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By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781472862266
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
UK Publication Date: 16th January 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A detailed exploration of a critical month-long battle, which set the stage for German strategic-level defeats on both the Eastern and Western fronts.


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By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781472829832
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2018
UK Publication Date: 26th July 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This study tells the thrilling tale of Hitler's plan to invade Britain and end its involvement in World War II, and sheds new light on the greatest threat to Britain in over a century.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781780963167
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The RAF introduced the Avro Lancaster in 1942 and used it to spearhead this aerial offensive. In response, the Luftwaffe created an elite nightfighter force based primarily upon the Bf 110. The Luftwaffe was quick to equip it with airborne radar that allowed it to intercept and destroy Lancasters over Germany. This title deals with this topic.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781849085526
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The fighting around the town of Demyansk was one of the longest encirclement battles on the Eastern Front during World War II, stretching from February 1942 to February 1943. This volume concludes with the drama of a German Army-sized withdrawal under fire in winter, under attack from three sides.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781846034657
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Erich von Manstein was one of the most successful German commanders of World War II. This title tells the story of one of Germany's most valuable military talents, from his early years to his post-war conviction and his later career.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781846039171
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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After the fall of France in 1940, Germany attempted to strangle Britain into submission by attacking the Atlantic Convoys, which brought much need supplies and war material from the USA and Canada. This book discusses the development of the Condor, and analyzes the various Allied responses.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781849085564
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781846039188
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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During World War II, the Kriegsmarine armed merchant vessels with concealed guns and torpedo tubes for attacks against Allied shipping. To counter this deadly threat, the Royal Navy employed cruisers and intelligence-gathering apparatus to destroy the disguised German commerce raiders. This title covers cat and mouse game fought by these vessels.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781472806543
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Eastern Front of World War I is sometimes overshadowed by the fighting in the West. This study assesses the tactics and combat performance of both sides fighting in clashes at Gumbinnen, Goritten and Mahartse, examining their contrasting fortunes and revealing the evolving nature of infantry warfare on the Eastern Front during World War I.


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By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781780961576
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko, the Stavka's remaining reserves were assembled and prepared to conduct a breakthrough attack intended to encircle the German Sixth Army near Kharkov. However, Stalin was unaware that the Germans were planning their own riposte at Kharkov, known as Operation Fredericus.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781782008194
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Focusing on the northern front of the battle with Generaloberst Walter Model's forces pitted against General Rokossovsky's Central Front between 5 July and 18 August, this title helps you explore both the German offensive and the Soviet counteroffensive.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781846034411
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Hitler's protracted siege of Leningrad resulted in one of the most brutal campaigns on the Eastern Front during World War II. The German Army Group North was able to isolate the city and its garrison for a period of 900 days. This book examines the strength of the garrison's defenses, which ultimately prevented the Germans from capturing the city.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781846030178
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In late September 1941, the war in the east was approaching a climax. After inflicting a defeat on the Soviet armies at Kiev in early September, Hitler re-directed the victorious Wehrmacht armies toward Moscow. This title details the battle that took place right up to the suburbs of Moscow itself.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781849081917
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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"Nez Perce 1877: The Last Fight".


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781846031496
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Describes the design and development of the two opponents, the Panther and the T-34, analysing their strengths and weaknesses and assessing their tactics, weaponry and training. This book gives an insight into the lives of the tank crews themselves who were caught up in the largest land conflict of World War II.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781846034626
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The rescue of imprisoned Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from atop the Gran Sasso plateau was one of the most dramatic special forces operations in military history. The Germans, led by SS Haupsturmfuhrer Otto Skorzeny, launched a daring Glider-borne assault, which surprised the Italian guards and secured Mussolini without a shot being fired.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781846033308
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The first major clash between a European and Asian state in the modern era signalled the beginning of Japan's rise as a major power on the world stage. This title presents first-hand accounts and artwork to explain and illustrate this historically significant duel.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781846032219
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In late July 1941, Hitler ordered Army Group South to seize the Crimea. After weeks of heavy fighting, the Germans breached the Soviet defences and overran most of the Crimea. This volume examines the impact of logistics, weather and joint operational planning upon the last major German victory in World War II.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781841769196
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781849083577
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781846033520
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Defeated and occupied in 1939, Poland had suffered under the Nazi heel for nearly five years. Undaunted, however, the Poles formed an underground army, the Armia Krajowa (Home Army), and waited for a moment of German weakness. That moment seemed to have arrived in July 1944 as the Soviet armies began to advance into eastern Poland.


(Hardback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781472859846
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Robert Forczyk covers the development of armoured warfare in North Africa from Rommel's Gazala offensive in 1942 through to the end of war in the desert in Tunisia in 1943.


(Hardback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781472851888
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 16th February 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Robert Forczyk covers the development of armoured warfare in North Africa from the earliest Anglo-Italian engagements in 1940 to the British victory over the German Afrikakorps in Operation Crusader in 1941.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Forczyk

ISBN: 9781472855633
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
UK Publication Date: 18th January 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A gripping, illustrated narrative of the longest and most brutal land battle of the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War.

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