Ru - World War II 1

Russell Phillips wrote an "A to Z" series of blog posts around the theme of AFVs (Armoured Fighting Vehicles). They have been edited and collated into this ebook. 続きを見る

Horrified by the Holocaust, social psychologist Stanley Milgram wondered if he could recreate the Holocaust in the laboratory setting. Unabated for more than half a century, his (in)famous results h……続きを見る

More than 150,000 American Jews served in the air war during World War II. Despite acts of heroism and commendations, they were subject to bigotry and scorn by their fellow servicemen. Jews were som……続きを見る

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Lasting six years and a day, the Second World War saw the lives of millions – soldiers and civilians, young and old – changed forever. During t……続きを見る

Jointly published by Plunkett Lake Press and Indiana University Press. This study of the American-led campaign in Europe in World War II analyzes command decisions at both the strategic and tactical……続きを見る

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. What made a failed Austrian artist into the most reviled and destructive personality of the twentieth century? Where did the seeds of his rabid……続きを見る

War is perhaps that one occurrence that has held captive the attention of man for eons after it is over. This is quite natural as well, for the repercussions of war are such that the aftershocks are……続きを見る

Robert V. Brulle, who flew seventy ground support missions with the 366th Fighter Group, links his daily experiences in the cockpit not only with the battles in which he participated but also with e……続きを見る

"Being with One-by-One was a transforming experience. They are an inspiration and their words have served to overcome a deep-seated pessimism I hold about the sad state of the human condition, rekin……続きを見る

The failure of the Maginot Line shocked the world and lead to the sudden collapse of organized French resistance against Germany. Constructed throughout the 1930s, the Maginot Line was supposed to f……続きを見る

In the midst of the Second World War, Winston Churchill created the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a secret organisation on a mission to sabotage the enemy. Instructed to "set Europe ablaze", t……続きを見る

A renowned airpower expert assesses the air campaign f****ought in France in 1940, explaining why the Luftwaffe was so effective against the French and British. The battle for France and Belgium was……続きを見る

La prima medaglia d’oro è del 1896 in Africa, ad Adua, al capitano Pietro Cella, che si sacrifica per proteggere la ritirata dei suoi da Monte Raio. L’ultima, in attesa della prossima, ad Andrea Ado……続きを見る

Some of the most brutally intense infantry combat in World War II occurred within Germany’s Hürtgen Forest. Focusing on the bitterly fought battle between the American 22d Infantry Regiment and elem……続きを見る

Dans la nuit du 25 juillet 1941, une bombe est placée dans le lit de l'ancien ministre français de l'Intérieur Marx Dormoy, un proche de Léon Blum. En 1937, Dormoy avait mené une enquête sur la Cago……続きを見る

New York Times bestseller. The definitive story of the Ritchie Boys, as featured on CBS's 60 Minutes. "A spellbinding account of extraordinary men at war." ー USA Today They were young Jewish boys w……続きを見る

The bundle of 31 letters, the pages of which had long yellowed with age, had lain hidden in the attic where they were found for over a century. Only when the razor-sharp script was examined further ……続きを見る

Un témoignage historique exceptionnel ! Amsterdam, 1937. Bep Voskuijl n'a que dix-huit ans lorsqu'elle est engagée comme secrétaire par la famille Frank. Quand ils se réfugient dans l'Annexe, cette ……続きを見る

A history of the innovative German air campaign that ensured victory in the rapid conquest of Norway, and an analysis of its importance to World War II and the development of air power. The German i……続きを見る

During the final year of World War II, the defending Axis forces were steadily driven from southern skies by burgeoning Anglo-American power. This was despite the steady withdrawal of units to more ……続きを見る

Toisen maailmansodan ratkaisutaistelut Ardenneilla Kun liittoutuneet olivat jo edenneet Ranskaan, Hitler yritti hajottaa puolustuslinjan hyökkäämällä Ardennien alueen läpi Ranskan sivustaan. Saksan ……続きを見る

"Saatamme olla etenemässä yhden sillan liian pitkälle." Toisen maailmansodan suurimman laskuvarjo-operaation tavoitteena oli yllättää saksalaiset, ottaa haltuun Alankomaiden suuret sillat ja avata t……続きを見る

This exceptional source is probably the best of the contemporary accounts of Hitler in power, albeit from a heavily pro-Nazi stance. The testimonies collected together were based on interviews condu……続きを見る

How World War II changed New Castle, Indiana. "This is a unique look at the war, far from the front lines, but equally impacting life on the home front." ー Bookviews.com The War Comes to Plum Stree……続きを見る

The "remarkable story" of a tall ship's history in WWII and beyondーand the sailors who have inhabited it, both German and American ( Booklist). Hamburg, 1936: A splendid three-masted sailing ship i……続きを見る

This first volume in the seminal series on World War II aerial combat, pilots, and tactics that "reads like an encyclopedia on the subject" (Portland Book Review). In the early days of World War II,……続きを見る

First in the trilogy that covers WWII submarine warfare in the Atlantic from the German perspectiveーedited by the Emmy Award-winning historian and author. The U-Boat war is a unique visual record o……続きを見る

An overview of the Wehrmacht's little-known mobile assault guns designed to provide close infantry support against enemy field defenses in World War II. The Stürmgeschutze rumbling forward into acti……続きを見る

"Lord Russell rises above the well-known abuses of the Holocaust to highlight Nazi abuses on a broader and more savage scale." ー Military Review This factual account of German war crimes of World W……続きを見る

The Nuremberg Trials were held by the four victorious Allied forces of Great Britain, the USA, France and the USSR in the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg from November 1945 to October 1946. Famous for ……続きを見る