Based on oral testimony from field soldiers, both new recruits and veterans, The GI's War puts the reader on the frontlines and captures in unsparing detail the confusion, monotony, terror and glory o
Noted military historian Edwin P. Hoyt vividly recreates Hitler's direction of the war, his bold gambles, evolving strategies, and crucial miscalculations.
Recounts the military exercises which took place at Slapton Sands in preparation for the Normandy invasion and the German attack which nearly revealed the secret of D-Day
This biography of Japanese army general and dictatorial prime minister Hideki Tojo (1884-1948) covers his early, easy World War II victories (including Pearl Harbor); his subsequent crushing defeats;
The story of the siege by the acclaimed author of Hitler's WarIn 199 Days, acclaimed historian Edwin P. Hoyt depicts the epic battle for Stalingrad in all its electrifying excitement and savage horror
This book is the dramatic story of the rise and fall of Germany's submarine fleet in World War II. Four months into the war U-boats had sunk one-third of the British battleships; six months after Ame