World War II 17

Let’s now take a look at the content of this new issue: we begin with the employment of the Nederland Brigade on the Oranienbaum Front, followed by an article by Scott Revell on Sepp Krafft, the his……続きを見る

By the summer of 1944 it was clear that Japan's defeat was inevitable, but how the drive to victory would be achieved remained unclear. The ensuing dramaーthat ended in Japan's utter devastationーwa……続きを見る

A stern-to-bow look at the most powerful aircraft carrier design of World War Two from the author of Bismarck and Tirpitz in the ShipCraft series. The latest volume covers the hugely important Ameri……続きを見る

World famous naval warfare novelist, C.S. Forester, followed the action of WW 2 with the astute eye of a historian as well as the vibrant pen of a storyteller attuned to both the events that made he……続きを見る

Wars Apart is the cross-forces' World War II love story of Norman and Gwen Samson, as told in a cache of letters made public after 75 years hidden from view. Serving in the Middle East, both had dis……続きを見る

The History of the Galician Division of the Waffen SS – Volume One: On the Eastern Front, April 1943 to July 1944 is the first volume of a two-part set on the history of the Galician Division based ……続きを見る

Lavishly illustrated with 185 photographs, many previously unpublished and rare Utilises new material about every aspect of the formation Includes unique first-hand accounts from interviews with th……続きを見る

The first Romanian armored units were formed in 1916, using armored cars captured from the enemy, but it was not until the early 1920s that armored units were established. Economic difficulties, the……続きを見る

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An absolute home run! You will never look at WWII the same way again." ーBrad Thor, #1 bestselling author "Meltzer and Mensch are masters." ーJon Meacham, author T……続きを見る

George Weller was a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter who covered World War II across Europe, Africa, and Asia. At the war’s end in September 1945, under General MacArthur’s media blackout, correspond……続きを見る

Referred to by Winston Churchill as `the Beast', `Tirpitz' was Germany's last great battleship and was one of the largest and heaviest battleships ever constructed by a European navy. Sister ship to……続きを見る

The YF-23 was an unconventional-looking aircraft, with diamond-shaped wings, a profile with substantial area-ruling to reduce drag at trans-sonic speeds, and an all-moving V-tail. The cockpit was pl……続きを見る

2.20PM Directly in front of us I sighted four funnels and the masts of a passenger steamer at right angles to our course coming from the SW and going towards Galley Head. 3:10 PM Torpedo shot at a d……続きを見る

"Absolutely compelling... Nations without men like Beckwith simply don't survive." ー Wall Street Journal Wanted: Volunteers for Project Delta. Will guarantee you a medal. A body bag. Or both. The d……続きを見る

From America's preeminent naval historian, the first full-length portrait in over fifty years of the man who won the war in the Pacific in World War Twoー"destined," says Andrew Roberts, "to be the ……続きを見る

One of the Sunday Times paperbacks of the Year 2020 One of the Financial Times best books of 2020 'Totally gripping'-- Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Pilecki is perhaps one of the greatest unsung heroes of……続きを見る

The Macchi C.202 was probably the most successful Italian fighter during the Second World War. It is generally agreed that the performance of the Macchi was superior to both the Hawker Hurricane and……続きを見る

Faster and better armed than the Spitfire, the Whirlwind was the RAF s response to a new generation of armoured German bombers which it expected to meet over England in 1940. A few months after its ……続きを見る

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Born to Run comes a book that inspires us to unleash the extraordinary potential of the human body and climb, swim, skip, throw, and jump our w……続きを見る

Kirsten Boie: Aufwachsen im Deutschland der 1960er Jahre. Das muss das Paradies sein: Tagsüber baden in der Elbe, abends gemütlich vor dem neuen Fernsehgerät sitzen. Die dreizehnjährige Karin wohnt ……続きを見る

U.S. Department of Defense's book 'The German Campaign in Russia: 1940-1942' provides a comprehensive analysis of the pivotal years of World War II when Germany turned its attention towards the East……続きを見る

German general Hermann Balck (1897–1982) was considered to be one of World War II's greatest battlefield commanders. His brilliantly fought battles were masterpieces of tactical agility, mobile coun……続きを見る

“No One Avoided Danger” is a detailed combat narrative of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attacks on NAS Kaneohe Bay, one of two naval air stations on the island of O‘ahu. Partly because of Kaneohe’s l……続きを見る

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. ‘Il Duce’, Benito Mussolini, was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism. Famed for his dictatorial style, his political cunning and ……続きを見る

"This book tells what should have been known and isn'tーthat Israel's hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength." ー Israeli President Shimon Peres For decades, Israel's reno……続きを見る

The extraordinary career of George Catlett MarshallーAmerica’s most distinguished soldier–statesman since George Washingtonーwhose selfless leadership and moral character influenced the course of tw……続きを見る

'A superb work of scholarship, full of riveting detail' Sunday Times A powerful and revelatory history book about the bloodlands - the lands that lie between Stalin's Russia and Hitler's Germany - w……続きを見る

An astonishing journey into the heart of Nazi evil: a portrait of one of the darkest figures of Hitler’s Nazi eliteーReinhard Heydrich, the designer and executor of the Holocaust, chief of the Reich……続きを見る

"Gentlemen, we are going to capture Tobruk and destroy it."'Operation Agreement' started as a fairly simple plan to destroy Rommel's bomb-proof oil-storage tanks at Tobruk on the eve of Alamein. But……続きを見る

Under the Soviet regime, millions of zeks (prisoners) were incarcerated in the forced labor camps, the Gulag. There many died of starvation, disease, and exhaustion, and some were killed by criminal……続きを見る