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  • The Waffen-SS in Normandy

    July 1944, Operations Goodwood and Cobra

    by Yves Buffetaut ...
    Series series Casemate Illustrated
    An examination of how the Waffen-SS fared in Normandy in June 1944 and whether they deserve their reputation of being the ultimate fighting soldiers.One of the greatest paradoxes of the Battle of Normandy is that the German divisions found it much harder to reach the front line than the Allies, who had to cross the sea and then deploy in a cramped bridgehead until the American breakthrough of late ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The 101st Airborne in Normandy, June 1944

    by Yves Buffetaut ...
    Series series Casemate Illustrated
    "A condensed ' Band of Brothers ' with profiles of Richard Winters and Easy company as well as the German and American Generals . . . 5 stars " ( Army Rumour Service ).101st Airborne Division was activated in August 1942 in Louisiana, and its first combat mission was Operation Overlor... ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich

    by Yves Buffetaut ...
    Series series Casemate Illustrated
    " Certainly my first recourse from now on when looking at the SS panzer divisions. G ive yourself a treat and buy a copy ASAP if tanks are your thing" ( Army Rumour Service ).The Das Reich Division was the most infamous unit of the Waffen-SS. Originally a paramilitary formation raised to protect the members of the Nazi Party, it was founded in 1934 as th... ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Falaise Pocket

    Normandy, August 1944

    by Yves Buffetaut ...
    Series series Casemate Illustrated
    This WWII military history explores the dramatic turning point of the Battle of Normandy—illustrated throughout with archival photos and maps.On June 6th, 1944, the Allied forces embarked on Operation Overlord with the first wave of Normandy landings. But it wasn't until August of that year that the tide of the battle—and the entire war—began to turn. The decisive moment came at the Battle of the ... Read more

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  • The Waffen-SS in Normandy

    June 1944, The Caen Sector

    by Yves Buffetaut ...
    Series series Casemate Illustrated
    The actions of Germany's armed SS force during D-Day in the series that's "a welcome addition . . . targeted at the general World War II enthusiast" ( Globe at War).For many, the Waffen-SS soldier represents the archetype of the combatant, if not the warrior: well-armed, well-trained, possessing intelligence in combat, imbued with political and ideological fanaticism, he is an elite soldier par ... Read more

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  • From Moscow to Stalingrad

    The Eastern Front, 1941–1942

    by Yves Buffetaut ...
    Series series Casemate Illustrated
    An account of the most crucial period of fighting on the Eastern Front, from the defeat of Germany at the gates of Moscow to their crushing loss at Stalingrad.The path from Moscow to Stalingrad was littered with successes and losses for both the Red Army and the Wehrmacht, culminating in one of the harshest battles of the Second World War. Part of the Casemate Illustrated series, this volume ... Read more

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  • Allied Armor in Normandy

    by Yves Buffetaut ...
    Series series Casemate Illustrated
    An illustrated account of the crucial part played by tanks—and other armored vehicles—in gaining a foothold after the D-Day landings.Tanks were the beasts of the Second World War, machines designed to destroy anything and anyone in their path. Throughout the summer of 1944, the Allied forces readily employed tanks and armored vehicles to gain ground in the bloody campaign of Normandy. Heavily ... Read more

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  • German Armor in Normandy

    by Yves Buffetaut ...
    Series Book 6 - Casemate Illustrated
    Throughout the Second World War, a shift occurred in the composition of the large armored units of armies which lead to an increase in the power of their tanks in particular. The Germans were no exception. Many of its recently formed Panzer divisions, from the 12th SS-Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend to the 2nd SS-Panzerdivision Das Reich, were thrust into the effort to repel the Allies from June to ... Read more

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  • Ardennes 1944

    The Battle of the Bulge

    by Yves Buffetaut ...
    Series Book 7 - Casemate Illustrated
    German army deficiencies are often cited as the reason for the failure of the German counteroffensive in the Ardennes region of France, Belgium and Luxembourg in December of 1944 to January 1945 which the Germans called Operation Wacht am Rhein, the Allies named the Ardennes Counteroffensive, and was also commonly known as the Battle of the Bulge. It is certainly true that the three German armies ... Read more

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  • Demyansk 1942–43

    The frozen fortress

    by Robert Forczyk ...
    Series Book 245 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated account of the battle for the Demyansk Pocket on the Eastern Front in World War II.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. Originally, the German 16. Armee occupied Demyansk in the autumn of 1941 because it was key terrain that would be used as ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Fighting the Invasion

    The German Army at D-Day

    Edited by David C. Isby ...
    In one of history’s most violent battles, Allied troops gathered along the shores of southern England, preparing for the invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe. Facing them-from the Pas de Calais to Brittany-were German troops, dug in, waiting and preparing for the inevitable confrontation.History is often told from the perspective of the victors and oftentimes we do not hear the other side of the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Kharkov 1942

    The Wehrmacht strikes back

    by Robert Forczyk ...
    Series Book 254 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated account of the 1942 battle of Kharkov, one of the Red Army's largest defeats in World War II.After failing to finish off the German Army in the 1941/42 Winter Counteroffensive Stalin directed the Red Army to conduct a powerful blow in one sector of the Eastern Front in order to disrupt German plans. The sector chosen was Kharkov. Under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko, the Stavka's ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD