World War Ii category: 7796 books
Churchill and the King
The Wartime Alliance of Winston Churchill and George VI
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
For fans of The King's Speech, the intriguing bond between monarch and prime minister and its crucial role during World War II
The political and personal relationship between King George VI and Winston Churchill during World War II is one that has been largely overlooked throughout history,...
by Richard Bessel
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
An incendiary work of scholarship arguing that racism was the driving force behind Nazism, rather than a by-product of it—essential reading in an age of renewed fears of bigotry, tyranny, and fascism.
World War II was the defining event of the twentieth century, redrawing the political map in...
Japan's Contested War Memories
The 'Memory Rifts' in Historical Consciousness of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007
Japan's Contested War Memories is an important and significant book that explores the struggles within contemporary Japanese society to come to terms with Second World War history. Focusing particularly on 1972 onwards, the period starts with the normalization of relations with China and the return...
by Gordon Williamson
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
The remarkable war effort of the German armed forces on three fronts between 1939 and 1945 was recognised by a wider range of insignia than seen in the Allied armies. While the Wehrmacht displayed fewer unit insignia than the Allies, a glance at a German soldier's tunic could reveal much more about...
Nine Hours
The Canadians at Dieppe: August 19, 1942
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
The raid on Dieppe was one of the most controversial operations of World War II and a costly failure. Many would argue it was flawed and doomed from the start. The focus here is the personal stories of those who landed on the beaches, enduring nine hours of hell. The men of the Second Division...
The D-Day Assault
A 70th Anniversary Guide to the Normandy Landings
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of D-Day...The D-Day Assault. Just in time for the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings, this compact guidebook not only describes the most significant land invasion of World War II, but features detailed battlefield tours, identifies monuments, and locates...
Battle for the North Atlantic
The Strategic Naval Campaign that Won World War II in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
The Battle of the North Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of World War II, running from 1939 until the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, though it reached its peak from mid-1940 through the end of 1943. The Battle of the North Atlantic pitted German U-boats and other warships of...
A Dangerous Assignment
An Artillery Forward Observer in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2008
Rare memoir of a risky job performed by relatively few troops. Honest and observant narrative describes the good, bad, and ugly of the war. Covers World War II's closing months in eastern France and Germany.
Grenadiers
The Story of Waffen SS General Kurt "Panzer" Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2005
• Reprint of the classic World War II memoir
German General Kurt "Panzer" Meyer's autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of Germany's most highly decorated and successful soldiers of World War II. If you love small-unit actions, this is the book for you. Follow Meyer...
SS-Hitlerjugend
The History of the Twelfth SS Division, 194345
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Whoever has the youth has the future. My teaching will be hard. Weakness will be knocked out of them. A violently active, dominating, brutal youth that is what I am after.’ Adolf Hitler The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler’s armies in World War II. SS-Hitlerjugend is an in-depth...
Letters from the Attic
Save the Last Dance for Me
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
FASCINATING MANY WILL APPRECIATE THE NOSTALGIA AND PERSONAL LOOK INTO THE GREATEST ERA OF OUR AMERICAN HISTORY.
Dr. Bruce Shields, Professor Emeritus, Yale
This personal history recalls family, love, and young romance beneath the roar of a raging war, building on letters stored away...
by Jim Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
On December 7, 1941, war came to Arroyo Grande when two local sailors were killed on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. People from the small town were thrust into great circumstances and quickly answered the call for action. A local storekeeper's son won the Silver Star after he brought his flaming...
Code Name Caesar
The Secret Hunt for U-Boat 864 During World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
In the waning days of World War II, a little-known battle took place under the frozen seas off the coast of Norway . . . and changed the course of the war.
In February of 1944, Germany and Japan devised a desperate plan to escape defeat. The Germans would send Japan a submarine—boat U-864—packed...
Always Faithful
The 100 Best Photos of U.S. Marines in World War II Combat
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
A Picture is worth a thousand words
In his *Always Faithful, noted military historian Eric Hammel has assembled one hundred Marine Corpsa combat photos from the Pacific Theater of operations during World War II. Together these tell the story of the Marines’ costly victory over the Japanese.
Over...