World War Ii category: 7796 books

Cover of America and the Postwar World: Remaking International Society, 1945-1956
by David Mayers
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018

The main tide of international relations scholarship on the first years after World War II sweeps toward Cold War accounts. These have emphasized the United States and USSR in a context of geopolitical rivalry, with concomitant attention upon the bristling security state. Historians have also extensively...
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The Western European and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II

An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Sources

by Donal Sexton
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011

The Western European and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II is a concise, comprehensive guide for students, teachers, and history buffs of the Second World War. With an emphasis on the American forces in these theaters, each entry is accompanied by a brief annotation that will allow researchers...
Cover of The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: World War II
by Jon E. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012

In his account of World War II, historian Jon Lewis has selected 300 first-hand accounts, from Heinz Guderian rolling his panzer tank into Poland to VJ Day in London and New York. More than a eyewitness chronicle, this collection gives the reader an insight into how the repercussions from the war...
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Operation Unthinkable

The Third World War: British Plans to Attack the Soviet Empire 1945

by Jonathan Walker
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013

A study of one of the great "what if"s of modern times—Churchill's proposed invasion of the Soviet Union as World War II drew to a closeAs the war in Europe entered its final months, the world teetered on the edge of a Third World War. While Soviet forces smashed their way into Berlin,...
Cover of Central Coast Aviators in World War II
by Jim Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2018

During World War II, thousands of volunteer combat aviators trained at places like Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and Hancock Field in Santa Maria. Some air cadets and WASPs--young women pilots--lost their lives in training accidents. The graduates would go on to fight in both the Pacific and European...
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Jewish Aviators in World War II

Personal Narratives of American Men and Women

by Bruce H. Wolk
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016

More than 150,000 American Jews served in the air war during World War II. Despite acts of heroism and commendations, they were subject to bigotry and scorn by their fellow servicemen. Jews were sometimes characterized as disloyal and cowardly, malingering in the slanderous (and non-existent) “Jewish...
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Normandy to Victory

The War Diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army

by William C. Sylvan, Francis G. Smith Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009

During World War II, U.S. Army generals often maintained diaries of their activities and the day-to-day operations of their command. These diaries have proven to be invaluable historical resources for World War II scholars and enthusiasts alike. Until now, one of the most historically significant...
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The Battles of World War II

Everything You Need to Know Series

by Christopher Catherwood
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014

The Second World War is without parallel in human history. The sheer carnage is staggering, with some estimating over 80 million people died as a result of the conflict. Catherwood brings an objective, informative voice to the vast detail on the subject of the war’s key battles, allowing you appreciate...
Cover of Cromwell Cruiser Tank 1942–50
by David Fletcher, Richard C Harley
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2012

For most of World War II, British tank development remained faithful to the design philosophy inaugurated during World War I. Experiences in North Africa highlighted flaws in this basic design, however, and the General Staff identified the need for a new heavy cruiser that could combine speed and...
Cover of World War II: When the Japanese Bombed the Huertgen Forest: How the Army's Investigation of Pearl Harbor Influenced the Outcome of the Huertgen Forest, Gerow and Command of V Corps 1943-1945
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this paper examines the effect of the Pearl Harbor investigation of the V Corps commander, Major General Leonard T. Gerow, on the German battles in World War II.In September of 1944, Major General Leonard T. Gerow,...
Cover of Hitler's Enabler: Neville Chamberlain and the Origins of the Second World War

Hitler's Enabler: Neville Chamberlain and the Origins of the Second World War

Neville Chamberlain and the Origins of the Second World War

by John Ruggiero
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015

Was Adolf Hitler hell-bent on inciting a war, and there was no course of action by any national leader that could have prevented World War II? Or, did Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy with Germany and slowness in strengthening England's armed forces directly encourage Hitler...
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Tales of Lancasters and Other Aircraft

Dangerous Skies in the Second World War

by George Culling
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017

Of every 100 operational airmen in World War II, nine were killed flying in England and three severely injured in crashes; non-operational casualties numbered more than 15,000. Operational casualties were chillingly grim—more than 56,000 airmen died in World War II, more than half those involved....
Cover of Who Has the Puck? Strategic Initiative in Modern, Conventional War: World War II Case Studies of Russo-German War of 1941-45, Pacific War, Shifts from Superior Wisdom, Knowledge, Capacity, Technique
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Historians and other military analysts often use the term "strategic initiative." Most assume a common understanding of this term, but the concept has been neither carefully defined nor examined...
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Ship-Busters

British Torpedo-Bombers in World War II

by Ralph Barker
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2010

Epic story of low-level strikes on Axis navies in World War II One of the most dangerous forms of air attack used during the war Written by a participant This stirring book recounts how British torpedo-bombers took the war to enemy naval fleets and shipping vessels during World...
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