Second World War

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

A unique, moving collection of first-person accounts of the Second World War, published in association with the award-winning children's newspaper ...

The most powerful story in stamp history, revealing the little icons at the heart of wartime propagandaIllustrations: 48 Plates, color; 100 Illustr...

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

New edition has been thoroughly updated to include all material online and recently released records.Illustrations: 40 black and white illustrations

Learn about the most important armoured vehicles made in Hungary. Describes the combats in which Hungarian units fought until the end of the war.

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

DescriptionThe Second World War Jeep was one of the most famous and influential military vehicles of all time, and over 600, 000 were produced. It ...

DescriptionAmong the most successful armored vehicles produced by American industry - known as the Arsenal of Democracy - during the Second World W...

Bridging Pen and Swords existing military and genealogy readerships, this book will provide an interesting perspective on the experience of the Bri...

Rare and graphic images of WW2 German machine guns in action on all fronts. Informative text traces development of full range of machine guns.

An insightful look at the use of black propaganda during the Second World War

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

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

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 ...

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

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

DescriptionTrevor Royle examines Scotland's role in the Second World War from a wide range of perspectives. The country's geographical position gav...

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

The USMC saw some of the bitterest fighting of WW2 in the long Pacific campaign. This is a superb resume of the USMC's achievements against a fanat...

"British Army Cap Badges of the Second World War".

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

Groundbreaking and remarkably relevant to modern emergency relief efforts, The Long Road Home tells the epic story of how the mammoth refugee probl...

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 in-depth look at the heroic fighting forces of the Second World War

A in-depth look at the heroic fighting forces of the Second World War

A in-depth look at the heroic fighting forces of the Second World War

The critically-acclaimed classic history of the Second World War by one of the greatest military thinkers of his time.

Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War.

1, 000 images of the third year of WW2 - September 1941 to September 1942, this is a quick, convenient visual history of the world's worst life-cha...

This volume covers the many variations of Royal Navy wartime escort destroyers, both the purpose-built Hunt' class and the conversions from older f...

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...

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...

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

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

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each bo...

Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War.

Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War.

A six-volume history of the Second World War.Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Winston ChurchillNumber of pages: 752Publication date: 2005Dime...

Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War.

Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War.

Covers all Allied Tank variants of the WW2 period across all theatres.

1, 000 images of the first year of WW2 - September 1939 to September 1940.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Jack HolroydIllustration(s): 7...

A fascinating and lively history of Hollywood and WWII. Now a NETFLIX original, featuring interviews with some of the best directors of our generat...

The first book to record the contributions made by Northern Irish people during the Second World War and the affect those contributions had on thei...

Reducere. Winner of both the National Book Award for Arts and Letters and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, Paul Fussell's The Great War ...

DescriptionDuring the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaign...

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...

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 ...

Lists all the tanks used by both Allied and Axis powersIllustrations: 300 black and white illustrations

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...

The Second World War lasted for 2, 174 days and claimed the lives of over 50 million people. Why did it take the course that it did? Why did the Ax...

DescriptionOne towed artillery gun required a team of six horses and nine men. WW2 German engineers came up with the idea of mounting an artillery ...

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

Ocean-going U-boats, each one not much longer than four European articulated trucks with up to 60 men inside them, sailed the far-off seas to reap ...

The first book to fully explore the uniform and style of young people in the Second World War

Highly illustrated account of the major naval battles fought in the Pacific and Far East during the Second World War.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books L...

Previously untold stories and unpublished photographs of Norwich in wartimePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Neil R StoreyIllustration(s):...

A history of Norfolk in the Second World WarPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Frank MeeresNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2008Dimens...

A striking new edition of the most authoritative account of the Second World War by one of the greatest living military historians.Publisher: Orion...

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...

DescriptionPoland was re-created as an independent nation at the end of the First World War, but it soon faced problems as Nazi Germany set about e...

'Inspired ... Lowe's sensitive, disturbing book should be compulsory reading for both statue builders and statue topplers' MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIM...

During the first years of the Second World War, Italian commandos demonstrated how effective a weapon the frogman could be. Concealed by the water,...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Liberator and Avenue of Spies returns with a thrilling, action-heavy account of D-Day combat.

'Eileen is an ambitious, kind and achingly funny observer' The Times 'Passionate, gossipy, vivacious' Marina Warner 'A unique insight into home-fro...

Reducere. The success of these operations can be measured by the fact that by 1943 the Germans were almost wholly dependent on double agents for news of what...

Based on the Second World War, this narrative poem, with its evocative drawings, captures the devastation of this global war and the dramatic event...