Regional / International studies

* * * Special 75th Anniversary Edition * * * Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk.

Set in the context of the Dieppe raid as a whole, Will Fowler studies the contribution of No.

From the Battle of Britain to D-Day, this book uncovers the history of the Channel War.

In early September 1939, the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment were one of the first complete infantry units of the BEF to land in France.

First raised by his maternal grandmother and her four youngest sisters in the harbour city of Le Havre, in the English Channel, a boy, Jean, will discover later in tragic circumstances the love of his mother.

On September 25, 1939 Melvin Young reported to No.

Als nach einer gnadenlosen Jagd am 4.

In June 1948, Joseph Stalin halted all road and rail traffic in to and out of the Allied sector of Berlin and cut off all electricity to the city.

You are holding in your hand one of the most remarkable and unforgettable personal narratives to emerge from the Hitler holocaust in Europe.

The worldwide bestselling, Booker-shortlisted modern classicNow a BBC radio play starring Anne-Marie Duff and Bill Paterson, dramatised by Dennis Potter.

PurpleThe Code used by the Japanese prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbour .

Many would wonder why Washington reviewed ties with its old allies, such as the royal families and the Sunni sect in the Arabian Gulf.

The Spitfire and the Lancaster were the two RAF weapons of victory in the Second World War, but the glamour of the fighter has tended to overshadow the performance of the heavy bomber.

A stirring testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of music, Violins of Hope tells the remarkable stories of violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust, and the Israeli violin maker dedicated to bringing these inspirational instruments back to life.

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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.

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Battle of Britain is an accessible, insightful and authoritative account of the most famous aerial battle in history.

THE TRUE STORY OF THE 41,000 BRITISH SOLDIERS WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND AFTER THE EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK, MAY 1940'Meticulously researched, very well written and deeply moving' Andrew Roberts'Few readers will be unmoved by Sean Longden's account' Dominic SandbrookAt 2am on the morning of the 3rd of June 1940, General Harold Alexander searched along the quayside, holding onto his megaphone and called "e;Is anyone there?

Holocaust – ein Wort, das kaum einem fremd ist, das ab und an in den Medien ertöntund sicher auch im Geschichtsunterricht mal eine Rolle gespielt hat.

Wolfgang Luth was one of only seven men to win Germany’s highest combat decoration.

Although 50 years have passed since the end of World War II, there has as yet been no definitive history of that conflict.

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, The Bomber War is an accessible, insightful and authoritative introduction to the airborne Allied fight against Nazi Germany.

A powerful novel set at the end of World War II about one woman and her family's struggle for survival.

SHORTLISTED FOR INSPIRATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2014 GARDEN MEDIA GUILD AWARDS.

A rare and fascinating glimpse into the Reich as told through the eyes of German civilians and soldiers.

Intrusive Islam has turned the writer Edward Bulyer-Lytton's 1839 metonymic adage on its head.

The Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (Knights Cross of the Iron Cross), known simply as the Ritterkreuz (Knights Cross), was the highest German military award of the Second World War.

'Deighton has a desire, unobtrusive but inflexible, to see the truth .

A book about life and death, stories and skies.

Set in England, Africa and Italy this collection of Steinbeck's World War II news correspondence was written for the New Yolk Herald Tribune in the latter part of 1943.

'DESERVES TO JOIN REACH FOR THE SKY AND THE LAST ENEMY AS ONE OF THE GREAT RAF BOOKS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR' - ANDREW ROBERTSAs I write, I can clearly recall the stinging heat of aburning Blenheim, smells, tastes, expressions, sounds of voices and, most ofall, fear gripping deep in me.

The Luftwaffe and the War at Sea is a collection of fascinating accounts written by German military officers – both Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe – about the naval war in the air in the North Atlantic and around Great Britain.

The impossibly moving story of how Judy, World War Two's only animal POW, brought hope in the midst of hell.

An intense and emotive memoir of one girl's difficult family upbringing in a Singaporean Chinese family during the Second World War.

When Helga Schneider was four, her mother, Traudi, abandoned her to pursue her career.

Basándose en recursos sin explotar, entrevistas exclusivas y nueva investigación de archivos, La última cruzada del Papa por Peter Eisner es un emocionante relato que trae a la luz el valiente esfuerzo del Papa Pío XI para condenar el nazismo y la política del Tercer Reich —una cruzada que podría haber cambiado el curso de la segunda guerra mundial.

This is the gripping story of how one man's half-century of service and devotion helped build and develop the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment; and how that regiment played a vital role in Canada's efforts during the Second World War.

In March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III.