Airborne Assault
Nick Ryan's World War 3 Military Fiction Technothrillers
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Marc Vietor
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Nick Ryan
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With only a sliver of hope remaining the allied forces must find a place to make a stand. Would the 173rd Airborne Brigade reach them in time?
Colonel Karl Armstrong, a veteran soldier who has seen active duty around the world, has just landed a posting that has him steaming. Training a group of raw Polish recruits wasn’t what he imagined he’d be doing at this point in his career. A war is approaching. He knows he could make a difference if he could just get a transfer.
Request denied. Armstrong didn’t know the war was coming to him.
When the Belarusian Army launched a surprise Motorized Brigade-sized attack into central eastern Poland, it caught the world off guard. For Armstrong, it meant one thing: they would need to hold the line long enough for reinforcements to arrive. Could his undermanned unit stop the surge toward Warsaw?
The odds seem impossible. Can they find a place to make their stand?
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- By: Kevin Maurer
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
From the number-one New York Times best-selling coauthor of No Easy Day comes a thrilling World War II story of the American airborne soldiers who captured a Japanese-held island fortress.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Rock
- By Richard Cassens on 09-15-21
By: Kevin Maurer
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Last Stand at Khe Sanh
- The US Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam
- By: Gregg Jones
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,329
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,195
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,186
The vivid, fast-paced account of the siege of Khe Sanh told through the eyes of the men who lived it. For seventy-seven days in 1968, amid fears that America faced its own disastrous Dien Bien Phu, six thousand US Marines held off thirty thousand North Vietnamese Army regulars at the remote mountain stronghold called Khe Sanh. It was the biggest battle of the Vietnam War, with sharp ground engagements, devastating artillery duels, and massive US air strikes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- By Ronald F. Romancik on 04-26-14
By: Gregg Jones
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The First Wave
- The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II
- By: Alex Kershaw
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 799
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 699
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Story5 out of 5 stars 700
Beginning in the predawn darkness of June 6, 1944, The First Wave follows the remarkable men who carried out D-Day’s most perilous missions. The charismatic, unforgettable cast includes the first American paratrooper to touch down on Normandy soil; the glider pilot who braved antiaircraft fire to crash-land mere yards from the vital Pegasus Bridge; the brothers who led their troops onto Juno Beach under withering fire; as well as a French commando, returning to his native land, who fought to destroy German strongholds on Sword Beach and beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoughtful and Sobering
- By Anonymous User on 10-07-19
By: Alex Kershaw
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Thunder Run
- The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad
- By: David Zucchino
- Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 239
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 220
Called “the best account of combat since Black Hawk Down” by Men’s Journal, Thunder Run is a no-holds-barred look at the sweep of Baghdad, Iraq in 2003 by U.S. armed forces. One of the boldest gambles in modern military history, the surprise attack on Baghdad by three battalions of tanks and APCs and less than 1,000 men total was the single stroke that is credited for ending the Iraqi war.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good reporting, but not a great book
- By Dr. Jonathan Newman on 04-01-12
By: David Zucchino
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Churchill's Hellraisers
- The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress
- By: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
It is the winter of 1944. Allied forces have succeeded in liberating most of Axis-occupied Italy - with one crucial exception: the Nazi headquarters north of the Gothic Line. Heavily guarded and surrounded by rugged terrain, the mountain fortress is nearly impenetrable. But British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is determined to drive a dagger into the "soft underbelly of Europe." The Allied's plan: drop two paratroopers into the mountains-and take the fortress by storm....
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1 out of 5 stars
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chaotic and hard to follow
- By E. Idenmill on 09-27-24
By: Damien Lewis
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September Hope
- The American Side of a Bridge Too Far
- By: John C. McManus
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 117
In September Hope, acclaimed historian John C. McManus explores World War II’s most ambitious invasion, an immense, daring offensive to defeat Nazi Germany before the end of 1944. Operation Market-Garden is one of the war’s most famous, but least understood, battles, and McManus tells the story of the American contribution to this crucial phase of the war in Europe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Go yanks go !
