Bøker av David Mccormack

This new history charts the development, production, deployment, and combat operations of Japan's tank forces between their inception in 1918 and their disbandment in 1945. The author's persuasive arguments encourage the reader to reappraise their existing views concerning the contribution of Japanese tanks towards the projection of combat power.

In this new history of the 'Galicia' Division, David McCormack debunks many of the myths that have resulted in enduring controversies involving the public, the media, academics, and politicians. Were the volunteers and conscripts of this Ukrainian Waffen-SS formation heroes or villains? Or were they just ordinary soldiers?

This detailed yet accessible battlefield guide takes the reader on a journey across the Oderfront battlefield as it is today. Eye witness accounts and the author's intimate knowledge of the terrain combine to provide the essential guide for anyone seeking to further understand the Wehrmacht's last desperate defensive battles before Berlin.

This fascinating new history follows the course of Japan's ultimately unequal struggle against the great allied powers. Unsparing in its treatment of Japan's culpability for unleashing the Second World War, Japan at War 1931-1945 objectively appraises the unfolding tragedy which eventually engulfed Japan itself.