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Beleef de wrede climax van de Tweede Wereldoorlog in een intense militaire geschiedenis vol meedogenloze strategie. Tijdens je dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer of momenten van diepe focus trekt dit beklemmende verhaal je mee naar de bloedige slagvelden van 1944. Je volgt de geallieerde opmars langs...

当太平洋上这些偏远的荒岛沦为绞肉机时，第二次世界大战的全球战略格局与海权命脉便在这场残酷的夺岛战役中被彻底重塑。无论你是在通勤途中渴望一场震撼的沉浸式历史推演，还是寻求对地缘政治的深度复盘，这段宏大...

当现代社会在狂热的集体情绪下迅速坠入极权主义深渊，无数普通人为何会心甘情愿地成为暴政与屠杀的齿轮？这部深度融合历史学与大众心理学的纪实剖析，带你直击人性在极端环境下的至暗时刻。它摒弃了将历史灾难简单...

Jak naukowa ciekawość i presja II wojny światowej zrodziły tajny projekt budowy najpotężniejszej broni w historii. To trzymająca w napięciu opowieść, idealna na długi dojazd do pracy, która precyzyjnie wyjaśnia zawiłe decyzje polityków oraz dylematy wybitnych fizyków. Zamiast...

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...

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.

Da Europa bliver kørt over af Hitlers buldrende krigsmaskine, har Churchill som eneste statsleder mod til at sætte sig op imod Føreren. Jernviljen hos den britiske premierminister gør ham til et forbillede i England og over hele kontinentet. I Tyskland bliver Albert Speer i februar 1942...

Da Hitler sætter ild til Europa i 1939, håber alle de nordiske lande at holde sig ude af konflikten. Men allerede tre måneder senere angriber Den Røde Hær Finland og tvinger landet ud i en overlevelseskamp. I foråret 1940 ruller tunge tyske divisioner op gennem Danmark og Norge, og heller...

Sommeren 1944 angriber Den Røde Hær pludselig Finland på Det Karelske Næs. Efter tre års stilstand går Stalin i offensiven for at vinde tabt land tilbage. Sovjetlederen er opmuntret af succeser andre steder på Østfronten, hvor han efter flere års bitter overlevelseskamp endelig har...

The incredible true story of nine Hellcat submarines assigned to penetrate the dense minefields protecting the sea of Japan. In 1945-with no knowledge of the development of the atomic bomb- American submarine commanders, desperate to avoid an invasion of the home islands, believed that if the...

In 1940, as Nazi Germany spread its wings of war, France stood secure in the knowledge that they possessed the largest, most formidable, and best equipped army in Europe. France also had a stalwart ally in Britain and the support of Holland and Belgium. But they were all about to face a new kind...

Can a single night define a man's life? From the summer of 1943 to early 1945, John Basilone was one of the most famous and admired people in America. As the first enlisted man to be awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II, for extraordinary bravery under fire at Guadalcanal, he toured the...

Critically acclaimed when published in 1992 as Round Up the Usual Suspects, The Making of Casablanca offers the ultimate insider's look at the politics and personalities behind the most celebrated movie of all time--Casablanca. Updated and timed for the 60th anniversary (Thanksgiving Day, 1942)...

Brought to you by Penguin. ** READ BY AL MURRAY ** 'War as it should be described. The book is an assault on the senses...Painful to read but impossible to put down' Gerard de Groot, The Times From the bestselling author of Normandy '44 and Sicily '43 comes an extraordinary account of the last...

Brought to you by Penguin. A landmark history of the alliance that won the war and made the peace by the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Appeasing Hitler After the fall of France in June 1940, only Britain stood between Hitler and total victory. Desperate for allies, Winston Churchill did...

When Germany’s Sixth Army advanced to Stalingrad in 1942, its long-extended flanks were mainly held by its allied armies - the Romanians, Hungarians, and Italians. But as history tells us, these flanks quickly caved in before the massive Soviet counter-offensive which commenced that November, dooming the Germans to their first catastrophe of the war. However, the historical record also makes clear that one allied unit held out to the very end, fighting to stem the tide - the Italian Alpine Corps.

Fra 1940-45 blev op imod 1,1 millioner jøder dræbt i den grusomme koncentrationslejr Auschwitz. Et sted, der i dag er synonym med et af de mørkeste kapitler i menneskehedens historie. I denne bog giver Eva Bøggild og Jacques Blum et indblik i lejrens funktion og opbygning med fokus på at levendegøre de uskyldige fangers egne historier. Bogen giver svar på konkrete spørgsmål i 10 temaopdelte kapitler, bl.a.

The untold story of the Christian missionaries who played a crucial role in the allied victory in World War II What makes a good missionary makes a good spy. Or so thought "Wild" Bill Donovan when he secretly recruited a team of religious activists for the Office of Strategic Services. They...