World War II

मैंस सर्च फ़ॉर मीनिंग, होलोकास्ट से निकली एक अद्भुत व उल्लेखनीय क्लासिक पुस्तक है।....

Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.

American journalist and author William L. Shirer was a war correspondent for six years in Nazi Germany, having a front-row seat to Hitler’s rise in influence and power....

Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare ever published....

In the chaos following World War II, the US government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-indomitable war machine. So began Operation Paperclip, a decades-long, covert project....

Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. Malcolm Gladwell reexamines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time....

For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents....

Joe Pappalardo's Inferno tells the true story of the men who flew the deadliest missions of World War II, and an unlikely hero who received the Medal of Honor in the midst of the bloodiest military campaign in aviation history....

This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire....

Based on previously unpublished documents, diaries, notes, photographs, and dramatic interviews with Hitler's colleagues and associates....

Slomo Venezia was born into a poor Jewish-Italian community living in Thessaloniki, Greece. At first, the occupying Italians protected his family; but when the Germans invaded, the Venezias were deported to Auschwitz....

Briefly allies during World War II, Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin then tried to exterminate each other in sweeping campaigns unlike anything the modern world had ever seen, affecting soldiers and civilians alike....

In the tradition of The Rape of Nanking and A Problem from Hell, this account will change the way we think of Churchill and World War II....

Winston Churchill is an icon of modern history, but even though he was at the forefront of the political scene for almost 60 years...

The untold story of an Israeli spy’s epic journey to bring the notorious Butcher of Latvia to justice - a case that altered the fates of all ex-Nazis....

Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen - Winston Churchill first among them - the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided....

Allied troops are beginning to halt Hitler’s advance. But Allied scientists are struggling. Intelligence reports put them second in a competition that could determine the outcome of the war: the race to build the world’s first nuclear weapon....

The classic first-hand WWII narrative that chronicles the Marines’ savage five-day struggle to wrest Mount Suribachi from its tenacious Japanese defenders....

Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves, Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft....

This illuminating study explores the ways in which the defeat of the Japanese in World War II, followed by over six years of American military occupation, affected every level of Japanese society....

The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed more than 100,000 instantly, mostly women, children and the elderly...

Hitler hyökkäsi Puolaan 1. syyskuuta 1939. Maa tuli vallata nopeasti, ennen kuin Britannia ja Ranska ehtisivät apuun. Saksan järeät...

Oli 22. kesäkuuta 1941 kello 3.41. Saksan sotilaat olivat valmiina taisteluun 1 800 kilometrin pituisella linjalla, joka ulottui...

Dauntless-syöksypommittajien lentue nousi USS Enterprise -lentotukialukselta 4. kesäkuuta 1942. Ensin Japanin laivaston koneet olivat...

Vuonna 1933 Adolf Hitler nousi valtaan Saksassa, missä hän oli hurmannut kansan lupauksilla rauhasta ja järjestyksestä. Hän lupasi...

"Shots Fired in Anger" by Lt. Col. John George is a compelling memoir and technical analysis from the front lines of the Burma campaign during World War II. Drawing upon his personal experiences, George provides an insightful narrative that offers a detailed look at the challenges and realities of combat against the Japanese forces. Not merely a collection of war stories, the book stands out for its in-depth evaluation of the small arms and weaponry used in the conflict, blending historical significance with technical expertise.

In 1932, Hazel Ying Lee, a nineteen-year-old American daughter of Chinese immigrants, sat in on a friend's flight lesson. It changed her life. In less than a year, a girl with a wicked sense of humor, a newfound love of flying, and a tough can-do attitude earned her pilot's license and headed for China to help against invading Japanese forces. In time, Hazel would become the first Asian American to fly with the Women Airforce Service Pilots. As thrilling as it may have been, it wasn't easy.

FACING THE LION is the autobiographical account of a young girl's faith and courage. In the years immediately preceding World War II, Simone Arnold is a young girl who delights in life – her doting parents, her loving aunts and uncles, and her grandparents at their mountain farm in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France. As Simone grows into her preteen years, her parents turn from the Catholic Church and become devout Jehovah's Witnesses. Simone, too, embraces the faith. The Nazi party (the "Lion") takes over Alsace-Lorraine, and Simone's schools become Nazi propaganda machines.

Met nooit eerder gepubliceerd materiaal. Voor het eerst wordt het ware verhaal verteld achter de geheime eenheid van de SAS die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog undercover ging bij de vijand Een verhaal over echte helden, achtervolgingen, spionage en explosies In de zomer van 1941, op het hoogtepunt van de oorlog in de westelijke Sahara, bedenkt de jonge, excentrieke officier David Stirling een radicaal plan: een kleine undercovereenheid moet chaos veroorzaken achter de vijandelijke linies.

Field marshal and statesman Gustaf Mannerheim (1867-1951) was the most acclaimed and the most hated Finn of the twentieth century. After three decades of loyal and distinguished service in the Russian Tsarist army, he returned to his homeland in 1917 to defend its new independence. This iconic figure led the Finnish forces as Commander-in-Chief during both World Wars, then ended his career as President of Finland.

