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In 1969, 17-year-old Sarah arrived in Hackney in the East End of London to begin her nursing career. Six years later she went into health visiting, practising for over 35 years in Kent and Staffords……続きを見る

The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. 'La Résistance française' was not simply a national effort to free the country from German occupat……続きを見る

War Paint: A Pictorial History of the 4th Marine Division At War in the Pacific - Volume III Tinian. This is Volume Three of a four volume series. This volume continues where volume two left off, at……続きを見る

‘Goodbye! There’s my good girl.’ The German got hold of Papa’s arm roughly and said, ‘Come on!’ They got in the car and sped away, leaving the two breathless girls standing on the street corner, sta……続きを見る

War Paint: A Pictorial History of the 4th Marine Division At War in the Pacific - Volume IV Iwo Jima. This is Volume Four of a four volume series. This volume continues where volume three left off. ……続きを見る

From author, Donna King-Nykolaycuyk, the military memoir of a heroic World War II veteran, Cpl. Loren Duke Abdalla. Upon hearing about her husband's grandfather's WWII and life experiences, Donna Ki……続きを見る

Peter Caddick-Adams - one of the leading military historians of his generation - reviews one of the great final engagements of WW2: The Battle of the Bulge. Including specially commissioned maps, bl……続きを見る

In the early 20th century, the diesel-electric submarine made possible a new type of unrestricted naval warfare. Such brutal practices as targeting passenger, cargo, and hospital ships not only viol……続きを見る

When the old Chicago cut loose from her moorings in an Atlantic port it was a red letter day for me. She was a good sized craft, of the French Line, and was to carry a lot of other Ameri-cans, besid……続きを見る

The monumental battles of World War II’s Eastern FrontーMoscow, Stalingrad, Kurskーare etched into the historical record. But there is another, hidden history of that war that has too often been ign……続きを見る

Japan’s invasion of China in 1937 saw most major campaigns north of the Yangtze River, where Chinese industry was concentrated. The southern theater proved a more difficult challenge for Japan becau……続きを見る

Only in recent years have historians rediscovered the critical role that French colonial troops played in the twentieth century's two world wars. What is perhaps still deeply under-appreciated is ho……続きを見る

In The Poetry of Disturbance, David Bergman argues that post-war poetry underwent a significant if subtle shift in emphasis, moving from the modernist concern with the poem as a visual text to one t……続きを見る

Who Were the Hellcats?  "The 12th Armored Division was activated on September 15, 1942 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Following training and maneuvers in Kentucky and Tennessee, the Division ……続きを見る

"World War II lasted three years and eight months and it changed the lives of millions of people. At the peak of the war, there were more than fifteen million men and women in uniform. We of th……続きを見る

"The defeat of Germany was quickened by the speed of the American Armor." --Field Marshal Gerd Von Rundstedt Not bad praise from the enemy. That statement typifies the action of the 12th Armored Div……続きを見る

‘As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastings’s achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject’ Sunday Times ‘Authoritative, exciting and no……続きを見る

The legacy of the Second World War has been, like the war itself, an international phenomenon. In both Europe and Asia, common questions of criminality, guilt, and collaboration have intersected wit……続きを見る

'A breathtaking story' Daily Mail ‘Extraordinary’ The Telegraph on the Cook sisters Desperate circumstances can cause ordinary women to achieve extraordinary things. No one would have predicted suc……続きを見る

Canada emerged from the Second World War as a hydro-electric superpower. Only the United States generated more hydro power than Canada and only Norway generated more per capita. Allied Power is abou……続きを見る

1945 was the meeting point of two eras. It marked the end of the Second World War, a conflict ushered in by the lightning strikes of the Blitzkrieg and characterised by the brutalities inflicted by ……続きを見る

1944 saw the largest seaborne invasion ever staged in Operation Overlord. The Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, opened the way for the thrust into the occupied countr……続きを見る

Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum With its unique combination of primary sources and historical narrative, Jewish Responses to Persecution: 1944–1946, provide……続きを見る

Richard Hillary was one of the great heroes of World War Two. And 'The Last Enemy' is one of the best books to emerge from that epic conflict. A fighter pilot in the Second World War Hillary was sho……続きを見る

A major new TV series - MASTERS OF THE AIR How America's bomber boys and girls in England won their war, and how their English allies responded to them. 'A gripping tribute to the British-based US 8……続きを見る

70 Jahre Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Wien. Die spannende Chronik des bewegten Jahres 1945 samt Erinnerungen von ZeitzeugInnen an das Kriegsende und die ersten Schritte in eine neue Zeit. Das Ende……続きを見る

Le passage en poche d'un best-seller, par l'un des historiens français les plus connus. Le passage en poche d'un best-seller, par l'un des historiens français les plus connus. Pourquoi Hitler a-t-il……続きを見る

Le portrait de celui qui fut la figure centrale du complot contre Hitler et qui est devenu l'un des symboles de la résistance allemande au nazisme. Mais qui était véritablement le colonel Schenk von……続きを見る

L'histoire de l'Ordre noir révélée par cette étude objective et exhaustive. Issue de la troupe chargée dans les années 1930 de protéger Hitler, la Waffen-SS est devenue avec la guerre une composante……続きを見る

Les pages jaunies de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, ces petites histoires oubliées qui ont participé de la Grande ! Toutes les guerres ont leurs pages glorieuses et dramatiques, leurs actions méconnues……続きを見る