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Entiende cómo la ambición política y los errores de estrategia militar provocaron el colapso absoluto del Tercer Reich. Sumérgete en una tensión histórica palpable mientras analizas las decisiones que fracturaron Europa, ideal para transformar tu trayecto diario en una expedición...

Rivivi il brutale collasso del Terzo Reich attraverso un'avvincente analisi di storia militare e tattica strategica. Perfetto per trasformare i tuoi spostamenti quotidiani in un'immersione profonda nelle dinamiche della Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Segui l'evoluzione dell'intero conflitto...

Esplora la drammatica storia dimenticata dell'Europa orientale, intrappolata nella morsa brutale tra nazismo e stalinismo. Un ascolto immersivo ed educativo perfetto per i tuoi spostamenti quotidiani, capace di catapultarti nelle vite di civili e comunità travolte dallo scontro tra due spietati...

Quando il trauma della guerra annienta ogni certezza, la solidarietà e la fede diventano l'unico rifugio per la mente. Se stai cercando conforto nei momenti difficili o desideri comprendere la forza dell'animo umano di fronte al dolore, questa immersione storica ed emotiva ti catturerà. Tra...

Il miraggio del miracolo economico nazista celava una brutale macchina di coercizione, razzismo e riarmo militare. Perfetto per trasformare il tuo tragitto quotidiano in un'intensa lezione di storia contemporanea, questo saggio svela le tattiche usate per controllare il lavoro e azzerare...

Explora el mayor enigma de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el trágico destino del tesoro perdido más codiciado de Europa. Perfecto para tus trayectos diarios, este absorbente relato te sumerge en la opulencia de las cortes imperiales y la devastación del saqueo nazi. Déjate atrapar por una...

El dominio absoluto del océano definió el rumbo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en el Pacífico a través del poder naval. Sumérgete en un relato histórico vibrante y analítico, perfecto para transformar tu trayecto diario en un viaje al centro de la tensión geopolítica del siglo XX. Las...

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...

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. 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 Company A of the US 116th Regiment landed on Omaha Beach in D-Day's first wave on June 6, 1944, it lost 96 percent of its effective strength. Sixteen teams of US engineers arriving in the second wave were unable to blow the beach obstacles, as first wave survivors were still sheltering behind them. This was the beginning of the historic day that Landing on the Edge of Eternity narrates hour by hour. 

From the author of the best-selling One Minute to Midnight, a riveting account of the pivotal six-month period spanning the end of World War II, the dawn of the nuclear age, and the beginning of the Cold War. When Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met in Yalta in February 1945, Hitler’s armies...

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.

11 Days in December tells the dramatic story of one of the grimmest points of World War II and its Christmas Eve turn toward victory. In December 1944, the Allied forces thought their campaign for securing Europe was in its final stages. But Germany had one last great surprise attack still...

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...