napoleon japanese campaign sevastopol

books:

Sevastopol 1942: Von Manstein's triumph (Campaign)

9 reviews
Robert Forczyk

Osprey Publishing, 2008

Well Written Operational Account of the Siege
The original plans for the Barbarossa Operation did not call for the seizure of the Crimean Peninsula. Things changed quickly when on July 13, six Soviet bombers based in the Crimea attacked the Romanian oil fields in Ploesti. Within a week, 11,000 tons of precious fuel went up in flames. Hitler and the German Army Staff soon viewed the Crimean Peninsula as an aircraft carrier aimed directly ...

Toulon 1793: Napoleon's first great victory (Campaign)

2 reviews
Robert Forczyk

Osprey Publishing, 2005

Great Osprey addition to Napoleonic period
I found Robert Forczyk's new work for Osprey Campaign series, Toulon 1793 to be well written and highly informative book on a subject matter little known in this country. The book provides a good summarized account of the siege and fall of the fortress city and naval base of Toulon in 1793 when it tried to break away from the radical Republican France but failed due to dismal ...

Moscow 1941: Hitler's First Defeat (Campaign)

9 reviews
Robert Forczyk

Osprey Publishing, 2006

Outstanding
There are a lot of fascinating What Ifs about World War II -what if Hitler had not pulled up his panzers before Dunkirk, if the Luftwaffe had not switched bombing from airfields to London in the Battle of Britain, if the U.S. carriers had been caught at Pearl Harbor, if the German's had deployed ME-262 jets in 1943, if the Germans had repulsed the allies at Normandy, etc? But it wasn't until I ...

Panther vs T-34: Ukraine 1943 (Duel)

7 reviews
Robert Forczyk

Osprey Publishing, 2007

Small but excellent book on armored warfare.
"Panther vs. T-34" gives readers the story of the epic showdown between two legendary tanks. The Russian T-34 met the German panther for the first time in the brutal battles in Southern Russia and the Ukraine. By the end of 1943, the flawed but powerful panthers had destroyed droves of Soviet tanks, but ultimately Soviet strenght prevailed. The book is thin, but contains quite a bit of ...

Warsaw 1944: Poland's bid for freedom (Campaign)
Robert Forczyk

Osprey Publishing, 2009

Poland had apparently lain dormant under the Nazi heel for nearly five years, suffering the waves of genocidal round-ups, organized looting and the brutal suppression of its culture. The Poles, however, had in fact formed an underground army, the Armia Krajowa (Home Army), and waited for the moment when German weakness would offer the opportunity for a successful rising. That moment seemed to have arrived in July 1944. As the Soviet armies began ...

Russian Battleship vs Japanese Battleship: Yellow Sea 1904-05 (Duel)
Robert Forczyk

Osprey Publishing, 2009

The first major clash between a European and Asian state in the modern era signalled the beginning of Japan's rise as a major power on the world stage. What began as differing expansionist interests in Manchuria and Korea developed into a full-blown war in 1904, with an unexpected outcome. Watched by the rest of the world's superpowers, this incredibly violent war was disastrous for the Russians who, despite their superior numbers, were defeated ...