{"title":"MILITARY HISTORY BOOKS - WORLD WAR II","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-devils-bridge-the-german-victory-at-arnhem-1944","title":"The Devil's Bridge: The German Victory at Arnhem, 1944","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-name\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Devil's Bridge\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"product-subtitle\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE GERMAN VICTORY AT ARNHEM, 1944\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"product-code\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGENERAL MILITARY\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"additional-data\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"data-label\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/span\u003eAnthony Tucker-Jones\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the late summer of 1944, SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm ‘Willi' Bittrich found himself in the Netherlands surveying his II SS Panzer Corps, which was in a poor state having narrowly escaped the defeat in Normandy. He was completely unaware that his command lay directly in the path of a major Allied thrust: the 17 September 1944 launch of the largest airborne and glider operation in the history of warfare. Code-named Operation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarket Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, it was intended to outflank the German West Wall and ‘bounce' the Rhine at Arnhem, from where the Allies could strike into the Ruhr, Nazi Germany's industrial heartland. Such a move could have ended the war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHowever, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarket Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the battle for Arnhem were a disaster for the Allies. Put together in little over a week and lacking in flexibility, the operation became an all-or-nothing race against time. The plan to link the airborne divisions by pushing an armoured division up a sixty-five-mile corridor was optimistic at best, and the British drop zones were not only too far from Arnhem Bridge, but also directly above two recuperating SS Panzer divisions. This new book explores the operation from the perspective of the Germans as renowned historian Anthony Tucker-Jones examines how they were able to mobilise so swiftly and effectively in spite of depleted troops and limited intelligence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 9781472839862\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Osprey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42011212939513,"sku":"9781472839862","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/4703\/2569\/products\/9781472839862.jpg?v=1636175941"},{"product_id":"wau-1942-1943","title":"Wau 1942-1943","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"book-title is-size-3 has-title-font js-book-title\"\u003eWau 1942-1943\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"is-size-6 has-text-grey with-margin-bottom-very-small\"\u003eAustralian Army Campaigns Series - 6\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"is-size-5 with-margin-bottom-very-small by-line\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor :  Phillip Bradley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"is-size-5 with-margin-bottom-very-small by-line\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBased on a detailed analysis of the battlefield, this book outlines how the victory at Wau was achieved and demonstrates how determined leadership can turn the tide of battle. Throughout most of 1942, the Australian Army fought a series of commando actions to keep the Japanese at bay in the Wau - Salamaua area of New Guinea. The Australian commando operation against Salamaua in June 1942 is still considered to be `the perfect raid'. Following other commando actions at Mubo, the Japanese reinforced their troops at Salamaua in January 1943, and conducted a daring operation to capture Wau. Advancing by way of a seemingly impassable track between the Australian outposts, a force of two infantry battalions reached the foothills overlooking Wau before coming up against a single Australian company of infantry. Courageously led by Captain Bill Sherlock this small force held the Japanese advance at bay for a vital 36 hours, allowing other Australian troops to be rushed in to defend Wau. More importantly, the Australian stand enabled fresh troops to be flown into the vital airfield and these men changed the course of the battle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"is-size-5 with-margin-bottom-very-small by-line\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN : \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780980777406\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Big Sky Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42012993749241,"sku":"9780980777406","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/4703\/2569\/products\/9780980777406.jpg?v=1636248152"},{"product_id":"battle-of-the-atlantic-1942-45","title":"Battle of the Atlantic 1942–45","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-name\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBattle of the Atlantic 1942–45\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"product-subtitle\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE CLIMAX OF WORLD WAR II’S GREATEST NAVAL CAMPAIGN\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-code\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAIR CAMPAIGN 21\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-code\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-code\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor : Mark Lardas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-code\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-code\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrator : Edouard A. 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Karl Dönitz, running the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm, would finally have the numbers needed to run the tonnage war he wanted against the Allies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeanwhile, the British had, at last, assembled the solution to the U-boat peril. Its weapons and detection systems had improved to the stage that maritime patrol aircraft could launch deadly attacks on U-boats day and night. Airborne radar, Leigh lights, Magnetic Anomaly Detection (MAD), and the Fido homing torpedo all turned the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft into a submarine-killer, while shore and ship-based technologies such as high-frequency direction finding and signals intelligence could now help aircraft find enemy U-boats. Following its entry into the war in 1941, the United States had also thrown its industrial muscle behind the campaign, supplying VLR Liberator bombers to the RAF and escort carriers to the Royal Navy. The US Navy also operated anti-submarine patrol blimps and VLR aircraft in the southern and western Atlantic, and sent its own escort carriers to guard convoys.