And There Was Light: The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II, Paperback

The remarkable and moving story of Jacques Lusseyran, a blind French resistance leader who was interned at Buchenwald.Publisher: Floris BooksAuthor...

DescriptionWhen Hitler invaded Poland, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted, instead of retur...

Reducere. April 2020 will mark the 80th Anniversary of the fall of France to Nazi Germany, and the establishment of the provisional government of the Vichy s...

Between 1940 and 1945, Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) carried out sabotage and organised resistance across occupied Europe. Over 5 ye...

Reducere. The story of the underground battle of the Italians against the Nazis and Fascisti, largely unknown outside Italy, was, unlike the French Resistanc...

Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an Ame...

What makes 2nd Lieutenant Phil Larimore's story special is what happened in World War II's closing days and the people-and horses-he interacted wit...

Reducere. "One of Ten Best History Books of 2021." --Smithsonian Magazine For fans of The Boys in the Boat and The Storm on Our Shores, this impeccably resea...

A compelling memoir by soul legend P.P. Arnold, charting the musical highs and personal lows of her extraordinary life.Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd...

Publisher: W Foulsham & Co LtdAuthor(s): Harry LudlamNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 17Cover type: Paperback / so...

Reducere. In 1943 a young official from the German foreign ministry contacted Allen Dulles, an OSS officer in Switzerland who would later head the Central In...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROmaha Beach legend Ray Lambert's unforgettable firsthand account of D-Day--read the astonishing true story celebrated by T...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert S. JohnsonAuthor: Martin CaidinThunderbolt , first published in 1958, is the memoir of Robert S. Johnson, one of the...

Thrillingly tells the story of an Eastern European Jew's flight from the Holocaust and the years he spent fighting in the French underground." --US...

FDR's Ambassadors and the Diplomacy of Crisis: From the Rise of Hitler to the End of World War II - David Mayers

Shown are the weaponry, uniforms and other equipment of the German cavalry as used on all fronts throughout World War II.

Reducere. This fast-moving memoir of T. Moffatt Burriss shows his extraordinary role as a platoon leader and company commander with the 504th Parachute Infan...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Michel WentingIllustration(s): Black & white and colour photos.Number of pages: 64Collection: EliteP...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Leader of the Pack recounts the incredible history of USS Batfish, a record-setting American World War II fleet submarine. Batfish entered the pant...

The never-before-told tale of the German-American who infiltrated New York's Nazi underground in the days leading up to World War II: "Thrilling, w...

Reducere. The first comprehensive narrative of racism in America's World War II military and the resistance to it. America's World War II military was a forc...

Award NameYalsa Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young AdultsAward categoryYoung Adult NonfictionExcellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults F...

Reducere. From Kirsty Manning, author of The Song of the Jade Lily, comes a gripping World War II set historical novel about murder, secrets, and survival. A...

Reducere. A Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the "Age of Neoslavery, " the American period following the Emancipation Proclamation in which convicts, mostly...

During World War II, some 10, 000 American bombers and fighters were shot down over Europe. Of the crews aboard, 26, 000 men were killed, while 30,...

Reducere. In the wake of Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt called for the largest arms buildup in our nation's history. A shortage of steel, however, quickly...

-This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.- With these words, Lieutenan...

Author Hans Moederzoon van Kuilenburg was a 10-year-old girl living in Amsterdam when German soldiers invaded Holland in the spring of 1940. The Du...

Reducere. When President Roosevelt called for the country to be the great ``Arsenal of Democracy, `` Detroit helped turn the tide against fascism with its in...

The Special Boat Squadron was Britain's most exclusive Special Forces unit during World War II. Highly trained, and totally secretive, the SBS was ...

Reducere. Niagara Falls, both a natural wonder and a tourist destination, played a prominent role on the homefront during the Second World War. Many men and ...

Contributor(s): Author: Dan KurzmanThe sinking of the Dorchester in the icy waters off Greenland shortly after midnight on February 3, 1942, was on...

Reducere. As a newly commisioned Captain of a veteran Army regiment, MacDonald's first combat was war at its most hellish the Battle of the Bulge. In this pl...

Reducere. The books lets you in on the skills and tricks used by the British SOE (Special Operations Executive), the US OSS (Office of Strategic Services), t...

Covers the different types and variations of German motorcycles used in WWII.

Reducere. DescriptionMankind had reached a threshold in the forth decade of the twentieth century. There were unprecedented scientific and technological achi...

Broken down by campaign and key battles within each theatre of war, German Luftwaffe in WWII illustrates the strengths and organizational structure...

Renowned scholar Istvan Deak brings us the comparative history of collaboration, retribution, and resistance during World War II.

Reducere. DescriptionDuring World War II, many Georgians witnessed the enemy in their backyards. More than twelve thousand German and Italian prisoners captu...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring World War II, Michigan became a temporary home to six thousand German and Italian POWs. At a time of homefront labor shortages, t...

Reducere. This is the official postwar history of the 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy), comprised of the 23rd, 31st, 72nd and 394th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy...