This is a riveting and disturbing account of the medical atrocities performed in and around Japan during WWII.Some of the cruelest deeds of Japans war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in...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...
A remarkable true story about saving life in wartime, not taking it A story destined to be told. A fascinating history of blood for the front line. Humbling, awe inspiring and life affirming. Sue Black, author of All That Remains ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526197955)
Home front heroism explores how civilians were framed as heroic during the Second World War. Through a focus on London, this book explores how the effects and demands of conflict created increased opportunities for heroics, and created a need for he...Loe edasi...
This book takes a thematic-cum-stylistic approach to Audens earlier poetry and poetics. By dividing the poets ethical consciousness into three thematic groups (cognition, emotion and conation), it demonstrates how readers can construct poetic themes...Loe edasi...
This book explores the military events and diplomatic games in the later years of World War II through which Josip Broz Titos Yugoslav Partisans resistance movement gained the support of the Allies and, eventually, control over Yugoslavia itself....Loe edasi...
This Palgrave Handbook offers the first comprehensive survey of the history and memory of the Holocaust in Australia. Divided into four parts, the handbook covers key historical connections between Australia and the events of the Holocaust, includ...Loe edasi...
Packed with rare and unpublished photographs, this is a new history of the Red Armys tracked artillery tractors that were pivotal to its success in World War II. Packed with rare and unpublished photographs, this is a new histor...Loe edasi...
A unique history of the Axis powers attempt to win the Second World War in 1942, told through the eyes of those who were there. A unique history of the Axis powers attempt to win the Second World War in 1942, told through the eye...Loe edasi...
A radical new history of the Second World War in Asia, challenging the Eurocentric perspective of the conflict and arguing that this was not just a war against fascism but also against empire....Loe edasi...
Fully illustrated, this study examines World War IIs most dramatic single-ship action, in which Stephen Hopkins fought a heavily armed German auxiliary cruiser, Stier. Fully illustrated, this study examines World...Loe edasi...
The first illustrated study in English of the Finnish Air Forces battle to repel the Soviet invaders during the Winter War, one of the greatest David-and-Goliath air battles in history.In 1939, the Soviet Union invaded its neighbou...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198980711)
This book explores the history of the persecution of the Sinti and Roma communities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland from 1870 to 1945. Using a transnational approach, it reveals how Nazi racial policies evolved from attempts at assimilation to...Loe edasi...
The first complete English-language collection of Simone Weil’s letters to her loved ones, A Life in Letters deepens appreciation of one of the twentieth century’s great thinkers by offering insight into her relationships, spiritual and occupa...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...
This Open Access book presents the first in-depth analysis of the Finnish-German military alliance (19411944) as a translation zone a multilingual network of military, administrative and civilian encounters held together by linguistically versed so...Loe edasi...
A vivid account of one of historys most significant events: the approval, construction, and fateful decision to drop the atomic bomb - based on new research and interviews, timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima attack....Loe edasi...
From the New York Times bestselling author, the incredible true story of the American archaeologists and classicists who went undercover as OSS spies during World War II to fight the Nazis and protect the worlds most precious relics...Loe edasi...
A thrilling true story of courage, resistance and ultimately betrayal in the Third Reich captured by internationally bestselling author and prize-winning journalist Jonathan Freedland....Loe edasi...
The incredible story of how one of Adolf Hitlers top secret V2 rockets was stolen by the Poles and smuggled to Britain in the most extraordinary operation of the Second World War. A fascinating account of one of World War Twos most s...Loe edasi...
This visual history sheds light on forgotten parts of World War II history through the lens of the US Marine Corps, serving everywhere outside of the Pacific.When we think of US Marine involvement in World War II, we invariably thin...Loe edasi...
Mead significantly expands our understanding of Montgomery himself, his motivation and his genius GENERAL LORD RICHARD DANNATTDeeply researched, highly insightful... Contains all anyone needs to know about Britains most consequen...Loe edasi...
From the hellish skies over Europe to the unforgiving terrain of the Himalayas, this is the first complete history of the C-47 aircrews who helped turn the tide of war....Loe edasi...
Discover for the first time the story of the Organisation Todt, a hidden and brutal organisation overseen by Hitler at the heart of the Nazi machine....Loe edasi...
Sari: Williams-Ford Texas a&M University Military History Series
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Texas A & M University Press, ISBN-13: 9781648433467)
At 85 years of age, reflecting on his experiences in the Pacific Theater in World War II, former US Army cavalry soldier Warren E. Murtha said, The proudest moment of my life occurred when I went through the gate at Santo Tomas in Manila and I saw...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192843784)
The story of Churchills relationship with the various kings and queens he served during his long political career, from his time as a radical Liberal under Edward VII, through his Finest Hour in the Second World War, to his last premiership under El...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231215022)
Through the lens of food and agriculture, this book offers new ways to understand the roots of the post–Second World War global order and the US position in it. The United States’s superpower status is often associated with its industrial, fi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231215039)
The United States’s superpower status is often associated with its industrial, financial, and military might. Yet its global power after the Second World War hinged in part on something often seen as backward: agriculture. In contrast to Britain, the...Loe edasi...
