World War II 96

Finlay J. Macdonald's impressions of a Hebridean childhood in Crowdie and Cream were hailed as 'the best portrayal of the Hebrides by an insider'. Now his journey continues into adolescence, and if ……続きを見る

Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The International Tracing Service, one of the largest Holocaust-related archival repositories in the world, holds millions o……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible untold story of World War II’s greatest secret fighting force, as told by the modern master of wartime intrigueーnow an original series on MGM+! “Reads lik……続きを見る

Charles Wickham Malins was destined for a life at sea from an early age; joining the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth in 1927 at the age of thirteen he was already a Commissioned Officer o……続きを見る

The memoir of paratrooper Kurt Gabelーa German Jew who emigrated to the US in 1938, joined the 513th Regiment of the 17th Airborne Division, and fought against his former countrymen in the Battle of……続きを見る

Il libro narra le vicende militari della SS Polizei-division. Trattata inizialmente come una formazione di secondo livello, fu equipaggiata ed armata approssimativamente, così come fu impiega……続きを見る

An examination of the SOE, its accomplishments, and the Canadian connection to the organization. During the Second World War, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill created the Special Operations ……続きを見る

A damaged Japanese fighter set off a savage fire on SC-699 at Biak in 1944. The incident played a key role in the development of kamikaze tactics. The crew of the submarine chaser 699 (SC-699) watch……続きを見る

Brigadier General James L. Collins Jr. Book Prize In the narrative of D-Day the Canadians figure chieflyーif at allーas an ineffective force bungling their part in the early phase of Operation Overl……続きを見る

Il libro descrive con efficacia e rigore storico la cronaca degli attacchi aerei subiti dalla città di Palermo dal 1940 al 1943, dai primi attacchi aerei francesi nel 1940, ai sempre più massicci bo……続きを見る

During World War II, millions of Soviet soldiers in German captivity died of hunger and starvation. Their fate was not the unexpected consequence of a war that took longer than anticipated. It was t……続きを見る

Following on the success of Texas Aggie Medals of Honor, James R. Woodall now returns with a new book that focuses on the military service by graduates of Texas A&M University from World War I to Vi……続きを見る

A collage of real and intensely researched events, a highly emotional journey moving from war-torn Naples to modern-day West London, from a stormy night in a WWII military cemetery in Belgium to a p……続きを見る

'ENORMOUS FUN' GUARDIAN 'SO ENTERTAINING' THE TIMES 'GOSSIPY, LIGHT AND FUN' TLS ***Queen Bees***looks at the lives of six remarkable women who made careers out of being society hostesses, including……続きを見る

Propaganda during the Battle of Britain contributed to high national morale and optimism, with 'The 'Few's' prowess and valour projected through Air Ministry communiqués and daily claims 'scores'. T……続きを見る

An engrossing account of the military, cultural, and commercial impact of Japan and the USA on the island nation of Palau The expansionist Japanese empire annexed the inhabited archipelago of Palau ……続きを見る

In questo libro viene analizzata e raccontata la storia della Legione Norvegese che, a cavallo del 1942 e 1943 è impegnata in una guerra di posizione sul fronte di Leningrado e cerca di difen……続きを見る

Despite the wealth of historical literature on the Second World War, the subject of religion and churches in occupied Europe has been undervalued – until now. This critical European history is uniqu……続きを見る

Between 1939 and 1945, over two hundred German and forty-five Allied servicemen were interned in neutral Ireland. They presented a series of extremely complex issues for the de Valera government, wh……続きを見る

The Allies and the German Problem, 1941-1949 examines Allied policymaking during the Second World War and the military occupation of postwar Germany, demonstrating how the initial unity of the Allie……続きを見る

Fire and Blood looks at the European crisis of the two world wars as a single historical sequence: the age of the European Civil War (1914-1945). Its overture was played out in the trenches of the G……続きを見る

Brave Men is Ernie Pyle’s gripping account of life on the European front-line during World War II. Written with touching sympathy and humanism, Brave Men offers a poignant description of the everyda……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

Het respijt is het verslag van Primo Levi's terugreis uit Auschwitz in 1945. Zes maanden lang zwierf hij door Oost-Europa. Een tijd van respijt, vol explosieve levenslust en bizarre ontmoetingen en ……続きを見る

‘Levi is een humanist, die in staat was gebleken onder de allerergste omstandigheden zijn waardigheid te behouden.’ NRC Handelsblad De Joods-Italiaanse verzetsstrijder Primo Levi trok in 1943 de ber……続きを見る

Soldaat van Oranje is niet alleen een spannend verhaal maar ook een historisch document over de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Prins Bernhard schreef niet voor niets over dit boek: Ik ben erbij geweest, en zo……続きを見る

Spraakmakend boek over Hitlers vrouwelijke beulen Hitlers furiën vertelt het verbluffende verhaal van de rol die Duitse vrouwen speelden aan het Oostfront. Deze vrouwen waren niet alleen getuigen, m……続きを見る

Een historische reconstructie van de heldendaden van Augusta Chiwy tijdens WOII Het levensverhaal van een Belgisch- Congolese verpleegster die tijdens het Ardennenoffensief van 1944-45 talloze solda……続きを見る

Het beroemde boek over nazi’s en hun psychiater. Leon Goldensohn was in het voorjaar van 1946 als psychiater in Neurenberg verantwoordelijk voor de fysieke en psychische toestand van ongeveer twinti……続きを見る

Op 7 mei 1946 stond Anton Mussert wegens landverraad voor het vuurpeloton, op dezelfde Waalsdorpervlakte waar in de oorlog talrijke verzetsstrijders waren geëxecuteerd. In de jaren die eraan voorafg……続きを見る