"The Allied landings in 1944 had all the prospects for disaster. Churchill thought he would be woken up to be told of massive casualties. Eisenhower prepared a somber broadcast announcing that the e……続きを見る
This fascinating new collection of essays on Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) explores the ‘non-military’ aspects of British special operations in the Second World War.
It details how SO……続きを見る
著者:Wilson A. Heefner
出版社: University of Missouri Press
発売日: 2010年05月05日
On July 11, 1943, General Lucian Truscott received the Army's second-highest decoration, the Distinguished Service Cross, for valor in action in Sicily. During his career he also received the Army D……続きを見る
A heart-pounding thriller of non-stop action and suspense, with an unexpected twist that will leave you breathless. To Play The Fox is the perfect novel for fans of Masters of the Air and Band of Br……続きを見る
著者:Wibke Bruhns
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2008年05月06日
In this gripping memoir, the daughter of a man who conspired to assassinate Hitler tells the story of three generations of her family and offers unparalleled insight into the German experience in th……続きを見る
The story of the everyday heroism of British bomber crews in 1944 - the turning point year in Bomber Command's war against Germany.
There were many ways for a combat crew to die during Bomber Comman……続きを見る
著者:Thomas Fleming
出版社: New Word City, Inc.
発売日: 2019年01月25日
The greatest American general of the twentieth century wasn't Dwight Eisenhower or George Patton or Douglas MacArthur. The honor, according to New York Times bestselling historian Thomas Fleming, be……続きを見る
著者:Ruth Henig
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2004年08月02日
Updated and expanded throughout to take into consideration the most up-to-date historical research, this new edition of The Origins of the Second World War analyzes the reasons for the outbreak of t……続きを見る
著者:Bird, Andrew D
出版社: Grub Street Publishing
発売日: 2012年11月15日
Every day for nine months from September 1944, young British Commonwealth and Norwegian airmen flew from Banff, Fraserburgh and Peterhead in northern Scotland to target German U-boats, merchant men ……続きを見る
This fascinating compilation of wartime battlefield reports drawn from Russian and German sources has been carefully selected by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers to produce an ……続きを見る
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, they promised to build a vibrant consumer society. But they faced a dilemma. They recognized that consolidating support for the regime required providing German……続きを見る
著者:Sarah Jo Peterson
出版社: University of Chicago Press
発売日: 2013年05月22日
Before Franklin Roosevelt declared December 7 to be a “date which will live in infamy”; before American soldiers landed on D-Day; before the B-17s, B-24s, and B-29s roared over Europe and Asia, ther……続きを見る
This is the fourth volume in the complete proceedings of the Nuremberg trial of the German major war criminals before the International Military Tribunal sitting at Nuremberg, Germany. Taken from th……続きを見る
著者:Truman Smith
出版社: University of Oklahoma Press
発売日: 2013年02月27日
Between April and July 1944, Truman Smith Flew thirty-five bombing missions over France and Germany. He was only twenty years old. Although barely adults, Smith and his peers worried about cramming ……続きを見る
著者:U.S. Government
出版社: Charles River Editors
発売日: 2012年02月21日
On September 1, 1939, the world was changed forever. Despite several attempts by the French and British to appease Hitlers Nazi regime to avoid war, most notably allowing Hitler to annex the Czechs ……続きを見る
著者:Lyn Smith
出版社: Ebury Publishing
発売日: 2010年09月15日
Following the success of Forgotten Voices of the Great War, Lyn Smith visits the oral accounts preserved in the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, to reveal the sheer complexity and horror of one of……続きを見る
Hailed as Newby's 'masterpiece', ‘Love and War in the Apennines’ is the gripping real-life story of Newby's imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II.
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After WWII, Europe was awash in refugees. Never in modern times had so many been so destitute and displaced. No longer subjects of a single nation-state, this motley group of enemies and victims con……続きを見る
Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat, two thrilling accounts of World War II espionage, are available together as an ebookーwith an excerpt from the New York Times bestseller Double Cross.
“Not sinc……続きを見る
Presenting the Allied and German experience of war - both military and on a personal level - Victory on the Western Front is an immensely readable, visually striking account of the pivotal final sta……続きを見る
The untold stories of bravery, triumph, and redemption in the depths of the darkest world war.
Behind the great powers, global military conflict, and infamous battles are more than 100 incredible st……続きを見る
Terry Copp’s tireless teaching, research, and writing has challenged generations of Canadian veterans, teachers, and students to discover an informed memory of their country’s role in the Second Wor……続きを見る
Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Pranges bests……続きを見る
At the age of fifteen Hortense Daman embarked on a secret career. In her German-occupied hometown of Louvain, Belgium, she joined the resistance, first as a courier, then as a fighter. She ran terri……続きを見る
Perhaps it was Adolf Hitler's implacable hatred of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin that compelled the Fu¨hrer to order the taking, whatever the cost, of the city that bore his enemy's name. The bloody……続きを見る
Comme la Conférence permettra de finaliser les plans du grand débarquement des Alliés en Europe, Joseph Staline a été invité à y participer. Mais le maître du Kremlin n'ira pas à Québec : de fait, s……続きを見る
Septembre 1944. Dans le giron de l’armée américaine dont l’avancée est irrésistible, Gabriel Saint-Onge, un correspondant de guerre montréalais, rend compte avec son appareil photo et sa caméra de l……続きを見る
On June 6, 1944, 75,000 American men landed on the beaches of Normandy. The opening act in the liberation of Western Europe was the most ambitious military operation in history. This book provides a……続きを見る