Krig

Enjoy a detailed examination of Operation Olive as US, British, Commonwealth and Allied forces seek to smash through the last German defensive line in Italy.The Italian theatre of operations post-summer 1944 was often (and incorrectly) surmised at the time as a quiet sector of World War II, populated with troops who were relieved not to find themselves fighting in North-West Europe. Yet the true nature of the hard fighting that took place here was soon revealed when the Allies began their assault on the Axis Gothic Line defences, known as Operation Olive. In this book, Italian military historian Pier Paolo Battistelli documents the dual Allied offensive spearheaded by American and British units to smash through what was supposed to be the final Axis defensive line in Italy before the Alps. The overall strategic aims of both the Axis and Allied leaders are explored, together with the organization of the forces committed.The expertly researched maps and 3D diagrams guide the reader through the progress of the phased battles in challenging terrain. Photographs and specially commissioned artworks show the soldiers that fought on both sides, including American, Canadian, Indian, Brazilian, Polish, New Zealander, British, German and Italian troops, as well as the materiel they employed. The result is an essential illustrated guide to a fascinating and complex late-war campaign.

This journal of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine is a collection of Andrey Kurkov's writings and broadcasts from Kyiv.

A new complete history of the only American ground operation on Norwegian soil during World War II.

Hvem utførte holocaust i Norge? Holocaust i Norge besto av to likvidasjonsprosesser: en økonomisk og en fysisk. Den økonomiske likvidasjonen innebar at alt jødene eide, ble inndratt av okkupasjonsregimet. Verdiene skulle gjøres om til rene penger, som så skulle tilfalle staten. Den fysiske likvidasjonen betydde arrestasjoner, deportasjoner og drap av den jødiske befolkningen i Norge. Disse prosessene var uløselig forbundet, men hittil har framstillingene av holocaust i Norge satt den fysiske forfølgelsen i forgrunnen. I Likvidasjonen forteller Synne Corell historien om det norske holocaust på ny, med den økonomiske forfølgelsen som innfallsvinkel. Det gir en helt ny beretning om et av de mørkeste kapitlene i norsk historie. I Likvidasjonen følger vi menneskene som planla, deltok i og utførte overgrepene mot jødene i Norge, og vi ser i detalj hva de gjorde. Vi kommer også tett på familiene og enkeltmenneskene som ble ofre for disse handlingene. Corell viser hvordan likvidasjonen var en nøye planlagt aksjon som utspilte seg på mange nivåer og steder samtidig, og som involverte store deler av det norske samfunnet: fra offentlige institusjoner, banker og forretningsselskaper ned til auksjonskunder, naboer og samarbeidspartnere. Nye kilder og analyser gir en annerledes tidslinje for forfølgelsesprosessen, og en ny forståelse av hva det norske holocaust egentlig var.

En gruppe krigserfarne offiserer jobbet på innsiden av Norsk Hydro på Rjukan fra 1940 til 1943. Hva var sammenhengen mellom disse offiserene og uranforskerne på 1930-tallet? Hvem visste hva om tungtvannets destruktive potensiale?Utgangspunktet for denne historien er en bestefar som aldri snakket om hva han hadde vært med på. Jan Ketil Arnulf mistenker at den grå og glemte offiseren, som familien vet så lite om, var taus av en grunn. Arnulf begynner å nøste i familiens historie sammen med sin bror og fetter. De oppdager at bestefaren og flere andre familiemedlemmer var involvert i hemmelige aktiviteter under andre verdenskrig. Et nettverk av norske offiserer, forskere og politikere trer fram rundt den tause bestefaren. Nettverket består av nøkkelpersoner fra krigsskolen, norsk våpenindustri og akademia. Disse opptrer samtidig før og under okkupasjonen. Oppsiktsvekkende mange veier fører til Rjukan. De møtes igjen i London, og etter krigen opptrer de sammen på Kjeller. Noen treffes i FN. Kan dette nettverket si oss noe om hvem som visste hva om tungtvannets betydning? Eller om når drømmen om kjernespaltning i Norge oppsto? Og, hvor lenge varte den drømmen? «Den norske atomlandsbyen» er en beskrivelse av nettverkene som drev vitenskapelig og militært entreprenørskap i konkurranse med verdens stormakter, et nettverk det viser seg at forfatterens familie er en del av.