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book, the second of two volumes, explores the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, and reveals how airpower - both maritime patrol aircraft and carrier aircraft - ultimately proved to be the Allies' most important weapon in one of the most bitterly fought naval campaigns of World War II.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-code\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-code\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN : 9781472841537\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Osprey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42013191602425,"sku":"9781472841537","price":31.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/4703\/2569\/products\/9781472841537.jpg?v=1636253561"},{"product_id":"the-history-of-the-panzerjager-volume-1-origins-and-evolution-1939-42","title":"The History of the Panzerjäger.  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Many books have focused on an element of the story - the Hetzer, Jagdpanzer, Jagdpanther - but this is the first time that the whole story of the development and organization of Nazi Germany's anti-tank force will have been covered, from its earliest origins in World War I, through its development in the interwar period, and its baptism of fire in the early days of World War II. This is the first of two volumes that will trace the story through the glory years of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlitzkrieg\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the improvements that were made when Soviet tanks were first encountered, leading to new weapons, tactics and organization. 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The He 177 flew to the end of the war, with some machines undertaking extremely hazardous low-level missions against Soviet armour in Poland in late 1944-45.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis fascinating book, filled with detailed artwork and contemporary photographs, tells the story of this aircraft, including the political infighting at the top of the Luftwaffe's hierarchy that stymied its development, its radical technical design, and its state-of-the-art weaponry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN : \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9781472820396\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"additional-data\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Osprey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42027740725497,"sku":"9781472820396","price":31.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/4703\/2569\/products\/9781472820396.jpg?v=1636424777"},{"product_id":"arado-ar-196-units-in-combat-combat-aircraft-136","title":"Arado Ar 196 Units in Combat","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-name\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArado Ar 196 Units in Combat\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"product-code\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCOMBAT AIRCRAFT 136\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"product-code\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor : Peter de Jong\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-code\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"four columns product-img-box\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-href=\"https:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/arado-ar-196-units-in-combat\" class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" fb-iframe-plugin-query=\"action=like\u0026amp;app_id=\u0026amp;container_width=267\u0026amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fospreypublishing.com%2Farado-ar-196-units-in-combat\u0026amp;layout=button_count\u0026amp;locale=en_GB\u0026amp;sdk=joey\u0026amp;share=true\u0026amp;show_faces=true\" fb-xfbml-state=\"rendered\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-href=\"https:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/arado-ar-196-units-in-combat\" class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" fb-iframe-plugin-query=\"action=like\u0026amp;app_id=\u0026amp;container_width=267\u0026amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fospreypublishing.com%2Farado-ar-196-units-in-combat\u0026amp;layout=button_count\u0026amp;locale=en_GB\u0026amp;sdk=joey\u0026amp;share=true\u0026amp;show_faces=true\" fb-xfbml-state=\"rendered\"\u003eIllustrators : Janusz Swiatlon, Mark Postlethwaite\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-href=\"https:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/arado-ar-196-units-in-combat\" class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" fb-iframe-plugin-query=\"action=like\u0026amp;app_id=\u0026amp;container_width=267\u0026amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fospreypublishing.com%2Farado-ar-196-units-in-combat\u0026amp;layout=button_count\u0026amp;locale=en_GB\u0026amp;sdk=joey\u0026amp;share=true\u0026amp;show_faces=true\" fb-xfbml-state=\"rendered\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-href=\"https:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/arado-ar-196-units-in-combat\" class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" fb-iframe-plugin-query=\"action=like\u0026amp;app_id=\u0026amp;container_width=267\u0026amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fospreypublishing.com%2Farado-ar-196-units-in-combat\u0026amp;layout=button_count\u0026amp;locale=en_GB\u0026amp;sdk=joey\u0026amp;share=true\u0026amp;show_faces=true\" fb-xfbml-state=\"rendered\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eBeating its biplane rivals in a 1936 Reich Air Ministry design competition, the Arado Ar 196 provided the Kriegsmarine with possibly the best shipborne reconnaissance seaplane of World War II. Replacing the Heinkel He 60 biplane as the standard catapult-launched floatplane embarked on the Kriegsmarine's capital ships, the Ar 196 flew an assortment of combat missions during World War II, including coastal patrol, submarine hunting, light bombing, general reconnaissance, and convoy escort sorties. