China Marine: An Infantryman's Life After World War II, Paperback - E. B. Sledge

Reducere. See E.B. Sledge's story in the HBO miniseries The Pacific China Marine is the extraordinary sequel to E.B. Sledge's memoir, With the Old Breed, whi...

Originally published in 1985, this book provides an important insight into the principal aspects of the history of the policy and practice of polit...

Reducere. How it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or "radiance, " which also means "radiation" in French) became synonymous in France ...

Explores Jewish emigration from Palestine and Israel during the critical period between 1945 and the late 1950s by weaving together the perspective...

Reducere. Stories of Elke McKee's WWII German soldier father who was captured and spent ten years as a Russian prisoner, his impression of the kind Russian p...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary records *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "There were, I suppo...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an 'Iro...

Weaving national narratives from stories of the daily lives and familiar places of local residents, Francoise Hamlin chronicles the slow struggle f...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Nazis' escapes *Discusses the question of whether ODESSA actually existed *Includes online reso...

Reducere. 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 v...

Reducere. Other Losses caused an international scandal when first published in 1989 by revealing that Allied Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower's policies c...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the operations written by Nazi scientists and Allied forces *Includes online resources and a bi...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the operations written by Nazi scientists and Allied forces *Includes online resources and a bibliography ...

Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. This m...

DescriptionOn Tuesday, November 17, 1942, aircraft CNAC No. 60 climbed slowly toward the Himalayas, growing smaller and smaller until it finally fa...

Reducere. This defining period in world history is explored and explained as never before. World War II is captured in hundreds of compelling images, present...

Reducere. More than any other city in America, New York in the years after the Second World War carved out an idealistic and equitable path to the future. La...

Reducere. World War II created enemies and friends among nations. When it ended, how did the involved parties rise up from the rubles? This history book will...

Tony Robinson takes readers on a glorious gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining and disgu...

This thorough account of the postwar search for 150 suspected Nazi collaborators in the United States explains how they immigrated into the United ...

Reducere. Spy school, poison pens, exploding muffins, and Night Witches were all a part of World War II, but you won't learn that in your history books Crack...

Razboiul din Pacific in Peleliu si Okinawa. Memoriile unui soldat - E. B. Sledge

Reducere. Full-color series--six bios in one It takes more than one person to bring about change and innovation. Find out how key players from yesterday and ...

Publisher: Wildside PressAuthor(s): Francis A MarchIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsNumber of pages: 260Publication date: 2008Dimensions...

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 ...

Reducere. Critical acclaim for William B. Breuer ""A first-class historian."" --The Wall Street Journal Vendetta ""A wealth of insights.""--Los Angeles Times...

Reducere. Although Mitsi Kashino and her family are swept up in the wave of anti-Japanese sentiment following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mitsi never expects...

DescriptionThe United States Marine Corps was one of the phenomena of the Second World War. Greatly expanded from its prewar order of battle of sca...

A gripping biography of Charlotte Salomon, and an ode to how art can capture both life's everyday beauty and its monumental horrorsPublisher: WW No...

Reducere. A rollicking tour of the English country home after World War II, when swinging London collided with aristocratic valuesAs the sun set slowly on th...

Reducere. Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassado...

Uses photographs from British history that show us what life was like in the past

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Chris McNabIllustration(s): Colour artwork plates; black & white and colour photographs and illustra...

Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Amanda McCrinaNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 138 x 209 x 31Cover type: Paperback / so...

Hailed on publication as a thought-provoking, authoritative analysis of the true beginnings of the Second World War, this revised edition of The Ro...

Drawing on recently declassified Soviet sources, this examines Soviet Ukraine's transition from war to 'peace' in the long aftermath of World War I...

Reducere. Critical Acclaim for TOP SECRET TALES of World War II ""A book for rainy days and long solitary nights by the fire. If there were a genre for cozy ...

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 ...

Publisher: The Crowood Press LtdAuthor(s): Robin BucklandIllustration(s): 252 Halftones, colorNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

The story of the unsung heroines who flew the newest, fastest, aeroplanes in World War II - mostly in southern England where the RAF was desperatel...

Publisher: Airlife Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Leo MarriottIllustration(s): 106 colour photographsNumber of pages: 112Publication date: 2004Dimensions...

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 ...