- By Alan on 03-06-13
By: John C. McManus
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Grunts
- Inside the American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II through Iraq
- By: John C. McManus
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
From the acclaimed author of The Dead and Those About to Die comes a sweeping narrative of six decades of combat, and an eye-opening account of the evolution of the American infantry. From the beaches of Normandy and the South Pacific Islands to the deserts of the Middle East, the American soldier has been the most indispensable - and most overlooked - factor in wartime victory.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unfiltered First Hand Look at War
- By Peter Taylor on 01-07-21
By: John C. McManus
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In Deadly Combat
- A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front
- By: Gottlob Herbert Bidermann, Derek S. Zumbro - translator
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 422
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 381
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 379
Wounded five times and awarded numerous decorations for valor, Gottlob Herbert Bidermann saw action in the Crimea and siege of Sebastopol, participated in the vicious battles in the forests south of Leningrad, and ended the war in the Courland Pocket. In his memoir, he shares his impressions of countless Russian POWs seen at the outset of his service, of peasants struggling to survive the hostilities while caught between two ruthless antagonists, and of corpses littering the landscape.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not as engaging as others
- By Bookworm on 12-20-17
By: Gottlob Herbert Bidermann, and others
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The Last Panther
- Slaughter of the Reich - The Halbe Kessel 1945
- By: Wolfgang Faust
- Narrated by: George Backman
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 306
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 277
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 275
While the Battle of Berlin in 1945 is widely known, the horrific story of the Halbe Kessel remains largely untold. In April 1945, victorious Soviet forces encircled 80,000 men of the German 9th Army in the Halbe area, South of Berlin, together with many thousands of German women and children. The German troops, desperate to avoid Soviet capture, battled furiously to break out toward the West, where they could surrender to the comparative safety of the Americans.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Fake Memoir - Literary Fraud - Violent War Porn
- By Erik on 05-25-16
By: Wolfgang Faust
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Storm of Steel
- By: Ernst Jünger
- Narrated by: Frasier Mackenzie
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story5 out of 5 stars 93
Ernst Jünger was a famous German soldier who saw action during World War I. He is best known for his memoirs Storm of Steel, which chronicle his experiences during World War I.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great book
- By Amazon Customer on 12-28-20
By: Ernst Jünger
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SAS Ghost Patrol
- The Ultra-Secret Unit that Posed as Nazi Stormtroopers
- By: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story5 out of 5 stars 40
On a scorching September day in 1942, the Special Air Service (SAS), a special forces unit of the British Army, pulled off one of the most daring, top-secret ruses of the Second World War. The plan (sanctioned by Churchill): cover a grueling 2,000 miles of the Sahara desert to attack German general Erwin Rommel's seemingly impregnable port fortress in North Africa from the rear to break free and arm more than 30,000 Allied POWs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superlative
- By William R. Todd-Mancillas (Name includes hyphen and capitalized M). on 05-24-21
By: Damien Lewis
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Those Who Hold Bastogne
- The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge
- By: Peter Schrijvers
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 104
In this dramatic account of the 1944-45 winter of war in Bastogne, historian Peter Schrijvers offers the first full story of the German assault on the strategically located town. From the December stampede of American and Panzer divisions racing to reach Bastogne first, through the bloody eight-day siege from land and air, and through three more weeks of unrelenting fighting even after the siege was broken, events at Bastogne hastened the long-awaited end of WWII.
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4 out of 5 stars
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How Did Anyone Survive?
- By Sher from Provo on 09-26-15
By: Peter Schrijvers
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The Greatest U.S. Marine Corps Stories Ever Told
- Unforgettable Stories of Courage, Honor, and Sacrifice
- By: Iain Martin, Colonel Joseph H. Alexander - introduction
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123
On Friday, November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress approved a resolution for the organization of the Corps, creating what would become the hallowed few, the proud - the Marines. Since then, the men and women of the United States Marine Corps have created the finest traditions of service and honor, and supplied a pantheon of heroes who have upheld them.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Marines Will Hate This Narrator.
- By Blaine E. Moyer on 04-18-17
By: Iain Martin, and others
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Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die
- How the Allies Won on D-Day
- By: Giles Milton
- Narrated by: Giles Milton
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 169
Seventy-five years have passed since D-Day, the greatest seaborne invasion in history. The outcome of the Second World War hung in the balance on that chill June morning. Giles Milton’s bold new history narrates the day’s events through the tales of survivors from all sides: the teenage Allied conscript, the crack German defender, the French resistance fighter. Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die lays bare the absolute terror of those trapped in the front line of Operation Overlord.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Needs a map
- By James Lucas on 03-24-19
By: Giles Milton
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The Last Hill
- The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII
- By: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 144
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Story5 out of 5 stars 142
They were known as “Rudder’s Rangers,” the most elite and experienced attack unit the Army had. In December 1944, they would be the spearhead into Germany, taking the war into Hitler’s homeland at last. Their colonel was given this objective: Take Hill 400. After two days, when they were finally relieved, only 16 Rangers remained to stagger down from the top of Hill 400. The Last Hill is filled with unforgettable action and characters—a gripping, finely detailed saga of what the survivors of the battalion would call “our longest day.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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more a history of the rangers in ww2
- By M. Johannes on 10-12-23
By: Bob Drury, and others
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- 04-29-23
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Just another fantastic book that is brought to life by a incredibly talented voice actor. I highly recommend this series.
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