Tag: 1943

Australia 1943 The Liberation of New Guinea


Free Download Peter J. Dean, "Australia 1943: The Liberation of New Guinea"
English | ISBN: 1107037999 | 2013 | 337 pages | PDF | 9 MB
By January 1943, Australia had emerged from the shadow of war in a strong position. The victories in 1942 at Kokoda, Guadalcanal, Buna, Gona and Sanananda had secured the northern coastlines of Papua and Australia. Australian forces were now poised for a full scale offensive to liberate New Guinea from the Japanese, the largest and most complicated operations in their history. Australia 1943 explores the high point of Australia’s influence on operations and strategy in the South West Pacific, a campaign that has been traditionally overshadowed by the drama of Kokoda. It investigates critical operations from January 1943 to April 1944, including Salamaua, Lae/Nadzab, Finschhafen, Shaggy Ridge, the Markham Valley and the Huon Peninsula. Australia 1943 is the first detailed single-volume study of Australia’s military operations in the Pacific during 1943 – Australia’s ‘finest hour’ in the Second World War.

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The Savage Storm The Battle for Italy 1943 [Audiobook] (2024)


Free Download The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 (Audiobook)
English | December 12, 2023 | ASIN: B0CMJTSF96 | M4B@128 kbps | 18h 24m | 1.06 GB
Author: James Holland | Narrator: Al Murray
Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland both narrates and reframes the controversial first months of the Italian Campaign and sets a new standard in the chronicling of war.
Following victory in Sicily, while the central command planned the spring 1944 invasion of France, Allied troops crossed into Southern Italy in September 1943, expecting to drive Axis forces north and liberate Rome by Christmas. Italy quickly surrendered but German divisions fiercely resisted, and the hoped-for quick victory descended into one of the most challenging and protracted battles of the entire war.

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Japan Runs Wild, 1942-1943 War in the Far East, Book 2 [Audiobook] (2024)


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English | September 21, 2021 | ASIN: B09FBXS4R5 | M4B@64 kbps | 7h 57m | 231 MB
Author: Peter Harmsen | Narrator: Walter Dixon
In early 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy were advancing on all fronts, humiliating Allied forces throughout the Pacific. In a matter of months, Japan had conquered an area larger than Hitler’s empire at its apex. Hawaiians and Australians feared a future under Hirohito. The fate of half of mankind was hanging in the balance.
But by the end of 1943, the tables had turned entirely. The American-led military machine had kicked into gear, and the Japanese were fighting a defensive battle along a frontline that crossed thousands of miles of land and sea. In Japan Runs Wild, 1942-1943, historian Peter Harmsen details the astonishing transformation that took place in that period, setting the Allies on a path to ultimate victory over Japan.

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Sabotage! An In-Depth Investigation of the 1943 Liberator Crash that Killed Polish General Sikorski [Audiobook]


Free Download Chris Wroblewski, Garth Barnard, Julian Elfer (Narrator), "Sabotage!: An In-Depth Investigation of the 1943 Liberator Crash that Killed Polish General Sikorski"
English | ASIN: B0D4G6CNGW | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~05:05:00 | 140 MB
On the night of July 4, 1943, transport aircraft Liberator AL523 took off from Gibraltar’s North Front tarmac and within moments crashed into the sea with only one survivor, the pilot. The commander-in-chief of the Polish army and prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, General Wladyslaw Sikorski, was dead.
Rumors as to the cause of the crash abounded. Was it pilot error? Was it, as officially classified, merely an accident, or was it, as the authors conclude in this riveting and meticulous study, an act of sabotage?
In this extensive piece of research, Chris Wroblewski and Garth Barnard examine numerous primary sources, including the complete court of inquiry transcripts, produce detailed analysis of aircraft components and systems, and unearth many little-known eyewitness accounts to give this investigation a compelling conclusion. Within the book the authors also dispel several conspiracy theories that have emerged since this catastrophe; particularly that this event was a disastrous assassination attempt with blame on the British, Soviets, and Nazis.

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Merchant Sailors at War 1943-1945 Beating the U-Boat (Images of War)


Free Download Philip Kaplan – Merchant Sailors at War 1943-1945: Beating the U-Boat (Images of War)
Pen & Sword | 2015 | ISBN: 1783463058 | English | 132 pages | PDF | 162.23 MB
"The Battle of the Atlantic was the dominating factor all through the war. Never for one moment could we forget that everything happening elsewhere, on land, at sea, or in the air, depended ultimately on its outcome." – Winston Churchill

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Combat Aircraft of World War II 1943-1944


Free Download Enzo Angelucci, Paolo Matricardi – Combat Aircraft of World War II: 1943-1944
Salamander Books | 1988 | ISBN: 0861014170 | English | 72 pages | PDF | 55.97 MB
Full and double page 3-view drawings and photographs with a brief history and specification of each aircraft. This volume includes Nakajima Ki-84; Yokosuka D4Y; Mitsubishi J2M; Mitsubishi Ki-67; Nakajima B6N; Grumman F6F; Douglas A-26; Vought F4U-1; Curtiss SB2C; North American B-25; Bell P-63; Lavochkin La-5; Northrop P-61; Ilyushin ll-2/10; Focke Wulf Fw.190 D; Junkers Ju.88 C/G; Messerschmitt Me.163; Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV ; Avro Lancaster Mk.II; Hawker Tempest; Fairey Barracuda; Bristol Beaufighter Mk.X.

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US Naval Vessels 1943


Free Download A. D. Baker III – US Naval Vessels 1943
Arms & Armour Press | 1986 | ISBN: 0853687862 | English | 288 pages | PDF | 220.65 MB
Photographs and illustrations depicting the might of the US Navy at the height of the Second Wrld War.

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