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Markus Bauer tells the moving story of his great-uncle, Leonhard März, who experienced the madness of the Eastern Front as an anti-tank gunner – and never returned from the Tarnopol encirclement in 1944. “If things continue as they are now, there won’t be anything left of our regiment within a month. Every day ten to twenty of the boys are wounded or killed.” “We drove the Russians out of the city. They had suffered terrible losses. They lie around in heaps.” Drafted into the Wehrmacht in early 1941 and trained on an anti-tank gun, the young soldier is thrown into the hell of ...

Iron Cross – Total War! The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! August 1945: The German Reich has crushed the Soviet Union, yet now faces annihilation under the shadow of the atomic bomb. As Bremen lies in radioactive ruins and German “Hellhound” rockets turn London into a firestorm, tank officer Engelmann fights on in Tula, consumed by grief and hatred, while ex-Wehrmacht soldier Berning, now in the Red Army, hunts his former tormentor through the chaos of a Russian civil war. Between mad leaders, secret super-weapons, and crumbling alliances, the fate ...

Read the Painfully Realistic, Shocking, Yet Moving Tale of a German Soldier Whose Love for His Family Kept Him Going – “Eastern Front – 500 Letters from War” contains all the letters written by a German soldier during the war and in Soviet captivity, plus his breathtaking escape report from the Czech uranium mines in 1949 During the Second World War, Josef Chervatin was a German soldier in the 329th “Hammer” Infantry Division. He was a man thrown into the hell of the Eastern Front and found himself at the mercy of the bombs that were going off everywhere around him. It was ...

This book presents the original wartime diary entries of the 16th Pioneer Company of SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 “Deutschland” from 1943, written by its company commander and Knight’s Cross recipient Heinz Macher. He reports firsthand on the third battle for Kharkov and the Kursk Offensive. Eastern Front, 1943: With just 35 men under his command, the young leader of the “Sixteenth,” Heinz Macher, breaks through Soviet defenses before Kharkov. He plays a decisive role in the success of Manstein’s famous castling operation, with which the Germans win the third battle of Kharkov....

Blood in the Huertgen Woods – A brutal, unfiltered WWII action novel that drops you into the heart of one of the most harrowing and overlooked battles of the Western Front.Experience the chaos, camaraderie, and carnage through the eyes of German frontline soldiers, fighting not just for survival, but for each other. Winter 1944. The Huertgen Forest becomes a frozen hell for both American and German soldiers. As artillery thunders and tanks grind forward, Oberleutnant Josef Drechsler returns from the hospital to command a shattered company—only to find his closest friend alive, and the ...

Iron Cross – The Battle of Normandy!The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! Summer 1944. As the Allies unleash their might on the shores of Normandy, Lieutenant Engelmann leads the battered 9th Company into the firestorm. Outgunned and outnumbered, with salvaged tanks and exhausted crews, they face an enemy unlike any before. Trapped between relentless bombardment and impossible orders, each man must confront not only the enemy — but himself. Will loyalty and courage be enough when survival becomes the only mission? Tom Zola, a former German Army sergeant, ...

Iron Cross – Never Surrender! The thrilling first entry in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! November 1942: Adolf Hitler dies unexpectedly in a plane crash. With the Nazi Party dismantled, Germany’s military takes full control. But with the war turning against them, the German High Command has only one goal: Victory at all costs through their tactical knowledge! As the Allies prepare their invasion and Soviet forces gain ground, Germany’s panzer divisions launch a desperate, all-or-nothing gamble to crush the Red Army at Kursk… Tom Zola, a former German Army sergeant,...

When gunfire erupts in Tombstone and disaster strikes the frontier, one doctor fights to save lives in the middle of chaos. In the lawless streets of Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Dr. George E. Goodfellow becomes the surgeon at the center of history. Known as the Earps’ doctor, he treats the aftermath of the deadly O.K. Corral shootout, saves Virgil Earp’s shattered arm, and faces the tragic night he cannot prevent Morgan Earp´s death. But Goodfellow is more than a footnote in the Wild West. As a pioneering frontier physician, he studies bullet wounds, investigates how silk may slow ...

Iron Cross – D-Day!The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! Summer 1944. As Allied forces prepare to storm the beaches of Normandy, Lieutenant Engelmann and his men brace for the battle of their lives. With hastily rebuilt tanks and green recruits, the 9th Company must face an overwhelming enemy. Torn between duty, doubt, and survival, they soon realize that the true war isn’t just fought with bullets—but within themselves. Will their brotherhood be enough to withstand the onslaught? Tom Zola, a former German Army sergeant, delivers a gritty and action-...

Iron Cross – Global Conflict! The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! Summer 1943: With Hitler gone and the German High Command in control, the Reich fights for survival. As Kursk burns, the Soviet counteroffensive threatens to cut deep into German lines. In Oryol, desperate Wehrmacht units brace for a brutal siege, while elite panzer divisions race to prevent disaster in the south. With dwindling resources and an overwhelming enemy, can Germany still turn the tide? Or will the Red Army’s relentless advance seal the fate of the Eastern Front? Tom Zola, a ...

