Keith Bonn
In three months of savage fighting, the U.S. Seventh Army did what no army in the history of modern warfare had ever done before-conquer an enemy defending the Vosges Mountains. With the toughest terrain on the Western Front, the Vosges mountain ... [... more]
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Bruce Gudmundsson
Over 200 divisions fought on the Western Front during the first year of World War I and those best suited to the challenges of trench warfare were the six infantry divisions of the original British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Their superiority was ... [... more]
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Alexander Turner
Vimy Ridge was one of the most important geographic features on the entire Western Front in World War I. In early 1917 it was considered practically impregnable, but on 9 April the Canadian Army Corps, under the command of the British Lieutenant ... [... more]
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Norman Franks
Undoubtedly the most famous fighter type to see service on either side during World War 1, the Fokker Dr I was a revelation when it entered service on the western front in 1917. Manfred von Richthofen's JG 1 'circus' was the first Jasta to ... [... more]
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Peter Doyle
This spectacular visual chronicle brings together 200 previously unseen panoramic images of World War I, covering the Western Front from end to end and from all years of the war. Taken at huge personal risk by the Royal Engineers for secret ... [... more]
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SS Hell on the Western Front: The Waffen-SS in Europe ...
 This is a good book!: This book is a good book as far as accounts of the SS go. The book is written so that non combatants can understand the realities behind war for the very young soldiers of the Hitler Jugend while engaging the american army in Europe. [... more]
CDN$34.06
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Alistair McCluskey
Through the spring of 1918 Germany had been on the offensive on the Western Front but had failed to break the Allies at any point. In July they had been forced back from the river Marne and were once again on the defensive. The Allies were now ... [... more]
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The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern ...
unoriginal and arrogant: I understand Fussell's aim: to disabuse us of the notion that World War II was a "good war," that combat is somehow romantic. In the end, the goal of WWII was noble, but the war was as base and destructive as any other; [... more]
CDN$16.95
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Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I
Non 'Dulce' Non 'et Decor': John Ellis, a military historian, wrote "Eye Deep in Hell" to explain the daily routines of the fighting men of World War I. The title of the book comes from the poet Ezra Pound, who wrote an epitaph for the soldiers [... more]
CDN$23.95
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From Normandy to the Ruhr: With the 116th Panzer ...
Excellent book to flesh out your knowledge of the West Front: Sort of like Forrest Gump in the 60's, the 116th Panzer Div was in the middle of many of the famous and key battles in the Western Front in '44 and '45. This book is an excellent description [... more]
CDN$40.00
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Roll Me Over: An Infantryman's World War II
from the eyes (and notes) of a soldier: This is a True WWII story from the memoirs written by a US infantryman (later an officer) and his experiences from September 1944 through the Battle of the Bulge to summer 1945. It is poignant but gritty, so don't [... more]
CDN$10.99
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War on the Western Front: In the Trenches of World War I
Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 940.54214 EAN: 9781846032103 ISBN: 1846032105 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: 2007-06-19 Release Date: 2007-06-19 [... more]
CDN$32.00
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