Second World War Books

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This is the true story of Second Lieutenant Leonard J Kovar and his battle to survive as a prisoner of war during World War II.During its eleventh mission, his plane was shot down and he parachuted out into a sky filled with fire, bullets and sceaming...

In September 1943 the biggest mass prison breakout in history occurred when Italy changed sides in the Second World War and signed an armistice with the Allies, providing an opportunity for 50,000 Allied PoWs to make their escape from prison camps all...

This new text places interwar European fascism squarely in its historical context and analyses its relationship with other right wing, authoritarian movements and regimes. Beginning with the ideological roots of fascism in pre-1914 Europe, Martin...

The American St. Nick tells the remarkable TRUE story of a handful of American soldiers who during the chaos of war, help bring Christmas back a small Luxembourg town, and unknowingly create a holiday tradition that continues to this very...

First World War-based ex-servicemen's organisations found themselves facing an existential crisis with the onset of the Second World War. This book examines how two such groups, the British and American Legions, adapted cognitively to the emergence of...

Compared to Casablanca by the Washington Post, this a page-turning story of a group of resistance workers who secreted downed Allied fighter pilots through France and into safety in Spain during World War II. As war raged against Hitler's Germany, an...

In this ground-breaking collection, a team of leading experts offer a detailed examination of under-researched aspects of Soviet political repression in the 1930s. Drawing on archival documents and materials that have received little attention in Western...

In contemporary Britain there are substantial ethnic minorities of Polish and Baltic origin, who arrived here shortly after World War II. Using official records and the words of survivors and their children, the author explores the reasons for their...

Ionescu examines the process of economic Romanianization of Bucharest during the Antonescu regime that targeted the property, jobs, and businesses of local Jews and Roma/Gypsies and their legal resistance strategies to such an unjust policy.

Anzac Labour explores the horror, frustration and exhaustion surrounding working life in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Based on letters and diaries of Australian soldiers, it traces the history of work and workplace cultures...

Cat Wilson brings together two strands of historical scholarship: Churchill's work as a historian and the history of WWII in the Far East. Examining Churchill's portrayal of the British Empire's war against Japan, as set down in his memoirs, it...

Between 1917 and 1919 women enlisted in the Women's Land Army, a national organisation with the task of increasing domestic food production. Behind the scenes organisers laboured to not only recruit an army of women workers, but to also dispel public...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

The story of my uncle, William Rudolf Larson- nicknamed "Lucky" by his fellow pilots, is the account and authentic voice of a WWII TBF pilot told in his own words from more than 60 family letters and postcards to his proud parents and his...

Authors Janice Roane and Ripley Roane Jr. recreate a fictional but factual journey of five Louisiana boys who come of age as the United States enters WWII after the Pearl Harbor attack. Their stories give a glimpse of small town life in the early...

In a quiet suburb of Bordeaux, France, memories from the last century haunt the thoughts of a retired, lonely widow, night after night. Time is running out for this former schoolmistress: she opens up to a stranger, the narrator, to have her story serve...

Battle Winners is a vibrant and detailed account of the extraordinary battles of the Australian 6th and 9th Division six field artillery regiments against the Italian Army and Afrika Korps in the unforgiving terrain of the Western Desert from 1940 to...

The compelling story of Australia's desperate fight for survival during World War II.In the dark days following the fall of Singapore in February 1942, Australia faced its toughest battle yet. It was centrestage and under direct attack from seemingly...

This book seeks to explore how scientists across a number of countries managed to cope with the challenging circumstances created by World War II. No scientist remained unaffected by the outbreak of WWII. As the book shows, there were basically two...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Throughout its history, America has often been guilty of inflicting the very injustices it has tried to exterminate. One such period came in the first stages of the second world war when Americans, seized by the fear that they might become victims of...

James Arness gives the full story on his early years, his family, his military career and his film work in Hollywood, including appearances in the cult-favorite science fiction movies Them! and The Thing. He had a very long run on television's...

The Freckleton catastrophe of August 23, 1944, occurred when an American B-24 Liberator crashed into the small village of Freckleton in northwest England. The plane was on a test flight when it encountered a rare and severe summer thunderstorm. Air...

In July 1941 the United States, after a decade of worsening economic relations, announced a total embargo against Japan. The embargo had actually begun in 1940 with a so-called moral embargo under which U.S. exports of planes and war material to Japan...

Luchino Visconti's trilogy of films Ludwig, Death in Venice and The Damned explore the complex relationship between the themes and ideals of German Romanticism and their impact on the catastrophe of the Third Reich. The personality and works of...

Dorothy Dore was born in the Philippines to a British father who served there in the Spanish American War, and to a Filipina mestiza mother. This young woman was attending an exclusive private school when Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941...

“Steep are the hills we’re climbing today,Rivers and valleys dividing the way.”-Porters’ songKnown as one of the world’s most spectacular and challenging treks, the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, offers the experience of...

