Martin Middlebrook Bücher

Deckt einen 24-Stunden-Zeitraum der strategischen Bombenoffensive der Alliierten im Detail ab.

Stellt am Beispiel der grössten Geleitzugschlacht des 2. Weltkrieges den Höhe-, zugleich auch Wendepunkt des deutschen U-Bootkrieges im Atlantik detailliert dar.

This is a guided tour of the most important battlefields of World War I. Martin Middlebrook's analysis and coverage of the day battles is divided into sections, each containing detailed military accounts, historical background and the memories of writers, poets and soldiers who fought at the Somme. The book also contains descriptions of places to visit on the way from the Channel ports to battlefields of the Somme.

The soldiers receive the best service a historian can provide: their story is told in their own words - Guardian 'For some reason nothing seemed to happen to us at first; we strolled along as though walking in a park. Then, suddenly, we were in the midst of a storm of machine-gun bullets and I saw men beginning to twirl round and fall in all kinds of curious ways' On 1 July 1916, a continous line of British soldiers climbed out from the trenches of the Somme into No Man's Land and began to walk towards dug-in German troops armed with machine-guns. By the end of the day there were more than 60,000 British casualties - a third of them fatal. Martin Middlebrook's now-classic account of the blackest day in the history of the British army draws on official sources from the time, and on the words of hundreds of survivors: normal men, many of them volunteers, who found themselves thrown into a scene of unparalleled tragedy and horror.

The Falklands War began when Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982. Martin Middlebrook has sought out all the available evidence from documentary and personal sources on both sides and comes to some controversial conclusions about the conflict. His book, which contains material on the Exocet attacks on British ships, on the loss of HMS Coventry and the Sir Galahad tragedy, and on the controversial sinking of the General Belgrano, has been revised for this edition. Paced like the war itself, leading to a tense and stirring climax, this book will remain the definitive work on this recent and most unusual conflict.

A comprehensive account of the most controversial Allied bombing offensive of WW2. Written by the foremost military/aviation historian. Superbly researched and objectively written giving all points of view. Loss of life was unprecedented due to the firestorm phenomenon.

Tells the controversial story of the RAF Bomber Commands most prolonged campaign. Written by one of the most respected military historians. Superbly researched, used many first hand accounts of crews and civilians who suffered the onslaught.

This book provides new light on the way the Argentine forces were organized for war, the plans and reactions of the commanders, the sufferings of the soldiers and the shame and disillusionment of defeat. Martin Middlebrook has produced a genuine 'first' with this unique work.Martin Middlebrook is the only British historian to have been granted open access to the Argentines who planned and fought the Falklands War. It ranks with Liddel Hart's The Other side of the Hill in analyzing and understanding the military thinking and strategies of Britain's sometime enemy, and is essential reading for all who wish to understand the workings of military minds.The book provides new light on the way Argentine forces were organized for war, the plans and reactions of the commanders, the sufferings of the soldiers and the shame and disillusionment of defeat.

V polovině roku 1943 západní zpravodajské služby odhalily, že v Peenemünde na baltském pobřeží funguje výzkumná základna třetí říše, představující vážnou raketovou hrozbu pro spojence. Na příkaz Winstona Churchilla připravilo bombardovací velitelství Královského válečného letectva operaci HYDRA, která proběhla v noci ze 17. na 18. srpna 1943 s cílem oslabit tuto hrozbu. Autor analyzuje plánování, průběh a výsledky operace, do níž se zapojilo 596 britských bombardérů, a popisuje zážitky posádek RAF, luftwaffe a dalších pracovníků na základně. Úspěch náletu spočíval v pozdržení vývoje a výroby raket V–2, což vedlo k zhruba dvouměsíčnímu zpoždění pokusného programu. I když se nejednalo o rozhodující nálet, ukázal Němcům, že RAF může zasáhnout jakýkoli cíl v Německu, což oslabilo morálku mnohých. Autor také zmiňuje, že po válce americká armáda zajistila sto dokončených V–2 a zajala von Brauna a další klíčové vědce. Tito odborníci byli později zaměstnáni v USA, což přispělo k dosažení měsíčního programu.