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A landmark history of the U-Boat war told through the experiences and recollections of the U-Boat crews themselves. Winston Churchill famously remarked that the threat of the German U-Boats was the ……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

Cet ouvrage part du postulat que le degré d’effervescence mémorielle est proportionnel au degré de violence subie dans le passé ou de silence imposé et perçu comme une injustice non réparée. Les mob……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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

“This book is moral dynamite. It reveals not only what men can do in war but also what war can do to men.” – Norman Davies, historian and academic Stefan Dąmbski joined the Polish Home Army in 1942 ……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

Mon grand-père, ce héros ! Au début des années 30, Babi Maklouf Benhamou, par passion pour la France, quittait son Algérie natale pour s’installer à Paris. Après mille petits métiers il devint gardi……続きを見る

Mon grand-père, ce héros ! Au début des années 30, Babi Maklouf Benhamou, par passion pour la France, quittait son Algérie natale pour s’installer à Paris. Après mille petits métiers il devint gardi……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

“Insightful commentary on the tangible relics of the Third Reich . . . Tells the history of the Nazi regime from a fascinating new perspective” (Military History Monthly). Hitler’s Third Reich is co……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

Mon grand-père ce héros ! Babi Maklouf a passé son enfance en Algérie, avant d’embarquer pour le pays de la liberté et des droits de l’homme à la fin des années 30. Fasciné par la France, le jeune h……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

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

****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

First published in 1977 this accessible general overview of Canada’s contribution to the Second World War and of the war’s effect on Canada’s evolution. This revised edition incorporates new informa……続きを見る

By the end of World War II, over 100,000 British women had married American servicemen. But marrying a GI was one thing, getting to the United States was another. Strict US immigration quotas and la……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