CK - World War II 26

In Invasion On Stephen M. Rusiecki describes the process of how and why Americans developed a standing narrative of the World War II operation known as D-Day based upon a common, press-enabled, them……続きを見る

Packed with personal accounts of the action, this is a vivid narrative history of the often-overlooked USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily in World War II. In 1942, the Western Allies needed t……続きを見る

Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Dutch Naval Air Force--or Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (MLD)--played a significant but largely overlooked role in the opening months of the Pacific War……続きを見る

Wayne K. Blickenstaff, known as “Blick,” was a stalwart of the 350th Fighter Squadron of the 353rd Fighter Group based at Goxhill, Metfield and Raydon, England as part of the Eighth Air Force prosec……続きを見る

As wedding bells ring out, joy will be found amidst the tensions of war… At RAF Fenthorpe, instrument repairer Thea is helping her sister, Pearl, plan her wedding alongside fellow WAAF and maid of h……続きを見る

Central Asia has long been situated at the geographical crossroads of East and West, once strategically located on the ancient Silk Road. The envy of the expanding Russian empire, it was colonized i……続きを見る

Fred Brems was drafted in 1941, six months before Pearl Harbor. He spent all of World War II as a tanker, serving in the European Theater in the U.S. Army's most celebrated division, the 2nd Armored……続きを見る

The Panzerkampfwagen IV has often been referred to as the 'workhorse' of the German Army in World War II. This important weapon went through several upgrades and improvements and was the only German……続きを見る

"... a work of exceptional scholarship that stands as a testament to the exhaustive nature of historical research." ー War History Network This three-volume set offers concise biographical informati……続きを見る

As the last flames of the Second World War flickered and died, Germany emerged into an apocalyptic wasteland, where the Hitler Youth generation would be cursed with the running sore of National Soci……続きを見る

The second volume in Dick Taylor’s three-volume illustrated history of the evolution of armored maneuver warfare in the British army covers the period of the Second World War, in which the tank came……続きを見る

Nazi UFOs tells the strange tale of how, following the first alleged flying saucer sightings made in the USA in 1947, a series of fantasists and neo-fascists came forward to create a media myth that……続きを見る

When the revolutionary twin jet-powered Arado Ar 234 first appeared in the skies over north-west Europe in the summer of 1944, it represented the state-of-the-art in terms of aeronautical and techni……続きを見る

Our Greatest Battle (the Meuse-Argonne) is a book by Frederick Palmer. It recounts the events surrounding the battle at the Meuse-Argonne where Americans fought valiantly in WWII. 続きを見る

La historia de uno de los bombardeos más famosos de la historia, contada a partir de las voces de quienes los sufrieron, en su 75 aniversario. En los últimos días de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los a……続きを見る

The Bitter Road to Freedom is a powerful, deeply moving account of an earth-shattering year in the history of the U.S. and Europe. Americans are justly proud of the role their country played in libe……続きを見る

Frederick Scott Oliver's 'Ordeal by Battle' is a seminal work of military history that delves deep into the strategies and tactics employed by notable military leaders in various historical battles.……続きを見る

In 'Memories of the Confederate War for Independence' by Heros von Borcke, readers are transported back to the American Civil War era through a collection of memoirs detailing the author's experienc……続きを見る

Like so many others who served in World War II, Leon Granacki was an ordinary guy from a working-class immigrant family drafted into the US Army and thrust into the horrors of war in the South Pacif……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

Medal of Honor recipient Jack H. Lucas’s classic memoir of his heroics at the Battle of Iwo Jimaーwith a foreword by Bob Dole and reissued to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the battle in 2020……続きを見る

They were the unsung heroines of World War II; the wives, mums and teenage girls, all 'doing their bit' for the war effort, clocking in daily to work in cast munitions factories, helping make the ex……続きを見る

Tuesday, 8 May 1945: Victory in Europe Day. A day of joyous celebration, as the end of a conflict which had engulfed the world came within touching distance. Millions of people celebrated in the str……続きを見る

It was the evening of August 31st 1939. The New Germany, the third Reich, led by chancellor Adolph Hitler, has invade Poland in a surprise attack involving 52 divisions of over 1,800,000 soldiers on……続きを見る

The definitive and dramatic account of what became known as "Operation Vengeance" -- the targeted kill by U.S. fighter pilots of Japan's larger-than-life military icon, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the……続きを見る

Arlette Testyler livre un témoignage poignant en forme de devoir de mémoire pour se souvenir de toutes celles et tous ceux qui ne sont pas revenus des camps et n'ont pas échappé à l’horreur de la Sh……続きを見る

In 'War from the Inside' by Frederick L. Hitchcock, the reader is taken on a poignant journey through the harrowing experiences of a soldier on the front lines of battle. Written in a raw and unfilt……続きを見る

The first account of the Allied navies’ vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe is one of the most widely reco……続きを見る

THE FOURTH YEAR began with intensified fighting on Guadalcanal in the southern Solomon Islands in September 1942. The United States had launched their fight back in the Pacific when they landed ther……続きを見る

Published to coincide with the bombing, this dramatic and controversial account completely re-examines the Allied attack on Dresden For decades it has been assumed that the Allied bombing of Dresden……続きを見る