Second World War

After Hitler annexed Austria in 1938, the Gestapo began silencing critics. Many were shipped to concentration camps; those deemed most dangerous...

This is the inspiring and charming true story of one of the Second World War's most unusual combatants - a 500-pound cigarettesmoking, beer-drinkin...

What happened to veterans of the nations involved in the world wars? How did they fare when they returned home and needed benefits? How were they r...

After Pearl Harbor, German, Italian and Japanese diplomats, along with their staffs and families, were relocated to two lavish but isolated reso...

Romania's Holy War rights the widespread myth that Romania was a reluctant member of the Axis during World War II. In correcting this fallacy, Gran...

The year 1941 was a turning point for the world, but long-time Shanghai resident Ruth Hill Barr had no way of knowing that when she started her fiv...

Army Girls is the intimate story of the final few women who served in World War II and are still alive to tell their tale. They were female soldier...

Norway was one of the nations producing the highest number of volunteers for the German war machine during WWII. Most of them ended up in the mecha...

The 150,000 women who served in the Women's Army Corps are now seen as the undersung heroes of the Second World War. This memoir describes the life...

In January 1945 when the Red army launched their massive winter offensive, a number of German occupied towns on the path of the Soviet advance were...

As infantry units advanced across Europe the only support they could rely on from day to day was that provided by the heavy weapons of their own un...

This time the authors focused on the planes used in Europe, choosing the following schemes:- Mustang III FZ111, coded WC-V, usually flown by F/L Mi...

Berlin was the nerve-centre of Hitler's Germany - the backdrop for the most lavish ceremonies, it was also the venue for Albert Speer's plans to fo...

Haunting. Jonathan Freedland Powerful. Daniel Finkelstein The profoundly moving and deeply intimate story of one J...

*A TABLET AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE YEAR* Shortlisted for the Wingate Literary Prize A tremendous feat of storytelling, propelled by nu...

The exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment have long been overshadowed by those of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion. Yet the a...

In An Army at Dawn - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Afri...

Rendezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms provides the first comprehensive account of what was once hailed by a leading American newspaper as the greates...

Now a major motion picture, starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Brühl, based on a remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War ...