Product Description: You have in your hands the first book of the Lucas family legacy. This story is told for one purpose, and that is to declare the great things God has done. Out of gratitude for the faithfulness of our Lord and Savior and for the hope this story can bring courage for its readers to live such a life that they may see God do even mightier manifestations of God's grace...read more

Product Description: Dawn on Sunday 22 June 1941 saw the opening onslaughts of Operation Barbarossa as German forces stormed forward into the Soviet Union. Few of them were to survive the five long years of bitter struggle.A posting to the Eastern Front during the Second World War was rightly regarded with dread by the German soldiers...read more

Product Description: The German army in the Second World War sought to fight and win swift, decisive victories in a succession of short campaigns – blitzkrieg, or lightning war. Flexibility was as essential as the will to win. Battle groups, or shock troops, were created from miscellaneous, and often disparate military units to undertake a specific local operation; it was the army's skill in combining superior numbers, aggressive tactics and the battle group commander's ability to exploit the changing situation on the ground which brought success on the battlefield...read more

Product Description: This gripping book tells the remarkable story of Germany's Special Forces – military, naval and aerial – during the Second World War. Although capable of stunning achievements against all the odds, the absence of proper coordination and planning resulted in a lost opportunity for Germany...read more

Product Description: As absolute as Hitler's control over the German war machine was, it depended on the ability, judgment and unquestioning loyalty of the senior officers charged with putting his ideas, however difficult, into effect.Top military historian James Lucas examines the stories of fourteen of these men: all of different rank, from varied backgrounds, and highly awarded, they exemplify German military prowess at its most dangerous...read more

Product Description: James Lucas takes a comprehensive look at the German Army (das Heer) as it evolved during the Second World War. In particular the book focuses on its origins in the post-Versailles Treaty era and its resurgence under the Nazi regime; training and organization during the war years; equipment, vehicles and weapons; uniforms, ranks and insignia etc...read more

Product Description: The roots of the unit go back to 1921 when the guard unit of the city of Berlin (Wachregiment Berlin) was created. The unit originally started out as a ceremonial guard unit in the 1920s and by the late 1930s had grown into a regiment of the German Army...read more

Product Description: How would the history of the world have differed had Stalin perished at the hands of an assassin? Not at the hands of a German but of a patriotic Russian who, like General Andrei Vlasov and hundreds of thousands of others, loathed the Bolshevik regime and the Georgian dictator enough to welcome the Wehrmacht as liberators...read more

Product Description: Kesselring, Manstein, Model, Rommel, and others of lower rank but equal ability: what crucial role did these 15 men play in the Nazi military hierarchy, in strategic planning, and on the battlefield? From the pen of a leading writer on German forces comes a valuable contribution to our study of warfare...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Dr. Lucas takes you on his journey depicting the beauty and serenity of Southern Iowa, the memorable characters and unheard of experiences. Relive humorous day-to-day stories of this small town veterinarian dealing with people and animals alike...read more

Product Description: Uncover the secrets behind Hitler's top enforcers, including Josef Dietrich, Friedrich Heydte, Albert Kesselring, Walther Model, and 11 more remarkable military minds. Learn their tactics, strategies, and motivations, for a fascinating and unique angle on the most tragic war of our time...read more

Product Description: This is a study of Hitler's inner circle of commanders which aims to show how strategic decisions were carried through the ranks to the battlefield in World War II. It examines top-level characters - Kesselring, Manstein, Model, Student and Rommel, and also those of middle rank, who, often under duress, saw that instructions were carried out...read more

Product Description: Charting the "progress" of the German army from May 1944 to May 1945, this work outlines the structure and organization of Hitler's troops, the growing opposition to the Fuehrer and the eventual mistrust of his senior commanders. The book concludes with accounts of the last battles of the war...read more

Product Description: Book by Lucas, James

Chronicles the dynamic figures of military history, including leaders from Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to General George Patton, major battles, and the development of strategy and tactics

Product Description: "World War II through German eyes"

Recounts the activities of special German military units during World War II, including the SD, sabateurs, the Abwehr, the navy K-men, and special suicide units