Modern warfare

The pursuit of German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic has long been considered one of the most exciting stories of World War II.

A masterpiece of World War II heroism, this book catches the spirit and tone of an incredible fighting ship, the USS Aaron Ward, a destroyer-turned-minelayer on the radar picket lines in the Pacific.

This book bringstogether leading experts to assess how and whether the Nazis were successful infostering collaboration to secure the resources they required during World WarII.

A highly illustrated study of this unique and bitter struggle in the far North, an epic battle between two elite forces fighting in a demanding environment.

This edited volume studies the logic of community formation and the common view of the past to show how various social bonds of communities functioned during the modern national era of East-Central Europe from the late eighteenth century until today and how multifaceted this group-building really was.

This book explores the rise of two resistance movements in Yugoslavia after its invasion and partition by Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria in April 1941: one led by Draza Mihailovic's Chetniks, supporters of the Serb monarchy; and the Partisans, led by Josip Broz Tito and his Communist Party.

Deadly in its primary role as a submarine hunter, the PBY Catalina was the scourge of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine force.

Avec l’instauration de la révolution nationale pétainiste, entre 1940 et 1944 les Juifs de France furent frappés de plein fouet par une législation antisémite française qui s’ajouta à la législation allemande, par l’internement puis la déportation.

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While not as famous as their larger and faster sister ships such as the Essex- and Yorktown-class carriers, escort carriers made an enormous contribution towards Allied victory both in the Pacific and Atlantic theatres.

This book provides a case study on the ongoing impact of displacement and encampment of refugees who do not have access to resettlement support services or are resettled in locations of low cultural and linguistic diversity.

Dive into the daring deeds of wartime pilots in the throes of World War II.

The exodus of refugees from Nazi Germany in the 1930s has received far more attention from historians, social scientists, and demographers than many other migrations and persecutions in Europe.

So many histories of the War in the Pacific focus on the Allied experience.

First published in 1979.

In a major biography of Blaise Pascal, James Connor explores both the intellectual giant whose theory of probability paved the way for modernity and the devout religious mystic who dared apply probability to faith.

A historical analysis of the contribution of Great Britain's public schools to the conduct of World War II.

This book is about the experiences of Jewish children who were members of armed partisan groups in Eastern Europe during World War II and the Holocaust.

Education for Democracy in England in World War II examines the educational discourse and involvement in wartime educational reforms of five important figures: Fred Clarke, R.

At the outbreak of World War II, the four key Capital German ships comprised the Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender.

British state-supported Holocaust remembrance has dramatically grown in prominence since the 1990s.

The relationship of the United States and Great Britain has been the subject of numerous studies with a particular emphasis on the idea of a special relationship based on traditional common ties of language, history, and political affinity.

A fresh approach to the Battle of the Atlantic, told through the spectacular story of HG-76, a major turning point in the naval war.

';The best book by far on the Pacific War' (The New York Times Book Review), this classic one-volume history of World War II in the Pacific draws on declassified intelligence files; British, American, and Japanese archival material; and military memoirs to provide a stunning and complete history of the conflict.

Laura Sokolowsky's survey of psychoanalysis under Weimar and Nazism explores how the paradigm of a 'psychoanalysis for all' became untenable as the Nazis rose to power.

Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I.

Originally published in 1946, this volume, based on some of the evidence taken from captured German files and archives, discusses many questions concerning German policy and diplomatic manoeuvre during the Second World War.

During the 1940s Greece was torn apart twice, first by World War II and second by Civil War.

The Thompson submachine gun, or Tommy gun developed an almost iconic status during the 20th century.

Featuring specially commissioned artwork, gripping first-hand accounts and expert analysis, this engaging reassessment offers a glimpse of what it was like for Britain's Chindits to fight in the jungles and mountains of Burma at the height of World War II.

Entering service in 1931, the 9x19mm Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun saw extensive combat with Finnish troops during their fight against Soviet forces in 1939 44.

A fascinating comparative history of the treatment of fallen airmen in Second World War Europe.

British Tank Production and the War Economy, 1934-1945 explores the under-researched experiences of the British tank industry in the context of the pressures of war.

Few Americans know the history-changing story of the men of the USS Mason, the only African-American sailors to take a World War II warship into combat.

In Invasion On Stephen M.

A Japanese-American spy, captured by the Japanese in WWII, tells of his remarkable capture and survival.

Berlin was the nerve-centre of Hitler's Germany - the backdrop for the most lavish ceremonies, it was also the venue for Albert Speer's plans to forge a new 'world metropolis' and the scene of the final climactic bid to defeat Nazism.

Where was God when six million died?

This is the first full-length work to be published about the spectacular failure of the German intelligence services in Persia (Iran) during WWII.

Now available in a single, abridged paperback, Ian Kershaw's Hitler is the definitive biography of the Nazi leader.

Petain's Jewish Children examines the nature of the relationship between the Vichy regime and its Jewish citizens in the period 1940 to 1942.

Stone & Stone Editor’s ChoiceBy the summer of 1944, the war in Europe had reached a critical point.

The story of the last surviving 'Desert Rats' in their own words and their experience of war in North Africa.

Illustration has been an integral part of human history.

During a government career that spanned nearly the whole of the Cold War, George R.

Terror was central to the Nazi regime, and the Nazi concentration camps were places of horror where prisoners were dehumanized and robbed of their dignity and where millions were murdered.

Covering the fiercely contested US sectors of D-Day, including the beaches of Omaha and Utah, this new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to refight the fierce American beach landings, beach head breakouts, and Airborne assaults.

The complete story of the pilots who 'made ace' while flying the original MiG fighters.