Second World War

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

In this history of World War II, the author explores both the technical and the human impact of the conflict. The text concentrates on five crucial...

Description Literature and Poverty offers an engaging overview of changes in literary perceptions of poverty and the poor. Part I of the book, from...

Reducere. DescriptionAn eager London crowd awaits the trial of Victoria Lamartine, hotel worker, ex-French Resistance fighter, and the only logical suspect f...

DescriptionThe untold story of the Christian missionaries who played a crucial role in the allied victory in World War II What makes a good mission...

Reducere. DescriptionAs German troops entered Paris following their victory in June 1940, the American journalist William L. Shirer observed that they carrie...

DescriptionThis important study examines women's life writing about the Second World War and the Holocaust, such as memoirs, diaries, docunovels, a...

DescriptionFighting the People's War is an unprecedented, panoramic history of the 'citizen armies' of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India...

DescriptionThe First World War is often credited as being the event that gave Canada its own identity, distinct from that of Britain, France, and t...

DescriptionWhen Winston Churchill accepted the position of Prime Minister in May 1940, he insisted in also becoming Minister of Defence. He was not...

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

Contributor(s): Author: Angus KonstamThis title tells the dramatic story of how the Royal Navy transformed ordinary citizens into first-rate and fe...

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

Reframing remembrance is an investigation into French cinema's representation of the Second World War. Focusing on films released between 1995 and ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bill O'NeillWhen was the last time someone around you brought up World War Two? It's a pretty popular war. Maybe you heard ...

Reducere. The definitive, Nobel Prize winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring wo...

Reducere. Praised as "the best military historian of our generation" by Tom Clancy, John Keegan reconsiders his masterful study of World War II, The Second W...

A new historical addition to the series, looking closely at the vehicles and major events that defined WWII as one of the most destructive wars in ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: George H. NashHerbert Hoover's "magnum opus"--at last published nearly fifty years after its completion--offers a revisioni...

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

The quintessential account of the Second World War as seen by Winston Churchill, its greatest leader As Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1940 t...

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...

Poems From the Second World War is a moving and powerful collection of poems written by soldiers, nurses, mothers, sweethearts, and family and frie...

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...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

'Excellent' Antony Beevor 'Saul David is a brilliant historian ... In shocking and jaw-dropping detail, he brings a battle that deserves far greate...

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 ...

Reducere. "Roberts'spopulist approach makes for a rollicking good read and never comes at theexpense of accuracy. His mastery of the huge variety of subjects...

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

This book tells the story of the Greek resistance to Axis occupation during the Second World War and in particular the life of armed guerrillas. Ra...

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

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

The Spanish Civil War is well-trodden ground, yet the story of what happened to the Spanish Republicans following their defeat by Franco has never ...

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...

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

The publication of this book in 1999 provided the first detailed examination of the many Irish men and women, all volunteers, who served in the Sec...

Reducere. The battle to keep the nation fed during the Second World War was waged by an army of workers on the land and the resourcefulness of the housewives...

The sequel to the highly successful Forgotten Voices Of The Great War. This is a complete oral history of the war drawn from The Imperial War Museu...

Reducere. In a definitive new account of the Soviet Union at war, Alexander Hill charts the development, successes and failures of the Red Army from the indu...

'Arming for Accuracy' examines the early development of dropping aerial ordinance and Bomber Command's undertaking to create a unique member of air...

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. Winston Churchill fought the World War II twice over-first as Prime Minister during the war, and then later as the war's premier historian. From 19...

Many Americans tend to think of Pearl Harbor as the only attack on U.S. soil during the Second World War. However, Oregon itself was specifically c...

An innovative illustrated history of the Second World War, told with the help of personal stories from across the globe.Publisher: Thames & Hudson ...

Reducere. An engrossing sticker book packed with over 170 stickers to get soldiers, sailors and pilots ready for action. With over 170 historically accurate ...