Modern warfare

Covers the D-Day airborne drops and amphibious landings at Omaha Beach and Utah Beach.

Joseph Balkoski concludes his landmark series on the U.

First full-length history of the largest and most successful airborne offensive ever.

Filled with 1:72-scale drawings of armored vehicles from Germany, Japan, Italy, Hungary, and Romania.

Gripping firsthand accounts.

Intrigued by hints of ';the bigger man' behind the war personality of Gen.

How big is Germany's Air Force?

Hundreds of photos, including many never published before with riveting accounts of armored warfare in World War II.

On the night of August 13, 1944, the U.

Armor expert Zaloga enters the battle over the best tanks of World War II with this heavy-caliber blast of a book armed with more than forty years of research.

A landmark text on the greatest land battle of the Pacific War.

"I hob nix zum Dazöhn!

Expanded edition with a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign.

Minute-by-minute account of the offensive.

From the author of the top ten bestseller The Junior Officers' Reading Club.

"e;To me, hard times are like hide-and-seek: where is the solution, where is the hope?

The first major study to draw upon unknown or neglected sources, as well as original interviews with figures like Billy Graham, Awakening the Evangelical Mind uniquely tells the engaging story of how evangelicalism developed as an intellectual movement in the middle of the 20th century.

A GRIPPING SURVIVOR STORY OF ONE FAMILY'S FLIGHT FROM BURMA DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION"e;As uplifting a testimonial to human courage as any to emerge from World War II.

In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'.

In Five Cities that Ruled the World, theologian Douglas Wilson fuses together, in compelling detail, the critical moments birthed in history's most influential cities -Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York.

The heroic story of Jewish resistance and survival during the Second World War.

Definitive account of French volunteers in the Waffen-SS Blow-by-blow retelling of battles on the Eastern Front, including the fight for Berlin Focuses on all French SS units, especially the 33rd SS Grenadier Division "e;Charlemagne"e; Impeccably researched, this book tells the story of the Frenchmen who, motivated by their hatred of Communism, chose to fight for the Third Reich in World War II, first in the regular army and then as part of the Waffen-SS.

Battalion- and company-level account of the vital contributions of Canadian soldiers to victory in Europe in World War IIBased on war diaries, casualty reports, and after-action interviewsThe author is one of Canada's preeminent military historiansConsisting of the Calgary Highlanders, the Black Watch, and the French-speaking RA*giment de Maisonneuve, the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade landed in France in early July 1944 as part of British General Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group.

[A] dramatic, affecting account.

Did the bombing of Japan's citiesculminating in the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasakihasten the end of World War II?

From the biblical days of Delilah to mdern times there have been women who ventured at their peril as spies into the conflicts of armed men.

A classic about real-life WWII espionage,as conducted by its modern master*A Man Called Intrepid is the classic true story of Sir William Stephenson (codenamed Intrepid) and the spy network he founded that would ultimately stall the Nazi war machine and help winWorld War II.

John Hodgkins was eight years old when his father was drafted into the army and left for Europe for fight in WWII.

Revised edition of a rare account of a German armored division in combat at the epic Battle of Stalingrad.

Fascinating look from the Japanese side at Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway Fully authorized account including contemporary interviews with those that flew with Lt.

THE LAST SURVIVOR is the incredible story of a man who survived three concentration camps and a major maritime disaster at the end of WW II.

In The Hidden Places of WWII, the author takes readers to overlooked places where WWII history was made.

A brutal siege.

Military historian Victor Brooks argues that the year 1943 marked a significant shift in the World War II balance of power from the Axis to Allied forces.

By the time the war clouds of Europe and Asia spilled onto the shores of the United States, the allied military found itself outmanned, outgunned and out flown.

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Never to Return is the harrowing tale of the torpedoing and sinking of a Coast Guard ship and the loss of 171 Coast Guardsmen off the coast of Iceland during WWII.

The First Counterspyis the pulse-quickening and traumatic story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web.

From an historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting, personal account of a Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943 when the tide turned against the Japanese.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed the lives of almost every American, and began the process of putting 17 million of them in uniform to fight in World War II.

Inspired by the old African proverb: When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground, high-school student Morgan Reilly sought to preserve as many Maine libraries as he could by interviewing men and women from Maine who served in World War II and preserving their stories.

"Sonnenrad und Hakenkreuz" begibt sich auf die Spuren eines dramatischen und von Mythen umsponnenen Themas aus der Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkriegs: das Schicksal jener 4.

From the Magna Carta to the Falklands, the years that have made Britain, for better and for worseDid the longbow secure victory at Agincourt or are the English just better in mud?

'Touching and heartwarming .

Ein eindrucksvolles Buch über die zwei Karrieren des SS-Standartenführers Joachim Peiper (1915-1976).

Nach dem Angriffskrieg Russlands auf die Ukraine kündigte Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz eine Zeitenwende in der deutschen Außen-, Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik an.

Nach dem Angriffskrieg Russlands auf die Ukraine kündigte Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz eine Zeitenwende in der deutschen Außen-, Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik an.

'A heart-warming tale about resilience, friendships and family, and the inestimable power of the written word' RUTH HOGAN'A heart-warming depiction of strong female friendships tested by suffering - Annie Lyons really is the queen of the wartime saga' CLARE CHAMBERSCan two young women and one book change the course of war?

This interdisciplinary collection of primary and secondary readings encourages scholars and students to engage critically with current debates about the origins, implementation and postwar interpretation of the Holocaust.

Devastating and compellingDAILY MAILPoignant TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT____________________________________________________________________________________________ The extraordinary story of Bep Voskuijl, Anne Frank's closest friend during the 761 days she spent in the Secret Annex.