Tag: Blitzkrieg

Free Download Martyn Whittock, "The Viking Blitzkrieg: AD 789-1098"
English | ISBN: 0752467999 | 2013 | 288 pages | PDF | 5 MB
If the Viking Wars had not taken place, would there have been a united England in the tenth century? Martyn Whittock believes not, arguing that without them there would have been no rise of the Godwin family and their conflict with Edward the Confessor, no Norman connection, no Norman Conquest and no Domesday Book. All of these features of English history were the products, or by-products, of these conflicts and the threat of Scandinavian attack. The wars and responses to them accelerated economic growth; stimulated state formation and an assertive sense of an English national identity; created a hybrid Anglo-Scandinavian culture that spread beyond the so-called Danelaw; and caused an upheaval in the ruling elite. By looking at the entire period of the wars and by taking a holistic view of their political, economic, social and cultural effects, their many-layered impact can at last be properly assessed.

Free Download Nigel Cawthorne, "Blitzkrieg: Hiter’s Masterplan for the Conquest of Europe"
English | ISBN: 0785829431 | 2012 | 208 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
When Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, nothing like it had ever been seen before. Heralded by the insidious whine of Stuka dive-bombers, seven divisions of Panzers rolled across the border supported by motorized infantry. While tanks were punching gaping holes through Polish lines and racing on at speed towards Warsaw, fleeing refugees were machine-gunned mercilessly by the Luftwaffe and lines of communication were torn to ribbons as mayhem spread. This was Blitzkrieg-or "lightning war"-the art of mechanized warfare.

Free Download Blitzkrieg Europa 2nd Edition: Book 1 of the Blitzkrieg Alternate Series (2nd Edition)
by Max Lamirande, Kevin Plaisance, Eric Roser
English | December 20, 2024 | ASIN: B0DJTSGL52 | 484 pages | PDF | 201 Mb

Free Download Norway 1940: The Luftwaffe’s Scandinavian Blitzkrieg (Air Campaign) by James S. Corum, Graham Turner
English | July 27, 2021 | ISBN: 1472847458 | 96 pages | MOBI | 24 Mb
A history of the innovative German air campaign that ensured victory in the rapid conquest of Norway, and an analysis of its importance to World War II and the development of air power.

Free Download James S. Corum – The Roots of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt and German Military Reform
University Press of Kansas | 1992 | ISBN: 0700606289 | English | 300 pages | PDF | 135.07 MB
Following Germany’s defeat in World War I, the Germans signed the Versailles Treaty, superficially agreeing to limit their war powers. The Allies envisioned the future German army as a lightly armed border guard and international security force. The Germans had other plans.

Free Download Bob Carruthers, "Blitzkrieg in the Balkans and Greece 1941"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1781581223, 1781581231 | EPUB | pages: 192 | 6.9 mb
The German campaigns in the Balkans, Greece and the seizure of Crete are detailed in this long neglected account of the campaign as described from the German point of view. Out of print since the fifties, this new edition is edited and introduced by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers. Based mainly on original German records and post-war military writings by veterans including Dr. Helmut Greiner, General Burkharth Mueller-Hillebrand, and General Hans von Greiffenberg, this fascinating account encompasses the lessons and conclusions drawn from the same German sources. The work of preparing this study in English, which consisted of translating basic German records and manuscripts, performing additional research, expanding and then rewriting the narratives with an eye for continuity and factual data, was done chiefly by Mr. George E. Blau of the Foreign Studies Branch, Special Studies Division, Office of the Chief of Military History. In the process of presenting the material, every effort has been made to give a balanced account of German strategy and operations in the Balkans during the spring of 1941.

Free Download Climax Europa: Book 12 of the Blitzkrieg Alternate Series
by Max Lamirande
English | 2023 | ASIN: B0BT8NTW3B | 316 Pages | MOBI | 5.75 MB

Free Download Panzer General: Heinz Guderian and the Blitzkrieg Victories of WWII (Audiobook)
English | May 26, 2020 | ASIN: B0886MM9LD | M4B@128 kbps | 12h 30m | 696 MB
Author: Kenneth Macksey | Narrator: Jonathan Cowley
Kenneth Macksey’s highly regarded biography of Generaloberst Heinz Guderian gives clear insight into the mind and motives of the father of modern tank warfare. Panzer General shows Guderian as a man of ideas equipped with the ability to turn inspiration into reality. A master of strategy and tactics, he was the officer most responsible for creating blitzkrieg in World War II.
Guderian built the Panzerwaffe in the face of opposition from the German General Staff and personally led the lightning campaigns by tanks and aircraft that put a large part of Europe under domination by the Third Reich. Kenneth Macksey, a tank man himself for more than 20 years, reveals the man as a brilliant rebel in search of ideals and a general whose personality, genius, and achievements far transcended those of Rommel.

Free Download Jeffrey L. Ethell – Blitzkrieg in the West 1939-1942
Greenhill Books | 1997 | ISBN: 1853672831 | English | 74 pages | PDF | 111.9 MB
Luftwaffe at War 3

Free Download Jamie Prenatt, Henry Morshead, "Polish Armor of the Blitzkrieg"
English | 2015 | pages: 49 | ISBN: 147280824X | PDF | 8,7 mb
The Polish army during the Blitzkrieg conjures up tragic images of infantry and dashing, but ineffective and ultimately doomed cavalry charges. In actuality the Poles, in the midst of a large-scale re-armament program, had up to 600 armored vehicles available at the time of the German attack, as well as a number of newer and better designs in various stages of development. Facing the inventors of the ‘Lightning War’, who attacked in great numbers, on multiple fronts and with total mastery of the air, the Polish armored formations were up against it. But outdated equipment, doctrine and enormous odds did not stop these units from fighting with bravery and determination before being finally overwhelmed. This volume is a complete technical study of the machines that formed the backbone of Poland’s defenses on the ground, using never-before-seen photographs and a comprehensive design and developmental history that reveal a full picture of Poland’s armored forces in the context of their greatest challenge.