Second World War

Reducere. An account of the Second World War, that is published in association with the Imperial War Museums. It examines the causes of the war, its great ba...

Reducere. Find out more about World War II with this book full of fighter planes, bombers, tanks, warships and submarines, plus over 100 detailed stickers sh...

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...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Roman ToeppelIllustration(s): 32 b/w photos, 8 colour maps, 2 tablesNumber of pages: 230Collection: Modern Mi...

These are people who have gone on to leave an important but often hidden trace in the moral and cultural life of Britain and beyond. The story of t...

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

Book 5 in the DCI Frank Merlin seriesPublisher: Headline Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Mark EllisNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

The articles selected for this volume cover a wide range of topics reflecting the fact that the largest recorded war in history and the most intens...

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

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...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): June FrancisNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedesco...

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...

Comprehensive and authoritative work on the whole range of Second World War Red Army weaponry.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Michael Gr...

Capturing the stories of ordinary women doing extraordinary things through the turbulent years of the Second World WarPublisher: The History Press ...

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...

Drawing on a range of material, the book demonstrates just how much death matters in wartime - not just to the individual, threatened with their ow...

The first comprehensive history of this important class of ship. Contains the fruit of much original research. Highly readable text complimented by...

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

War of Words analyses Franco-British relations during the Second World War through the lens of rhetoric and empire. Through a comparative and trans...

This book reconstructs what Europe stood for in National Socialist Germany, analyses how the interplay of its defining elements changed dependent o...

Civil defence was the most significant voluntary organisation of the Second World War. It involved men and women of every class, generation and loc...

A tale of two commands that explores the differing strategies of Fighter and Bomber Command and their, at times, disastrous consequences.Publisher:...

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

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

Reducere. Vidkun Quisling, Norway's infamous Nazi collaborator, was perhaps the world's most renowned traitor. In early 1942, when he rose to power in occupi...

In late 1940 a group of five young Australian soldiers set out on a secret mission: one of the Second World War's most daring operations and the fi...

Reducere. Did you know that the Balkan Peninsula is often referred to as the "powder keg of Europe?"It was a term devised in the early 20th century to descri...

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 ...

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...

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

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

Power. Glory. Death. Courage. How well do we know the story of the Second World War?

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

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...

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

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...

Highly illustrated account of the major naval battles fought in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during the Second World War.Publisher: Pen & Sword B...

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

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...

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

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Simon (Plymouth University, UK) ToppingIllustration(s): 23 bw illusNumber of pages: 328Publicatio...

The Macchi C.202 was probably the most successful Italian fighter in WW2, the aircraft of almost all Italian top scoring aces. Mc.202 was fast and ...

This volume details the influence of Second World War aviation development, experience and subsequent technological advances in shaping American ch...

The traumatic surreal is the first major study to examine the leading role Germanophone women artists have played in deploying surrealism to respon...

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...

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

Taking seriously Ireland's euphemism for World War II, ""the Emergency"", Anna Teekell's Emergency Writing asks both what happens to literature wri...

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

This is a major reassessment of the role of the war at sea in Allied victory in the Mediterranean. Richard Hammond demonstrates how the anti-shippi...

Introducing young children to historical events with a global significance, the illustrated 'Fact Cat' character helps readers discover answers to ...

In May 1944, 40, 000 Polish soldiers attacked and captured the hilltops of Monte Cassino, bringing to a close the largest, bloodiest battle fought ...

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

Reducere. 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...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Reducere. Much has been written about the causes for the outbreak of World War I and the ways in which the war was fought, but few historians have tackled th...

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...

Fascinated by history? Wish you knew more? The Illustrated Introductions are here to help. In this lavishly illustrated, accessible guide, find out...

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

Robin Brook's action-packed book describes the military airfields of Berkshire during the last war, including Greenham Common, Membury, Welford, an...

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...

Publisher: Manchester University PressAuthor(s): Corinna (Senior Lecturer in Gender and Cultural History) Peniston-BirdIllustration(s): Illustratio...

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

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