HITLER'S LAST BASTION: THE FINAL BATTLES
FOR THE REICH 1944-1945
by Franz Kurowski
An account of the final stages of the Second World War and the
final apocalyptic battles for Koenigsberg, Breslau, Wesel, Kolberg,
Danzig, Posen and others. The author describes the desperate
resistance of German units enabling the evacuation of thousands of
their people, in the West the crossing of the Rhine by Allied
troops, the Remagen bridgehead and the Ruhr pocket, and in the East
the battles for Pomerania, Silesia and Berlin itself.
The Sixth Coalition and the Downfall of Napoleon. 1813 was a
critical year in the world war when, in a series of major
battles the converging armies of the Coalition drove the French
forces back. It was the year in which the balance of power
tipped decisively against Napoleon’s First Empire to the benefit
of the Coalition which consisted of Austria, Prussia, Russia,
the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and the smaller
German states. The author covers operations in central Europe
and Spain, where the allies broke French power, humbled Napoleon
and laid the foundations for the Congress of Vienna.
New in d/w - 222pp, 23 maps,
10 b/w & 14 colour plates,
6 figures & illustrations
The 1914 Battle of the Aisne, officially from 12th to 15th
September, came about as a result of the German retirement from
the Battle of the Marne, which took place further south as the
armies of France and Germany jostled for position almost within
sight of Paris. By the time the British arrived on the Aisne the
battle line stretched some 150 miles from Noyon in the west to
Verdun in the east. The British Expeditionary fought bitter
engagements, which took place in difficult conditions and
casualties were heavy.
The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, July 10, 1943. Aboard more
than two thousand ships, the largest armada in history, two great
Allied Armies made ready to invade Sicily. Operation Husky was the
first step towards winning a toehold in fascist occupied Europe.
Among the invaders were 20,000 troops of the 1st Canadian Infantry
Division and 1st Canadian Tank Brigade. They were about to embark on
their first ever combat. Over the next twenty-eight days, the
Canadians and the other Allied troops carved a path through rugged
land despite fierce German opposition.
The Soviet T-28 multi-turreted medium tank was a symbol of the
Workers and Peasants Red Army in pre-war years. Well known as it
is, little substantial information has been published about its
development, particularly in the West. This book attempts to
remedy this and contains much new information, more than 160
photographs - many showing close-in detail - plus a wealth of 1/35
scale plans and profiles, seven in full colour
New in card cover - A4 format, 128pp, 165 b/w photos, 7 colour ills, numerous
1:35 scale profiles
