books by The Aberjona Press     books:       American Iliad: The History of the 18th Infantry Regiment in World War II5 reviews Robert W. Baumer, Mark J. Reardon The Aberjona Press, 2004 Well Researched WW2 Account at Its Finest I am always on the lookout for quality books on WW2 military history, even more so given the recent opening of the World War 2 Memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C. I have tried to gain a better perspective on what that generation experienced through military history books dealing with that era. Some books are packed with just a bit too much information and others lack depth in regards to ...             Odyssey of a Philippine Scout: Fighting, Escaping and Evading the Japanese, 1941-19442 reviews Arthur Kendal Whitehead The Aberjona Press, 2006 Escape and Evasion in WWII In a nutshell, this is the story of a young cavalry officer who escapes from captivity shortly after the surrender of US forces to the Japanese, and his trek across the Philippine archipelago returning to US command. Although there are some descriptions of combat, this is not the standard war story. The book is broken down into four parts. These are Before the War, The Japanese Invade, ...             Into the Mountains Dark: A WWII Odyssey from Harvard Crimson to Infantry Blue4 reviews Franklin L. Gurley The Aberjona Press, 2000 Realities of War: Naïve Machismo, Clear-Headed Fear, Heroism "Into the Mountains Dark - A WWII Odyssey from Harvard Crimson to Infantry Blue" by Franklin L. Gurley is a wonderful memoir of an infantry grunt (lowly buck-Pvt) that paints one of the most realistic and unembellished pictures of war I have ever read. The story on its own is compelling but Gurley's ability to tell a story with literary style makes this book an extremely enjoyable read, one I ...             Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp: With the 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division from the Huertgen Forest to the Heart ...8 reviews Douglas E. Nash The Aberjona Press, 2008 The Best View From the Other Side of the Hill in Years In recent years, a growing community of active duty military historians has enriched the discipline through the type of scholarship gained at our nation's post graduate service schools. Names like Edward G. Miller, Mark J. Reardon, and Peter R. Mansoor, just to name a few, have contributed greatly to the World War II canon. Douglas E. Nash has certainly earned his rightful place among this ...             Five Years, Four Fronts: The War Years of Georg Grossjohann24 reviews Georg Grossjohann The Aberjona Press, 1999 Hard combat interwooved with light moments Although it is true that an avid reader of World War literature will not learn many new things from this book, Grossjohan's memoirs remain extremely interesting because during his service he climbed slowly the ladder of hierarchy, going from platoon leader to battalion commander, with much success. Every chapter has a short introduction covering the "big picture" of the various campaigns where ...             The Good Soldier: From Austrian Social Democracy to Communist Captivity with a Soldier of Panzer-Grenadier ...25 reviews Alfred Novotny The Aberjona Press, 2002 A very excellent personal WWII story 5 Stars First, this book is published by Aberjona Press. I will be totally honest with you. I've never read a bad WWII book published by this business. I highly encourage amazon.com readers to read other books published by this firm. WWII is their bread and butter in the publishing business. So, I had high hopes for this book and it delivers. The Good Soldier" is about memoirs of ...             The Final Crisis: Combat in Northern Alsace, January 19455 reviews Richard E. Engler The Aberjona Press, 1999 Gripping, compelling...a must have! One of the best memoirs/battle accounts of any book on WWII. Meticulously researched, compellingly told, it will satisfy both the avid WWII reader and the scholar. Engler includes plenty of footnotes at the end of each chapter which demonstrates an unparalled research effort, one done with most care and then crafted into a wonderful narrative. This little-known but critical battle finally ...             Sledgehammers: Strengths and Flaws of Tiger Tank Battalions in World War II11 reviews Christopher W. Wilbeck The Aberjona Press, 2004 Steve thinks that ... Very careful in the historical documentation. Very sharp in the critical assesment of the tactical doctrine underlying the battlefield deployement of the Tigers.             Seven Days in January: With the 6th SS-Mountain Division in Operation NORDWIND21 reviews Wolf T. Zoepf, Theodore Mataxis The Aberjona Press, 2001 A little known, 7 days battle, is expertly analysed in the operational and tactical level Although the emphasis that this book gives to the "technical" aspects of the operation "Nordwind" and the fine accuracy of the terminology may cause some readers to avoid it, it is a very interesting and thought provoking analysis of the battles that the famous 6th SS Mountain Division fought in Alsace. The first 56 pages are devoted to that division's operations in Finland where, in late 1944, ...             Black Edelweiss: A Memoir of Combat and Conscience by a Soldier of the Waffen-SS56 reviews Johann Voss The Aberjona Press, 2002 I know how it was This book is the memoir of a young German who in 1943 at the age of seventeen volunteered for the "Waffen-SS" (the military SS which was distinct from the political SS that ran the concentration camps) and subsequently served in the SS Mountain Infantry Regiment 11. He saw combat first at the Karelian front in Northern Finland against Soviet Russia and later at the Western front against the ...             Waffen-SS Encyclopedia13 reviews Marc Rikmenspoel The Aberjona Press, 2004 Mostly Excellent but more of a Handbook than an Encyclopedia This is a finely done work on certain matters involving the Waffen-SS. On those matters the book can be considered inclusive of its subject matter and thus an encyclopedia of sorts. On several other matters, however, the consideration of the subject matter is cursory at best and can in no sense be considered encyclopedic. On still other subject matters involving the Waffen-SS there is no ...             From Normandy to the Ruhr: With the 116th Panzer Division in WWII11 reviews Heinz Günther Guderian The Aberjona Press, 2001 From Normandy to the Ruhr The late General Heinz Günther Guderian wrote the best division history I have ever seen, and I have read many. Every detail of the 116th Panzer Division's operations from its organization in the spring of 1944 through the end of the war in the Ruhr Pocket is covered in this amazingly detailed study. Moreover, the reasons for each tactical decision are laid out in clear terms, whether they were ...             Waffen-SS Encyclopedia13 reviews Marc Rikmenspoel The Aberjona Press, 2004 Mostly Excellent but more of a Handbook than an Encyclopedia This is a finely done work on certain matters involving the Waffen-SS. On those matters the book can be considered inclusive of its subject matter and thus an encyclopedia of sorts. On several other matters, however, the consideration of the subject matter is cursory at best and can in no sense be considered encyclopedic. On still other subject matters involving the Waffen-SS there is no ...              search for books 1941-1944, american, austrian, battalions, captivity, communist, conscience, democracy, edelweiss, encyclopedia, escaping, fighting, grenadier, grossdeutschland, grossjohann, huertgen, infantry, mountain, mountains, nordwind, normandy, northern, operation, panzer-grenadier, philippine, sledgehammers, ss-mountain, strengths, volks-grenadier, waffen-ss books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Upgrading and Fixing Macs and iMacs for Dummies we recommend I know how it was home  impressum - about us