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Plongée dans l’horreur du plus grand massacre de civils commis en France par les armées allemandes Héros ou bourreau ? C’est à cette puissante interrogation que se livre François Guéroult dans ce ro……続きを見る

Formed in 1933, the Gestapo became one of the most feared state forces of the Third Reich before and during World War II. Chronicling the history of the organization, from its origins to the brutal ……続きを見る

In questo numero: Waffen SS in guerra - 5 RSD: una protezione speciale per il Führer - La Frundsberg nella sacca di Falaise - SS-Hauptscharführer Gustav Schreiber - SS-Obersturmbannführer Christian ……続きを見る

Germany's Adolf Hitler was, without argument, a monster. He unleashed the horrors of World War II and ordered the murder of millions in his quest to create his twisted version of a pure German empir……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur la Shoah en moins d’une heure ! Le 27 janvier 1945, le monde entier découvre avec horreur la réalité des camps de la mort. C’est qu’avec la libération d……続きを見る

2016 Speaker's Book Award ー Shortlisted 2016 Heritage Toronto Book Award ー Nominated An account of the women working in high-security, dangerous conditions making bombs in Toronto during the Secon……続きを見る

Thoughtful and meaty biography of Sir Howard Kippenberger - New Zealand war hero and all-round 'good bloke'. Sir Howard Kippenberger is widely acknowledged as the ideal of a New Zealand citizen-sold……続きを見る

This is the story of how the Second World War affected leisure boating: of the people who managed to overcome huge difficulties to go sailing during the war itself and the difficulties of re-establi……続きを見る

The Avro Lancaster took the RAF’s bombing campaign right to the heart of Nazi Germany, night after night, despite sometimes suffering appalling losses. The unique airframe, with one continuous long ……続きを見る

In 1940 a small band of academics was hired by a secret department of the Foreign Office. For the rest of the Second World War, they controlled the interception of enemy radio communications, broke ……続きを見る

Winner of the 2016 Vine Award for Nonfiction The Allied soldiers who liberated the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 were faced with scenes of horror and privation. With breatht……続きを見る

One of the brightest Canadian scientists of his generation, Omond McKillop Solandt was a physiologist by training, an engineer by disposition, and a manager by necessity. A protégé of insulin’s co-d……続きを見る

Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945 examines the evolution of the Lutheran state Church of Norway in response to the German occupation. While German Protestant churches generally accept……続きを見る

This volume provides the first comprehensive history of the arms racing phenomenon in modern international politics, drawing both on theoretical approaches and on the latest historical research. Wri……続きを見る

This is the war diary of Sergeant Leslie Todd of the 90th (Middlesex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, TA, from the Battle of Normandy in 1944, through Belgium and Holland to the end o……続きを見る

1940 júliusa: a megszálló Wehrmacht csapatai elől menekülnek a franciák. Milliók lepik el az országutakat, szállják meg a vidéki v……続きを見る

Queste sono le memorie di Pierluigi Tajana, artigliere da montagna in Grecia-Albania e poi comandante della 4a Compagnia Mortai del Battaglione Barbarigo della Decima Flottiglia MAS. Le vicende di T……続きを見る

In den letzten Tagen des Zweiten Weltkrieg schickten die Nationalsozialisten 24 Waggons mit Raubgold ungarischer Juden Richtung Westen. Der Großteil blieb bis heute verschwunden. Mit 3. November 194……続きを見る

A history of the Navy V-12 Program during World War II. The Program provided opportunities for young men whose families had suffered during the difficult times of the Great Depression. These high sc……続きを見る

Discover a daughter's journey into her father's past in this Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the 2016 Costa Biography Award. Keggie Carew grew up under the spell of an unorthodox, enigmatic fa……続きを見る

This is a unique and powerful visual history of the men who fought in the 9th Division, the most famous Australian division of World War II. Many never before published photographs, some from vetera……続きを見る

The invasion of Denmark (and Norway) was the second one after Poland. It was prepared by Hitler since 1939 as a necessary step to control the Baltic Sea and the North Sea against British and allies’……続きを見る

Invasionen av Danmark (och Norge) var den andra invasionen, efter Polen. Hitler förberedde invasionen redan 1939 som ett nödvändigt steg i planen att kontrollera Östersjön och Nordsjön mot britterna……続きを見る

Where was the rest of the company? Why is no one else firing? A quick look behind revealed the shocking truth. Herb was alone. No one was following there was no one able to follow. He was the last m……続きを見る

The definitive account of the Australians on the Kokoda Trail - a story told through the eyes of the Australians who fought there, many of whom have now passed away. The Kokoda Trail is part of Aust……続きを見る

Invasjonen av Danmark (og Norge) var den andre etter Polen. Den hadde vært forberedt, av Hitler, helt siden 1939, og ble sett på som et nødvendig steg for å kontrollere Østersjøen og Nordsjøen mot b……続きを見る

In the spring of 1945 the Allies arrested the physicists they believed had worked on the German nuclear programme. Interned in an English country house owned by MI6, their conversations were secretl……続きを見る

This edited collection offers an empirical exploration of social memory in the context of politics, war, identity and culture. With a substantive focus on Eastern Europe, it employs the methodologie……続きを見る

Stolen Words is an epic story about the largest collection of Jewish books in the worldーtens of millions of books that the Nazis looted from European Jewish families and institutions. Nazi soldiers……続きを見る

'An energetic, ambitious, provocative work by a young historian of notable gifts, which deserves a wide readership' Max Hastings, The Sunday Times **'Bold and breathtaking... I have never read a mor……続きを見る