From the foreword by acclaimed Eastern Front historian David Glantz: Hitler's Nemesis "fills a major gap in our understanding of the Red Army at war... By adding flesh and sinew to what had formerly seemed a gaunt skeleton, he has placed recognizable faces on that great gray mass of men whom the German Army fought against...
The Memoirs of a Red Army Penal Company Commander, 1943-45
Made up of soldiers who conducted "unauthorized retreats," former POWs deemed untrustworthy, and Gulag prisoners, the Red Army's penal units carried out some of the most terrifying assignments on the Eastern Front, such as storming German machine-gun nests.
Beginning with a general overview of crime in the Illinois state, this book focuses on such cases as the 'Murder Castle' of H H Holmes, the intellectual thrill killers Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, as well as the bloody St Valentine's Day Massacre involving Al Capone's South Side mob and Bugs Moran's North Side gang.
The Story of World War II's Most Successful Fighter Outfit
"Beware the Thunderbolt!" With that motto, the pilots of the U.S. Eighth Air Force's 56th Fighter Group--also known as Zemke's Wolfpack--took to the skies above Europe in their P-47 Thunderbolt fighters, escorting bombers into Germany, dogfighting with the Luftwaffe, and conducting ground-attack missions.
After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, more than two million American troops journeyed "over there"--to Europe, where the Germans, French, and British had been slugging it out on the Western Front since 1914.
Covers the information a service wife needs to survive and prosper in a service environment, including a description of family-friendly programs, advice for coping with periodic separations, tips for managing a separate career, discussion of living overseas, and also information on raising a family.
As the Vietnam War raged thousands of miles away, Mike McCarthy completed his flight training in the United States, eager to get into the war and afraid it would end before he could participate. He needn't have worried. By 1967, he was flying his F-4 Phantom II fighter with the U.S.
One of the most famous soldiers to fight in World War II, Erwin Rommel achieved immortality as the Desert Fox in the sands of Africa, but his first field command was the 7th Panzer Division, the so-called Ghost Division.
For more than 80 years, this book has been the bible for U.S. Army officers. Condensed from Army regulations and the customs and traditions of the service, this fully updated new edition provides the latest soldier information and frank advice on a variety of issues relating to service life, for officers of all ranks, branches, and components.
