"Supported by detailed maps, Dmitry Degtev presents a balanced account of the Soviet campaigns on the Eastern Front in 1944, capturing both the monumental collapse of German forces and the costly mistakes that accompanied Red Army victories."
Classic Military Vehicle Magazine - Issue 292, September 2025
"Supported by detailed maps, Dmitry Degtev presents a balanced account of the Soviet campaigns on the Eastern Front in 1944, capturing both the monumental collapse of German forces and the costly mistakes that accompanied Red Army victories."
Classic Military Vehicle Magazine - Issue 292, September 2025
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With VJ Day commemorations fresh in the memory this fascinating and highly readable book recounts one airman’s war against the Japanese but also provides a detailed insight into RAF Liberator bomber operations over Burma during the last year of the war. Flt Lt Roy Andrews the subject served with 215 Squadron and through the prism of his operational service as a wireless operator/air gunner (Wop/AG) the author offers an insight into the triumphs and tragedies of the squadron that were mirrored by all of the sister units. It is thus not a dry read but one full of at times heart stopping narrative but with much detail that will please historians as will its chronological approach. It is first and foremost one man’s story and is thus all the more poignant with being read exactly 80 years after the events. This is highly recommended to both the general reader and the historian and stands as a monument to ‘one of the many.’
Andrew Thomas - Author and Historian
With VJ Day commemorations fresh in the memory this fascinating and highly readable book recounts one airman’s war against the Japanese but also provides a detailed insight into RAF Liberator bomber operations over Burma during the last year of the war. Flt Lt Roy Andrews the subject served with 215 Squadron and through the prism of his operational service as a wireless operator/air gunner (Wop/AG) the author offers an insight into the triumphs and tragedies of the squadron that were mirrored by all of the sister units. It is thus not a dry read but one full of at times heart stopping narrative but with much detail that will please historians as will its chronological approach. It is first and foremost one man’s story and is thus all the more poignant with being read exactly 80 years after the events. This is highly recommended to both the general reader and the historian and stands as a monument to ‘one of the many.’
Andrew Thomas - Author and Historian
The latest account in this very important series covers the air actions over New Guinea and New Britain during the first quarter of 1943 that culminated in one of the most decisive victories on the war in the South Pacific. The period saw some intense air fighting between the IJN, now reinforced by the JAAF and the USAAF and RAAF as both sides sought to reinforce their positions in New Guinea. For this the Japanese pushed convoys from their fortress at Rabaul to Lae in northern New Guinea. In March a large reinforcement convoy was attacked by strike aircraft US Fifth Air Force and RAAF that had specially trained for the task resulting in its almost complete destruction. The Battle of the Bismarck Sea was truly significant the results of which are clearly described in this well researched and presented account that is complimented with illustrative maps and handsome artwork backed up by detailed tables of claims and losses from both sides. This series is not to be missed!
Andrew Thomas - Author and Historian
The latest account in this very important series covers the air actions over New Guinea and New Britain during the first quarter of 1943 that culminated in one of the most decisive victories on the war in the South Pacific. The period saw some intense air fighting between the IJN, now reinforced by the JAAF and the USAAF and RAAF as both sides sought to reinforce their positions in New Guinea. For this the Japanese pushed convoys from their fortress at Rabaul to Lae in northern New Guinea. In March a large reinforcement convoy was attacked by strike aircraft US Fifth Air Force and RAAF that had specially trained for the task resulting in its almost complete destruction. The Battle of the Bismarck Sea was truly significant the results of which are clearly described in this well researched and presented account that is complimented with illustrative maps and handsome artwork backed up by detailed tables of claims and losses from both sides. This series is not to be missed!
Andrew Thomas - Author and Historian
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Born of the Desert
Born of the Desert is a classic account of the early years of the SAS. The Special Air Service was formed in 1941 and quickly earned a reputation for stealth, daring and audacity in the Western Desert Campaign. This elite force utilised the endless expanse of the desert to carry out surprise attacks and hit and run raids behind the Afrika Korps' lines,… Read more...
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The Waffen SS in Combat
This is the photographic history of the Waffen-SS in combat on all fronts. The short six year history of the Waffen SS spanned triumph and disaster, and their story can be traced through these powerful images, which clearly document the reality of combat from 1940 to 1945. These rare images span the combat history of the Waffen-SS from the optimism… Read more...
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Carve Her Name With Pride
Carve Her Name With Pride is the inspiring story of the half-French Violette Szabo who was born in Paris Iin 1921 to an English motor-car dealer, and a French Mother. She met and married Etienne Szabo, a Captain in the French Foreign Legion in 1940. Shortly after the birth of her daughter, Tania, her husband died at El Alamein. She became a FANY (First… Read more...
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Armoured Warfare in the Italian Campaign 1943-1945
The Second World War campaigns in North Africa, on the Eastern Front and in northwest Europe were dominated by armoured warfare, but the battles in Italy were not. The mountainous topography of the Italian peninsula ensured that it was foremost an infantry war, so it could be said that tanks played a supporting role. Yet, as Anthony Tucker-Jones demonstrates,… Read more...
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Air War Normandy
So much ink has been spilt and so many miles of film expended on the amphibious invasion of Normandy on 6 June, 1944, otherwise known as D-Day, and so familiar have the images become of men leaping from their landing craft and wading ashore as shells exploded all around them, that it is all too easy to forget that none of this would have been possible… Read more...
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Eighth Army in Italy 1943 – 45
Eighth Army, Britain's most famous field army of the twentieth century, landed in Italy in September 1943 and fought continously until the defeat of the Germans in early-May 1945. This book studies the experience of Eighth Army in the Italian campaign, examining how a force accustomed to the open spaces of North Africa adjusted to the difficult terrain… Read more...
Mansur Abdulin fought in the front ranks of the Soviet infantry against the German invaders at Stalingrad, Kursk and on the banks of the Dnieper. This is his extraordinary story. His vivid inside view of a ruthless war on the Eastern Front gives a rare insight into the reality of the fighting and into the tactics and mentality of the Red Army's soldiers… Read more...
Very few British soldiers could lay claim to such a full war as Leslie Young. Having survived the retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk, he volunteered for the newly formed Commandos and took part in their first major operation, the raid on the Lofoten Islands. He fought and was captured in Tunisia. He escaped in Italy before his PoW camp at Fontanellato… Read more...
This is the story of the Arado 234, an aircraft that on one day in 1944, in the skies above Normandy, heralded the beginning of a new era in aviation: the jet era... For more than a century, the aviation industry has experienced continual change and upheaval. Many individuals have contributed to this field of developmental aviation over the course… Read more...
This is the first of a new series of DVDs that will build into a collection covering all the highlights of this massive and controversial campaign. One that caught the Allies off guard and was fought in terrible weather conditions by some of the best German and Allied troops fighting in the West. In this section we examine the background to the campaign… Read more...
Following on from BHTV's earlier film in the Market Garden series on the story of Hell's Highway, the series reaches the battle to seize the great Bridges over two of Europe's largest water ways; the Maas and the Waal at Nijmegen. Here the 82nd US airborne were, as elsewhere, denied coup de main attacks to seize the bridges by the air commanders. While… Read more...
The Battle of Arnhem, fought in the early autumn of 1944, remains without a doubt the most hotly debated battle of the North West European Campaign, both then and now. From its inception in the sixteen canceled airborne operations during August, we will chart the problems, many of which were ignored by men desperate to get into battle, the compromises… Read more...
