
In July 1944, the 9,000-man Japanese garrison on the island of Tinian listened warily as the thunder of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, Army and Air Corps, descended on their neighbouring island, Saipan, just three miles away.
The first full history of the longest island campaign of the Pacific War.