Christmas on the Home Front
Christmas on the Home Front is a vivid, humane history of how Britain kept the festive season alive during the Second World War ー a time when goodwill had to shine throu……続きを見る
The dramatic story of Franz von Werra, famously the only Axis PoW to succeed in escaping and make it home during the Second World War, is told in the 1957 movie The One That Got Away. The film detai……続きを見る
Der Obelisk.
Diese Geschichte aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde von drei österreichischen Deserteuren inspiriert.
Oskar, seine Schwester Kianna und ihr Freund Jaro sind die einzigen Überlebenden ihres……続きを見る
Flying aircraft such as the Macchi 200-202, Fiat G.50 and biplane Fiat CR.42, the Italian fighter pilots were recognised by their Allied counterparts as brave opponents blessed with sound flying abi……続きを見る
This book examines the LaGG family of fighters, that were amongst the first modern piston-engined interceptors made available to the Red Air Forces in early 1941 and proved far better fighters than ……続きを見る
The Soviet government tried to minimize the importance of Lend-lease fighters well into the 1980s. Only in recent years have these pilots felt free to admit what they flew, and now the fascinating s……続きを見る
This book focuses on the Soviet aces who scored all, or most of their victories in the Yak, drawing information from official unit histories and memoirs of the Soviet pilots themselves.
The Yak-1 en……続きを見る
著者:Hugh Morgan
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2013年01月20日
At the time of publication, no single volume in English had ever appeared in the West dealing with this intriguing subject area. Once restrictions relaxed in the former Soviet Union, the records of ……続きを見る
A fully illustrated study of the Nakajima Ki49 'Helen', the twin-engined bomber of the Pacific War, from Japanese aviation expert George Eleftheriou.
The Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu ('Dragon Eater'), code……続きを見る
During World War II, the Japanese military extended Japan’s civilian licensing regime for domestic brothels to those next to its overseas bases. It did so for a simple reason: to impose the strenuou……続きを見る
Tucked away in the archives of the Museum for Transport and Technology in Berlin is an old photograph of a Hawker Hurricane on public display. The image must have been taken before the night of 23/2……続きを見る
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. The war was one of the shaping events on hi……続きを見る
Desde su ocupación en 1945, la ciudad de Berlín fue el epicentro de la Guerra Fría. Para fines de la Segunda Guerra Mundial estuvo ubicada en las profundidades del territorio ocupado por la Unión So……続きを見る
La guerra de Corea fue, probablemente junto al conflicto de Vietnam, el mayor desastre del periodo histórico conocido como la Guerra Fría. El resultado fue la devastación de un país, la división de ……続きを見る
Un témoignage poignant entre histoire, mémoire et résilience.
Plongez dans une fresque émouvante qui nous transporte en 1944, au cœur de la vallée de la Maurienne. « La Croix de la Coutire » raconte……続きを見る
Ce livre nous transporte dans le passé héroïque de la seconde guerre mondiale et nous emmène sur les traces de ces hommes et femmes qui ont risqué leur vie pour combattre la barbarie de l’Allemagne ……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
Romanian artist George Tomaziu expected to be imprisoned for monitoring German troop movements during the Second World War. He also expected that, after the war and his release, he might be honoured……続きを見る
Die Geschichte vor, während und nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg war auch in der neutralen Schweiz geprägt durch die Wirtschaftskrise, durch Militärdienst und Lebensmittelrationierungen, durch technische ……続きを見る
Meet George, a construction road supervisor whose life took an unexpected turn when he was drafted into the army in 1943 and shipped off to China.
As the sole American corporal in a foreign land, Ge……続きを見る
In 'The History of the Confederate War' by George Cary Eggleston, the author provides a comprehensive account of the American Civil War from the perspective of the Confederacy. Eggleston's prose is ……続きを見る
著者:Bill George
出版社: Koehler Books
発売日: 2023年11月11日
In the fall of 2014, Bill George is entering his sixteenth season as the head football coach at the United States Coast Guard Academy. He has a wonderful wife and young daughter and is caregiver for……続きを見る
Scapegoats of the Empire is an autobiography by George Witton. Witton was a lieutenant in the Bushveldt Carbineers in the Boer War in South Africa during the early 20th century. Excerpt: "Life in ca……続きを見る
A focused study on Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's cinematic contributions to the war effort, arguing for the centrality of propaganda to their work as film artists.
Michael Powell and Emeri……続きを見る
著者:George Newth
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2023年08月25日
This book investigates the historical roots of the Italian Republic’s oldest surviving political party, the populist far right Lega (Nord), tracing its origins to post-war Italy.
The author examines……続きを見る
This fully illustrated volume presents an authoritative and highly detailed study of WWII's lesser-known armored fighting vehicles.
The iconic tanks of WWII, such as America's Shermans and the Germa……続きを見る
著者:George C. Browder
出版社: The University Press of Kentucky
発売日: 2021年05月11日
A comprehensive study of the lesser-known organizations that formed the heart of the Nazi police state in World War II Germany.
The abbreviation "Nazi," the acronym "Gestapo," and the initials "SS" ……続きを見る
著者:George Watt
出版社: The University Press of Kentucky
発売日: 2013年04月06日
"An absorbing story about how the Lincoln veteran George Watt managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Belgium."ー San Francisco Review of Books
November 1943: American flyer George Watt parachutes out ……続きを見る
著者:Georges Bernage
出版社: Pen & Sword Military
発売日: 2018年02月28日
In June 1944, the Americans left the Sainte-Mre-Eglise and Utah Beach bridgehead and crossed the Merderet river to the Chausse de la Fiere, taking Picauville on 10 June. Their advance was slowed fol……続きを見る