Written with the advantage of new materials from archives in the former Eastern Bloc, this book is no whitewash of a Waffen SS division and it does not shy away from confronting unpalatable facts or controversies.
Anfang 1942, während der düsteren Monate nach der abrupten Bombardierung von Pearl Harbor, wurde eine Gruppe von 29 Navajo-Marines, unmittelbar nach ihrem Ausbildungslager in einen Raum mit vergitterten Fenstern und Wachpersonal gebracht.
El cohete V-2 forma parte del arsenal de "armas milagrosas" que los científicos alemanes concibieron y fabricaron durante el Tercer Reich en bases secretas en el Báltico y en fábricas subterráneas.
The authors have compiled a collection of memories and anecdotes from celebrities and members of the public covering their experiences of the Second World War and the day that Victory over the Nazis was declared.
There have been several books published about the wartime experiences of individual air gunners but there is no general history of Air Gunners, their equipment, training or service in the various RAF Commands in which they served.
Lion Rampant is Robert Woollcombe's graphic account of his experiences as a front-line infantry officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the desperate battle for Normandy and the Allied advance into Germany.
Why: To provide selected examples of World War II and early Cold War events, operations, procedures, systems, and equipment related to the use of electronics and radio measures, countermeasures, and surveillance.
A testament to the enduring strength of the human spirit, family, and, above all, hope, this ';vivid memoir of a woman who lost her youth and family to the Nazis' (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) is a Holocaust survival story that will be remembered for generations.
Matthew Hall brings to life the fascinating story of Colonel Martin Herford, the most decorated doctor of World War II, covering his service in the Spanish Civil War until the end of World War II.
Although Nicholas Mosley has written two volumes of family biography and a volume of memoirs, he has, until now, avoided writing about his World War Two experiences.