Rudolfs Krieg ist die Geschichte eines Soldaten der Panzertruppe, welcher vom Richtschützen bis zum Ersatz Kommandanten aufgestiegen ist. In den Jahren an der Ostfront fand er Kameraden und Freunde, sah Tod und Verderben und blieb dabei trotzdem ein Mensch. Er erzählt seine Geschichte, durchzogen von Erfolgen und Verlusten, von Siegen und Niederlagen. Familie und Heimat bestimmen seine Sichtweise sowie auch Freundschaften unter den Soldaten. Aus diese Sicht hat noch keine über den Panzerkrieg im zweiten Weltkrieg berichtet.

On the 14th of August 1941, a Polish monk named Maximilian Maria Kolbe was murdered in Auschwitz. Kolbe's life had been remarkable. Fiercely intelligent and driven, he founded a movement of Catholicism and spent several years in Nagasaki, ministering to the 'hidden Christians' who had emerged after centuries of oppression. A Polish nationalist as well as a monk, he gave sanctuary to fleeing refugees and his death was no less remarkable: he volunteered to die, saving the life of a fellow prisoner. It was an act that profoundly transformed the lives of two Japanese men.

In diesem detailliert beschriebenen Tagebuch des Jagdfliegers Rüdiger von Kirchmayr wird der Luftkrieg über Europa in eine neue Dimension gehoben. Wir begleiten den Soldaten durch seine Ausbildung hin zum Jagdflieger, seine ersten Einsätze an der Front und auch die ersten Verluste unter den Kameraden. Die Ritterlichkeit im Luftkampf unter Jagdfliegern wird ebenes beschrieben wie die unschöne Bombardierung von Zielen als Schlachtflieger Ersatz im Erdkampf.

Il 20 settembre 1943 alle quindici e trenta un manipolo di ufficiali nazisti varca la soglia di palazzo Koch, elegante sede della Banca d'Italia. Fra loro c'è il tenente colonnello delle ss Herbert Kappler, comandante dello spionaggio hitleriano. I tedeschi presentano le loro richieste al governatore Vincenzo Azzolini: vogliono l'oro della Banca d'Italia, tutto l'oro. In quel momento, nei suoi caveau, l'istituto di via Nazionale ne custodisce quasi 120 tonnellate.

Dans l'ombre de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le voyage de Raymond Heymann, d'une vie tranquille en Alsace au cœur de la Résistance française, se déroule dans ce récit captivant. Né dans une famille juive profondément enracinée dans l'identité française, la jeunesse de Raymond, riche en culture et en traditions, est brisée par le début de la guerre. Plongé dans un monde où la survie dépend du secret et du courage, il doit naviguer dans les complexités de l'occupation, de la trahison et de la quête incessante de la liberté.

In diesem sehr detaillierten Erlebnisbericht beschreibt die Mutter von 5 Kindern, wie sie die Flucht aus Ostpreußen erlebte. Welche Menschen sie traf, welche auch halfen und wer nur an sein eigenes Leben dachte. Wie viele Tragödien sich, in den Wirren dieser Flucht ereigneten und wie viele Menschen starben, ist kaum zu glauben. Ein erschütternder Bericht über die Zustände 1945, welcher der jungen Generation eine Warnung sein sollte.

Am 4. Mai 1945, kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs, gerät eine Gruppe von Männern östlich der Elbe in russische Gefangenschaft. Drei Jahre dauert das leidvolle Dasein in einem Lager in der Nähe von Kaunas/Litauen. Im Zivilberuf Bankkaufmann, erweist einer der Gefangenen viel Spürsinn, wenn es darum geht, für seine Kameraden und das Lager Dinge des alltäglichen Bedarf zu "organisieren". Die Hauptsache war: überleben! schildert das harte Leben der Gefangenen in Litauen.

Written from the "other side" and told as much as possible through the words of the veterans, this is an important book on one of the most controversial campaigns of the Second World War.

In November 1941, Hitler ordered German forces to complete the final drive on the Soviet capital, now less than 100 kilometers away. Army Group Center was pressed into the attack for one last attempt to break Soviet resistance before the onset of winter. From the German perspective, the final drive on Moscow had all the ingredients of a dramatic final battle in the east, which, according to previous accounts, only failed at the gates of Moscow.

Der Held des 20. Jahrhunderts: Er hat Hitler aufgehalten. Unter den herausragenden Politikern des 20. Jahrhunderts ist Churchill der schillerndste. Hollywood hat den Adeligen mit der Zigarre längst zu einer Film- und Heldenfigur überhöht. Seine Sätze, dass er etwa »außer Blut, Schweiß und Tränen« nichts zu bieten habe, sind geflügelte Worte. Churchill gilt als einer der größten Redner der Geschichte, hat seinen aufwendigen Lebensunterhalt als Schriftsteller und Journalist bestritten und wurde mit dem Nobelpreis für Literatur ausgezeichnet.