Iron Cross – Operation Sea Lion! The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! November 1945: As the exhausted Reich tightens its grip on Europe, Chancellor Erwin von Witzleben gambles everything on Operation Konstanz—an audacious Sea Lion reborn—while generals warn that one more campaign could shatter what little stability remains. Across shifting fronts and viewpoints, a tank commander discovers betrayal at home, German commandos probe England’s coast under cover of darkness, and US Marine Tom Roebuck is thrown into a bleak, bomb-rattled Britain where ...

Sometimes the past leaves you no choice but to fight for a future.Immerse yourself in the heart-stopping world of World War II, where duty collides with morality and survival demands more than courage — it requires sacrifice. With two of their men wounded a company of English soldiers takes shelter in a convent. Also seeking sanctuary there is Joliane, a young Frenchwoman who is wanted by the local Marquis for supposedly collaborating with the Gestapo. Discovering that when they leave, she will be taken away and shot, Albert Clemens, the company sergeant, decides to take her with them. ...

Iron Cross – Defensive Battle at Vitebsk!The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! Winter 1944. The Red Army pushes relentlessly westward. At Vitebsk, the Brandenburg commandos of 2nd Company are cut off and undersupplied, facing waves of Soviet armor. In snowbound forests and shattered villages, every hour becomes a brutal struggle for survival. Their only choice: fight to the last round—or be annihilated. Tom Zola, a former German Army sergeant, delivers a gritty and action-packed alternate history of World War II. This newly revised edition of the PANZERS ...

Iron Cross – Rocket War!The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! Summer 1944. While Berlin descends into paranoia and Chancellor von Witzleben tightens his grip on power, chaos erupts in the Balkans. British troops have landed in Yugoslavia, and the Axis front teeters under the pressure of partisan warfare and Allied air superiority. Lieutenant Engelmann and his new Tiger C tanks are deployed into a lawless battlefield where Croats, Serbs, Italians, and British forces clash in a brutal struggle. Behind every rock could be an ambush. In Berlin, high-ranking ...

Iron Cross – Himmler's Greatest Hour!The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! Summer 1944. Germany stands at the brink. As the Allies tighten their grip in the West, the Eastern Front teeters, and within the Reich, dark forces stir. Lieutenant Engelmann’s Tiger tanks rumble toward new battlefields—yet old ghosts haunt every mile. In Berlin, Chancellor von Witzleben faces betrayal from within. And deep behind enemy lines, a covert mission could turn the tide—or doom the Fatherland forever. Tom Zola, a former German Army sergeant, delivers a gritty and ...

Iron Cross – Turning Point The war ends here—in the explosive final installment of Tom Zola’s alternate-history saga. Spring 1946: Operation Konstanz has smashed into Britain—and now threatens to collapse under the weight of its own brutality. London is ringed in steel and fire, Britain’s last reserves are fed into the grinder, and the skies belong to whoever can fly one more sortie. Yet the decisive struggle isn’t only at the front: inside the Reich, purges spread, resistance strikes at the highest levels, and loyalty becomes a liability as soldiers are ordered to crush their ...

Three destinies, one relentless struggle—and a land that promises everything but forgives nothing. This thrilling saga is set against the backdrop of the conquest of the American West and the bitter battles against the Comanche, who are fighting bloody conflicts to defend their homeland of endless prairies and huge bison herds. Stella Carter flees with her husband from racism in the East to Texas and narrowly survives one of these raids. She must fight for survival as a slave to the Comanches in the hope of seeing her abducted daughter again. Meanwhile, the young Benjamin rises from ...

Steel creaks, men sweat, and death waits in the depths. Periscope Zero throws you into the claustrophobic tension of a World War I U-boat, where danger lurks not just beneath the waves—but within the hearts of men. Winter 1917. In the unforgiving waters off the Irish coast, Lieutenant Commander Erwin Müller and the crew of U-15 embark on a mission that will change the course of their war—and their lives. With outdated equipment, dwindling morale, and orders to wage unrestricted submarine warfare, they stalk enemy ships in a deadly game of cat and mouse. But as strange encounters, ...

Iron Cross – The Bomb! The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! February 1945. The Eastern Front is frozen in mud and blood, and Germany’s fate hangs by a thread. While Colonel General Zeitzler plots a desperate strike with the help of Stalin’s own betrayer, soldiers at the front fight their own battles – against the Soviets, against hunger and cold, and against the gnawing despair of a war that seems endless. In the chaos of intrigue, shifting loyalties, and brutal combat, a single spark could change the course of history – or ignite the final ...

Iron Cross – Heavy Water! The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! August 1945: Major Dan Doyle’s hand-picked Marines ride experimental Sikorsky “Albatross” helicopters off the carrier USS Goose into occupied Norway on D-Day of Operation Borealis. Their objective: Rjukan—where the Reich’s revived heavy-water program hides in an underground maze that may be weeks from delivering the bomb. From the fjords to the forests, corporal Tony “Pizza” Saviano, the zealot Alex Mason, and a lethal cadre fight through ambushes, betrayals, and their own demons ...