Valor. The Astonishing World War II Saga of One Man's Defiance and Indomitable Spirit, Hardback - Dan Hampton

Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Dan HamptonIllustration(s): Includes one map and printed 1-color endpapers plus one 8-page black-and-white p...

Operation Vengeance is colorful, intimate, eye-popping history, delivered at a breakneck pace. I loved it. -Lynn VincentThe New York Times bestsell...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Robert ChildIllustration(s): 16-page plate section in colourNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 20...

Reducere. "The story of true innocents caught up in the machinery of war. Exquisitely researched, beautifully told, this tiny corner of Scotland came alive f...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Oliver MolNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 143 x 224 x 29Cover type: HardbackRedescoper...

When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March 1945, 19, 000 American Marines had been wounded and 7, 000 were dead, a casualty rate of nearly 39 perc...

Ron Davies' story is that of an ordinary soldier from Essex and his experiences, by turns amusing and harrowing, in the Second World War.Publisher:...

For fans of Katie Flynn and Sheila Jeffries, The Hope Family Christmas is a heart-warming festive novel from the Queen of family saga, and author o...

The bestselling autobiography of the legendary Louis Zamperini, hero of the blockbuster UnbrokenA modern classic by an American legend, Devil at My...

Reducere. Athletically gifted, Louis Zamperini propelled himself from the tough streets of Southern California to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and to an NCAA mi...

Contributor(s): Author: Dan KurzmanThe sinking of the Dorchester in the icy waters off Greenland shortly after midnight on February 3, 1942, was on...

Acclaimed naval historian Don Keith tells one of the most inspiring sea stories of World War II: the Japanese attack on the American oiler USS Neos...

From the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau, no World War II infantry unit in Europe saw more action or endured worse than the one commanded ...

Reducere. A graphic novel that looks at the Western Front during World War One. From award winning writer Gary Reed and comic book illustrator Charles Yates ...

Delving behind the headlines of history, this book showcases twenty brave Americans who showed exceptional leadership in the Spanish-American War, ...

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Reducere. DescriptionJames Shipley came of age in the once segregated, rural community of Tipton, Missouri. When just a young man working for a local mechani...

Description"Mark Obmascik has deftly rescued an important story from the margins of our history--and from our country's most forbidding frontier. D...

The story and analysis of the Calling Blighty series of films made by the Combined Kinematograph Service in Burma and India between 1943 and 1946. ...

Reducere. The author grew up in Germany during the postwar era, when the United States evolved from a military occupation force to a peacetime cultural power...

Publisher: Infinity Publishing (PA)Author(s): Jason WisniewskiIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 360Publication date: ...

Publisher: Mason Crest PublishersAuthor(s): Christopher ChantNumber of pages: 80Collection: World War IIPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 209 x 247...

Published to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of General George Patton's death, a gripping firsthand account of World War II written by a ...

Poignant . . . Well worth the read. --Wall Street JournalIn December 1944, Frank Sisson deployed to Europe as part of General George S. Patton's fa...

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Examines the rise of autonomy in air warfare from the inception of powered flight to the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive in World War ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 25 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 163 x 243 x 20Cover type: Har...

An extraordinary tale of the remarkable bond between one man and his dog during the Second World War.

Experts analyse the impact of World War II on individual countries and regions, and how its legacy continues to shape political and military thinki...

Description#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchi...

Analyzes Anglo-American and Italian literary, cinematic and military representations of World War II Italy in order to trace, critique and move bey...

A detailed examination of the before, during and after of Operation Colossus, the first British airborne raid of WWII. Draws on interviews with rel...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Julia JonesNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 241 x 32Cover type: HardbackR...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into ...

Reducere. DescriptionDying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is. THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL IN THE BEST SELLING 'The Things Our Fat...

Reducere. Description"For all of us to be free, a few of us must be brave, and that is the history of America." But dying for freedom isn't the worst that co...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: J. D. Barker"Scary as hell " Editorial Review, Horror After Dark "Incredibly written, supremely creepy. I don't say this li...

Weaves an exceptional and thrilling hidden history of an ordinary girl who became one of the OSS's most daring spies in World War II before marryin...

A detailed and insightful chronological study of the war, including the decisive encounters, profiles of important political and military figures, ...

The worlds of two teenage soldiers collide in surprising fashion in this masterful young adult novel of lies, spies, and survival, set on the Easte...

This is the inspirational true story of the lengths to which one man went to fulfil a dream and keep his promise of making a positive contribution ...

Michael Rosen embarks on a journey into the truth behind the fate of his relatives who disappeared during the Second World War, interspersing this ...

Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in Poland. While Solly is evacuated and adjusts to lif...

Provides a bold new interpretation of the Soviet myth of World War II from its Stalinist origins to its emergence as arguably the supreme myth of s...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Lindsey FitzharrisNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x 242 x 37Cover type: HardbackRe...

Organised chronologically by type, German Bomber Aircraft of World War II offers a highly-illustrated guide to the main types of aircraft used by t...

A fascinating history of the Avro Lancaster from the first trials of the prototype at Boscome Down in 1941 to the famous Dambuster raids of 1943; i...

Fully illustrated guide to the key weapons types used by the German armed forces in WWII, such as the Panther tank, 88mm gun, Messerschmitt Bf 109,...

Description"Then we agree on our pact as blood brothers and what we must do from this day forward?" "Yes, J rgen." "Then it's sealed in blood, " J ...