World War Ii category: 7796 books
The Women Who Wrote the War
The Riveting Saga of World War II's Daredevil Women and Correspondents
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
A “vividly narrated” portrait of Margaret Bourke-White, Martha Gellhorn, and over ninety other female reporters who covered WWII combat (Robert Caro).
The annals of the greatest generation are not complete without acknowledging the contributions of America’s fearless female combat correspondents....
Russia at War, 1941â€"1945
A History
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
In 1941, Russian-born British journalist Alexander Werth observed the unfolding of the Soviet-German conflict with his own eyes. What followed was the widely acclaimed book, Russia at War, first printed in 1964. At once a history of facts, a collection of interviews, and a document of the human condition,...
Grey Wolf, Grey Sea
Aboard the German Submarine U-124 in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The inside story of life aboard the deadly Nazi U-Boat that sank forty-nine ships.
The history of one of World War II’s most successful submarines, U-124, is chronicled in Grey Wolf, Grey Sea, from its few defeats to a legion of victories. Kapitanleutnant Jochen Mohr commanded his German...
1941
The America That Went to War
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
A detailed, panoramic portrait of America and its people in the twelve months leading up to its entry into WWII.
From Joe DiMaggio’s still unbroken hitting streak to the infamy of Pearl Harbor, 1941: The America That Went to War immerses readers in a world of big bands and bigger headlines.
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Crimes and Mercies
The Fate of German Civilians Under Allied Occupation, 19441950
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
More than 9 million Germans died as a result of deliberate Allied starvation and expulsion policies after World War II-one quarter of the country was annexed, and about 15 million people expelled in the largest act of ethnic cleansing the world has ever known. Over 2 million of these alone, including...
by George M. Taber
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
From the bestselling author of Judgment of Paris comes the story of the integral role that gold played in World War II, from its influence on the Nazi war machine to the ultimate triumph by the Allies and the fall of Berlin.
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A USA Today "New and Notable" Book
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When Darkness Reigned and Light Was Barely Visible
Reflections on Wwii by the Son and Grandson of a Holocaust Survivor
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2015
WHEN DARKNESS REIGNED AND LIGHT WAS BARELY VISIBLE is a thoughtful reflection on the Second World War, through the lens of the son and grandson of a WWII survivor. The grandfather, Marcus Heller, was nineteen, Jewish and living in Poland when the war ignited in 1939. He lost his entire family during...
Triumph and Tragedy
The Second World War, Volume 6
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
In the final volume of the six-volume series The Second World War, the tide of war has turned in the Allies' favor--and Japan's surrender is imminent. Even so, the Allies find themselves powerless to halt the advance of Russia and lay the groundwork for lasting peace--and Churchill himself is seeing...
Night and Day Bomber Offensive
Allied Airmen in World World II Europe
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
For much of World War II England provided the only western European base from which the British and American air forces could take the war into Nazi-occupied Europe and Germany itself. The American Eighth and Ninth Air Forces struck enemy targets by day at great distances, often on raids of eight...
The Day the War Ended
May 8, 1945 - Victory in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
One of Britain's most acclaimed historians presents the experiences and ramifications of the last day of World War II in Europe
May 8, 1945, 23:30 hours: With war still raging in the Pacific, peace comes at last to Europe as the German High Command in Berlin signs the final instrument of surrender....
Year Zero
A History of 1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
A marvelous global history of the pivotal year 1945 as a new world emerged from the ruins of World War II
Year Zero is a landmark reckoning with the great drama that ensued after war came to an end in 1945. One world had ended and a new, uncertain one was beginning. Regime change had come on...
Secrets of Q Central
How Leighton Buzzard Shortened the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
The first book about the communications center of Britian in World War II, from which the U.S. also conducted its black ops—features previously unpublished photos, secret maps, and German air photographsLeighton Buzzard had the biggest telephone exchange in the world 1939-45, handling all telephone...
by Angus Konstam
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2012
The idea of a heavy cruiser emerged in the aftermath of World War I, and was closely linked to the limits set by the inter-war Washington Naval Treaty. The pre-World War I concept of armoured cruisers had been abandoned, but in their stead the Admiralty saw a place for powerful cruisers, able to patrol...
The Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
“Riveting…An elegantly composed study, important and even timely” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) history of the Third Reich—how Adolf Hitler and a core group of Nazis rose from obscurity to power and plunged the world into World War II.
In “the new definitive volume on the subject”...