Bøger af Simon Forty

Photographic history of the Allied armies of the Italian campaign.

The latest in the WWII series by Simon Forty and Leo Marriott provides a unique, highly illustrated perspective on The Battle of the Bulge using maps, photography old and new, hardware, memorials, museums, and cemeteries to give an overview of this crucial campaign.

A fully illustrated survey of the Soviet infantryman on the Eastern Front in World War II.

A study of the Roman borders, their role as defenses and control points and their impact on the Roman empire as a whole.

Combines a narrative history, contemporary photographs and maps with images of memorials, battlefield survivors and then & now views.

Following the themes of the Haynes Great War British Tommy and German Infantryman Manuals this book looks in detail at the weapons, uniform, accoutrements, equipment and tactics of the Second World War British and Commonwealth infantryman, supported with more than 250 archive and modern-day photos and illustrations.

Highly illustrated history of artillery weapons during the Second World War.

Heavily illustrated title covering the advance of the US, Canadian and British Armies west into Germany in 1945.

Highly illustrated history of armoured warfare during the Second World Wars. Features over 200 wartime photographs along with excerpts from technical assessments, tactical guides and after-action reports.

Photographic history of the British Eighth Army during the Second World War in North Africa.

and, finally, the men had to embark and the armada had to deliver its cargo to a strict timetable under enemy fire onto a hostile shore. For understandable reasons, the emphasis on remembrance of D-Day is focused on the beaches: that's where the battles took place;

From the Riviera to the Rhine details the invasion of France in 1944 from the French Riviera to Strasbourg, using a mixture of media to provide a complete overview of the campaign.

An up-to-date view of Operation Market Garden making full use of modern research. With over 500 illustrations including many maps, aerial photography and then and now images.

Photographic history of the two-month battle for Caen in 1944 .

Photographic history of a key stage in 1944 Normandy campaign.

Photographs old and new reconstruct the fierce fighting during Operation Market Garden involving the 1st Airborne Division, providing a vivid comparison between then and now.

Photographs old and new reconstruct the fierce fighting around Falaise and Chambois in 1944, providing a vivid comparison between then and now.