Cassell military paperbacks

This book tells the story of the Red Army's epic struggle to drive the Germans out of Russia and back to Berlin. Using Soviet, German, and Eastern European primary sources, John Erickson describes fighting and hardship on an almost unimaginable scale. The narrative covers battles on all the fronts. The inside information on the Soviet system of war reveals how, under maximum stress, the Russian army achieved near-impossible feats in the field and the factories. All the diplomatic moves and counter-moves, including the all-important conferences at Tehran and Yalta, also come alive.

Manny Sullivan is the backbone of Sanctuary. He has his fingers in every pie and when he spots Josh Headley where he shouldn't be, it is Manny who goes in and rescues him. Josh is in Sanctuary witness protection after his dad turns on the Bullens. Not only is his dad a murderer but his ex is a liar who was using him for information. With his skill in information retrieval, he hopes to make a contribution to the solution. What started with the death of Elisabeth Costain is drawing to a close and Josh and Manny are in the middle of it all. When Manny risks his life could it finally be time for Josh to risk his heart?

Ill Met By Moonlight is the gripping account of the audacious World War II abduction of a German general from the island of Crete. British special forces officers W. Stanley Moss and Patrick Leigh Fermor, together with a small band of Cretan partisans, kidnapped the general, then evaded numerous German checkpoints and patrols for nearly three weeks as they maneuvered across the mountainous island to a rendezvous with the boat that finally whisked them away to Allied headquarters in Cairo.

Fifteen-year-old Andy Lockwood is special.Others notice the way he blurts out anything that comes into his mind, how he cannot foresee consequences, that he's more child than teenager. But his mother sees a boy with a heart as open and wide as the ocean.Laurel Lockwood lost her son once through neglect. She's spent the rest of her life determined to make up for her mistakes, and she's succeeded in becoming a committed, protective parent--maybe even overprotective. Still, she loosens her grip just enough to let Andy attend a local church social--a decision that terrifies her when the church is consumed by fire. But Andy survives...and remarkably, saves other children from the flames. Laurel watches as Andy basks in the role of unlikely hero and the world finally sees her Andy, the sweet boy she knows as well as her own heart. But when the suspicion of arson is cast upon Andy, Laurel must ask herself how well she really knows her son...and how far she'll go to keep her promise to protect him forever.

"This is the story of two great naval battles of the First World War and the ultimate triumph of British revenge at sea. In 1914 Great Britain's naval supremacy was challenged for the first time since Trafalgar. The East Asiatic Cruiser Squadron of the Imperial German Navy, under the command of Vice-Admiral Graf von Spee, itching for battle, found and shattered a British fleet at Coronel, in Chile. The Royal Navy had been defeated, and in Britain public bewilderment soon turned to anger. First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, and Lord Fisher, First Sea Lord, ordered the destruction of von Spee's ships, sending a powerful force to the Southern Seas which included the battle-cruisers Invincible and Inflexible. Just five weeks after their earlier victory, the Germans went to attack the Falklands, only to fall into the clutches of a now powerful, and prepared, British fleet; there ensued the Battle of the Falkland islands, and a famous victory for the Royal Navy. The British had wreaked their revenge on the Germans."--BOOK JACKET.

The stories of twelve fictional soldiers, all based on recorded accounts, at the heart of well-known actions. None of the protagonists is ranked higher than company commander; some are professionals, some volunteers or conscripts, none especially heroic. This is a taste of battle as millions of ordinary soldiers have had to experience it.

Story of a U.S. submarine commander's exploits during WWII. Written with authority and knowledge by Edward L. Beach who served in the "boats" throughout the war. Cdr. Beach conveys the thrill of the hunt for Japan's merchant marine and the drama of personal conflicts as well as the excitement of combat under the sea. A very good read.

Though it gives an unusual vision ftom the Nazi side, the author is so clearly biased in favour of the germans that he hardly finds any fault with them. Totally partial . Avoid reading it. Grrald Doyle

Commander of the U-boat fleet, Supreme Naval Commander, and finally Hitler's successor in the last days of the Third Reich, Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz (1891-1980) has been condemned as a Nazi and praised as one of the most brilliant and honorable military leaders of the war. -- Amazon.com.