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-href=\"https:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/arado-ar-196-units-in-combat\" class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" fb-iframe-plugin-query=\"action=like\u0026amp;app_id=\u0026amp;container_width=267\u0026amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fospreypublishing.com%2Farado-ar-196-units-in-combat\u0026amp;layout=button_count\u0026amp;locale=en_GB\u0026amp;sdk=joey\u0026amp;share=true\u0026amp;show_faces=true\" fb-xfbml-state=\"rendered\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-href=\"https:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/arado-ar-196-units-in-combat\" class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" fb-iframe-plugin-query=\"action=like\u0026amp;app_id=\u0026amp;container_width=267\u0026amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fospreypublishing.com%2Farado-ar-196-units-in-combat\u0026amp;layout=button_count\u0026amp;locale=en_GB\u0026amp;sdk=joey\u0026amp;share=true\u0026amp;show_faces=true\" fb-xfbml-state=\"rendered\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe first vessel to take its Ar 196A-1s to sea was the pocket battleship \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGraf Spee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which embarked on two in the autumn of 1939. The battleships \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBismarck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTirpitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e could carry six Arados each, the battlecruisers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGneisenau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e four and smaller pocket battleships and cruisers two. Shore-based aircraft were also operated from coastal ports on the Channel, Baltic, North Sea, and Bay of Biscay coasts, as well as in the Balkans and Mediterranean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this title, supported by an excellent selection of photographs and full-colour illustrations, Peter de Jong explores the history of the Arado Ar 196, detailing their development and assessing the combat capabilities of one of the last fighting seaplanes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-href=\"https:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/arado-ar-196-units-in-combat\" class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" fb-iframe-plugin-query=\"action=like\u0026amp;app_id=\u0026amp;container_width=267\u0026amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fospreypublishing.com%2Farado-ar-196-units-in-combat\u0026amp;layout=button_count\u0026amp;locale=en_GB\u0026amp;sdk=joey\u0026amp;share=true\u0026amp;show_faces=true\" fb-xfbml-state=\"rendered\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-href=\"https:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/arado-ar-196-units-in-combat\" class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" fb-iframe-plugin-query=\"action=like\u0026amp;app_id=\u0026amp;container_width=267\u0026amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fospreypublishing.com%2Farado-ar-196-units-in-combat\u0026amp;layout=button_count\u0026amp;locale=en_GB\u0026amp;sdk=joey\u0026amp;share=true\u0026amp;show_faces=true\" fb-xfbml-state=\"rendered\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-href=\"https:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/arado-ar-196-units-in-combat\" class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" fb-iframe-plugin-query=\"action=like\u0026amp;app_id=\u0026amp;container_width=267\u0026amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fospreypublishing.com%2Farado-ar-196-units-in-combat\u0026amp;layout=button_count\u0026amp;locale=en_GB\u0026amp;sdk=joey\u0026amp;share=true\u0026amp;show_faces=true\" fb-xfbml-state=\"rendered\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN : \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9781472844972\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Osprey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42028063391993,"sku":"9781472844972","price":31.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/4703\/2569\/products\/9781472844972.jpg?v=1636426262"},{"product_id":"dutch-waffen-ss-legion-brigade-1941-44","title":"Dutch Waffen-SS Legion \u0026 Brigade 1941–44","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-name\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDutch Waffen-SS Legion \u0026amp; Brigade 1941–44\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMEN-AT-ARMS 531\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAuthor : Massimiliano Afiero \u003cbr\u003eIllustrator : Ramiro Bujeiro\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGoebbels' 1941 propaganda campaign to present Germany's invasion of the USSR as a battle for European civilization against Asian barbarism convinced many men in occupied 'Germanic' European countries, such as Scandinavia and the Low Countries, to volunteer to fight on the Russian Front. One of the strongest national legions of such a kind was raised in the Netherlands, where it was supported by a large pro-Nazi movement led by Anton Mussert. The 3,000-man Netherlands Volunteer Legion fought on the Leningrad front in regimental strength, from the Red Army's winter 1941\/42 counter-offensive until April 1943. The survivors were then reinforced to form a 5,500-strong Panzergrenadier Brigade, and after anti-partisan service in Croatia, they returned to Army Group North as part of Steiner's III SS Panzer Korps, fighting in the most arduous battles of 1943-44 until driven back into Pomerania. In the final months of the war the division formed the nucleus of the new 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division 'Nederland'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this illustrated study of the Dutch Waffen-SS Legion and Brigade, specialist Massimiliano Afiero explores the full history of this important formation from its establishment in 1941 until it was incorporated into the ‘Nederland' Division in 1944. 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Included in it was a total of 59 fleet destroyers, with others added during the war. These were a diverse collection of ships dating back to the First World War with large destroyers built to counter ships of similar size introduced in the French Navy (the RM's historical enemy), and medium-sized ships which constituted the bulk of the destroyer force. RM destroyers were built for high speed, not endurance since they were only expected to operate inside the Mediterranean. They were also well-armed, but lacked radar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the war, RM destroyers fought well. With the exception of a small force based in Abyssinia which fought a series of battles in the Red Sea against the British, RM destroyers were active in the Mediterranean. The primary mission of the RM during the war was to keep the supply lines to North Africa open. The Italians were largely successful in this effort, and destroyers were key. 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