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Leyte Gulf

Being there . . . . in late October of 1944, the heart of the Philippine archipelago, Leyte Gulf. Theworld’s greatest sea battle is about to begin. With almost eight decades of accumulatedhistorical combat literature commingling with the most recent nautical archaeology news, allaided by a stunning, nay, riveting narration, you are in the best …

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The Black Scorpions

Being there . . . . on 29 June 1942 under the scorching sun on the oven-baked Egyptian QattaraDepression sands to watch in utter delight “Desert Fox” Marshal Erwin Rommel’s promise toBenito Mussolini that within hours he would marching triumphally into Cairo stranglesuffocatingly on the burning desert terrain. Like so many of Il Duce’s dreams, …

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Writing the Wild Frontier

Being there . . . . to hail with an expression of reverent salutation, i.e., exclamation, salute, orfamiliar greeting, your affectionate appreciation, fondness, and, indeed, gentle love for 21American western novelists, while being introduced to numerous others. And darn ifincomparable McFarland Publishing, and one of her foremost literary pioneers, Stephen J. May,haven’t combined to provide …

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Trigger

Being there . . . . old-time movie buffs to have your hearts and minds throb, flutter, beat rapidlyand strongly, when on any particular Saturday at noon mom gave you a quarter to rush over toeither the Rialto or Ritz Theatre for a ticket and bag of hot popcorn to watch for two hours thelatest …

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British Coastal Weapons vs German Coastal Weapons; British Frigates and Escort Destroyers 1939-45; Nakajima Ki-49 ‘Helen’ Units; Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West

Being there . . . . for four of OSPREY PUBLISHING’s new releases in its usual Spring’s abundantcrop of new World War II titles. Military buffs, worldwide, know well the genius behind thecompany’s annual production rates for their countless Series, some having run their course,others newly conceived and introduced. In America, whole personal Second World …

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Panzer Reconnaissance; Tanks in Operation Bagration 1944

Being there . . . . on the Eastern Front in mid-1943 as the Red Armies grew stronger andstronger, then, a year later, on June 22, 1944, the very third anniversary day Hitler personallytriggered the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, watch “Uncle Joe” Stalin launch his first“superblitz” of Russia’s massive summer counteroffensives in …

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Elephant Paths; 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend; The Soviet Destruction of Army Group South

Being there . . . . on the Eastern Front during night of June 19/20, 1941, to witness Hitlerunleash “Operation Barbarossa” (‘Redbeard’), a massive tornado of tanks and troops in threearmy groups against “Uncle Joe” Stalin and his Soviet government. The Fuhrer’s Army GroupNorth would seize the Baltic; Army Group South would grab the agricultural, …

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Custer’s Best; The Officer Corps of Custer’s Seventh Cavalry; Fort Abraham Lincoln Dakota Territory

Being there . . . . to become personally involved with George Armstrong Custer (1839 – 1876)via a new slant a la Schiffer Publishing style. Three new titles are introduced by the youngnonpareil, each with its own oblique opinions, new inclinations, the chief book by LeeChambers, a controversial revelation in itself. See Lee’s book below, …

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Clean Sweep

Being there . . . . seated behind one of our boys piloting a P-47C Thunderbolt from the 62 ndFighter Squadron of the 56 th Fighter Group aligned in formation over the English Channel in May1943 to protect B-17s and B-24s on their way to crush and smash into smithereens Germanmarshalling yards, storage grounds, railroad …

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Longstreet at Gettysburg; Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War; More Than Just Grit

Being there . . . . to meet a host of sympathizing Civil War confederates banding together in aloose league of southern states backed by the Army of the Confederacy. Among them, you willbe privileged to greet honorable Lieutenant-General James Longstreet (1821 – 1904), anAmerican soldier born in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. Although …

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