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Free Download November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of World War II (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BXK321CN | 2023 | 18 hours and 41 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 538 MB
Author: Peter Englund, Peter Graves
Narrator: Mark Bramhall
An intimate history of the most important month of World War II, completely based on the diaries, letters and memoirs of the people who lived through it. At the beginning of November 1942, it looked as if the Axis powers could still win the Second World War; at the end of that month, it was obviously just a matter of time before they would lose. In between were el-Alamein, Guadalcanal, the French North Africa landings, the Japanese retreat in New Guinea and the Soviet encirclement of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. It may have been the most important thirty days of the twentieth century. In this hugely innovative and riveting history, Peter Englund has reduced an epoch-making event to its basic component: the individual experience.

Free Download Dieppe 1942
by Stephen Wynn;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1526714817 | 278 pages | True PDF EPUB | 29.98 MB

Free Download Michael Welply, "First Special Service Force 1942-44"
English | 2006 | pages: 68 | ISBN: 1841769681 | PDF | 23,4 mb
Osprey’s examination of the First Special Service Force of the second half of World War II (1939-1945). This famous unit was formed with three battalions in July 1942, for special operations in occupied Norway, from handpicked US and Canadian volunteers who were trained in parachute, amphibious, ski, mountain and demolition operations and other ‘Special Forces’ skills. Their training base was Fort Harrison, Montana. In the event the Force first saw combat in Italy. There they distinguished themselves, at heavy cost, in the battles of La Difensa (Dec 1943), Mte Majo (Jan 1944), on the Anzio beachhead (Feb – May 1944) and in the race to Rome, which they actually liberated. Their uniforms, clothing and weaponry had many unique features reflecting their bi-national composition and specialist skills.

Free Download Tom Jentz, Hilary Doyle, Peter Sarson, "Sturmgeschutz III and IV 1942-45"
English | 2001 | pages: 53 | ISBN: 1841761826 | PDF | 9,5 mb
As the Second World War dragged on, heavy German losses in armoured vehicles and tanks ensured that assault gun units had to play an increasingly vital role in supporting the beleaguered infantry and countering Allied armour, particularly on the Eastern Front. The Sturmgeschütz was one of the most numerously produced and effectively deployed of the German armoured vehicles. This book reveals how the Sturmgeschütz provided the backbone of Germany’s armoured forces in every theatre and on every front during the long fighting-retreat of the final years of the war.