Second World War

Pat Hughes is today perhaps the greatest unsung hero of the Battle of Britain. Ranked sixth in the ace of aces of the aerial campaign of summer 194...

Fully illustrated, this book pits US Navy submarines against the aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy at the height of World War II. B...

A detailed exploration of a critical month-long battle, which set the stage for German strategic-level defeats on both the Eastern and Western fron...

'A heart-warming tale about resilience, friendships and family, and the inestimable power of the written word' RUTH HOGAN'A heart-warming depiction...

On 8 February 1945, over 50,000 British and Canadian soldiers moved forward to attack German defensive positions centred on the vast Reichswald For...

Examines American journalists' and media companies' roles in Hitler's Germany, reigniting the debate on the relationship between political power an...

Long before their country officially joined the war, American aid workers were active in rescue efforts across Europe. Two such Americans were Mart...

This is a major reassessment of the causes of Allied victory in the Second World War in the Mediterranean region. Drawing on a unique range of mult...

Who better to face the greatest evil of the 20th century than a humble man of faith?As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a conti...

First glimpsed riding on the back of a boys motorcycle, fourteen-year-old Czeslawa comes to life in this mesmerizing novel by Lily Tuck, who imagin...

A ground-breaking new study that transforms our understanding of one of the most famous battles of the Second World War, widely mythologized as the...

How competing visions of world order in the 1940s gave rise to the modern concept of globalism During and after the Second World War, public intel...

Weißrussland und die Ukraine unter deutscher Besatzung gehören zu den zentralen Tatorten des Holocaust: Hier weiteten die Einheiten der SS, der Pol...

The Second World War casts a long shadow, portrayed as a necessary and paradigmatic war that defeated fascism. During recent wars in Iraq, Afghanis...