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This is the story of German General Horst von Halen, as he recalls for us the invasion of Great Britain in 1940. He tells us of the landing at Dover and drive north to London against fierce resistance, and the battles for London and the Midlands, ending in Scotland.He tells us of his promotion to field marshal and, as he drives north, about concern that a female Russian observer is really spying on them.There is also his younger brother, who is an SS officer, and his part in the battle, as well as his dealing with Adolf Eichmann in his plan to deport the Jews of Britain to Palestine. Horst also tells of his dealing with Hitler, in trying to bring the campaign to a victorious conclusion for Germany.He also recalls how he lost his older brother in World War I, and how it informs his hatred of the British.
"Bombs away!" Usually, that means a mission is halfway over. For one man, it's just the beginning. The Bombardier is the story of Captain Rosen of the U.S. Army Air Forces. He is shot down over Nazi Germany in 1943, the country he had escaped from six years before. As a Jew, he knows he must not be caught. He makes his effort to escape, and finds treachery at every turn. He must also endure a staggering air raid that brings him to the edge of death. Any mistake can be fatal, but Rosen will do what must be done, and knows that if he fails, he must take a lot of Nazis with him.Join one man's quest to escape to freedom. Follow The Bombardier!
A U.S. submarine captain fights, along with his crew, against the Japanese in the World War II Pacific Theater of Operations.We start with his boat newly arrived in western Australia, and operating in enemy waters in Southeast Asia and the Philippine Islands.He also tries more than once to sink Japan's biggest oil tanker, but is foiled by defective torpedoes. He does finally succeed on his way from Australia to Pearl Harbor to sink this elusive target.He also romances the sister of his late wife.There are more adventures going in the latter half of the war, going from Hawaii to the Japanese home islands.
This is a story, written after the fact, of a war between the USA and Mexico in the year 2017. It contains an overview of relations between the countries leading up to the Mexican declaration of war and invasion of the southwest United States.It also describes the American effort to expel the invading armies, and securing the peace between them.
This is the story, based on fact, of a Spanish volunteer officer who fought with a division known as the Division Azul, or Blue Division, in World War II on the Russian Front. Our hero goes through several battles on the northern sector of the Russian Front, south of Leningrad. He makes friends and has a romance with a Russian woman, just as many men of the division did. He also meets with a German officer to explain his motivation for joining the division, including avenging his murdered sister, killed by Russians in the Spanish Civil War. The hero also fights to save his men in the famous Battle of Krasny Bor.
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