The Fatal Decisions
Author: Werner Kreipe
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Published: 1956
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Analysis of six crucial campaigns of the World War by German generals who fought in them.
Author: Werner Kreipe
Publisher:
Published: 1956
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Analysis of six crucial campaigns of the World War by German generals who fought in them.
Author: Kathy Reichs
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-12-08
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1501122452
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The deaths of two young girls lands forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan into the world of rival outlaw biker gangs.
Author: Carlo D'Este
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-06-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0061942472
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Fatal Decision is a powerful, dramatic, moving, and ultimately definitive narrative of one of the most desperate campaigns of World War II. In the winter of 1943-44, Anzio, a small Mediterranean resort and port some thirty-five miles south of Rome, played a crucial role in the fortunes of World War II as the target of an amphibious Allied landing. The Allies planned to bypass the strong German defenses along the Gustav Line and at Monte Cassino sixty miles to the southeast, which were holding up the American and British armies and preventing the liberation of Rome. By taking advantage of Allied command of the sea and air to effect complete surprise, infantry and armored forces landing at Anzio on January 22 were expected to secure the beachhead and then push inland to cut off the two main highways and railroads supplying the German forces to the south, either trapping and annihilating the German armies or forcing them to withdraw to the north, thus opening the way to Rome. But the reality of one of the most desperate campaigns of World War II was bad management, external meddling, poorly relayed orders, and uncertain leadership. The Anzio beachhead became a death trap, with Allied troops forced to fight for their lives for four dreadful months. The eventual victory in May 1944 was muted, bitter, and overshadowed by the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6. Mixing flawless research, drama, and combat with a brilliant narrative voice, Fatal Decision is one of the best histories ever written of a World War II military campaign.
Author: Ian Kershaw
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2013-04-04
Total Pages: 596
ISBN-13: 0141915048
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1940 the world was on a knife-edge. The hurricane of events that marked the opening of the Second World War meant that anything could happen. For the aggressors there was no limit to their ambitions; for their victims a new Dark Age beckoned. Over the next few months their fates would be determined. In Fateful Choices Ian Kershaw re-creates the ten critical decisions taken between May 1940, when Britain chose not to surrender, and December 1941, when Hitler decided to destroy Europe’s Jews, showing how these choices would recast the entire course of history.
Author: Seymour Freidin
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2013-09-01
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0811713105
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A mix of exceptionally rare and discerning essays."—The Great War Magazine Six first-person accounts by German generals Covers the Battle of Britain, Moscow, El Alamein, Stalingrad, D-Day and the Normandy Campaign, and the Battle of the Bulge Drawn from extensive interviews conducted immediately after the war
Author: Bevin Alexander
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2007-12-18
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0307420930
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From an acclaimed military historian, a fascinating account of just how close the Allies were to losing World War II. Most of us rally around the glory of the Allies' victory over the Nazis in World War II. The story is often told of how the good fight was won by an astonishing array of manpower and stunning tactics. However, what is often overlooked is how the intersection between Adolf Hitler's influential personality and his military strategy was critical in causing Germany to lose the war. With an acute eye for detail and his use of clear prose, Bevin Alexander goes beyond counterfactual "What if?" history and explores for the first time just how close the Allies were to losing the war. Using beautifully detailed, newly designed maps, How Hitler Could Have Won World War II exquisitely illustrates the important battles and how certain key movements and mistakes by Germany were crucial in determining the war's outcome. Alexander's harrowing study shows how only minor tactical changes in Hitler's military approach could have changed the world we live in today. Alexander probes deeply into the crucial intersection between Hitler's psyche and military strategy and how his paranoia fatally overwhelmed his acute political shrewdness to answer the most terrifying question: Just how close were the Nazis to victory?
Author: Ulla Beattie
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2014-07-26
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781500651060
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A second collection of stories about fatal decisions made in relation to matters of the heart. Again, the perceptive reader will be captivated by the psychological pictures. In "Horse Face," a sister who is self-conscious about her appearance falls in love with her brother because of the security he brings her, but her feelings get twisted on seeing her brother fall in love with another woman. When a man dies in unusual circumstances in "Such a Nice Neighbour," suspicions are raised as to whether it was truly an accident or not. In "Are You Going to Scarborough Fair?," a woman with a difficult upbringing finds herself in an unhappy marriage. When she finally finds love there are tragic repercussions.