El meteórico ascenso al poder de Hitler, el férreo control ideológico que impuso en Alemania, su popularidad frente a las masas y la eficaz maquinaria bélica que puso en marcha constituyen aspectos de un proceso cuyo éxito dependió, en buena medida, del trabajo realizado por su círculo íntimo.
How the Grand Alliance of World War II succeeded-and then collapsed-because of personal politicsIn the spring of 1945, as the Allied victory in Europe was approaching, the shape of the postwar world hinged on the personal politics and flawed personalities of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin.
Children under the Allied bombs in France provides a unique perspective on the Allied bombing of France during the Second World War which killed around 57,000 French civilians.
As plans got under way for the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943, British counter-intelligence agent Ewen Montagu masterminded a scheme to mislead the Germans into thinking the next landing would occur in Greece.
In the early days of World War II, a young Marine named Charles Fenn was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) for undercover operations in the China-Burma-India theatre.
When U-234 slipped out of a Norwegian harbor in March 1945 destined for Japan, it was loaded with some of the most technically advanced weaponry and electronic detection devices of the era, along with a select group of officials.
An experienced reconnaissance Marine officer, Bruce Meyers paints a colorful and accurate picture of the special recon landings that preceded every major amphibious operation in the Pacific War.
"e;Award-winning author Alan Rems brilliantly tells of the campaigns in the South Pacific, a region long overlooked, offering both the big picture and the foxhole view"e; - Military Officer "e;A fitting tribute to the men who fought and died in an often overlooked theater of World War II.
The popular conception of Hitler in the final years of World War II is that of a deranged Fuhrer stubbornly demanding the defense of every foot of ground on all fronts and ordering hopeless attacks with nonexistent divisions.
By prosecuting war crimes, the Nuremberg trials sought to educate West Germans about their criminal past, provoke their total rejection of Nazism, and convert them to democracy.
"e;An engaging, punctilious, and revealing analysis of German and Japanese war decision-making"e; from the military historian and author of The Tank Killers (Aether: A Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower).
In 'Rilla of Ingleside' by Lucy Maud Montgomery, readers are transported to the captivating world of Ingleside, where they follow the coming-of-age journey of Rilla Blythe during World War I.
An "e;amazingly detailed"e; and "e;inspiring"e; account of the only daytime air expedition to help Polish freedom fighters during World War II (Books Monthly).
'An excellent anthology' Times Literary Supplement'Remarkable: combines her exceptional experience as a war correspondent with selected poetry in an act of witness' ANDREW MOTIONI was standing outside an apartment block that had been split apart by a missile.
In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey together, one that would bind them for the rest of their lives.
Con este libro se pretende dejar un enfoque y una visión lo más acertada posible, respecto al porqué y cómo se produjo la guerra, analizando además diferentes aspectos de la misma, describiendo la actual situación y tratando de realizar un aporte sobre la probable evolución del vigente conflicto de soberanía.
The novel Murisa continues the story of Feri Lainscek's work "e;Locil bom peno od valov"e; (I Will Divide the Foam from the Waves), published in 2003 and reprinted many times.
Bestselling historians James Holland and Al Murray tell the unflinching story of the eight surrenders that brought victory to the Allies and ended the Second World War.
La obra describe y analiza la batalla del Golfo de Leyte, que fue la confrontación aeronaval más grande de todos los tiempos, tanto por el número de barcos, aviones y hombres enfrentados como por la gran extensión del escenario de la batalla.
