What makes a man of God go to war, put themselves in extreme danger, giving care to wounded and dying? This is the story of Chaplains in World War 2....Loe edasi...
A ground-level history of the Holocaust, told through the voices of twenty European Jews. Drawing from diaries and memoirs, it reveals a multiplicity of experiences across countries, classes, and religious backgrounds. Each chapter traces a single y...Loe edasi...
Captured during the fall of Singapore in 1942, Percy Herbert survived Japanese captivity and the including the Alexandra Hospital massacre. Discovered after the war by Dame Sybil Thorndike, he went on to appear in over ninety films. A remarkable mem...Loe edasi...
Captured during the fall of Singapore in 1942, Percy Herbert survived Japanese captivity and the Alexandra Hospital massacre. Discovered after the war by Dame Sybil Thorndike, he went on to appear in over ninety films. A remarkable memoir of surviva...Loe edasi...
Catalina flying boats had unique characteristics and were operated by the RAAF in the Pacific War combat zone from the first day of the war to the last, serving in several key roles. This is a complete operational history of the Catalina in Australi...Loe edasi...
By drawing on the official wartime US Navy Combat Narrative, this book examines the mighty Coral Sea battle and explains the weapons, technology and tactics involved. Aimed at the non-expert reader, the book sets forth how one of the most important...Loe edasi...
An original member of the 506th PIRs demolition section, Jack Agnew fought in Normandy and the Netherlands, and was a Pathfinder for supply drops in Bastogne. Based on Agnews own recollections, this book reveals the reality of the notorious unit tha...Loe edasi...
This book discusses a number of operations undertaken by the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps in the direction of the Black Sea in 1941 and 42. A detailed analysis of raids and advances taken by panzer units on the Eastern Front in 1941–42.This book dis...Loe edasi...
It was soldiers from the German 716th Division who stood in the front line facing many of the Allied units that went ashore on 6 June 1944, D-Day, particularly the Anglo-Canadian assaults at Juno Beach and Sword Beach, as well as fighting against th...Loe edasi...
This collection of vivid essays examines some of the most fascinating aspects of the German resistance to Hitler. It includes the first translations into English of pioneering studies on the role of a leading Nazi in the July Plot, the flight of Rudo...Loe edasi...
The two most notorious massacres of British troops by the SS, at Le Paradis and at Wormhout, in northern France, took place within a day and forty kilometers of each other in May 1940.At Wormhout the main victims of the carnage were members of the 2n...Loe edasi...
Hitlers Ardennes Offensive, his last great throw of the dice, was stagnating. After the initial German successes, the Allies had rallied. In a desperate bid to recover the momentum, the Luftwaffe aimed to gain control of the air by launching a major...Loe edasi...
In April 1944 with the D-Day invasion looming, a convoy of American landing craft sailed along Englands south coast. In the dead of night, German E-boats struck and within minutes, ships were sunk, hundreds of US servicemen were dead, and the Allies...Loe edasi...
The Royal Norfolk Regiment had a fighting record second to none. Five members of the Regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross, the greatest number to any Line Infantry Regiment during the Second World War. 1st Battalion landed on Sword Be...Loe edasi...
As oral history gains long-overdue recognition, its power to illuminate the past has never been more vital. From buried time capsules to the preserved voices, letters, diaries, photographs and films of those who lived through history’s most pivotal m...Loe edasi...
This book examines the intellectual trajectories of international mid-career scholars working on the Second World War and the Holocaust in France across a wide range of disciplines, including history, literature, and cultural studies. It scrutinises...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: not a cult LLC, ISBN-13: 9781945649738)
A revelatory new history from one of Europes leading scholars, uncovering how Stalins systematic plunder of Germany after World War II fueled the Soviet Unions rise to superpower status. When the Red Army advanced into Central Europe in 194445, its...Loe edasi...
From genocidal campaigns to careful neutrality to valiant lifesaving efforts, every countrys experience of the Holocaust was different during and immediately following World War II. A RUSA Outstanding Reference Source 2025...Loe edasi...
