In August 1917, the Canadian Corps captured Hill 70, vital terrain just north of the French town of Lens. The Canadians suffered some 5,400 casualties and in three harrowing days defeated twenty-one German counterattacks. This...
Military campaigns
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Author:Delaney, Douglas E., Durflinger, Serge MarcSummary: -
Author:Zuehlke, MarkSummary:Dawn, June 6, 1944. Off the Normandy coast 6,500 ships carry 150,000 Allied troops. This is D-Day, the long-awaited Allied invasion of German-occupied Europe. The Allies will storm five beaches. One is code-named Juno Beach. Here, 14,...
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Author:Gratz, AlanSummary:D-Day, June 6, 1944: the most expansive military endeavor in history. No less than world cooperation would bring down Hitler and the Axis powers. And so people--and kids--across the globe lent their part. From the young US soldiers in...
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Author:Crook, Connie BrummelSummary:She had been running, stumbling, walking for sixteen hours. It seemed that every muscle was screaming in pain. She did not even stop to check the new wound. When she reached the top of the hill, she stopped abruptly, trembling at an...
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Author:Brose, Eric DornSummary:Known as the "Great War," World War One was one of history's greatest tragedies. It eventually dragged most of Europe and the world into its bloody quagmire, inflicting more than four years of suffering, misery, maiming, and death on...
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Author:Parkin, SimonSummary:By 1941, Winston Churchill had come to believe that the outcome of World War II rested on the battle for the Atlantic. A grand strategy game was devised to reveal the tactics behind the vicious success of the German U-boats. Through...
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Author:Grenier, RobertSummary:The "first" Afghan War was directed by Robert Grenier, the CIA station chief in Islamabad. Forging separate alliances with warlords, Taliban dissidents, and Pakistani intelligence, Grenier defeated the Taliban and put Hamid Karzai in...
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Author:Kloeber, LeonardSummary:Colonel Kloeber uses his extensive experience from a 30-year career in the military and as a corporate executive to relate the lessons learned from military history to contemporary business and personal leadership.
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