There is a whole range of books that cover the many aspects of D-Day and come under the 'group heading' Battle Zone Normandy. Just type those...
No one is saying the RN is impregnable but they would of caused enough carnage amongst the invasion fleet to of made any landings ineffective, if...
No, these pictures show SS-Heimwehr Danzig in action during the invasion itself. The incident you are referring to is the attack on the Gleiwitz...
Hello, Here are some... Home www.dday04.com/index www.germaninvasion.co.uk/luftwaffe/aboutluftwaffe There is a UK based site as...
You are talking no landings at all - air superiority is all very well but as soon as the MTB's and destroyers get amongst the invasion force (and...
If I had to narrow it down to two I'd say The Eastern Front & Naval Warfare, particularly RN & Kriegsmarine.
I'm not sure about Portugese but one of the most influential agents was a Spaniard called Juan Pujol Garcia (codename GARBO)......
Currently reading Churchill And The Norway Campaign by Graham Rhys-Jones - not for those seeking a big in-depth account of the campaign but not a...
Don't forget that from 1938-41 he was personal adjutant to Himmler so he was well known to those with influence before his combat career took off.
There is also a photographic history book of this unit by Kumm as well. It is in the 'im Bild' series of SS related books (ISBN: 3-920677-56-0).
Well, it provides a decent enough history of a unit that isn't usually covered but I always read it with the thought in the back of my mind that...
From Wikipedia... During the war, the Swiss Air Force engaged aircraft of both sides, shooting down 11 intruding Luftwaffe planes in May and June...
It should still be available from book stores. If not try AbeBooks Official Site - New & Secondhand Books, New &Used Textbooks, Rare & Out of...
Hello Ian and welcome to the forum. Have you tried a Google search for Army Records? You should be able to obtain the service records from the...
Do you mean specific tank battles or a sort of general overview of alot of battles? For the latter there is a book called Tank versus Tank...
Dieppe is a very valid case for being your choice - Mountbatten had the luxury of hindsight & history to back him up when he made his quote, but...
By 1944 the day of the battleship was at an end, air power was the way forward (that's why the British & Americans never built any new-build...
While I would agree with Dieppe to a point, valuable lessons were learned about landing a large force on enemy held beaches and launching attacks...
But that is with the benefit of hindsight. In 1940 they could never of known what was going to happen in later years, or later months for that...
