Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle Books
As the hot weeks of waiting dragged by, time after time the Soviet soldiers rehearsed their tasks. The Germans meanwhile assembled an immense force totalling thirty-five divisions. Now both sides were ready for battle. But neither the German nor the Soviet commanders knew the exact time Citadel would begin. That was still Hitler's secret...The greatest armoured battle of all time.
Except to the planners in Washington and Tokyo, this small atoll and its main island Betio were virtually unknown. Then in 'seventy-six stark and bitter hours' the island was taken, and in the battle the heroism of both attackers and defenders was worthy to stand beside the most renowned in the history of warfare.
In this precise and concise account of the defense of Moscow, an English historian combines his outstanding talent with Marshal Zhukov, obtaining an uncommon result. The work is one of the most authoritative written on one of the greatest and most terrible campaigns of this and any other century.
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One of the many Ballentine War Series, this one deals with Beda Fomm.
Battle Book No. 21 of Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century.
March - April 1945. Victory for the Allies was only a matter of time. Two great armies were racing towards each other crushing German resistance in their path. Berlin was the prize, which the Soviets were in the event to seize. Instead Eisenhower, always more a political, rather than military, figure opted to destroy the German armies in and around the Ruhr. Churchill's warnings were ignored and Mongomery's plans overruled. What drove the decision-making at this vital time? Was it high level strategy or naked personal ambition? Charles Whiting sets out to examine the facts in his own distinctive style and reach a conclusion, no matter how unpalatable.
VIETNAM. Here is the true story, full of heroism and endurance against impossible odds, a chilling tale of French forces hopelessly maneuvering tanks in the age of Guerilla Warfare.