“A” Force explores an area of World War II deception history that has often been neglected. While older studies have focused on the D-day deception campaign and Britain’s infamous double-agents, thi……続きを見る
著者:Bruce Kuklick
出版社: University Press of Kansas
発売日: 2016年11月07日
In November of 1942, the five Sullivan brothers from Waterloo, Iowa, were killed when a Japanese torpedo sank their ship during the most ferocious naval engagement fought in the South Pacific. The f……続きを見る
This fascinating history, recounted from both the American and Japanese perspectives, follows the course of the Empire of the Sun's ultimately unequal struggle against the great allied powers. Drawi……続きを見る
The POW Camp at Fort McClellan, Alabama, was one of hundreds of American containment centers built to hold the hundreds of thousands of German prisoners captured during World War II. The camp's well……続きを見る
In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old. In his new book, destined to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its existence – the Second World War, when the Air Force saved the nati……続きを見る
“A lost world, man-eating tribesmen, lush andimpenetrable jungles, stranded American fliers (one of them a dame withgreat gams, for heaven's sake), a startling rescue mission. . . . This is atrue st……続きを見る
Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size.
Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facilities. They included the country's most important to……続きを見る
At the height of the race to build an atomic bomb, an indoor tennis court in one of the Midwest’s most affluent residential neighborhoods became a secret Manhattan Project laboratory. Polonium in th……続きを見る
At around 7 p.m. on 26 May 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave the order for Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of British troops from the harbour and beaches of Dunkirk. The German forces tha……続きを見る
Die aufsehenerregende Darstellung der russischen Sicht auf die Schlacht von Stalingrad
Bis heute wird »Stalingrad«, der Wendepunkt des Zweiten Weltkriegs, vorwiegend aus deutscher Sicht geschildert,……続きを見る
Die ersten »Einsatzgruppen« wurden unmittelbar vor dem Einmarsch in Österreich auf besonderen Befehl von Hitler gebildet. Sie sollten damals wie später gegen die »reichsfeindlichen Elemente in der W……続きを見る
The cities of Los Angeles and San Diego were boomtowns during World War II. California aviation companies designed many of the greatest combat aircraft of the era, and bustling armies of women and m……続きを見る
著者:S. P. MacKenzie
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2016年01月28日
This new, updated edition of The Battle of Britain on Screen examines in depth the origins, development and reception of the major dramatic screen representations of 'The Few' in the Battle of Brita……続きを見る
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Inspirational Life Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Peace Activist, Preacher, and World War II Hero
By Patrick Bunker
Most everyone knows something about the horrific events of ……続きを見る
著者:S. P. Mackenzie
出版社: University Press of Kansas
発売日: 2017年08月15日
During World War II, Allied casualty rates in the air were high. Of the roughly 125,000 who served as aircrew with Bomber Command, 59,423 were killed or missing and presumed killedーa fatality rate ……続きを見る
The most comprehensive and authoritative history of D-Day ever published
‘Extraordinary’ Andrew Roberts
‘Fascinating’ Daily Mail
‘Magisterial’ James Holland
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6 June 1944, 4 a.m. Hund……続きを見る
著者:Kent Puckett
出版社: Fordham University Press
発売日: 2017年05月01日
In this original and engaging work, author Kent Puckett looks at how British filmmakers imagined, saw, and sought to represent its war during wartime through film. The Second World War posed unique ……続きを見る
Operation Plunder was Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s swan song. It is rarely mentioned in the Second World War history books, and when it is, both American and British military historians dismis……続きを見る
Early in 1945 the British Liberation Army (BLA), who had battled their way from the Normandy beaches to the borders of Germany, embarked on Operation Eclipse. This was the end-game of the Second Wor……続きを見る
The first supplement for the Konflikt '47 Weird World War II wargames rules, this volume presents a range of new material for the game, including:
- New army list: The Japanese make their presence k……続きを見る
著者:Jacky Hyams
出版社: Michael O'Mara
発売日: 2017年10月19日
Spitfire Stories, published in association with Imperial War Museums, is a fascinating anthology of first-hand stories from Spitfire heroes and heroines of the Second World War. The Spitfire is the ……続きを見る
著者:Nick Cooper
出版社: Amberley Publishing
発売日: 2017年12月21日
Alexander Korda's 1936 film The Shape of Things to Come predicted the nightmare of aerial bombing against London. Even as the storm clouds gathered, the government was woefully slow in protecting it……続きを見る
著者:Herrick Chapman
出版社: Harvard University Press
発売日: 2018年01月08日
At the end of World War II, France’s greatest challenge was to repair a civil society torn asunder by Nazi occupation and total war. Recovery required the nation’s complete economic and social trans……続きを見る
著者:Alan A Jackson
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2018年01月15日
Originally published in 1973, Semi-Detached London looks at the great suburban expansion of London between the two world wars. The book covers all aspects of urban history, presenting an authoritati……続きを見る
Robert and Sandra wrote this book to honor the men and dogs who served with the 26th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon during World War Two and Korea. Only about 180 men and maybe 90 dogs served in this sm……続きを見る
Firings from the Fox Hole, takes you on a written, chronological journey through some of the darkest days of World War II. A young infantryman, Bronze Star Medallist, Angelo A. DiLisio, becomes the ……続きを見る
Mimi Rubin had fond memories of growing up in Nov Bohumn, Czechoslovakia, a place that ten thousand people called home. It was a tranquil town until September 1, 1939, when the German army invaded t……続きを見る
The Good War is a book about World War 2. It takes place in 1944 at the time of the Battle of the Bulge. The 981st U.S. Army is encamped in Brussels, Belgium. The 981st is made up of Engineering, He……続きを見る
著者:John Rickett
出版社: AuthorHouse UK
発売日: 2018年01月12日
Jim Rickett kept a diary of his work as a family doctor during the blitz of 1940/41. His work as a surgeon at the local hospital in Emsworth was acceptable and routine at the time, but is now unthin……続きを見る
Americans have been a seafaring people, since before the first Jamestown and Plymouth settlements, as British ships plied the Atlantic conducting coastal trade. It is no wonder then that, even when ……続きを見る