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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A brutal murder. A wartime promise. A quest for the truth. Kate Furnivall meets Caroline Overington in a gripping, page-turning mystery. No matter how far you run, the past will always find you. Juliet's elderly grandparents are killed in their Adelaide home. Who would commit such a heinous crime - and why? The only clue is her grandfather Karl's missing signet ring. When Juliet's estranged sister, Lily, returns in fear for her life, Juliet suspects...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Sydney Litherland was among the 30,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers taken prisoner by the Germans at the Fall of Crete in June 1941. This book documents, in fascinating and historically important detail, their daily life as POWs in Germany, and encapsulates the experiences of tens of thousands of ordinary POWs. This is not an account of heroic escapes and derring-do by dashing officers, but of the day-to-day endurance of the other ranks, mostly...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
What truly happened at one of the most iconic battles of World War II When we think of Arnhem we think of A Bridge Too Far and a sky full of parachutes dropping the Allies into the Netherlands. Beyond these images, this was one of the most complex and strategically important operations of the war. Operation Market Garden was devised to give the Allies the opportunity to bypass the German Siegfried Line and attack the Ruhr. Paratroopers were dropped...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A "virtually faultless" account of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific and the definitive history of the battle for Stalingrad together in one volume (The New York Times Book Review). Author William Craig traveled to three different continents, reviewed thousands of documents, and interviewed hundreds of survivors to write these New York Times-- bestselling histories, bringing the Eastern Front and the Pacific Theater of World War II to...
Publisher
Worth Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Rogue Heroes tells you what you need to know--before or after you read Ben Macintyre's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Rogue Heroes includes: Historical context Chapter-by-chapter overviews Profiles of the main characters Detailed timeline of events Important...
Author
Publisher
TCK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In this epic tale of friendship, family, and romance in World War II England, a young noblewoman must choose between her inheritance and the man she loves. To many, Lady Sophia Somerville appears to live a privileged life. Still, it's a life full of obstacles to be overcome... As a student at The Ashwick Park School, Sophia meets classmate Edwina Phillips. The two become the best of friends, but it is all put to the test by an unbelievable betrayal......
Author
Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From Mail to Mountain is a detailed portrayal of the daily life of an Army private (author's father) who served in World War II. The author used documented activities researched from company level daily reports along with stories his father told, to envision and develop dialogue between soldiers of the 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division as they engaged the German army in the North Apennines and Po River campaigns in Italy. From...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The real story of the SS, unlike its popular mythology, is so complex as to almost defy belief: it is a tale of intrigue and nepotism, of archaeology and Teutonism, of art and symbolism. This is a story of street fighters and convicted criminals becoming Ministers of State and police commanders; the story of charitable works and mass extermination being administered from the same building; and the story of boy generals directing vast heterogeneous...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Stalag VIII-B, Colditz, these names are synonymous with prisoners of war in World War II. But what of those caught on British soil? Where did they go? Gloucestershire was home to a wealth of POW camps and hostels, and many Italian and German prisoners spent the war years here. This book explores the role of the camps and their prisoners and workers, together with their impact on the local community. This book draws on Ministry of Defence, Red Cross,...
50) Great Escapes
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
For most prisoners of war, life was nothing like such films as The Great Escape, but for a few brave escapees, fact was more extraordinary than fiction. Using personal accounts, authentic reports from German guards, and debrief documents in the National Archives, this is the true story of the many exciting escape attempts from POW camps during the Second World War. Some were successful, others not, but in each case the inspired methods devised and...
Publisher
TI Inc. Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
75 years ago, Americans and the Allied forces around the globe cheered, cried, and danced with relief to celebrate the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, the most devastating conflict in human history. But as this special edition from LIFE demonstrates in vivid detail, the road to Allied victory in the Pacific and the subsequent end to the war was tortuous and fraught with uncertainty: from the crushing blow of Pearl Harbor, through savage...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Seventy years have passed since Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor, and in the intervening years a vast amount has been written on the origins and nature of the Third Reich. The years from 1933 to 1945 cast such a grim shadow that the moral, ethical and religious elements embedded in the narrative are such that the subject sill resists treatment as part of a historical past. Fierce debates still rage over both the how and why of these terrible...
Author
Publisher
Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A World War II nurse finds herself in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there in this dramatic historical novel by the author of The Train. 1947. Ella Elkington wakes up in hospital with minor physical injuries but no memory. She cannot even remember her own name. The doctor treating her tells her that she had a car accident and has been identified by a letter found in a handbag. Asking to see the letter, hoping to find out about herself,...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Pulitzer-Prize-winner and bestselling author C. Vann Woodward recreates the gripping account of the battle for Leyte Gulf-the greatest naval battle of World War II and the largest engagement ever fought on the high seas. For the Japanese, it represented their supreme effort; they committed to action virtually every operational fighting ship on the lists of the Imperial Navy, including two powerful new battleships of the Yamato class. It also ended...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
From a world expert on Hitler's war in Russia, this book on the operation that changed the course of World War II includes updated information on casualty numbers and opposing forces Here, David Glantz challenges the time-honored explanation that poor weather, bad terrain, and Hitler's faulty strategic judgement produced German defeat, and reveals how the Red Army thwarted the German Army's dramatic and apparently inexorable invasion before it achieved...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
THE SECOND WORLD WAR saw the role of espionage, secret agents and spy services increase exponentially as the world was thrown into a truly global conflict on an unprecedented scale. At this time, very few people in government were fully aware of what MI5 and its brethren really did. But with Churchill at the country's helm, MI5 reluctantly decided to let the inquisitive prime minister in on the secret, providing him with a weekly report of the organisation's...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
July 1940 saw the collaborationist Vichy regime replace the French Republic after the country suffered heavily at the hands of the German onslaught during World War II. A small number of people sought to make a stand in whatever way they could, despite fear and mortal danger. From railway workers and couriers to guerrilla fighters and foreign agents, each played their part in destabilizing Marshal Pétain's poisonous regime. This book casts new light...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A new interpretation of the wider military context of the doomed operation features previously unpublished photographs and documents Using first hand accounts and official records, this history examines the legend of the Waal Crossing and the truth behind it, revealing how a culture of elitism mixed with national and personal rivalries led to arguably the greatest Allied defeat of the war. On September 20, 1944, U.S. paratroopers launched a desperate,...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows the story of the codebreaker and computer science pioneer Alan Turing. Except... When Dermot Turing is asked about his famous uncle, people want to know more than the bullet points of his life. They want to know everything -- was Alan Turing actually a codebreaker? What did he make of artificial intelligence? What is the significance of Alan Turing's trial, his suicide, the Royal Pardon, the £50 note and the film The Imitation Game?...
60) Strange Defeat
Author
Language
English
Description
A renowned historian and Resistance fighter - later executed by the Nazis - analyzes at first hand why France fell in 1940. Marc Bloch wrote Strange Defeat during the three months following the fall of France, after he returned home from military service. In the midst of his anguish, he nevertheless "brought to his study of the crisis all the critical faculty and all the penetrating analysis of a first-rate historian" (Christian Science Monitor)....
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