I think that this book is an excellent book for someone looking for maps of WWII however it could say a little more about troup numbers.

This work (and it's companion, volume II) is by far the best work on the narrow subject of Field Police in the German Army in WWII. It offers much in the way of difficult to locate information. Well written -- for someone interested in the German Field Police, this is a must have!

This is an amazing book, the culmination of 50 years of research. It begins on 19 August 1939 when U45, U46, U47, U48 and U50 set out from Kiel and U28, U29, U33, U34, U37, U38, U39, U40, and U41 from Wilhelmshaven into the North Atlantic to take up waiting positions. It ends on 30 November 1945 when the RCN corvette 'Merittonia' is wrecked off the coast of Nova Scotia. That gives you some idea of the level of detail that the book goes into on what happened on each day inbetween these two dates. In addition, there the indexes. Interested in the 'Killoran?' Look in the 'Index of Merchant Ships,' she's mentioned on page 35. On page 35 she was a Finnish sailing ship of 1,817 tons in British service and sunk by the German auxillary cruiser 'Schiff 21/Widder.' There's also an 'Index of Warships,' an 'Index of Personnel,' an 'Index of Convoys,' an 'Index of Operations,' an 'Index of U-Boat Packs and Patrol Lines,' and an 'Index of Minefields and Mine Barrages.' This is not, perhaps, the ultimate reference book on World War II, there not much in it on strategy for instance, it's a chronology. But as a report of what went on, it's about the most complete you'll ever find.

In "Clash Of Wings", the renowned air power expert, Col. Walter Boyne, brings World War II air power to life. Covering all theatres and major combatants, the reader is treated to a thorough introduction to the strategy, personalities and equipment involved. Col. Boyne has again written in a very engaging and easily understood manner. Much of this writing consists of description of aircraft, including their strengths and weaknesses. My knowledge of aircraft has generally been limited to the models I had assembled in my youth, several of which I enjoyed reading about. I have never studied aircraft in sufficient depth to really follow their ins and outs, but Col. Boyne writes in such a way that I never became bored. I appreciate the way he weaves the story of the air war into the bigger story of the overall war. I finished this book with a feeling that I had a better understanding, not only of the air war, but of the ground and naval wars also. I was pleased to find some of my lingering questions about World War II, such as why Japan attacked the U. S. and European colonies to the south rather than trying to finish off the Soviet Union first, and what would have happened if they had attacked the U.S.S.R., addressed in this narrative. This book is great! I really cannot say much more. Read it and understand what I mean.

The fighting that waged across the Philippines during World War II ranks among the most vicious in the annals of war. Nearly 80,000 Americans and Filipinos were taken prisoner on Bataan, the name of which is forever linked with the notorious "death march." During the three years that Japan occupied the archipelago, 130,000 American and Filipinos were killed. Prisoners in Japanese prison camps were 10 times as likely to die in captivity as soldiers held by the Germans. When they returned to retake the islands, American troops preferred not to take any prisoners at all. Gerald Astor gives voice to the soldiers who participated in this gruesome period of world military history.