World War II 89

Terroristes pour les nazis et le régime de Vichy, les résistants français de l'intérieur ont déployé un courage extraordinaire durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Cet ouvrage captivant nous fait déco……続きを見る

The history of seven unique American combat "aces" of World War II and Korea. 続きを見る

When Canadian troops and British Commandos made their now famous ‘reconnaissance in force’ against the harbor town of Dieppe on 19th August 1942, they were supported and protected by the largest arr……続きを見る

As chronicled in Silent Victory, Clay Blair’s monumental history of United States submarine operations in World War II, the submarine war against Japan was a relatively little known war-within-a-war……続きを見る

Des Curtis was one of the founder members of 618 Squadron. Formed within days of the illustrious 617, 618’s primary objective was to mount a daylight low-level attack by Mosquitos on the German batt……続きを見る

Whilst the Lancaster was acknowledged as being a fearsome bomber, the plane was also vulnerable. Philip Gray describes what it was like to be the captain of a Lancaster at the height of World War II……続きを見る

In 1962 Michael Cumming's account of the extraordinary story of one of the RAF's most notable Second World War bomber pilots, Alec Cranswick DSO, DFC, came to the attention of the public with the re……続きを見る

The “Slow But Deadly” Dauntless was the US Navy’s premier carrier-borne dive bomber, and proved immensely successful in all the major Pacific naval campaigns of WW2. Designed by Ed Heinemann, who la……続きを見る

Als nach einer gnadenlosen Jagd am 4. Juni 1944 U 505 bei seinem zölften Einsatz schwer beschädigt in amerikanische Hände fiel, ohne sich vorher selbst versenkt zu haben, unterlag dieser Fang höchst……続きを見る

U 505 ist das einzige deutsche U-Boot, das im 2. Weltkrieg von amerikanischen Schiffen aufgebracht wurde. Nachdem es im Frühjahr 1944 drei Monate lang erfolglos vor Westafrika operiert hatte, trat ……続きを見る

The Junkers 87 Stuka was an iconic weapon of World War Two and an aircraft name that was, and still is, instantly recognized worldwide. Its roles in Poland and the Battles of France and the Low Coun……続きを見る

This remarkable and very rare memoir discusses the bloody combat history of the Texas National Guard 36th Infantry Division in World War II, from pre-embarkation training through the capture of Rome……続きを見る

'Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings.'J.G. Magee's celebrated poem of 1941 offers what could be taken as a somewhat over-romantic view of oper……続きを見る

As 1942, the fourth year of the war, began, victory for the Allies was still a long way off. German submarines were sinking ships off the coast of the United States in what would become known as the……続きを見る

During the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone, defying the Luftwaffe’s aerial assault – the prelude to a proposed seaborne invasion. Fighter Command faced this challenge against overwhelming odds w……続きを見る

This is a fighter pilot’s memoir of four tumultuous years, 1938–1942, when he was first trained, then fought and survived in not one but two of the biggest aerial campaigns of the war, the Battle of……続きを見る

On April 29, 1940, the governments of Canada, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand got together in Ottawa to sign an agreement implementing the "British Commonwealth Air Training Plan". Shortly ……続きを見る

KL, Konzentrationslager, designa o sistema dos campos de concentrac?o nazis. E tambem o titulo da primeira historia geral desta realidade tragica que importa conhecer. Nesta notavel obra de referenc……続きを見る

In May 1915, Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire, hoping to seize its 'lost' territories of Trieste and Tyrol. The result was one of the most hopeless and senseless modern wars - and one that ……続きを見る

A total and groundbreaking reassessment of the life of Adolf Eichmannーa superb work of scholarship that reveals his activities and notoriety among a global network of National Socialists following ……続きを見る

The author, from Smith County, Mississippi, writes of his experiences fighting in WWII. 続きを見る

During World War II St. John’s, Newfoundland played a critical role in the fight against Nazi Germany. Seamen from all over the world sailed to and from the old seaport, chosen for duty because it w……続きを見る

To his close associate, Baron Rudolf-Christoph von Gersdorff, Henning von Tresckow said, "The world has to be set free from the biggest criminal of all time. He must be struck down dead like a……続きを見る

Observations of a lineman with the 150th Armored Signal company laying wire from 10th Armored Division Headquarters to the forward units in 1944-45. 続きを見る

“This document is intended to cover the history of the Fifth Bombardment Group from the era immediately preceding WWII, through the war years until V-J Day 1945. It is presented against a summary ba……続きを見る

Du mythe à l'histoire. Chargés de mener la lutte armée au nom du Parti communiste français, les Francs-tireurs et partisans (FTP), créés en avril 1942 par la direction du PCF, ont été glorifiés par ……続きを見る

La vérité sur la fin des grands dignitaires du régime nazi À l'occasion du soixante-dixième anniversaire de l'ouverture du procès de Nuremberg, le 20 novembre 1945, voici le parcours d'une trentaine……続きを見る

15 octobre 2015 - 70e anniversaire de l'exécution de Pierre Laval " Moi, Josée Laval, dont le nom aujourd'hui fait si peur à certains, j'ai été, dans l'entre-deux-guerres et pendant ces années si pa……続きを見る

The Luftwaffe's targetting and destruction of Coventry city remains the biggest and most destructive air raid on British soil during the Second World War. Seen as a centre of British armaments produ……続きを見る

Based largely on formerly top-secret Soviet archival documents (including 66 reproduced documents and 70 illustrations), this book portrays the inner workings of the communist party and secret polic……続きを見る