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Illustrated!
Was the Luftwaffe Really Intended to be Little
More Than an Adjunct to the German Army?
The conventional wisdom has long argued Hitler's
Luftwaffe was primarily designed around the goal of
providing support to the German army. However, the
Luftwaffe actually began and was initially organized
as a fairly well rounded institution designed to
compete at all levels of aerial warfare. Read more...

Illustrated!
The Decades between the World Wars: How
Germany Created a Dominant Army from the
Ashes of Overwhelming Defeat - Part One
During the Second World War's first three years,
Germany regularly defeated the most powerful military
establishments on the planet; victories that placed
Germany in position to dominate Europe. Conventional
wisdom posits the overwhelming successes won by
Germany's armed forces stemmed from a method of
war fighting developed in the 1930s by Hitler and his
generals; a set of tactics named "Blitzkrieg Warfare."
Nonetheless, this belief, and what is widely known
regarding how Nazi Germany built its army is patently
wrong. Read more...

Illustrated!
Revisiting one of World War II's greatest
Controversies: Was the Soviet Union preparing to
attack Germany in 1941?
The Second World War ended over sixty years ago,
yet much about the War remains either misunderstood
or unknown. In particular, historians have debated
and sought to understand Stalin's decision making
process in the months leading up to the June 22,
1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Read
more...

New!
Erich von Manstein, Hitler's Master Strategist
by Benoit Lemay, Casemate, 2010, Soft cover,
$32.95, 528 pages
There is little doubt that Erich von Manstein had
one of the finest military minds of the Second World
War. Read More...

Tirpitz, The Life and Death of Germany's Last
Super Battleship
by Niklas Zetterling & Michael Tamelander,
Casemate, 2009, Hard cover, $32.95, 360
pages.
Tirpitz, The Life and Death of Germany's Last Super
Battleship is a book this reviewer enjoyed and does
not hesitate to recommend. Read More...

The Ninety-Fifth, The Iron Men of Metz
The Ninety-Fifth, The Iron Men of Metz
Directed by Davidson Cole, Produced by
Davidson Cole, Neal Gold, Adam Graham, John
Digles, Ligia Popescu, Bruce Rosenzweig and
Mary Kay Cook, Traveller Jones Productions,
2009. $19.99. Running time: 56 minutes.
When one sits down to watch The Ninety-Fifth, The
Iron Men of Metz it readily becomes evident this film
is not your typical work on the Second World War.
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