Zweiter Weltkrieg 04

Hans-Erdmann Schönbeck: "... und nie kann ich vergessen": Ein Stalingrad-Überlebender erzählt von Krieg, Widerstand – und dem Wunder, 100 Jahre zu leben

Autor: Tim Pröse

Jahrhundertzeugen: Die Botschaft der letzten Helden gegen Hitler. 18 Begegnungen

Autor: Tim Pröse

Ich war dabei ...: Polen, Nordfrankreich, Ostfront, Stalingrad, Kaukasus, Italien, Normandie, Ardennen, Endkampf im Ruhr-Kessel (Deutsche Soldaten-Biografien)

Autoren: Josef Wimmer, EK-2 Militär, Helmut K von Keusgen

Die verdammte Generation: Gespräche mit den letzten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkriegs

Autor: Christian Hardinghaus

In the Hell of the Eastern Front: The Fate of a Young Soldier During the Fighting in Russia in Ww2

Autor: Arno Sauer

A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

Autor: Harry H. Crosby

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival

Autor: Daniel Finkelstein

Lost Victories: War Memoirs of Hitlers Most Brilliant General (Zenith Military Classics)

Autor: Erich Manstein

Hitler

Ian Kershaw

Der Tote im Bunker: Bericht über meinen Vater

Martin Pollack

Paulus - Das Trauma von Stalingrad: Eine Biographie

Torsten Diedrich

Rosen für den Mörder: Die zwei Leben des SS-Mannes Franz Murer

Johannes Sachslehner

Las 999 Mujeres de Auschwitz: La extraordinaria historia de las jóvenes judías que llegaron en el primer tren a Auschwitz (No Ficción)

Heather Dune Macadam

Speer: Eine Biographie

Joachim Fest

The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground: A Memoir

Justus Rosenberg

Jump Commander: In Combat with the 505th and 508th Parachute Infantry Regiments, 82nd Airborne Division in World War II

John Sparry, Mark Alexander

Col. Mark James Alexander was the only airborne officer to lead three different battalions into combat in World War I I, successively commanding the 2nd and 1st Battalions, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, and the 2nd Battalion, 508 P I R, of the 82nd Airborne Division. A legend in his own time, he fought in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France, and even after being seriously wounded in Normandy, insisted on playing a role in the Battle of the Bulge. Airborne Generals Gavin and Ridgway recognized Alexander's superior battle skills and were more than happy to use him to plug holes in the ranks. His reputation excelled among the rank and file, right down to the lowest private. He led from the front, pressing the attack while simultaneously looking out for his men. In Sicily, Alexander's battalion landed 25 miles from its drop zone, into a network of Italian pillboxes, upon which the Colonel personally directed fire, thence captured hundreds of prisoners. Dropped into the desperate inferno at Salerno, he refused to give ground against German counterattacks, forming his paratroopers against enemy efforts to push Allied forces back into the sea. At Normandy one seasoned lieutenant, John " Red Dog" Dolan, 505 P I R, called him "the finest battalion commander I ever served under", after Alexander had led the 1/505 for 10 days through the bloody battle for La Fire Bridge and Causeway.

Alexander's passion and truest talent was leading men in the field, and he insisted on sharing their risks. On one occasion in Normandy he and his runner (he went through several) were caught behind German lines and encountered a platoon of S S. Opening fire, the Colonel killed or wounded several and brought the rest in as prisoners. An 88mm shell finally got the best of him, shrapnel tearing through his lungs, and while the 82nd was engaged in the Bulge, Alexander was only allowed to run its base camps in France - despite his protests - as General Gavin noted that he was still coughing up blood.

This memoir is based on the transcription of hundreds of hours of recorded interviews made by Alexander's grandson, John Sparry, over a period of years late in his life. Providing valuable insight into the beloved commander who led three of the most storied battalions in the U S Army, Jump Commander also contains a wealth of new detail on 82nd Airborne operations, and casts insight on some of the most crucial battles in the E T O. This action-packed narrative may well be the last remaining memoir to be written in the voice of a major airborne officer of the Greatest Generation.

Field Marshal Albert Kesselring: The Life and Legacy of Nazi Germany's Most Popular Commander

Charles River Editors

" A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering. " ( Kesselring)

Albert Kesselring holds a strange place in the history of World War I I. A commander in the Luftwaffe, he is remembered as much for the skill with which he oversaw the German armies as for his mastery of the air fleets. Called " Uncle Albert" by many of his men and " Smiling Albert" by the Allies, he was widely respected by men on both sides of the war and loved by many of his troops, yet he was responsible for massacres in occupied Italy for which he was condemned to death during the post-war trials. Ultimately, his sentence was commuted to one of life imprisonment, making him one of the few top Nazi leaders to pen memoirs after the war, but it goes without saying that Kesselring's time was marked by controversy.

Kesselring had the skills of a politician and a diplomat, as well as those of a soldier, which carried his career through both World War I and World War I I, and during the Second World War, he served in almost every theater of the fighting in Europe. He was undoubtedly a gifted commander, but one who served at a time when the German military was tainted with the evils of Nazism.

Who was Albert Kesselring, and what made this seemingly contradictory man tick? Field Marshal Albert Kesselring: The Life and Legacy of Nazi Germany's Most Popular Commander analyzes the life and career of the controversial military leader. You will learn about Kesselring like never before.

The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz - Costa Book of the Year 2019

Jack Fairweather