"SS Assault Regiment Wotan was training and recuperating after its grueling struggle in Russia. None of those men straining up the glassy slope under the eyes of their commander, Colonel Horst Geier, guessed that already they had been singled out for a new mission ... German High Command knew that the British would launch an attack on Dieppe, and had realised that there was only one regiment that could be trusted to halt them in time and defend the vital coastal battery: the soldiers of Wotan." -- Back cover
Charles Whiting Books
A prolific British author renowned for his extensive military histories and fiction, Whiting drew deeply from his own experiences as a sergeant in World War II. His writing offers an authentic and visceral portrayal of conflict, meticulously detailing the realities of warfare and the psychological toll it took. Whether delving into factual accounts or crafting thrilling narratives, Whiting possessed a unique ability to immerse readers in the charged atmosphere of battle. His legacy lies in his compelling exploration of military life and history.
In the grey September of 1944, colonel von Dodenburg's SS battle group Wotan became the Fuhrer's Fire Brigade, the crack unit of the German Wehrmacht, to be thrown into any battle as a last desperate measure to redress the balance. As the Allied armies closed in on Germany's holy city of Aachen, even the most optimistic said that Hitler's war was lost. Only Colonel von Dodenburg's black uniformed troopers, with their dreaded silver death's head badge, were convinced that they could still save the day.
The Criminal Mind
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
The harrowing memoir of forensic psychiatrist Dr Duncan HardingAs a forensic psychiatrist, Duncan Harding has worked on some of the most harrowing cases one can imagine. spending time in the prison service, the Old Bailey and at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital. His is a life spent working with serial killers, psychopaths, children who kill their family and friends. From notorious cases of gang violence and repeated domestic abuse, to a twelve year old boy who set fire to his classmate's face, Harding reckons daily with humankind's unspeakable capacity for sadistic violence.Yet it is the humanity of these perpetrators that is the most shocking - how, with the wrong push at the wrong time, so many people are mere inches away from similar brutality. The people Harding has met and the stories they tell paint a chilling picture of modern Britain, and the paths our society leads people down towards the most horrific of acts.
44 In Combat from Normandy to the Ardennes
- 219 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Depicts the experiences and living conditions of the ordinary Allied soldiers fighting in the battles in Europe during 1944
Hitler's Lair
- 218 pages
- 8 hours of reading
This omnibus includes 'Hitler's Lair' and 'The Screaming Eagles' - two novels set during the World War II.
Sonety je básnická sbírka 154 sonetů, kterou napsal William Shakespeare. Jejich tématy jsou láska, krása, politika a pomíjivost života a citů. Souběžný anglický text. 22-098-76
The Home Front. Germany
- 208 pages
- 8 hours of reading
The Germans toughened themselves for Nazism, but then suffered greatly in the bombed-out ruins of their cities
