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In the Summer of 1940, after evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk and the Franco/German armistice which followed the fall of France, Britain stood alone against the armed might of Hitler's Germany, supported only by the forced of...

This book uncovers the history of a group of Jewish workers and merchants in the Amsterdam diamond industry during the Holocaust. They and their families were exempt from deportation for a long time, but were eventually deported to Bergen-Belsen. In the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802822113Author Sean FeastFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Key PublishingPublisher Key PublishingWeight(grams) 170g

Following the Japanese invasion of the islands in 1942, North Luzon was the staging area for several Filipino-American guerrilla bands who sought to gather intelligence and to destroy enemy military installations or supplies. Bernard Norling focuses on...

Since the end of World War II, Germans have struggled with the legacy of the Wehrmacht -- the unified armed forces mobilized by Adolf Hitler in 1935 to ensure the domination of the Third Reich in perpetuity. Historians have vigorously debated whether the...

When World War II began, the United States' air forces numbered only 45,000 men and a few thousand aircraft-hardly enough to defend the country, let alone defeat the German Luftwaffe, the world's most formidable air force. Yet by war's end, the Luftwaffe...

Black '41 opens with the arrival of the class of 1941 at the gates of West Point in the spring of 1937. It follows that class-nicknamed "Black '41" for their misdeeds while at the Academy-over the course of the next four years, as they absorb...

This all new illustrated volume is the companion to Victor Chun's definitive history of American PT boats in the Second World War (see page 28). Chun presents all new information gleaned since the previous book's publication and includes never before...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781580897891Author Michael O. TunnellFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint...

There have been many books on Adolf Hitler and specific military campaigns and battles during the time of the Third Reich. However, there has never been a comprehensive analysis of Hitler's role as the supreme military leader of the Third Reich across...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512463Author Kaloyan MatevFormat PaperbackPage Count 694Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Many studies have covered aspects of military intelligence available to Britain and her allies during the Second World War. This distinguished book provides a succinct and authoritative survey of the vital role Ultra played in achieving final victory., ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788309998Author Diane TuppackFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

This book explores lesser known theatres of war such as Korea, Thailand and ZambiaJackson is one of the leading modern military historians in the United KingdomThe book explores key issues such as neutrality and colonialism in the context of the Second...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593471951Author Colin HeatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 140g

Long Day's Journey Into War recaptures the whirlwind events sweeping the globe on the calendar day that may be the most momentous of the twentieth century. In this riveting re-creation, the vast, worldwide scope of the major turning point of World War II...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728423463Author Elliott SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Lerner Publications (Tm)Publisher Lerner Publications (Tm)

James Baker Hall's blackly comic coming-of-age novel has been denied, by unfortunate circumstances surrounding its original 1964 publication, its rightful place alongside classics such as Catcher in the Rye and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in the...

In the late 1800s, Southern evangelicals believed contemporary troubles -- everything from poverty to political corruption to violence between African Americans and whites -- sprang from the bottles of "demon rum" regularly consumed in the...

Classic pictorial covers the entire Luftwaffe on all fronts in over 500 photos.Book InformationISBN 9780887403613Author Holger NaurothFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Schiffer MilitaryPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 522g

Une vision inedite de l'une des plus importantes batailles de juin 1940. La chronique du periple de la compagnie de canons d'infanterie hippomobile du celebre Regiment "List", qui s'illustra en 1914 et fut aussi le regiment d'un certain Adolf...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990961307Author Dr Brian A DementiFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Dementi Milestone PublishingPublisher Dementi Milestone PublishingWeight(grams)...

Asked why he was in Britain, a US serviceman, fighting the war in the skies over Germany with the US 8th Air Force quipped, 'We're here to win the war for you'. The men of the US 8th AF dropped more bombs on Germany and Italy than any other air force,...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.In honor of the 75th Anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World War II, the popular primetime Fox News anchor of The Story with Martha MacCallum pays tribute to the heroic men who sacrificed everything at Iwo Jima...

After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Asia became an important theater of World War II—and because the Japanese had boxed in China, a key U.S. ally, and blocked the Burma Road out of India, the United States began looking for...

Texans in World War II offers an informative look at the challenges and changes faced by Texans on the home front during the Second World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars of Texas history covers topics from the African American and...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices...

The Second World War was the cause of more civilian casualties, many of them young people, than of military. In Britain, young people were on the front line, facing the threat of enemy invasion and the fragmentation of daily life. Their education was...

On Wednesday 18 February 1942 the Japanese air force bombed Darwin. Whilst this fact is well known, very few people know exactly what happened. Timothy Hall was the first writer to be given acess to all the official reports of the time and as a result he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853036289Author Marylin HenryFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Almost forgotten in the haze of events that followed Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the summer of 1945 witnessed an intense public debate over how best to end the war against Japan. Weary of fighting, the American people were determined to defeat the imperial...

What was it like to fall in love in Hitler's Germany? As the war tore them apart, how did young couples keep love vibrant, care for their children, and relate to the war? The earthy letters of Ernst and Lilo Sommer depict in unforgettable poignancy the...

American Soldier of World War II provides a detailed look at the lives, weapons, and equipment of the soldiers who fought in the European Theater through a collection of artifacts and exacting reproductions. While other books examine World War II from a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982163587Author Iain MacGregorFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 640g

Little has been written about the Acadians who served in Canada's armed forces during the Second World War. In fact, the prevailing notion suggested that Acadians refused to support the war effort. Bombs and Barbed Wire provides an alternative point of...

Nakajima K-43 Hayabusa, code-named Oscar by the Allies, was the Imperial Japanese Army's equivalent of the Zero fighter in service with the Imperial Navy. In combat units the machine replaced the aging Ki-27. Manufactured in large numbers, the fighter...

Uniquely Okinawan explores how American soldiers, sailors, and Marines considered race, ethnicity, and identity in the planning and execution of the wartime occupation of Okinawa, during and immediately after the Battle of Okinawa, 1945-46.Book...

""Even though women were not supposed to be on the front lines, on the front lines we were. Women were not supposed to be interned either, but it happened to us. People should know what we endured. People should know what we can endure."" -- Lt. Col...

Sheds new light on the mistreatment of downed airmen during World War II and the overall relationship between the air war and state-sponsored violence. Throughout the vast expanse of the Pacific, the remoteness of Southeast Asia, and the rural and urban...

Originally published in 1988, The Burden of German History 1919-45 examines the vast literature surrounding Weimar years and the National Socialist tragedy, daunting even for the specialist historian or political scientist. The essays included in this...