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Aces At WarThe American Aces SpeakEric HammelAdding to his acclaimed The American Aces Speak series, combat historian Eric Hammel comes through with yet another engrossing collection of first-person……続きを見る

From extensive research, including a remarkable interview with the unrepentant chief of Hitler’s Women’s Bureau, this book traces the roles played by women – as followers, victims and resisters – in……続きを見る

Chen Poh Seng's great grandfather lived in Pulau Tekong, his 50-over cousins were born and educated there. He lived in Changi Point which is 30 minutes away by ferry.Lee Leong Sze is a Malaysian, gr……続きを見る

**“Stephen L. Moore offers what will soon be ranked a major military classic... A major, first-rate, authoritative contribution to the literature of WWII.”ーLeatherneck From the author of Pacific Pa……続きを見る

In the skies of World War II Europe, the Eighth Air Force was a defining factor in turning the tide against the Nazis. In these gripping oral histories, the sacrifice, savagery, and supremacy of the……続きを見る

The war was coming to an end at last. The people of Nagasaki knew this as they desperately tried to survive each day's shortages of food and warmth - ordinary people going about their lives as norma……続きを見る

How did the Second World War come about? Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-1941 provides lucid answers to this complex question. Focusing on the different regions of Nazi policy such as Italy, France and Br……続きを見る

Through a series of critical essays this book concerns the relationships and possibilities in and between "prose" and "disability". It covers a diverse range from the role of the disability memoir, ……続きを見る

Hitler and Nazi Germany provides a concise introduction to Hitler’s rise to power and Nazi domestic and foreign policies through to the end of the Second World War. Combining narrative, the views of……続きを見る

Adolf Hitler is the most notorious political figure of the twentieth century. The story of his life, how he became a dictator, and how he managed to convince so many to follow his cause is a subject……続きを見る

Published here for the first time, this volume presents a superb range of insights into this crucial effort of the Second World War. This Naval Staff History describes the vital role of the Arctic C……続きを見る

The Final Solution clarifies the key questions surrounding the attempt by the Nazis to exterminate the Jews. Drawing on important new research, these authoritative essays focus on the preconditions ……続きを見る

The Red Army's summer offensive of 1944 against Hitler's Wehrmacht was unprecedented in terms of its scale, scope, and strategic intent and impact. This study details how the Red Army accomplished t……続きを見る

Over the last 30 years, hydrographical marine surveys in the English Channel helped uncover the potential wreck sites of German submarines, or U-boats, sunk during the conflicts of World War I and W……続きを見る

One of the darkest passages in German history is examined in this book (originally published in 1986) by five leading German historians of the Third Reich. The authors establish that a direct link e……続きを見る

“One could not choose a worse place for fighting the Japanese,” said Winston Churchill of North Burma, deeming it “the most forbidding fighting country imaginable.” But it was here that the fledglin……続きを見る

Le zèle de l'ensemble de l'administration française dans l'application de la politique antisémite de Vichy : des archives inédites et terribles. Mise en place par le gouvernement de Vichy dès l'été ……続きを見る

La " grande " culture a bel et bien été mise au pas sous le IIIe Reich, mais le divertissement populaire, précisément parce qu'il n'était pas considéré comme une culture digne d'intérêt, a joui d'un……続きを見る

Daniel Lindenberg s'attache ici au travail souterrain des idées qui caractérisent le mieux l'ensemble la période 1937-1947. Celle de communauté est indéniablement la plus importante. Et l'identité c……続きを見る

Le programme du Conseil national de la Résistance de mars 1944, présenté et commenté par les citoyens résistants qui n'acceptent pas son démantèlement et l'usurpation de ses valeurs par le président……続きを見る

Journaliste talentueux et provocateur imprévisible, Gustave Hervé s'est attiré tout au long de sa vie les admirations les plus fidèles et les haines les plus féroces. Sa plume trempée dans le vitrio……続きを見る

More so than any war in history, World War II was a woman’s war. Women, motivated by patriotism, the opportunity for new experiences, and the desire to serve, participated widely in the global confl……続きを見る

" Jean-Mathieu Boris, la discrétion et l'humilité faites hommes, fait partie de ces figures de la Résistance qui furent l'honneur de la France ". Jean-Christophe Buisson, Le Figaro Magazine. " Un te……続きを見る

This book seeks to explore how scientists across a number of countries managed to cope with the challenging circumstances created by World War II. No scientist remained unaffected by the outbreak of……続きを見る

The Age of the Dictators presents a comprehensive survey of the origins and interrelationship of the European dictatorships. All the regimes are addressed, with ample coverage of the period 1939-45,……続きを見る

Myth and the Greatest Generation calls into question the glowing paradigm of the World War II generation set up by such books as The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw. Including analysis of news rep……続きを見る

From images of jubilant mothers offering the Nazi salute, to Eva Braun and Magda Goebbels, women in Hitler’s Germany and their role as supporters and guarantors of the Third Reich continue to exert ……続きを見る

The mysterious life and career of Desmond Morton, Intelligence officer and personal adviser to Winston Churchill during the Second World War, is exposed for the first time in this study based on ful……続きを見る

"Collateral damage" is a military term for the inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations. In Collateral Damage: Americans, Noncombatant Immun……続きを見る

This is the verbatim record of a secret and hitherto unpublished meeting, held in the Kremlin in April 1940, devoted to a post mortem of the Finnish campaign. 続きを見る