Krigeren tar for seg årene 1940-1945. Etter å ha strevd med å finne seg til rette som kronprins, finner han endelig en rolle. Det andre bindet i den store fortellingen om Olav V gir et nærportrettet av en kronprins i krig og et viktig bidrag til den norske krigshistorien. I disse årene skal Olav både få prøvd seg og brukt seg på helt nye vis. Uten å forstå krigen, og hans rolle i den, er det umulig å forstå Olav, hvem han var og hvem han ble. Leseren kastes inn i tyskernes angrep 9. april 1940. Deretter følger vi kronprins, konge og regjering under det to måneder lange felttoget. Dramatikken er stor, krigens kaos likeså. For Olav finner mesteparten av virksomheten gjennom krigen sted i England og ved de norske militæravdelingene i Skottland. Men han pendler også mellom London og Washington, der familien har funnet tilflukt, beskyttet av USAs president. Fortellingen om den norske kronprinsfamiliens krig inneholder hverdagsliv, militær og politisk innsats, kjærlighet, savn, sykdom og shopping, samt en smule komikk. Og ikke minst er kronprinsens krig en propagandakrig. Boka trekker på et uhyre rikt stoff av korrespondanse, dagbøker og erindringslitteratur, samt et stort og til dels ukjent visuelt materiale. Kronprinsen, kronprinsessen og kronprinsbarna står i sentrum i denne boka. Aldri har vi kommet tettere på dem og deres krigserfaring.

Packed with more than 200 full-colour artworks and photographs of American, British, Canadian, Australian, French, Polish and other Western Allied nations tanks with exhaustive specifications, World War II Tanks: Western Allies 1939-45 is a key reference guide for military modellers and World War II enthusiasts.

The Falklands War was one of the strangest in British history - 28,000 men sent to fight for a tiny relic of empire 8,000 miles from home. At the time, many Britons saw it as a tragic absurdity, but the British victory confirmed the quality of British arms and boosted the political fortunes of the Conservative government. But it left a chequered aftermath; it was of no wider significance for British interests and taught no lessons. It has since been overshadowed by the two Gulf Wars, however, its political ramifications cannot be overestimated. Max Hastings' and Simon Jenkins' account of the conflict is a modern classic of war reportage and the definitive book on the war. Republished as part of the Pan Military Classics series, The Battle for the Falklands is a vivid chronicle of a call to arms and a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in the history of our times.

States seldom resort to war to overthrow their adversaries. They are more likely to attempt to covertly change the opposing regime, by assassinating a foreign leader, sponsoring a coup d'etat, meddling in a democratic election, or secretly aiding foreign dissident groups.In Covert Regime Change, Lindsey A. O'Rourke shows us how states really...

Released in 1969, the film Battle of Britain went on to become one of the most iconic war movies ever produced. This is the full story of how the film was made, and explores the techniques used by the film crew.

Award-winning historian Linda Colley shows the dawn of the modern world - through the advance of written constitutions.

An investigation into the organisation, strength, and military action of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1683 - both at Vienna and other theatres of war.

