There are new ideas for modelers to be found in 24 pages of photos and this account of a less-famous aspect of the world at war as West met East in the U-boats’ happier days and enjoyed an exotic life ashore.
FineScale Modeler magazine, April 2017
There are new ideas for modelers to be found in 24 pages of photos and this account of a less-famous aspect of the world at war as West met East in the U-boats’ happier days and enjoyed an exotic life ashore.
FineScale Modeler magazine, April 2017
Correcting the neglect of this very important organization, the author provides an inspiring account of the Royal Naval Commandos through an outstanding collection of anecdotes. The text is moving, inspiring, vivid, and the illustration in maps and images impressive – Highly Recommended.
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Correcting the neglect of this very important organization, the author provides an inspiring account of the Royal Naval Commandos through an outstanding collection of anecdotes. The text is moving, inspiring, vivid, and the illustration in maps and images impressive – Highly Recommended.
Read the full review [link=http://reviews.firetrench.com/beachhead-assault-the-story-of-the-royal-naval-commandos-in-world-war-two/#more-4235]here.[/link]
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This book is a collection of reports written by German generals after the war for the US Army. The authors of the reports were senior generals from army, corps, and divisional field commanders up to OKW staff officers who had a direct influence on operations in the West during the Allied Invasion on D-Day. Each general presents his thoughts on the preparations, deployments and activities on the first two days of the invasion undertaken by his subordinate units in the style of the movie Rashomon so that the same story is told again and again from all the different angles. This approach is unique and highly insightful, in particular, it allows the reader to find out how the generals looked at each other, the different views on strategy and tactics of how best to defend the West, the departure from the old school axioms of the chain of command, strategic defense, and employment of mobile forces. I found the reports of Blummentrit on the general situation before the invasion and Geyr von Schweppenberg’s.. Read more
Great Models, Georges Lteif
This book is a collection of reports written by German generals after the war for the US Army. The authors of the reports were senior generals from army, corps, and divisional field commanders up to OKW staff officers who had a direct influence on operations in the West during the Allied Invasion on D-Day. Each general presents his thoughts on the preparations, deployments and activities on the first two days of the invasion undertaken by his subordinate units in the style of the movie Rashomon so that the same story is told again and again from all the different angles. This approach is unique and highly insightful, in particular, it allows the reader to find out how the generals looked at each other, the different views on strategy and tactics of how best to defend the West, the departure from the old school axioms of the chain of command, strategic defense, and employment of mobile forces. I found the reports of Blummentrit on the general situation before the invasion and Geyr von Schweppenberg’s.. Read more
Great Models, Georges Lteif
The author died in 1989, aged 90, but fortunately he took the time to write this enthralling account of one of the least told important stories of WWII. The Royal Navy attracted a wide range of very different individuals to the Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve in the months before the outbreak of WWII. The author was a barrister who became a specialist in investigating German underwater weapons and neutralising them – Very Highly Recommended.
Read the full review [link=http://reviews.firetrench.com/secret-naval-investigator-the-battle-against-hitlers-secret-underwater-weapons/#more-4208]here.[/link]
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The author died in 1989, aged 90, but fortunately he took the time to write this enthralling account of one of the least told important stories of WWII. The Royal Navy attracted a wide range of very different individuals to the Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve in the months before the outbreak of WWII. The author was a barrister who became a specialist in investigating German underwater weapons and neutralising them – Very Highly Recommended.
Read the full review [link=http://reviews.firetrench.com/secret-naval-investigator-the-battle-against-hitlers-secret-underwater-weapons/#more-4208]here.[/link]
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This is a revised edition of the outstanding and most complete account of cryptography and the Enigma machine. There have been claims that the work of code breakers shortened the war by two
years, but it can be argued that it first avoided defeat and then made victory possible – Most Highly Recommended.
Read the full review [link=http://reviews.firetrench.com/seizing-the-enigma-the-race-to-break-the-german-u-boa-codes-1939-1943/#more-4211]here.[/link]
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This is a revised edition of the outstanding and most complete account of cryptography and the Enigma machine. There have been claims that the work of code breakers shortened the war by two
years, but it can be argued that it first avoided defeat and then made victory possible – Most Highly Recommended.
Read the full review [link=http://reviews.firetrench.com/seizing-the-enigma-the-race-to-break-the-german-u-boa-codes-1939-1943/#more-4211]here.[/link]
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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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Blood and Steel
Ordered by Hitler 'to hold, or to die' and to fight 'to the last grenade and round', the German army was a formidable opponent during the 1944 Normandy campaign. This book depicts the experience of that army in Normandy through its own records and documentation. Blood and Steel, The Wehrmacht Archive : Normandy 1944 is an informative and colourful… Read more...
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Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes
'An intriguing page-turning and personal account of that most secretive of wartime institutions, Bletchley Park, and of the often eccentric people who helped to win the war' – Beryl Bainbridge Bletchley Park, or 'Station X', was home to the most famous codebreakers of the Second World War. The 19th-century mansion was the key centre for cracking… Read more...
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Hitler's Jet Plane
Hitler's Jet Plane was the first operational military jet in the world, towards the end of the Second World War the ME 262 was to be the German 'miracle weapon'. Mano Ziegler was involved from its inception and contributed to the design, testing, training and even served in it operationally. Could the ME 262 have broken the Allied supremacy in the… Read more...
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Day Fighters in Defence of the Reich
Day Fighters in Defence of the Reich is a detailed, comprehensive daily reference to the air operations flown by the Luftwaffe. These operations were designed to combat the daylight strategic missions by the United States Army Air Force targeting the German Reich and the western zone occupied by Germany. This volume is a unique look at the German air… Read more...
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Sniper Anthology
Revered by some as the ultimate warrior and condemned by others as ruthless assassins – the combat sniper is more than just a crack shot. They are highly disciplined, calm professionals skilled in marksmanship, reconnaissance and camouflage. During the Second World War these lethal fighters were deployed by both sides to deadly effect. This new collection… Read more...
'A magnificent biography which finally provides recognition to one of Bletchley's and Britain's lost heroes.' Michael Smith The Official Secrets Act and the passing of time have prevented the Bletchley Park story from being told by many of its key participants. Here at last is a book which allows some of them to speak for the first time. Gordon Welchman… Read more...
