Ｙ．Ａ - World War II 6

This balanced history offers a concise, readable introduction to Nazi Germany. Combining compelling narrative storytelling with analysis, Joseph W. Bendersky offers an authoritative survey of the ma……続きを見る

In this personal recollection for her family, Betty Arrington recounts the experiences that she and her husband, Mark, had during World War II, complete with pictures from the time. Mark served in t……続きを見る

De fire skuespil i Carl Erik Soyas samling "30 års henstand" fortæller om de forskellige medlemmer af den danske familie Borch. Vi møder blandt andre den unge Michael Borch, der utålmodigt ser frem ……続きを見る

*** The New York Times Bestseller *** The powerful story of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created ……続きを見る

SallyAnne was too small to understand the tension of the adults around her when she was growing up. But when they all had to duck into ditches and sleep in hay barns, even she understood she wasn’t ……続きを見る

«Cosa sarebbe stata la mia vita qualora fossi nato, come mio padre, nel gennaio del 1922 e se, come lui, mi fossi trovato immerso nella tormenta della Storia». Sottomettersi o resistere, tra esperie……続きを見る

Una delle più grandi autrici giapponesi, mai pubblicata prima in Italia, rivive il bombardamento di Nagasaki, nell’agosto del 1945. Un ricordo che continua a bruciare nei corpi e nelle menti dei sop……続きを見る

The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-45 analyzes the Pacific War with a focus on America’s participation in the conflict. Fought over a great ocean and vast battlefields using the most sophisti……続きを見る

One of the last, great untold stories of World War IIーkept hidden for decadesーeven after most of the World War II records were declassified in 1972, many of the files remained untouched in various……続きを見る

The turning point of the war in Burma was the Imphal/Kohima campaign of 1944. For four months there was intense and savage fighting. The Japanese plan was to encircle and destroy the British and Ind……続きを見る

By the laws of statistics John Lowry should not be here today to tell his story. He firmly believes that someone somewhere was looking after him during those four years. Examine the odds stacked aga……続きを見る

1941. Britain is under some of the heaviest air raids of the Second World War. Concerns about Nazi paratroopers landing in Britain and invading take hold in the hearts of the British citizenry. The ……続きを見る

The essays in this book cover a fast-paced 150 years of Vatican diplomacy, starting from the fall of the Papal States in 1870 to the present day. They trace the transformation of the Vatican from a ……続きを見る

This is the true story of a young Red Army soldier during the Second World War, told in his own words. Recruited into the army aged just seventeen, Sergei Drobyazko’s introduction to battle is a vio……続きを見る

During the Nazi regime in Germany, all police forces were centralised under the command of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. The political police (Gestapo), the criminal police (Kripo), and the secu……続きを見る

This book tells the story of Germany between the years 1914–1945 through the history of its sounds and noises. From the killing grounds of the Great War, passing through the roaring optimism of the ……続きを見る

L?histoire ? la discipline historique ? ne peut rien changer à ce qui est advenu : presque six millions de juifs d?Europe ont été exterminés par le régime nazi durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Du ……続きを見る

Le cœur à nu d'un pays où " le devoir pèse plus lourd qu'une montagne, la mort est plus légère qu'une plume ". Le 15 août 1945, les Japonais entendent à la radio, pour la première fois, leur Empereu……続きを見る

This book takes you, raid by raid, through the author's tour of operational duty over the last five months of 1944. It is a bomber pilot's story, but it is also about the grinding operational pressu……続きを見る

Maurice 'Moggy' Mayne was a cricket-loving air gunner in the Second World War, with a pretty girlfriend back home in rural England. His turret was in a Bristol Beaufort and his pilot had to fly with……続きを見る

With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care for her little baby? To conceal the fear and terror……続きを見る

In 1940s India, revolutionary and nationalistic feeling surged against colonial subjecthood and imperial war. Two-and-a-half million men from undivided India served the British during the Second Wor……続きを見る

La espía peruana que cambió el rumbo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial «Elvira parecía predestinada a actuar en ese terrible capítulo de la eterna lucha del bien contra el mal. En ese momento en el que l……続きを見る

Global Mission is General “Hap” Arnold’s personal story of his life and military career and a history of American military aviation with particular emphasis on World War II. “For twenty years prior ……続きを見る

Captivity, Slavery and Survival as a Far East POW is the incredibly moving story of Gus Anckorn, a British soldier who was captured by the Japanese and held for over three and a half years. Before t……続きを見る

Austria's Anschluss - its 'annexation' - saw no gunfire, no bloodcurdling screams of Stukas overhead or the rumble of heavy artillery when German troops marched in on 12 March 1938. It was no ‘Blitz……続きを見る

An extensive guide to Japan’s Naval Air Force Fighter Units and their ace pilots during conflicts in the 1930s and ‘40s, now in English. The book begins by looking at the land- and aircraft carrier-……続きを見る

An extensive guide to Japan’s Army Air Force Units and their ace pilots during conflicts in the 1930s and ‘40s, now in English. Commencing with a detailed study of the development, equipment, and op……続きを見る

One of the major lessons of World War II was the importance of coastal waters. It was not widely recognised beforehand just how vital the control of such waters would become, both in defending essen……続きを見る

This WWII naval history chronicles the development of small fighting boats as well as the evolution of their tactics and coastal warfare operations. Small, fast and highly maneuverable, gunboats and……続きを見る