From the author of The Embroiderer comes a powerful account of one woman’s struggle to balance her duty to her country and a love she knows willultimately end in tragedy.1940. With the Germans about to enter Paris, Claire Bouchard flees France for...

This engrossing and meticulously researched volume reexamines the decisions made by Dwight D. Eisenhower and his staff in the crucial months leading up to the Battle of the Bulge. In late August 1944 defeat of the Wehrmacht seemed assured. On December...

Midway, the most famous naval battle in American history, has been the subject of many excellent books. However, none satisfactorily explain why the Japanese lost that battle, given their overwhelming advantage in firepower. While no book may ever...

Das Buch ""Das Zarenreich Der Gegenwart"" wurde 1889 von Max Folticineano ver������ffentlicht. Es beschreibt das damalige Russland unter der Herrschaft des Zarenreichs und gibt einen Einblick in die politischen, sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Bedingungen...

Das Buch ""Das Wissensw�����rdigste �����ber die Erscheinungen an der Sonne, der Erde und am Mond: Die Fixsterne und Kometen, nebst einer Erl�����uterung des Kalenders"" von Peter Steiner aus dem Jahr 1857 bietet eine umfassende Beschreibung der...

Das Buch ""Das Vordringen Der Russischen Macht In Asien"" wurde im Jahr 1900 von Maximilian Graf Yorck Von Wartenburg verfasst. Es beschreibt die Ausdehnung der russischen Macht in Asien und untersucht die politischen, wirtschaftlichen und...

Das Buch ""Das Th�����ringerwalddorf Ruhla und seine Umgebung: Eine kulturgeschichtliche Ortskunde und ein treuer Geleitsmann"" wurde im Jahr 1867 von Alexander Ziegler verfasst. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine umfassende Beschreibung des Ortes Ruhla und...

Das Buch ""Das S�����chsische Heer: Nunmehr XII Deutsches Armee Corps (1875)"" von Graf, M. ist eine historische Abhandlung �����ber das s�����chsische Heer im 19. Jahrhundert. Der Autor beschreibt detailliert die Struktur, Organisation und...

Das Buch ""Das Recht im Kriege: Kompendium des V������lkerrechts im Kriegsfalle"" von Ferdinand Lentner wurde im Jahr 1880 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um ein umfassendes Werk zum V������lkerrecht im Kriegsfall. Das Buch beschreibt die Regeln und...

Das Buch ""Das Rothe Kreuz Im Weissen Felde"" wurde im Jahr 1867 von Robert Volz geschrieben. Es handelt sich um eine historische Erz�����hlung, die w�����hrend des Drei�����igj�����hrigen Krieges spielt. Die Geschichte dreht sich um eine Gruppe von...

""Das Reich Muss Uns Doch Bleiben"" ist ein Buch von Franz Blanckmeister, das im Jahr 1896 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt sich um eine politische Schrift, die sich mit dem Thema des Deutschen Reiches und seiner Bedeutung f�����r die deutsche...

""Das Preu�����ische Heer vor und nach der Reorganisation: Seine St�����rke und Zusammensetzung im Kriege 1866 (1866)"" ist ein Buch von Heinrich Beitzke, das sich mit dem preu�����ischen Heer und seiner Reorganisation im Jahr 1866 besch�����ftigt. Das...

Das Buch ""Das K������nigliche Astrophysikalische Observatorium: Bei Potsdam (1890)"" von Mayer und M�����ller gibt einen umfassenden Einblick in das k������nigliche Observatorium f�����r Astrophysik in Potsdam. Es beschreibt die Geschichte des...

Das Buch ""Das Infanterieregiment Kaiser Wilhelm: K������nig von Preu�����en (1881)"" von Albert Pfister beschreibt die Geschichte des Infanterieregiments Kaiser Wilhelm w�����hrend der Regierungszeit von K������nig Wilhelm von Preu�����en im Jahr 1881...

Das Buch ""Das Grossherzoglich Badische 5 Infanterie Regiment: Jetzt Koniglich Preussische 5 Badische Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 113 Im Feldzuge 1870-1871"" wurde im Jahr 1876 von Wilhelm Schilling von Constatt verfasst. Es beschreibt das Regiment...

Das Buch ""Das Heer und Kriegswesen der Grossmoghuls"" von Paul Horn wurde im Jahr 1894 ver������ffentlicht. Es ist eine detaillierte Studie �����ber das Milit�����r und das Kriegswesen der Moguln, die einst das Gebiet des heutigen Indiens beherrschten...

Caught in the run-up to World War II, Connor considers enlisting. He expects to go to Europe where he hopes to protect his sister, Nora, who's in Paris with the Foreign Service. Although he's terrified for his sister. it's hard to think about leaving...

In this moving memoir a young man comes of age in an age of violence, brutality, and war. Recounting his experiences during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, this account brings to life the shocking day-to-day conditions in a Japanese...

This is the first detailed account of the 5,000 black troops who were reluctantly sent north by the United States Army during World War II to help build the Alaska Highway and install the companion Canol pipeline. Theirs were the first black regiments...