War Stories III: The Heroes Who Defeated Hitler

American Heroes: In the Fight Against Radical Islam: War Stories

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 19 mins)
• By Oliver North
• Narrated By Phil Gigante

Oliver North offers an inspiring, first-hand account of the extraordinary young American volunteers defending us against radical Islamic terror.

Since 9-11-01, North and his War Stories documentary team have made a dozen extended trips to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Philippines, covering U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, Guardsmen, and Marines. American Heroes offers a close-up of this generation's "citizen-soldiers" who have chosen the path of the patriot and gone into harm's way for their countrymen.

Korsun Pocket: The Encirclement and Breakout of a German Army in the East, 1944

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 26 mins)
• By Niklas Zetterling, Anders Frankson
• Narrated By Dick Hill

During the second half of 1943, after the failure at Kursk, Germany’s Army Group South fell back from Russia under repeated hammer blows from the Red Army. Under Erich von Manstein, however, the Germans were able to avoid serious defeats, while at the same time fending off Hitler’s insane orders to hold on to useless territory. Then, in January 1944, a disaster happened.

The Drive on Moscow, 1941: Operation Taifun and Germany’s First Great Crisis of World War II

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 49 mins)
• By Niklas Zetterling, Anders Frankson
• Narrated By Dave Courvoisier

At the end of September 1941, more than a million German soldiers lined up along the frontline just 180 miles west of Moscow. They were well trained, confident, and had good reasons to hope that the war in the East would be over with one last offensive. Facing them was an equally large Soviet force, but whose soldiers were neither as well trained nor as confident. When the Germans struck, disaster soon befell the Soviet defenders.

Finland's War of Choice: The Troubled German-Finnish Coalition in World War II

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 48 mins)
• By Henrik Lunde
• Narrated By Tom Parks

This book describes the odd coalition between Germany and Finland in World War II, and their joint military operations from 1941 to 1945. This is a topic often missing in English, though in stark contrast to the numerous books on the shorter and less bloody Winter War. That conflict represented a gallant fight of a democratic “David” against a totalitarian “Goliath” that caught the imagination of the world. The story of Finland fighting alongside a “Goliath” of its own has not brought pride to that nation and was a period many Finns would rather forget.

American Heroes: In Special Operations

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 35 mins)
• By Oliver North, Chuck Holton (editor)
• Narrated By Phil Gigante

From the jungles of the Southern Philippines to the Horn of Africa to the deserts of Iraq and lonely outposts in Afghanistan, the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines of U.S. Special Operations Command undertake daring missions in some of the most difficult and dangerous places on the planet. These champions risk their lives so the hope of liberty can shine....