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Following Churchill's directive to 'set occupied Europe ablaze', the SOE and later its American sister organization, the OSS, were deployed across the continent. This book examines different pieces of sabotage equipment and the technicalities involved in deploying them effectively, offering an insight into the secret war behind enemy lines.

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Booby traps laid by troops in war zones in World War II are largely neglected in histories and memoirs, and rarely examined in detail. This work offers a comprehensive study of World War II battlefield sabotage equipment, covering both Allied and Axis practice to identify, illustrate and describe the vintage munitions used in World War II.

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Perhaps the biggest difference in the fighting between the two World Wars lay in the invention of the man-portable radio that allowed for a greater degree of tactical coordination than ever before. This book provides an informative study of the use of small radios, signal flares, and ground-to-air signaling that revolutionized the battlefield.

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This detailed volume offers a comprehensive guide to the uniforms and equipment of the little known Croatian units that fought alongside Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front of World War II.

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Military gliders came of age in World War II, when glider-assault infantry were the forerunners of today's helicopter-delivered airmobile troops. This book explains the development and organization of glider troops, their mounts, and the air squadrons formed to tow them.

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Unlike most histories of Hollywood during World War II or the genre of war movies, World War II on Film examines in depth the relation between the depictions of events, beliefs, attitudes, and ways of life as seen on film with reality as documented by historians or recorded by journalists or eye-witnesses to the war.

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When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans. This book explores the tactics, organizational structure and equipment of the brave Italian resistance fighters. It provides a comprehensive guide to the men and women who fought a desperate struggle against occupation.

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On the major European and Russian fronts throughout World War II, the challenge of crossing rivers under fire was absolutely central to any advance. The Panzers that crossed the Meuse at Sedan in May 1940 cut the French Army in two. This title details the methods, means and analysis of specific successes and failures.

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Presents an analysis of the Soviet Army at the outbreak of World War II, including the Red Army's campaigns against Japan on the Manchurian plains as well as in Finland. This book also covers the Red Army's first operations during Operation Barbarossa when the Red Army was forced to defend Mother Russia against the German onslaught.

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Presents a detailed analysis of the Soviet armed forces during the final days of the war, covering the soldiers that successfully turned the tide against the Nazi onslaught and pushed it back into Germany itself. This book also offers a detailed breakdown of all the armed forces that conducted the offensive campaigns on the Eastern Front.

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Little has been published on US armored infantry units and tactics over the years. However, their contribution to the war effort was hugely important. Using period training manuals and combat reports, this book provides a look at the unique tactics developed by US armored infantry units including movement formations and battle drills.

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During World War II American soldiers, or 'GIs' as they were more commonly known, headed into Europe laden with the provisions needed to survive and function in hostile territory. This book offers a comprehensive treatment of US World War II gear, covering not only basic belts, pouches, packs, mess gear, first aid gear, tools, and more.

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The cavalry regiments of the US Army were in the process of being transformed into a mechanised force when the USA entered World War II. While those cavalry regiments deployed to the Pacific to fight the Japanese were turned into infantry units, those sent to Europe were employed as light armour in the cavalry's traditional spearhead roles.

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At the time of Pearl Harbor, the United States Army still had ten cavalry regiments. This book covers the different US cavalry units to see action during World War II. It includes the little-covered Texan National Guard regiments, who fought beside ex-Merrill's Marauders as a deep penetration unit.

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With the need for large-scale amphibious landings to decide the outcome of World War II the US Navy developed several types of specialized unit to reconnoitre potential landing areas, degrade the enemy's ability to resist, and assist the landing forces on to the beaches. This book uncovers the history of these units.

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Contains memoirs and unit histories. This book is illustrates with period tactical diagrams and commissioned colour artwork. It sheds light on the winter-warfare tactics and techniques of the US, British, German, Soviet and Finnish armies of World War II.

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In this book an internationally renowned team of historians provides comprehensive coverage of all major campaigns and theaters of World War II, synthesizing the tremendous breadth and depth of source materials on this global conflict.

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When do you think the Second World War ended

If the end of the war was supposed to have brought 'freedom' to countries that suffered under Nazi occupation, then for millions it did not really end until the fall of Communism.

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In the mid-twentieth century the relationship between America and Britain had a chequered past. Theirs was a history of protection and oppression, and ultimately war. But then the shared crisis of the Second World War brought Britain and America closer. This is the story of these two armies as they fought in the largest war in history.