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	The Americans In Brittany		Spearheading D-day
	The first in depth look at a forgotten campaign in the battle for France. Never before has there been an English language book focusing on the Patton's drive to the west, and the deadly street fighting between German Paratroops and some of the best American Infantry Divisions. Written with the assistance of many participants of the battle, filled with pervious unknown photos, uniform reconstructions, maps, and an examination of how the Brittany campaign affected the Allied supply situation in 1944. This book may change the way you look at the European Campaign. Check out the author's Battle for Brittany Web Site.		The classic work on how the Americans organized for the invasion of Normandy. Illustrated with many never bnefore seen photos, maps, photos and charts. Even if you have read every book on D-day, you find new information in here A goldmine of information for anyone that wants to know how the boat teams were organized, what the soldiers carried, which landing craft were used for what, what is a beach battalions, what role did the S.E.B. have, and how did the NCDUs operate. more on Spearheading D-Day



	Ghosts of the ETO		Finding Your Father's War
	Considered THE best history of the American Tactical/Operational Deception units in the ETO by the unit veterans. Covers each top secret operation in detail. Includes organziation tables, officers roster, examples of the division info they worked from, and many rare photos. Think you know about deception in WW2? think again. Every wonder why the Germans did not pull out of the Falaise pocket sooner? Wonder how the Rhine was crossed so easily?		Trying to trace someone's WW2 Army service? Want to know what dad (or grandad did in the great World War Two? This book will help you not only to find records, but to understand what those records mean. Contains color illustrations of most decorations and insignia used in the WW2 Army and Army Air Force. A goldmine of infomration in one handy inexpesive package. Check out the FYFW Web site for more info

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Books:


Really good deals on remaindered books- check out their HISTORY section	.
Purchase CD-ROMs containing WW1, WW2 and Viet Nam era Unit histories from The Digital Bookshelf
and of course, the ever present Military book club... You really can get some good deals from them.
CASEMATE PUBLISHING The best in Military History	CASEMATE

Our list of Militaria Collector's Organizations and Clubsin the USA
ASMIC The American Society of Military Insignia Collectors	AAMUC The American Association of Military Uniform Collectors

Select Militaria Dealers:

Bay State Militaria specializing in Ameican WW1 and Viet Nam, but some good WW2 stuff as well.
Pass In Review Specializing in British and Commonwealth material
MILITARY MARKETPLACE: specializes in US WW1 and WW2 uniforms and equipment.
B&L COLLECTIBLES specializes in WW1-Vietnam US Paper items (manuals, books, documents, etc.
Scott Duff - the best in quality firearms and gun books!

Reenactment Info
	Reenactor Net for reenacting info on all periods from day one to the present. One stop shotting for all periods

and for Reproductions to reenact with.......

WW1 reproductions (Belgium, British, German, etc.)

Links to other Military/History sites

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U.S. Government Military History Orgs
CMH ...The Center For Military History	MHI ...The Military History Institute at Carlisle Barracks
The Navy Historical Center	The Insititue of Heraldry
National Army Museum	Army Heritage Center

Other Stuff!

The Drop Zone-a really great collection of WW2 Airborne Stuff and Stories	The 29th Historical Association is the mainstay of research into the WW2 GI in England.	The Sea Bee Home Page
Some very good WW1 U.S. Army material at the Doughboy Center	More WW1 material at the WW1 Document Archive	The LST Association Pagehas brought a WW2 LST home as a museum
Info on WW2 military medicine at American Military Medical Impression, Inc.	Mark Bando's 101st A/B site	Stone and Stone's - Lots of stuff on WW2 books and publishers
WW2 Combat Medics	The one, the only - HankCo 1942	MRE Info

Specialized Web Sites for Collectors

Les Hughes'insigne.org for insignia collectors	The WW2 M1 Helmet	Info on WW2 Dummy Paratroopers
Look at some Dug up relics!	Dug up Buckles	U.S. Militaria Forum
My favorite Stalingrad site	a nice Guadalcanal site	a wonderful 'Verdun Today' site

And not to forget GhastyCo! and Finding Your Father's War

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