Developed in 1940,
German Sturmgeschutz assault guns were intended to support
the infantry during the attack and breakthrough of enemy
positions. On the Eastern Front they proved to be potent
tanks destroyers, able to reliably defeat Russian T-34 and
KV heavy tanks. Cheaper and quicker to produce than
conventional Panzers, they were deployed widely and with
great success forming an integral part of armoured units,
particularly in the final desperate days of the war when
tank production could not keep up with the needs of the war
effort.
New in d/w -
271pp, 200+ b/w photos, tables & organisational charts
This gripping and richly
illustrated account of wartime Greece explores the impact of
the Nazi Occupation upon the lives and values of ordinary
people. The first full account of the experience of
occupation, it offers a vividly human picture of resistance
fighters and black marketeers, teenage German conscripts and
Gestapo officers, Jews and starving villagers.
The single-handed destruction of
the strategic bridge in Vietnam 1972 by Colonel John Ripley,
USMC. He rigged 500 lbs of explosives whilst under intense
fire for 3 hours, stalling a major North Vietnamese attack
by 30,000 men and 200 tanks. For his heroism Ripley was
awarded the Navy Cross, one of America's highest military
honours.
GUERNICA: THE BIOGRAPHY OF
A TWENTIETH CENTURY ICON
by Gijs
van Hensbergen
Guernica relates the powerful story of Picasso's 1937
masterpiece, a painting that from its birth out of war and
violence became known worldwide as a symbolic cry for peace.
The acclaimed biographer of Gaudi traces the iconic
painting's beginnings amid the Spanish Civil War through its
use as a weapon in the propaganda battle against Fascism,
through the years when it became the nucleus of the Museum
of Modern Art's creation in New York, to its role as a
symbol of reconciliation when it returned to Spain after the
death of Franco, as democracy was reestablished.
The story of Bomber Command's elite
squadrons. Twenty five minutes was what it took to run the
gauntlet of the Berlin air defences from end to end at full
stretch. The flak barrage put up from the ground was
merciless and, if your plane was caught in the searchlights,
you had little chance of survival. The Luftwaffe night
fighters were waiting for you on the way home as well. This
new history of the RAF Pathfinder Squadrons outlines the
increasingly successful role they played in bringing
accuracy and effectiveness into the air war waged by Bomber
Command against the Third Reich during 1942-1945.
New in card covers - 192pp, numerous
b/w photos & illustrations
