"e; When the Japanese Imperial Forces invaded the Philippine Islands at the onset of World War II, they quickly rounded up Allied citizens on Luzon and imprisoned them as enemy aliens.
Weaving together information from official sources and personal interviews, Barbara Tomblin gives the first full-length account of the US Army Nurse Corps in the Second World War.
Nineteen months before the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Allied assault forces landed in North Africa in Operation TORCH, the first major amphibious operation of the war in Europe.
Traditional histories of the hard-fought Battle of the Bulge routinely include detailed lists of the casualties suffered by American, British, and German troops.
The realities of WWII underwater warfare come to life in this chronicle of a submarine sunk in the Philippines-and the remarkable sailors who survived.
When Heinz Luning posed as a Jewish refugee to spy for Hitler's Abwehr espionage agency, he thought he had discovered the perfect solution to his most pressing problem: how to avoid being drafted into Hitler's army.
This WWII fighter pilot memoir recounts the author's many exploits as a flying ace during WWII in the Normandy invasions, the Battle for France and beyond.
"e;Told by a 'been there, done that' combat commander, McLaughlin gives us precise accounts of such air battles as the devastating bombing of Schweinfurt.
"e;A fascinating book about a virtually unknown officer who played a major role in the development of US military planning before and during World War II"e; (Bowling Green Daily News).
A German historian's account of the Nazi retreat from France in the summer of 1944: "e;An important book [about] a surprisingly under-examined phase of WWII"e; (Anthony Beevor, Wall Street Journal).
From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war.
This biography recounts one of the most significant yet unsung military careers of the twentieth century: "e;a major contribution to the history of World War II"e; (Foreign Affairs).
The realities of WWII underwater warfare come to life in this chronicle of a submarine sunk in the Philippines-and the remarkable sailors who survived.
"e;This thoroughly researched and superbly written study"e; examines the final days of WWII combat within Germany during the occupation of Franconia (WWII History).
"e;Drawn from letters, diaries and memoirs, this impressive study presents a rounded, detailed picture of the daily life"e; for frontline Nazi soldiers (Publishers Weekly).
From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war.
Few ships in American history have had as illustrious a history as the heavy cruiser USS Portland (CA-33), affectionately known by her crew as 'Sweet Pea.
Following the Japanese invasion of the islands in 1942, North Luzon was the staging area for several Filipino-American guerrilla bands who sought to gather intelligence and to destroy enemy military installations or supplies.
Provides a day-by-day account of the action on all fronts and of the events surrounding the conflict, from the guns of August 1914 to the November 1918 Armistice and its troubled aftermath.
In February 1942, barely two months after he had declared war on the United States, Adolf Hitler praised America's great industrial achievements and admitted that Germany would need some time to catch up.
