The heroic story of the Arctic Convoys in World War II.

Ordeal Below Zero: The Heroic Story of the Arctic Convoys in World War II

History

Blond, Georges

Military

Souvenir Press

Beginning in 1804 at Boulogne, this lively and intimate account of the army's trials, triumphs, and disasters follows nearly 20 years of fighting, right through its strategic operations in Poland, Spain, Russia, and the campaign in France, and features a special section detailing the compelling return of Napoleon's body to Paris in 1840.

La Grande Armee

Castle

The Marne: The Story of a Battle that Saved Paris and Marked a Turning Point of World War I (Stackpole Classics)

Stackpole Books

Ordeal below zero

Firecrest

The Elephants

Andre Deutsch Pub.

One of the decisive battles of the 20th century began on August 29, 1914 with the cry that echoed throughout France: The Prussians are coming!” It ended on September 10th, that same year. Earlier, more than a million German troopsfive massive armiespoured into Belgium and France. The French army began the biggest retreat in its history, and Germany seemed about to triumph. But the German right wing, instead of wheeling to the east of Paris, as the famous Schlieffen Plan required, crossed to the west of Paris, exposing its anks. The counterattack was led from Paris, using the city’s taxi eets in a famous dash to take soldiers to the front. The German plan was thwarted, and the Kaiser’s army was forced to retreat. It was an astonishing and costly victory: over 300,000 French soldiers died. As stirring as a novel, The Marne is a classic of military history.

Marne: The Battle That Saved Paris and Changed the Course of the First World War

Prion

This 'Tour de Force' of Napoleonic study is made available in the English language for the first time since its original French publication in 1979. The author is a respected historian, and this description of one of history's most famous fighting forces is amongst his finest works. From Boulogne and Austerlitz to Spain and Moscow, and the dramatic conclusion at Waterloo, the reader is taken through the career of Napoleon's Grande Armee in thorough, well researched detail. The result is an account that, for completeness and value to a diverse audience, ranks with the best of military literature. Students of the art of war, Napoleonic strategies and tactics, European history and military action will eagerly and this volume to their library, while they and wargamers, modellers and re-enactment groups will also benefit from the appendixes which include a chronology, maps, statistics on casualties, pay and structure and other features.

LA Grande Armee

Arms_Armour_Press

Critics have called this 544-page study the tour de force of books on Napoleon's army. Early in his career, the author actually interviewed aging veterans and survivors of the Napoleonic wars. Retrace each step of the Emperor's Grande Armee. Rare combat prints, drawings, and sketches accurately depict military apparel and weaponry, while charts, theater of operations, maps, casualty lists and statistics add to this chronicle's clarity and value. 560 pages, 47 b/w illus., 6 1/4 x 9 1/4.

Americas

Cassell

La grande armée

Europe

R. Laffont

Moi, Laffite, dernier roi des flibustiers (French Edition)

A. Michel

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