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After the shock and devastation of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the Americans were determined to take their revenge on the Empire of Japan. The Japanese were just as determined to be……続きを見る

Nancy Wake was a brave woman. She risked her life behind enemy lines during the Nazi occupation of France in the Second World War. The Gestapo dubbed her "The White Mouse" for her uncanny ability to……続きを見る

Foods That Will Win the War and How to Cook Them (1918) is a patriotic and practical cookbook written by C. Houston Goudiss and Alberta M. Goudiss during the height of World War I. This book was cre……続きを見る

History describes the 872-day Siege of Leningrad as the most devastating siege in history. The German army had made its way to Leningrad before the city had the opportunity to prepare for an assault……続きを見る

A profound exploration of wartime morality through the experiences of a young executioner in the Polish Home Army during World War II. "This book is moral dynamite. It reveals not only what men can ……続きを見る

Qu’est-ce que la guerre éclair ? Qui étaient les membres de l’Axe ? Quand débute l’opération Barbarossa ? D’une violence extrême, la Seconde Guerre mondiale est le conflit le plus meurtrier de l’his……続きを見る

Subhas Chandra Bose was a revolutionary who sought Indian independence, but as many would contend, he ended up on the wrong side of history. In order to shake off the British yoke, Bose enlisted aid……続きを見る

A Times and Waterstones Book of the Year 'A superb work of history' JAMES HOLLAND 'A thrilling account from a master of Second World War history' DAN SNOW A landmark history of the U-Boat war told t……続きを見る

The German offensive on Stalingrad was originally intended to secure the Wehrmacht’s flanks, but it stalled dramatically in the face of Stalin's order: “Not a Step Back!” The Soviets’ resulting tena……続きを見る

Long-time adversaries Germany and the Soviet Union put their hostilities to the test in World War II. Despite a temporary truce in the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Non-aggression Pact in 1939, ……続きを見る

Les Cheminots dans la Résistance est l’œuvre ultime de l’historien de la Résistance Maurice Choury mort le 7 novembre 1969, moins de deux heures après avoir achevé le manuscrit. Basé essentiellement……続きを見る

The Battle of Stalingrad, perceived by historians as the most important battle of World War II and regarded by Russians as the most significant battle in their country's history, cannot be viewed so……続きを見る

In September 1944 the Western Allies mounted an audacious attempt to seize a crossing over the Rhine into Germany in a bid to end the Second World War quickly. Yet despite the deployment of thousand……続きを見る

"A man can fight if he can see daylight down the road somewhere," President Lyndon Johnson told a senator in March 1965. "But there ain't no daylight in Vietnam-there's not a bit." Even as he said t……続きを見る

Im Deutschland des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer als brillanter Chemiker bekannt, während mehrere seiner Verwandten – darunter Dietrich Bonhoeffer – in den Widerstand gegen Hitler……続きを見る

New from Bradt is The Holocaust: Europe’s Sites, Museums and Memorials, a unique travel guidebook to European locations that tell the story of the greatest crime ever perpetrated – the Nazi genocide……続きを見る

A história definitiva do pacto que uniu Hitler e Stálin de 1939 a 1941. Por quase dois anos, os dois ditadores mais implacáveis da história ー e tidos como inimigos mortais ー foram colaboradores at……続きを見る

During 1944 and 1945 the squadrons of 205 Group were launching air attacks from bases in Italy. In many ways their efforts were the same as those of aircrew attached to Bomber Command in Britain, ye……続きを見る

The Suitcase is a tour-de-force, an imagining of the autobiography of an opportunistic Czech playboy, who avoided legal troubles and subsequently, the Holocaust by moving to Shanghai. There, he join……続きを見る

In Book Two of the third volume of his magisterial Stalingrad Trilogy, David Glantz continues and concludes his definitive history of one of the most infamous battles of World War Two, the Stalingra……続きを見る

The Italians in the towns and villages liberated by the buffalo soldiers during World War II called them Giganti Buoni, the Good Giants. They did not know that these giants would return to a country……続きを見る

The secret history of one of the largestーand least-knownーrescue operations of World War II Between 1940 and 1943, a group of Polish diplomats in Switzerland engaged in a wholly remarkableーand unt……続きを見る

Si notre perception de l’occupation allemande de Kiev pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale s’est affinée à la lumière de nombreux documents exhumés récemment, elle cerne surtout les aspects militaires……続きを見る

The campaign intended to secure the Wehrmacht’s flanks had proven one front too many for the German Army. And now the offensive at Stalingrad, the epic clash that marked Germany’s failure on the Eas……続きを見る

The confrontation between German and Soviet forces at Stalingrad was a titanic clash of armies on an unprecedented scaleーa campaign that was both a turning point in World War II and a lasting symbo……続きを見る

Texans in World War II offers an informative look at the challenges and changes faced by Texans on the home front during the Second World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars of Texas ……続きを見る

****A Telegraph Best History Book 2023 and Spectator Book of the Year** The inspirational story of the ordinary people who forged the documents that saved thousands of Jewish lives in World War Two.……続きを見る

Erik Smalhout was born a child of privilege in the Netherlands East Indies. Smalhout’s father sent his unruly son to a boarding school in Australia, just months before the Japanese seized the Nether……続きを見る

Noviembre de 1941, la Blitzkrieg de la Wehrmacht había empujado al Ejército Rojo a las puertas de Moscú. Sin embargo, menos de cuatro años después, la hoz y el martillo ondeaba sobre las ruinas del ……続きを見る

Numbering 4,000 select officers and men, Combat Team 370 was part of n Europe during World War II the 92nd Infantry Division, the only all-Negro division to fight in Europe during World War II. In B……続きを見る