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A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russiaーfrom the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ……続きを見る

'A superb work of scholarship, full of riveting detail' Sunday Times A powerful and revelatory history book about the bloodlands - the lands that lie between Stalin's Russia and Hitler's Germany - w……続きを見る

One of the Sunday Times paperbacks of the Year 2020 One of the Financial Times best books of 2020 'Totally gripping'-- Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Pilecki is perhaps one of the greatest unsung heroes of……続きを見る

When the German army launched Operation Barbarossa – the invasion of the Soviet Union – on June 22, 1941, it was expecting to face and easily defeat outdated and obsolete tanks and for the most part……続きを見る

This fully illustrated volume compares two of the most iconic AFV's: the SU-152/ISU-152 and the Tiger, used on the Eastern Front during World War II. On the Eastern Front in 1943, the Tiger-equipped……続きを見る

From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan W. Jordanーauthor of Brothers, Rivals, Victorsーcomes the intimate true story of President Franklin Roosevelt’s inner circle of military leadership, t……続きを見る

With the technology of the Hurricane being at the end of the biplane combat aircraft era, there was an urgent requirement for a modern fighter with a capability ahead of the anticipated German fight……続きを見る

An astonishing journey into the heart of Nazi evil: a portrait of one of the darkest figures of Hitler’s Nazi eliteーReinhard Heydrich, the designer and executor of the Holocaust, chief of the Reich……続きを見る

Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. The war was one of the shaping events on hi……続きを見る

The bestselling classic that indelibly captures the life and times of one of the most brilliant and controversial military figures of the twentieth century. "Electric...Tense with the feeling that t……続きを見る

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands on 7 December 1941, had severely damaged the United States Pacific Fleet but had not destroyed it, for the fleet’s aircraft carrier force had b……続きを見る

**“Monumental.” ーThe New York Times Book Review Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin has written the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror to the confl……続きを見る

"A truly thrilling expose of the previously unknown Nazi assassination plot that could have changed history." ー Edward Jay Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of The Assassination Chronicles……続きを見る

Le portrait de dix actrices au cœur du star system nazi. Nous le savons, la production cinématographique a été intense en Allemagne sous le IIIe Reich. Mais si l'on connaît les films de propagande e……続きを見る

The complete and authoritative account of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, and the recent finding of her wreck. On 19 November 1941, the pride of the Australian Navy, the light cruiser Sydney, fought……続きを見る

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of th……続きを見る

“[The Rising Sun] is quite possibly the most readable, yet informative account of the Pacific war.”ーChicago Sun-Times This Pulitzer Prize–winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic ris……続きを見る

This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens. World War II was a total and global war that involved the extraction, process……続きを見る

Winston Churchill recounts the end of WWII and its aftermath, in the conclusion of his majestic six-volume history. In Triumph and Tragedy, British prime minister Winston Churchill provides in drama……続きを見る

From the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny, the definitive history of Hitler’s and Stalin’s politics of mass killing, explaining why Ukraine has been at the center of Western history……続きを見る

A winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature gives “an excellent overview of the problems involved in shooting at airplanes from ships.” (Coast Defense Journal). This book does fo……続きを見る

A detailed, illustrated history of the torpedo boat destroyers of the Nazi German Navy. The warships of the World War II German Navy are among the most popular subjects in naval history, and one of ……続きを見る

Few historical events have resonated as much in modern British culture as the Second World War. It has left a rich legacy in a range of media that continue to attract a wide audience: film, TV and r……続きを見る

Wars Apart is the cross-forces' World War II love story of Norman and Gwen Samson, as told in a cache of letters made public after 75 years hidden from view. Serving in the Middle East, both had dis……続きを見る

Revisités de fond en comble, le destin et la personnalité d'un des hommes les plus détestés de notre histoire. Le 22 octobre 1931, le président du Conseil Pierre Laval est accueilli à Washington par……続きを見る

The Macchi C.202 was probably the most successful Italian fighter during the Second World War. It is generally agreed that the performance of the Macchi was superior to both the Hawker Hurricane and……続きを見る

No nation was more deeply affected by America’s rise to world power than Japan. President Franklin Roosevelt’s uncompromising policy of unconditional surrender led to the catastrophic finale of the ……続きを見る

This edition does not include illustrations. Acclaimed science writer Heather Pringle uncovers the true story of the scientists and archaeologists Heinrich Himmler deployed to find proof for his the……続きを見る

“An immensely interesting look” at the Emden, Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln, Leipzig, and *Nürnberg*ships “from drawing board to destiny” (War History Online). The warships of the World War II era Ger……続きを見る

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. The Siege of Leningrad was one of the longest sieges in history and it inflicted some of the worst civilian casualties of World War Two. When H……続きを見る