This book tells the bewildering tale of one of the most insidious, yet almost forgotten crimes against humanity planned by the Nazis during the Third Reich. Soon after taking power in 1933, the Nazis introduced a program of involuntary sterilization...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496246400)
Named a 2024 Southwest Book of the Year by Pima County Public Library On July 16, 1945, just weeks before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that brought about the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, the United States...Loe edasi...
Marie-Hélène Benoit-Otis, Cécile Quesney, Stacey Brown
Sari: Eastman Studies in Music
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Rochester Press, ISBN-13: 9781648251085)
A piercing investigation showing how a glittering Mozart music festival in 1941 Vienna became a powerful instrument of Nazi propaganda in both annexed Austria and occupied France....Loe edasi...
Positioned at the crossroads of global and military history, this is a major contribution to the cultural and social history of war and its aftermath. Cabanes and Givens bring together leading experts to offer an interlaced history which rethinks th...Loe edasi...
Sari: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009692946)
Positioned at the crossroads of global and military history, this is a major contribution to the cultural and social history of war and its aftermath. Cabanes and Givens bring together leading experts to offer an interlaced history which rethinks th...Loe edasi...
Through a series of case studies, Gavin J. Bailey reveals new details of how Britain used American aircraft and integrates this with broader British statecraft and strategy. He challenges conceptions that Britain was strategically reliant on the US...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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197781395)
Brokering a Race War traces the complex experiences of Nisei soldiers and civilian linguists framed in a trans-imperial context. During the years of the Pacific War and occupied Japan, more than ten thousand second-generation Japanes...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 book tells the bewildering tale of one of the most insidious, yet almost forgotten crimes against humanity planned by the Nazis during the Third Reich. Soon after taking power in 1933, the Nazis introduced a program of involuntary sterilization...Loe edasi...
They fought in the Battle of the Bulge and landed at Guadalcanal; they bombed Germany and bull-rushed Iwo Jima. Yes, these men were soldiers, but they shared something else vital in common: They were college and pro football players. Some carri...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jul-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9798899190056)
This account reveals the overlooked role of Marine Defense Battalions in shaping the early Pacific War, from Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal. Highlighting their coordination with Marine aviation and their legacy in today’s littoral regiments, it shows...Loe edasi...
Come face to face with a group of sailors posing with the ships cat on board HMS Belfast in this scene reproduced from IWMs Film Archive....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496246400)
Named a 2024 Southwest Book of the Year by Pima County Public Library On July 16, 1945, just weeks before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that brought about the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, the United States...Loe edasi...
Aged just twenty-one, U.S. airman Kurt Kurtenbach was captured and tortured by the Gestapo in 1942. He would spend the rest of the war in Stalag 17B—yet he refused to give up. As spokesman for thousands of American POWs, he battled daily for food, fa...Loe edasi...
Analyzes British-Yishuv relations in 1941–42, revealing limited cooperation shaping defenses and future Jewish Brigade.In May 1941 a string of German victories, a pro-Nazi revolt in Iraq and a hostile Vichy-led collaborationist government in Syria su...Loe edasi...
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh – later Lord – Dowding was one of the greatest Englishmen of the 20th century. He created Fighter Command with its unique early warning system (radar) from nothing in 1936 to the efficient defensive force it became in 1940...Loe edasi...
At 16.00 hours on 27 July 1944, the Stars and Stripes were raised over the central Pacific island of Guam. The symbolism of this moment was not lost on the officers and men who saluted the raising of Old Glory. This was because the first American fl...Loe edasi...
At 08.15 hours on 6 August 1945, one of the most seismic events in human history unfolded over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. An atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, exploded about 1,500 feet above the city with a force of 15,000 tons of TNT. Around f...Loe edasi...
Explores the pivotal role of Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds II Canadian Corps in July 1944, detailing key operations like ATLANTIC and SPRING.The first of two volumes, Monty’s Normandy Hammer traces the major operations fought by Lieutenant-General...Loe edasi...
From its pre-war inception and difficult gestation as a high-speed bomber to its adaptation as a night fighter, torpedo bomber and reconnaissance platform, the Junkers Ju 88 was one of the most versatile and widely used aircraft of World War II. Junk...Loe edasi...
The book is an unparalleled visual chronicle of the Battle of Tarawa in the Pacific theater in World War II. What makes this book particularly rare is the access The Battle of Tarawa was a bloody harbinger of the many Pacific Island battl...Loe edasi...
A lifesaving gas mask. A ration book, essential for the supply of food. A shelter stove that kept a family warm whilst they huddled in their Anderson shelter. A leaflet dropped by the Luftwaffe that was designed to intimidate Britain’s populace durin...Loe edasi...
After the disastrous Battle of Kursk in July 1943, the Soviets went on the offensive. A series of counterattacks began all along the Eastern Front that would eventually lead the Red Army to the Nazi capital in less than two years....Loe edasi...
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 E is shown. This book consists of 16 pages and features detailed scale plans in 1/72 scale. It includes 14 color profiles, providing a visual guide to various markings. Captions are presented in English, complemented by color...Loe edasi...
In 1941, a year after France formally surrendered, Charles de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French forces, appointed Jean Moulin to coordinate the various resistance movements that had sprung up all over France. His mission was to unify the diverse...Loe edasi...
The Panzerwaffe: Vehicles, Equipment, Weapons, Uniforms and Insignia is a highly illustrated chronicle of Nazi Germanys Panzerwaffe (Armoured Force) during the Second World War. Spanning the Blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 to the desperate final days o...Loe edasi...
The Mosquito was the most successful battle-winning multi-role combat aircraft of the Second World War. It was introduced by the de Havilland Aircraft Company as an unarmed, un-interceptable, long range, high speed, high altitude medium bomber. An u...Loe edasi...
This is the history of Britain’s armaments industry during the Second World War.It begins with the rearmament before the war and shows how a shadow industry was prepared, in response to German aggression. See how industry was organised and programmed...Loe edasi...
On the evening of Monday, 5th June 1944, the people of Britain went to bed with a sense of great events impending. They knew that any day now would come news of the battle that would forever alter the course of their lives, and the lives of their ch...Loe edasi...
Marie-Hélène Benoit-Otis, Cécile Quesney, Stacey Brown
Sari: Eastman Studies in Music
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Rochester Press, ISBN-13: 9781648251085)
A piercing investigation showing how a glittering Mozart music festival in 1941 Vienna became a powerful instrument of Nazi propaganda in both annexed Austria and occupied France....Loe edasi...
Positioned at the crossroads of global and military history, this is a major contribution to the cultural and social history of war and its aftermath. Cabanes and Givens bring together leading experts to offer an interlaced history which rethinks th...Loe edasi...
Sari: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009692946)
Positioned at the crossroads of global and military history, this is a major contribution to the cultural and social history of war and its aftermath. Cabanes and Givens bring together leading experts to offer an interlaced history which rethinks th...Loe edasi...
Through a series of case studies, Gavin J. Bailey reveals new details of how Britain used American aircraft and integrates this with broader British statecraft and strategy. He challenges conceptions that Britain was strategically reliant on the US...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: 26-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The Cloister House Press, ISBN-13: 9781918131031)
Orphaned by war, forged by loss, and carried by restless change - from ruined Florence to a world in motion, one mans life unfolds in cycles of hardship, resilience, and hard-won meaning....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Imperial War Museum, ISBN-13: 9781911748014)
The War Against Japan offers a detailed and visually rich account of the campaign in South East Asia and the Pacific during the Second World War,The War Against Japan offers a detailed and visually rich account of the campaign in South...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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
