Ｙ．Ａ - World War II 1

The reader will be unable to find Schwabendorf on a map. It is a literary composite of the countless Swabian villages in former Yugoslavia. Although this is a work of fiction it is based on historic……続きを見る

No statesman shaped the twentieth century more than Winston Churchill. To know the full Churchill is to understand the combination of boldness and caution, of assertiveness and humility, that define……続きを見る

Years before Hitler unleashed the “Final Solution” to annihilate European Jews, he began a lesser-known campaign to eradicate the mentally ill, which facilitated the gassing and lethal injection of ……続きを見る

The most produced Japanese bomber of the war, the G4M saw action on every front from the first day of the Pacific conflict through to VJ-Day. The 'Betty's' very long range made it a key weapon durin……続きを見る

The most eagerly anticipated book in the Combat Aircraft series, this volume tells the complete combat history of Japan's most deadly ship-killing aircraft. The Aichi Type 99 Carrier Bomber (D3A) – ……続きを見る

This is a collection of anecdotes, recollections and reports of the brave crews of the RAF Air Sea Rescue High Speed Launches of the during WWII. These crews operated wherever the RAF and her allies……続きを見る

The population of wartime Japan (1940–1945) has remained a largely faceless enemy to most Americans thanks to the distortions of US wartime propaganda, popular culture, and news reports. At a time w……続きを見る

The Women's Land Army are probably one of the lesser-known branches of the women's forces that served their country during World War Two. Thousands of women faced losing their stories to history, bu……続きを見る

Critical acclaim for The Battle for Okinawa "An indispensable account of the fighting and of Okinawa's role in the Japanese defense of the home islands." --The Wall Street Journal "A fascinating, hi……続きを見る

An illustrated volume on the Raiden and Shiden, which both proved to be more than a match for Allied Fighters over the Pacific, ideal for those with interest in Japanese aviation during World War 2.……続きを見る

Just So Stories is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known works. These are s……続きを見る

Between Hitler and Churchill exposes an unknown facet in the World War II history: the attempt of a senior official in the Polish government-in-exile to collude with the Third Reich and a successful……続きを見る

The Japanese military is accused of abducting 200,000 women, mostly from Korea, and using them as sex slaves. WWII military records provide a completely different perspective. This is a compilation ……続きを見る

Manipulating Images: World War II Mobilization of Women through Magazine Advertising explores gendered and class-based representations of American women in women's magazine advertisements published ……続きを見る

L'histoire poignante de ces pilotes japonais sacrifiés pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale A l’heure actuelle, il existe encore des hommes et des femmes qui apprennent, jour après jour, les moindres ……続きを見る

L'intégrale de la série à succès sur les secrets du IIIe Reich. Dans ce livre rassemblant les deux volumes des "Secrets du IIIe Reich", enrichi d'un chapitre inédit, François Kersaudy et Yannis Kada……続きを見る

Axis Rising: The Beginner’s Guide to the Second World War is the book to read for a quick, easy-to-understand, yet comprehensive overview of World War Two. Beginning with the birth of Hitler and fol……続きを見る

"Lively and entertaining . . . Those fearlessly determined female pilots are the professional forebears of the women who would slowly break down barriers in the U.S. military in the decades that fol……続きを見る

Formed in July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 16th Armored Division was the last U.S. armored division to be activated in World War II, the last deployed to the European Theater and the last to……続きを見る

Winner: George Pendleton Prize Scribes Award, Honorable Mention Silver Gavel Award, Finalist “I don’t blame my executioners. I will pray God bless them.” So said General Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japan’s ……続きを見る

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz tells the stories of four Jewish girls during the Holocaust, strangers whose lives were unknow……続きを見る

Motivated by the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, champion swimmer Lee "Stump" Kelley is hell bent on becoming a Marine. Waylaid by a silver-tongued Navy recruiter he becomes a frogman instead. After b……続きを見る

James A. Nist lived an extraordinary life in his 24 years. Raised on a New Jersey farm, he graduated high school at 16 and earned both a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University and a private pilot……続きを見る

The most produced Japanese bomber of the war, the G4M saw action on every front from the first day of the Pacific conflict through to VJ-Day. The 'Betty's' very long range made it a key weapon durin……続きを見る

The fascinating story of the Germans' and Italians' great aerial siege of the British colony of Malta, one of the longest air campaigns of World War II, alongside superb, specially commissioned artw……続きを見る

The history of how the Luftwaffe planned to knock out Holland, but instead suffered wounds against the Dutch that would come to haunt them in the Battle of Britain. The German invasion of the Nether……続きを見る

This book takes a fresh approach to the London Blitz by viewing this time through individual local boroughs of the metropolis. The term ‘London Blitz’ means that culturally we have become accustomed……続きを見る

A first-person account of a young English girl and her family living and working during WWII, enduring what seems an eternity of living with frightening bomb raids, sleeping under a table, and watch……続きを見る

Ein bisher unbekanntes Briefzeugnis führt in die frühe Rezeption des NS-Widerstands und die Geschichte des »Kreisauer Kreises«. 1957 schreibt Christian Troebst (1925-1995), Pfarrer einer württemberg……続きを見る

If this doesn't move you, I suggest you check your pulse.' –John Kay, frontman of Steppenwolf (born in East Prussia in 1944) Told by the children who survived, these stories could well be the last e……続きを見る