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In 1940, the Polish Underground wanted to know what was happening inside the recently opened Auschwitz concentration camp. Polish army officer Witold Pilecki volunteered to be arrested by the Germans and report from inside the camp. His intelligence reports, smuggled out in 1941, were among the first eyewitness accounts of Auschwitz atrocities: the extermination of Soviet POWs, its function as a camp for Polish political prisoners, and the "final solution" for Jews. Pilecki received brutal treatment until he escaped in April 1943; soon after, he wrote a brief report....

On the morning of August 15, 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin flew the last combat mission of World War II out of Iwo Jima. Today, Captain Yellin is a sharp, engaging, 93-year-old veteran whose story is brought to life by best-selling author Don Brown.

The best way for today's sailors to learn about a battle is from those who fought it. The Battle of Midway, commemorated annually in the US Navy, warrants close attention. This Naval Institute guide includes some of the most vibrant and informed accounts by individuals who fought on both sides of the June 1942 battle. The anthology pulls together memoirs, articles, excerpts from other Naval Institute books, and relevant government documents to help listeners understand what happened and explain why the battle was so significant to the naval service.

Brought to you by Penguin. Bestselling author Ben Elton's most personal novel to date, Two Brothers transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour. Berlin 1920 Two babies are born. Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood. As Germany marches...

Brought to you by Penguin. ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021*** Germany, 1945: a country in ruins. Cities have been reduced to rubble and more than half of the population are where they do not belong or do not want to be. How can a functioning society ever emerge from this chaos?...

In this riveting personal account, an authentic American hero relives the perils and triumphs of eight harrowing patrols aboard one of America's most successful World War II submarines. Courageous deeds and terror-filled moments - as well as the endless hard work of maintaining and operating a combat sub - are vividly recalled in Calvert's candid portrait.

Brought to you by Penguin. An authoritative, revelatory new history of the Holocaust, from one of the leading scholars of his generation The Holocaust is much-discussed, much-memorialized and much-portrayed. But there are major aspects of its history that have been overlooked. Spanning the...

Many indeed are the biographies of Winston Churchill, one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. But what was that influence, and how did he use it in the furtherance of his and his country's ambitions? For the first time, Professor William Nestor has delved into the life and actions of Churchill to examine just how skillfully he manipulated events to place him in positions of power.

The breathtaking new novel from the multi-award-winning author of THE OTHER HAND. 'A cracker' Stylist, 10 Exciting Books in 2016 'His best book to date' Esquire, 10 best novels of 2016 Guardian Literary Highlight of 2016 Independent Best Book to read in 2016 Irish News Top Picks for 2016...

”Seks gange forsøgte tyske officerer at slå Hitler ihjel i løbet af efteråret 1943 og sommeren 1944. Sprængstof i personlige gaver, attentatmænd bevæbnet med håndgranater og pistoler, ja endda selvmordsbombere med lommerne fulde af sprængstof jagtede Føreren, som utvivlsomt...

”De bitre kampe i Stalingrads ruiner, rædslerne på Volgaflodens mørke vande og den intense luftkrig over Stalingrad kostede hundredtusindvis af soldater og civile livet. Slaget var så udmarvende og grusomt, at selv 2. verdenskrigs mest hårdføre generaler ikke kunne undgå at blive...

Le 9 novembre 1942 dans la prison militaire de Berlin, après 18 mois de détention commune et quelques heures avant son exécution, Fernand Rahier faisait parvenir à André Thielemans ses mémoires destinées à sa femme. Le 10, André quitte Fernand et profite d'un transfert pour dissimuler dans ses propres affaires ces pages. Les divers magasins d'habillement des prisons furent donc pendant plus de deux ans et demi les fidèles gardiens des mémoires de Rahier.

August von Kageneck, fils d'un aide de camp de Guillaume II, neveu de von Papen, a revêtu l'uniforme en 1939 - il n'avait pas dix-sept ans - et ne l'a quitté qu'en 1955. Son récit sincère et lucide est l'un des plus remarquables témoignages qu'on puisse lire sur les douze années du IIIe Reich, telles que les a vécues, de l'intérieur, un jeune homme de la vieille noblesse allemande, des ivresses de la victoire à l'humiliation de la défaite.

Les expériences médicales réalisées sur les déportés des camps de concentration sont l'un des chapitres les plus atroces de l'histoire nazie. Des médecins allemands, des professeurs d'université choisis par Himmler et encouragés par Hitler, renièrent toutes les règles morales de leur profession et utilisèrent ce « matériel humain voué à l'extermination ». Des sept ou huit mille cobayes, moins de cinq cents sont rentrés chez eux. L'auteur a recherché et retrouvé ces survivants.

Bloomsbury presents Case Green: The Birth of the Wehrmacht by Robert Forczyk, read by Martin Handley. This fascinating new study from renowned historian Robert Forczyk tells the story of the Wehrmacht from its birth in 1935 through to the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938. Adolf Hitler...

Bloomsbury presents Javelins in the Half-Light: The Schnee Eifel Battles, 1944-45 by Craig S. Chapman, read by Christopher Ragland. A compelling history of the savage combat that turned a single forested ridge into the scene of a disappointing attack, a humiliating surrender, and a final...

Soldier, spy, scout, saboteur, and French Resistance leader in the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe--the untold story of Marine legend Pete Ortiz. Major Pierre “Pete” Ortiz was a Manhattan-born and Paris-educated polymath fluent in five languages. An adventuresome French Foreign Legion veteran...

A fresh, unforgettable, and deeply personal true story of World War II, the Holocaust, and the Third Reich that brings to light the vile Nazi policy under which Germans with Jewish ancestry were persecuted and condemned to death—including two young children from an ordinary working-class...

In this unflinching and engrossing account, Nigel Cawthorne provides a detailed look at one of the most chilling organizations ever conceived by the human imagination. He examines their elite position under the Nazi regime, the superior weapons they were afforded, their involvement in the murderous crimes of the Holocaust, and the way they thrust their claws into every aspect of German life.

I begyndelsen af krigen ruller tyske kampvogne hen over land efter land, mens folk lamslåede ser til. Men da nazisternes brutale besættelse trækker ud, vokser modstandsviljen. Stilfærdige protester som alsangsstævner i Danmark udvikler sig til grovkornede chikanerier og væbnet kamp. I...