Second World War, Paperback

This book reveals the myths and mayhem which accompanied the three waves of wartime evacuation and documents the experiences of evacuees in their o...

A definitive guide to the Sunderland flying boat in the Second World War.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Andrew HendrieIllustration(s): ...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Daniel James BrownNumber of pages: 560Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 33Cover type: Paperback ...

Using official WW2 documents this book provides the reader with the same information on the Panzer V Panther that was available to British and Comm...

The miraculous story of the Walkers, six siblings who survived Blitz, battle and internment and whose incredible experiences tell a new social hist...

Reducere. In the autumn of 1938, Europe believed in the promise of peace. But only a year later, the fateful decisions of just a few men had again led Europe...

A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of women welcoming home their menfolk from the Second World War

Reducere. One of the worst cases of sex slavery happened during the most violent time in modern history....Japan during the Second World War. The Rape of Nan...

The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as women throughou...

Formed in 1938, the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service was a remarkable legion of women; this is their story.

Reducere. The Soviet Union was not renowned for its fashionable clothing. However, after the World War II the Soviet Government opened several parallel organ...

Jonathan Fennell captures for the first time the true wartime experience of the ordinary soldiers from across the empire who made up the British an...

On 20 October 1944, the U.S. Sixth Army began landing on Leyte's eastern coast, supported by the U.S. Navy's 3rd and 7th fleets, which were assiste...

Dramatic shots of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the carrier battles of the Coral Sea and Midway with quality that is now expected from the Images ...

Expert....[Jankowski] shrewdly juxtaposes interminable peace and disarmament conferences and political events with the national mood in a dozen cou...

During the Second World War, German science and technology posed a terrifying threat to the Allied nations. These advanced weapons, which included ...

The extraordinary story of a propaganda campaign like no other: the covert British operation to manipulate American public opinion and bring Americ...

Using official WW2 documents this book provides the reader with the same information on the Panzer VI Ausf. E Tiger I that was available to British...

The author identifies the most important decisions taken by Churchill between May 1940 and the end of the Second World War.

To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer's wife in this unforgettable novel from USA Today bestselling author...

Mid-Century Gothic offers a fresh perspective on the cultural moment that followed World War II, and discovers a deep sense of unease mingling with...

How ideas moved the world from post-war to pre-war once more.

Publisher: Little, Brown and CompanyAuthor(s): Malcolm GladwellNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 135 x 202 x 21Cover type: Pape...

Reducere. The world suddenly changed into hell as the rivers and lakes turned into blood. The Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean could not be left behind. ...

The extraordinary - and never before told - story of Alastair Cram, the British soldier who escaped from prisoner-of-war camps not once but more th...

This book recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2, 000 children born to black GIs and white British women in World War II. Stories from o...

Publisher: Mark DavisonAuthor(s): Muriel DavisonIllustration(s): 50 b/w photographsNumber of pages: 56Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 211 x 126 x...

This edited collection focuses on the negotiation of national, geographic and cultural identities during the Second World War among the constituent...

Reducere. When Christina discovers her Grandfather's diary years after his death, she is surprised to learn he had been stationed in Iceland as a young Canad...

The dramatic, untold story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Martin GilbertA "magisterial" (The New York Times) single-volume history of WWII It began with the German invasion of Polan...

Although skill, leadership, strategy, and number of forces have been important factors in battles, armaments have played the most decisive role in ...

This is a compact but comprehensive and absorbing history of the Second World War. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and ...

Age range 11 to 17The Second World War: 1939-45 examines the causes of the war and details the course of the conflict in Western Europe, the USSR, ...

Tells the story of 50 world changing discoveries and technological advances made during World War II, particularly for Operation Overlord.Illustrat...

In September 1939, housewife and mother Nella Last began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length and quality, have created a record of t...

Reducere. The poets in this book are from many corners of the globe, a lot of them from places with wars. What does it feel like to be "collateral damage"? D...

DescriptionThough World War II took place after the development of color photography, nearly all of the familiar images of it are in black and whit...

Although nearly 90% of the population of Great Britain remained civilians throughout the war, or for a large part of it, their story has so far lar...

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Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Phil TomaselliIllustration(s): 30 illustrationsNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 233...

1, 000 images of the second year of WW2 - September 1940 to September 1941.

Capturing the stories of ordinary human beings who lived through extraordinary times

It's snapshot of the time between the austerity at the end of the Second World War and the beginning of the Swinging Sixties, a bit of social histo...

A concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost..

Publisher: Crecy PublishingAuthor(s): W.R. ChorleyNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 1998Dimensions: 232 x 156 x 17Cover type: Paperback / softb...

Reducere. Anyone with even a passing interest in conspiracy has heard claims that a powerful elite controls both the economies and the politics of the West. ...

A witty and lighthearted mystery full of intriguing period detail, this rare gem of Golden Age crime returns to print for the first time since its ...

DescriptionPublished in association with Imperial War Museums, The Story of the Second World War for Children sensitively teaches kids about histor...

On a foggy night in London, a party has gathered in an artist's studio during the wartime blackout. When the brutal murder of the miser next door i...

In 1941, Britain stood alone. North Africa dominated the news. Bismarck sank Hood. Fortress Britain endured the Blitz. Russia was invaded. Japan wo...

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Publisher: Mark DavisonAuthor(s): Paul AdamsIllustration(s): 150 b&w photographsNumber of pages: 76Publication date: 2002Dimensions: 202 x 296 x 6C...

Reducere. I should imagine this was murder, too, because it would be very difficult to build yourself into a heap of sandbags and then die...In the blackout ...

Publisher: Red Sea Press, U.S.Number of pages: 428Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 154 x 229 x 29Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Edmund...

Reducere. The conflict that ended in 1945 is often described as a 'total war', unprecedented in both scale and character. Volume 3 of The Cambridge History o...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Though both nations...

Reducere. [An] excellent fair-play mystery...this British Library Crime Classic more than deserves that status.--Publishers Weekly, STARRED ReviewOn a dismal...

Reducere. DescriptionThe next installment in the British Library Crime Classics series Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder "Any book by...

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The Cambridge History of the Second World War is an authoritative new account of the conflict that unfolded between 1939 and 1945. With contributio...

A detailed social and economic history of Ireland during the Second World War, revealing the hidden story of the Irish Emergency. -- .Publisher: Ma...

Reducere. Recalls the group of scientists whose invention of radar during World War II contributed to the Allied victory, and chronicles their post-war achie...

Presented in an illustrated format, this book provides a detailed history of the wartime airfields of the North West of England, including Cark, Cr...

This is a beautiful study of the rich history of our food, its fads and its fashions, combined with a practical cookbook of over xxx recipes from t...

A major new history of post-war EuropePublisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Paul BettsIllustration(s): Black and white photos throughoutNumber of ...

Now in its 5th edition, The Origins of the Second World War explores the reasons why the Second World War broke out in September 1939 and why a Eur...

Reducere. Beginning with a look at the readiness of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy and the United States armed forces, this book gives a detailed accoun...

The Road to 1945 is a rigorously researched study of the crucial moment when political parties put aside their differences to unite under Churchill...

By investigating representations of the war years in a selection of French crime novels from the mid-1940s to the present day, this book argues for...