This fully illustrated volume compares two of the most iconic AFV's: the SU-152/ISU-152 and the Tiger, used on the Eastern Front during World War II.On the Eastern Front in 1943, the Tiger-equipped heavy Panzer battalions gave German armored divisions an unmatched capability that cost the Red Army dearly. The Tiger's 88mm gun carved through Soviet defenses in the attack, and caused havoc amongst advancing Soviet armored formations when used in defense. Neither of the Red Army's heavy tanks (the KV-1 and KV-2) could match the Tiger's gun, and, more importantly, penetrate its armor at anything approaching standard combat range. The Soviet response was a stopgap vehicle that mounted a 152mm artillery piece onto the KV tank's chassis: the SU-152. This fascinating volume describes how the SU-152 was first deployed at Kursk in 1943, where its shell proved capable of killing Tigers, and documents its evolution into the ISU-152 in late 1943 (the latter carried the same gun on an IS chassis, and featured increased frontal armor). Packed with superb illustrations, it also explores the widely differing tactical employment of these two iconic AFVs, unit organization, equipment and weaponry, and crew roles.

The long buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the official and cultural barriers to women covering war.

The nine were ordinary women, some still in their teens, who joined the French and Dutch Resistance in the face of Nazi horror and oppression.

Extraordinary times. Extraordinary courage.Here, from the bestselling author of The Great Escape, are eight true and startling escape stories from the Second World War. The heroism of the servicemen who dared to defy their captors in this volume is matched only by that of the underground movements and ordinary civilians who helped the escapees in these stories of daring, invention and doggedness against the odds. From the account of the Spitfire pilot left for dead by an execution squad in Sicily to the story of the air gunner forced to blag his way across the Baltic, every one is an unputdownable classic. 'As long as there are prisons men will try to escape from them; and as long as there is an RAF it will bring to the problems of escape the qualities of high resource, pure cussedness and that indefinable, damnably annoying refusal to lie down when dead, of which all the stories in this book are such excellent - and, I think, such exciting - examples.' H.E. Bates

An expertly written, illustrated new analysis of the Desert Storm air campaign fought against Saddam Hussein''s Iraq, which shattered the world''s fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force in just 39 days, and revolutionized the world''s ideas about modern air power.The combat phase of the Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, was 43 days long. This consisted of a 39-day air campaign followed by a four-day armoured mechanized assault. Together they shattered what had been the world''s fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force, and overturned conventional military assumptions about the effectiveness and value of air power.In this book, author Richard P. Hallion, one of the world''s foremost experts on air warfare, explains why Desert Storm was a revolutionary victory, a war won with no single climatic battle. Instead, victory came thanks to a rigorously planned campaign, which opened with a devastating night of attacks that shattered Iraq''s advanced air defence system, and allowed follow-on strikes in the subsequent weeks to savage Iraq''s military infrastructure and troops in the field ΓÇô largely by destroying capabilities and equipment, without massive loss of life. When the Coalition tanks finally rolled into Iraq, to widespread Iraqi surrenders, it was less an assault than an occupation.The rapid victory of Desert Storm, which surprised many observers, led to widespread military reform as the world''s advanced militaries saw the new capabilities of precision air power. The military world that we live in today reflects, to a large degree, the transformation of military power heralded by the air campaign of the 1991 Gulf War.

An intimate, stirring portrait of a country at war and a family's battle to survive

The German invasion of the Netherlands was meant to be a lightning-fast surgical strike, aimed at shoring up the right flank of the assault on France and Belgium. With a bold plan based largely on Luftwaffe air power, air-landing troops, and the biggest airborne assault yet seen, a Dutch surrender was expected within 24 hours.But the Netherlands possessed Europe's first fully integrated anti-aircraft network, as well as modern and competitive aircraft. On 10 May, the German attack was only partly successful, and the Dutch fought on for another four days. On the fifth day, with its original strategy having largely failed, the Luftwaffe resorted to terror-bombing Rotterdam to force a surrender.Explaining the technical capabilities and campaign plans of the two sides, and charting how the battles were fought, this fascinating book reassesses this little-known part of World War II. Author Ryan K. Noppen argues that while the Holland campaign was a tactical victory for Germany, the ability of the well-prepared but outnumbered Dutch to inflict heavy losses was a warning of what would come in the Battle of Britain.

The bloodiest battle of the Falklands War, retold in extraordinary detail by the men who were there.