Clean pages. Minor wrinkles on cover.

the story of the battle of Britain

Stalingrad...Where Hitler threw in entire divisions in suicidal attacks, and the Russians annihilated them in the most vicious battles of the Second World War...When it was all over, the once proud German VI Army, 330,000 strong, had been entirely wiped out. \\\* Stalingrad: The Turning Point is part of Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century, and is Book #3 in the Battle Book series.

An account of Hitler's plans for a new Blitzkrieg on the Allied forces in France, centering on the battle at Bastogne and its crucial outcome.

On Christmas day 1941 the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet instituted a medal for the courageous defence of Leningrad. And on that same day three thousand seven hundred Leningraders died of starvation. Yet the city was to suffer not just through that winter, but for nine hundred days.

"A sensible German government would have taken the break late summer of 1944 to seek an armistice and to escape the final wave of destruction. They hoped the Allies, even a government like Hitler. Were wrong." This resulted in Battle of Berlin ... one of the most important operations, hardest and most consequential of the entire war

As the hot weeks of waiting dragged by, time after time the Soviet soldiers rehearsed their tasks. The Germans meanwhile assembled an immense force totalling thirty-five divisions. Now both sides were ready for battle. But neither the German nor the Soviet commanders knew the exact time Citadel would begin. That was still Hitler's secret... Kursk: The greatest armoured battle of all time.

Except to the planners in Washington and Tokyo, this small atoll and its main island Betio were virtually unknown. Then in 'seventy-six stark and bitter hours' the island was taken, and in the battle the heroism of both attackers and defenders was worthy to stand beside the most renowned in the history of warfare. \\\* Tarawa: A Legend is Born is part of Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II, and is Book #8 in the Battle Book series.

In the Autumn of 1944 Germany's back is against the wall, but she is still fighting with a bitter courage when 'Market Garden' is launched. The success of this crucial operation seems likely to be jeopardised by conflict within the Allied Command, and certainly there were many who doubted that 'Arnhem...was a decided victory.' \\\* Airborne Carpet: Operation Market Garden is part of Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II, and is Book #9 in the Battle Book series.

Excellent condition paperback; very slight cover wear. Excellent history of Pearl Harbor. Quick shipping!