They werent willing to kill for their country, but they were willing to die for it. During World War II, religious pacifist David Miller and a group of conscientious objectors made an extraordinary choice: they signed up for government-sp...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: 25-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Imperial War Museum, ISBN-13: 9781911748014)
The War Against Japan offers a detailed and visual account of the campaign in South East Asia and the Pacific during the Second World War. The historical narrative is enriched with photographs, artworks and personal testimony from IWMs collections,...Loe edasi...
A remarkable true story about saving life in wartime, not taking it A story destined to be told. A fascinating history of blood for the front line. Humbling, awe inspiring and life affirming. Sue Black, author of All That Remains ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526197955)
Home front heroism explores how civilians were framed as heroic during the Second World War. Through a focus on London, this book explores how the effects and demands of conflict created increased opportunities for heroics, and created a need for he...Loe edasi...
This book takes a thematic-cum-stylistic approach to Audens earlier poetry and poetics. By dividing the poets ethical consciousness into three thematic groups (cognition, emotion and conation), it demonstrates how readers can construct poetic themes...Loe edasi...
This book explores the military events and diplomatic games in the later years of World War II through which Josip Broz Titos Yugoslav Partisans resistance movement gained the support of the Allies and, eventually, control over Yugoslavia itself....Loe edasi...
This Palgrave Handbook offers the first comprehensive survey of the history and memory of the Holocaust in Australia. Divided into four parts, the handbook covers key historical connections between Australia and the events of the Holocaust, includ...Loe edasi...
Packed with rare and unpublished photographs, this is a new history of the Red Armys tracked artillery tractors that were pivotal to its success in World War II. Packed with rare and unpublished photographs, this is a new histor...Loe edasi...
A unique history of the Axis powers attempt to win the Second World War in 1942, told through the eyes of those who were there. A unique history of the Axis powers attempt to win the Second World War in 1942, told through the eye...Loe edasi...
A radical new history of the Second World War in Asia, challenging the Eurocentric perspective of the conflict and arguing that this was not just a war against fascism but also against empire....Loe edasi...
Fully illustrated, this study examines World War IIs most dramatic single-ship action, in which Stephen Hopkins fought a heavily armed German auxiliary cruiser, Stier. Fully illustrated, this study examines World...Loe edasi...
The first illustrated study in English of the Finnish Air Forces battle to repel the Soviet invaders during the Winter War, one of the greatest David-and-Goliath air battles in history.In 1939, the Soviet Union invaded its neighbou...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198980711)
This book explores the history of the persecution of the Sinti and Roma communities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland from 1870 to 1945. Using a transnational approach, it reveals how Nazi racial policies evolved from attempts at assimilation to...Loe edasi...
The first complete English-language collection of Simone Weil’s letters to her loved ones, A Life in Letters deepens appreciation of one of the twentieth century’s great thinkers by offering insight into her relationships, spiritual and occupa...Loe edasi...
The most honest attempt yet to tell how the Battle of Britain really was —Andrew Wilson, ObserverHistory is swamped by patriotic myths about the aerial combat fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe over the summer of 1940. I...Loe edasi...
The most honest attempt yet to tell how the Battle of Britain really was —Andrew Wilson, ObserverHistory is swamped by patriotic myths about the aerial combat fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe over the summer of 1940. I...Loe edasi...
Volume 2 is devoted to the preparation by Moscow of hostilities near Kursk in the spring and early summer of 1943 and consists of two parts. Part I analyzes the activities of the Stavka B of the Air Command, the General Staff of the Red Army, the com...Loe edasi...
XXX Corps, one of the most formidable and experienced corps in Montgomery’s armoury, has carved out an enviable reputation for itself in battle that few can match. Their story is meticulously researched in ‘A Final Reckoning’, which is a brutal blow-...Loe edasi...
The Italian Army in the Battle for Sicily recounts the Sicilian campaign during the summer of 1943, as experienced through the actions of the Italian units tasked with confronting the invasion. The Italians were equipped with inadequate weaponry and...Loe edasi...
Sent to Die in Berlin is the untold story of 300 Latvian soldiers ordered into the German capital in late April 1945 in a futile attempt to hold back the Red Army.Very few survived, and until now the stories of the veterans who escaped have been in L...Loe edasi...
This first volume of Iron Resolve offers a compelling and meticulously researched account of the 4th Armoured Brigade’s preparation for, and initial contact in, the Battle of Gazala—one of the most significant armoured confrontations of the Second Wo...Loe edasi...
This first volume traces the dramatic transformation of Italy’s elite naval raiders into a land-based force during the turbulent years following the 1943 armistice. Drawing on archival sources and contemporary accounts, Massimiliano Afiero explores t...Loe edasi...
