Soldaten - On Fighting, Killing and Dying. The Secret Second World War Tapes of German POWs, Paperback - Harald Welzer

A remarkable, controversial book about Germany's soldiers in the Second World War drawn from transcriptions of their secretly recorded conversations

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

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...

Forces us to reconsider much received wisdom about the war and illuminates an unjustly neglected period of his life the Second Wilderness Years of ...

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

John Valentine's letters home from his time in a Prisoner of War camp during World War Two.

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...

During the last months of the war, the wasted Japanese industry could not manufacture fighters that were sufficiently advanced to face the Superfor...

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

Reducere. - English translation of the military manual that guided the German Army in World War II - This book was carried into battle by officers and NCOs a...

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 ...

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

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

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...

Reducere. ‘A real life thriller, packed with characters that even John le Carre couldn't dream of. If this doesn't scare you, then you're not paying attentio...

The 353rd Fighter Group, the `Slybirds', participated in the major WWII aerial battles. 450 photographs provide a unique window on this historic gr...

Reducere. Hitler's regime was notorious for its many experiments and its various secret ploys, weapons, and technological developments. But typically, the te...

This collection of stories from one of the most distinctively literary voices in comics addresses the force of small gestures, the expectations of ...

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. ...

Struggles over drinking water, new outbreaks of mass violence, ethnic cleansing, civil wars in the earth's poorest countries, endless flows of refu...

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...

Reducere. The books lets you in on the skills and tricks used by the British SOE (Special Operations Executive), the US OSS (Office of Strategic Services), t...

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

The graphic experience of British soldiers fighting in the Peninsular War told in their own words.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Glover...

New paperback edition - The experiences of the German fighter pilots in the Second World War, based on extensive recollections of veterans as well ...

Reducere. When Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, launching World War Two, its army seemed an unstoppable force. The Luftwaffe bombed towns an...

Features 12 accounts that describe the battle experience, the different nations' attitudes toward imprisonment, and the often-barbaric treatment of...

Reducere. German infantry during World War Two was the most highly trained infantry in the world. They trained hard and fought even harder. These individuals...

Reducere. Recent decades have drawn more attention to the United States' treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Few people realize, however, th...

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...

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