Caro - World War II 1

An illustrated history of the wartime career of the USS Missouri from World War II to the Gulf War. On September 2, 1945, surrender ceremonies officially ending World War II were broadcast worldwide……続きを見る

This set of essays offers new insights into the journalistic process and the pressures American front-line reporters experienced covering World War II. Transmitting stories through cable or couriers……続きを見る

Avril 1945 : les pianos spoliés des familles juives françaises reviennent d'Allemagne avant les premiers survivants des camps d'extermination. Leurs propriétaires sont Blum, Jankélévitch... Pour ce ……続きを見る

A revealing biography of Lt. Col. Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter, a U.S. Army pilot who served in WWII and is most known for destroying several enemy armored vehicles in his bazooka-equipped L-……続きを見る

British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema e****xplores the Hollywood careers and stardom of British male actors who had fought in the first World War. In an apparently incongruous development in t……続きを見る

‘Adolf Island’ offers new forensic, archaeological and spatial perspectives on the Nazi forced and slave labour programme that was initiated on the Channel Island of Alderney during its occupation i……続きを見る

This is a supplement and continuation of the three volume series THE WORLD OF YOUR ANCESTORS - GENERAL INFORMATION. It presents previously mentioned topic areas along with lots of new topic areas. R……続きを見る

'Riveting' - The New York Times THE LITTLE-KNOWN STORY OF THE ALLIES' FIGHT IN WWII'S CHAOTIC AND LETHAL CHINA BURMA-INDIA THEATER. In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army captured Burma, closing ……続きを見る

Aufgrund der anhaltenden Fluchtbewegungen fordert Aleida Assmann zur Umstrukturierung national ausgerichteter Erinnerungskulturen auf, damit Flüchtlinge mehr an Erinnerungsprozessen partizipieren kö……続きを見る

In 1939, Britain was preparing for war. As well as building aeroplanes and digging Anderson shelters, this meant managing food supplies for the home front. The Ministry of Food rose to the challenge……続きを見る

No turkey. No fruit to make a decent pudding. No money for presents. Your children away from home to keep them safe from bombing; your husband, father and brothers off fighting goodness knows where.……続きを見る

Sir Carol Mather MC had a fascinating war. His memoirs, which quickly sold out, covers service with Sterling's SAS, his escape from a POW camp in Italy and his two tours on Montgomery's small person……続きを見る

Ted Taylor, 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, was sent to France in May 1940 as part of Calais Force. Initially sent to open up supply lines to the rapidly retreating BEF, they soon found themselves……続きを見る

"A definitive treatment of one of the Soviet Union's most significant writers."ーThe Russian Review Vasily Grossman (1905–64), one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century, served for over 1……続きを見る

When he was just eight years old, Paddy Rochford enrolled at Dublins Royal Hibernian Military School, where he was taught how to be a soldier with the British Army, like his father. Soon afterwards,……続きを見る

The Besieged is a beautifully observed account of one of the defining moments of twentieth-century history: the Siege of Leningrad. The Siege began in September 1941, when German forces severed the ……続きを見る

6 June 1944 is one of the most memorable dates of the Second World War. It marked the beginning of the end of the conflict as Allied forces invaded Normandy and fought their way into Nazi-occupied E……続きを見る

What was it like to live in Britain during the Second World War? What kind of house did the average family live in? How did people cope with the ever-present threat of air-raids, not to mention the ……続きを見る

Turning the focus away from the city itself, Caroline Freeman-Cuerden has listened to the memories of 23 veterans, just a few of the thousands of Coventry men and women who served and fought in Worl……続きを見る

Long before the outbreak of the Second World War, official calculations showed Britain would be short of the manpower needed to fight the enemy and keep up production of weapons, food and other esse……続きを見る

During the 1930s, war with Germany became increasingly likely. The British Government believed that it would start with massed ranks of enemy planes, dropping bombs and poison gas on civilians in ma……続きを見る

**A New York Times Editors’ Choice “Riveting.” ーThe New York Times From the New York Times bestselling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging ……続きを見る

Le 19 avril 1945, alors qu’il vient d’être rapatrié du camp d’extermination de Nordhausen, Henri Megglé donne témoignage de ce qu’ont été dix-huit mois de déportation dans les camps de Buchenwald, D……続きを見る

In 1943 the U.S. Army Air Forces created what would become the Air Commandos, a unit that marked a milestone in tactical operations in support of British ground forces invading Burma. William T. Y’B……続きを見る

The acclaimed author of A Train in Winter and Village of Secrets delivers the next chapter in "The Resistance Quartet": the astonishing story of the aristocratic Italian family who stood up to Musso……続きを見る

Alice Herz-Sommer wordt in 1903 in Praag geboren, in een gezin dat behoort tot de culturele elite van die tijd. Bijna dagelijks hebben haar ouders mensen als Mahler, Rilke, Mann, Zweig en Kafka te g……続きを見る

In January 1943, 230 women of the French Resistance were sent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied their country. This is their story, told in full for the first timeーa sear……続きを見る

“Le Chambon has long been mythologized in France for the actions of its inhabitants. . . . But, as this riveting history shows, the story is more complex. . . . If the picture Moorhead paints is mes……続きを見る

How has Britain understood the Holocaust? This interdisciplinary volume explores popular narratives of the Second World War and cultural representations of the Holocaust from the Nuremberg trials of……続きを見る

On the night of the 22 September 1943 Pearl Witherington, a twenty-nine-year-old British secretary and agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), was parachuted from a Halifax bomber into Occu……続きを見る