Mit waghalsigem Mut, trockenem Humor und schonungsloser Offenheit erzahlt Ernst Udet von seinem Weg vom abenteuerlustigen Motorradfahrer zum gefeierten Jagdflieger des Ersten Weltkriegs.
Este libro hace un recorrido por las vidas de catorce personas cuyas historias estuvieron atravesadas por la guerra, y que decidieron apostar con determinacion por la paz.
A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION TO COMMEMORATE 80 YEARS SINCE THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS OF 1943 Sophie Scholl and the White Rose tells the gripping true story of five Munich university students who set up an underground resistance movement in World War II.
The riveting, exclusive true story of an Iraq whistleblower who continues to be betrayed by his country, as told by an international bestselling author.
Eine wahre Geschichte über Mut und Kameradschaft, Versagen und Verzweiflung, Triumph und TrauerDas verlustreichste Gefecht in der Geschichte der Bundeswehr fand am Karfreitag, dem 2.
Nadie imaginaba que los ataques de Hamás del 7 de octubre de 2023 en Israel provocarían una respuesta militar que se cobraría al menos cuarenta mil vidas palestinas en catorce meses de guerra.
En Escoria de la tierra, biografía colectiva de la agonía de Francia, Arthur Koestler deja testimonio de la metamorfosis de un Estado democrático en una maquinaria totalitaria.
Esta autobiografía narra la historia de la inmigración del autor y su familia, de Italia a Buenos Aires, después de que el padre combatiera en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
The unique and harrowing account of the bloodiest battle of the Falkland War - the 1982 battle for Mount Longdon, as seen through the eyes of eight ordinary Argentine soldiers from the Seventh Infantry Regiment and five British paratroopers.
A compelling account of Australia's intelligence organisations and special forces - from the early days of the commandos during World War II through to the SAS of today and the cyber wars of the future.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this 'riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult' (Los Angeles Times).
A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, alongside a narrative investigation of the origins of PTSD and the literary response to World War I'Recommended not only to psychiatrists but also to those with an interest in the complex relationships created by war and the management of trauma' British Journal of PsychiatrySecond Lieutenant Wilfred Owen was twenty-four years old when he was admitted to the newly established Craiglockhart War Hospital for treatment of shell shock.
André Hassan Khan hat als Berufssoldat etwa 1500 Einsatztage in 27 Auslandseinsätzen absolviert, in Afghanistan, aber auch in Mali, Usbekistan oder Sarajevo.
She was described as the most dangerous woman in Europe by Adolf Hitler; Noel Coward said people who spent any time with her were always reduced to 'gibbering worshippers'; she adored Margaret Thatcher and disliked Germans; she found the French comical and hankered for the old days of Empire and Commonwealth.
Leveke von Münchhausen erlebt während des Dreißigjährigen Krieges als Lehrschülerin im evangelischen Stift Fischbeck die Besetzung des Stifts durch kaiserliche Truppen.
A fourth-generation soldiers tells the story of his fathers tank battalion, the Spearhead, that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germanyagainst impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turfand the heroes whose sacrifice won World War II.
*A Telegraph History Book of the Year, 2023*'An astonishing achievement' ANTONY BEEVOR A remarkably moving and humane book WILLIAM BOYDAn intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War as experienced by those who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs.
READ FORMER BRITISH ARMY SOLDIER SHAUN PINNER S EXTRADORDINARY FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINEFor fans of Bravo Two Zero, Touching the Void, and No Way Out A hell of a story Sgt Dan Mills, Sniper One A remarkable book Andrew Marr---- Live.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA Times and Waterstones Book of the Year'The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes alive in Sword, Hastings's portrait of the individual soldiers who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy.
'Richly impressive, hard to surpass' William Boyd'A notable account of an epic human experience' Max Hastings James Holland brings every inch of this battle vividly to life History Revealed This excellent book The Savage Storm reinforces Holland s reputation as certainly the busiest and probably the most popular military historian of the second world war working today Spectator A must for anyone wanting to better understand the brutal campaign thoroughly deserves a place on the bookshelf Soldier Magazine_____________________From the bestselling author of Brothers in Arms comes the story of the most pivotal Allies campaign of World War II.
In the centenary year of the Great War, names such as Ypres, the Marne, the Somme, Passchendaele are heavy with meaning as settings for the near-destruction of a generation of men.
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A rigorous and thoughtful study of what has happened on battlefields over the past eight decades' THE TIMES'A hugely important book .
