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  • From Versailles to Mers el-Kébir

    The Promise of Anglo-French Naval Cooperation, 1919–40

    by George E Melton PhD. ...
    The two decades before World War II were some of the most unsettled in modern history. From Versailles to Mers el-Kébir examines one of the most unlikely—and perhaps least studied—relationships to form during that turbulent era: the alliance of the Royal Navy and the French fleet. Beginning from a global perspective and gradually narrowing, George E. Melton brings new insights to the diplomacy ... Read more

    $49.49 CAD

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  • How Hitler Could Have Won World War II

    The Fatal Errors That Led to Nazi Defeat

    by Bevin Alexander ...
    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 ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Turning the Tide

    Decisive Battles of the Second World War

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    The Second World War was the final global conflict of the twentieth century. It involved more combatants, and a wider range of battlefield terrain than any other conflict in history, from the frozen plains of Russia to the baking Libyan desert, and from the atolls of the Pacific to the skies over Britain.In Turning the Tide, Nigel Cawthorne has taken a fresh look at the crucial battles which ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Magnificent Disaster

    The Failure of Market Garden, The Arnhem Operation, September 1944

    by David Bennett ...
    "Reveals much of what history has tended to gloss over . . . should be a must read for all who have an interest in this operation" ( Airborne Quarterly).After Normandy, the most spectacular Allied offensive of World War II was Operation Market Garden, which planned to join three divisions of paratroopers dropped behind German lines with massive armored columns breaking through the front. The ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ardennes 1944

    The Battle of the Bulge

    by Antony Beevor ...
    The prizewinning historian and bestselling author of D-Day, Stalingrad, and The Battle of Arnhem reconstructs the Battle of the Bulge in this riveting new accountOn December 16, 1944, Hitler launched his ‘last gamble’ in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes in Belgium, believing he could split the Allies by driving all the way to Antwerp and forcing the Canadians and the British out ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Eastern Front: Encirclement and Escape by German Forces

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    The ferocious battles for survival fought by trapped German forces in Russia have become synonymous with that most terrible of all military campaigns. Shortly after the war the personal experiences of those who had fought in the battles were collected together as the German Report Series. The German report series includes invaluable information from impeccable sources on the pockets formed at Klin ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • A Short History of World War II

    by James L. Stokesbury ...
    "A balanced account of World War II . . . Dr. Stokesbury's one-volume history is by far the best short account of the war yet published." —Thaddeus V. Tuleja, Professor of History, St. Peter's College, author of Climax at MidwayDespite the numerous books on World War II, until now there has been no one-volume survey that was both objective and comprehensive. Previous volumes have usually been ... Read more

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  • The Supreme Commander

    by Stephen E. Ambrose ...
    In this classic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower the soldier, bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander’s leadership during World War II.Ambrose brings Eisenhower’s experience of the Second World War to life, showing in vivid detail how the general’s skill as a diplomat and a military strategist contributed to Allied successes in North Africa and in Europe, and ... Read more

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  • How to Lose WWII

    Bad Mistakes of the Good War

    Edited by Bill Fawcett ...
    Series series How to Lose Series
    How to Lose WWII is an engrossing, fact-filled collection from Bill Fawcett that sheds light on the biggest, and dumbest, screw-ups of the Great War. In the vein of his other phenomenal compendiums of amazing battlefield blunders, How to Lose a Battle and How to Lose a War, Fawcett focuses on some amazing catastrophic missteps of Axis and Allies alike. ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crusade in Europe

    A Personal Account of World War II

    by Dwight D. Eisenhower ...
    A classic of World War II literature, an incredibly revealing work that provides a near comprehensive account of the war and brings to life the legendary general and eventual president of the United States. • "Gives the reader true insight into the most difficult part of a commander's life." —The New York TimesFive-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Bloody Triangle: The Defeat of Soviet Armor in the Ukraine, June 1941

    The Defeat of Soviet Armor in the Ukraine, June 1941

    by Victor Kamenir ...
    It was a tank battle exceeded in size and significance only by the famous defeat of Germany's Panzer force near Kursk in 1943. And yet, little is known about this weeklong clash of more than two thousand Soviet and German tanks in a stretch of northwestern Ukraine that came to be known as the "bloody triangle." This book offers the first in-depth account of this critical battle, which began on 24 ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD

  • Hitler's Pre-emptive War

    The Battle for Norway, 1940

    by Henrik O. Lunde ...
    An "excellent" history of the often overlooked WWII campaign in which Hitler secured a vital resource lifeline for the Third Reich ( Library Journal).After Hitler conquered Poland and was still fine-tuning his plans against France, the British began to exert control over the coastline of neutral Norway, an action that threatened to cut off Germany's iron-ore conduit to Sweden and outflank from the ... Read more

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