Second World War

'A beautiful, evocative novel that captures the fear and mood of the early days of the war' Dermot O'Leary'The depth and breadth of [Holland's] kno...

'A worthy addition to any bookshelf.', The Naval Review A fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in ...

'Kershaws book is a welcome rebalancing; a thoughtful, well-researched and well-written contribution to a narrative that has long been too one-side...

Between the two world wars, thousands of European antifascists were pushed to act by the political circumstances of the time. In that context, the ...

This book considers tourism to memorial sites from a visitors point of view, challenging established theories in tourism and memory studies by crit...

Organized and trained during 1943, the 10th SS Panzer Division saw its first action in the spring of 1944 during the relief of an encircled German ...

A powerful work by the heralded writer, this collection is a touchstone event in German literature of the post-war era. On April 8, 1945, several A...

There have been many books about the doctors of the Third Reich and their atrocities. Most of these books neglect the contribution of women in the ...

Sunday, June 22, 1941: three million German soldiers invaded the Soviet Union as part of Hitlers long-planned Operation Barbarossa, which aimed to ...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Vivid, honest, inspiring and sometimes shocking, Pippa Latour's memoir shows how right the SOE were to assess her as h...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Vivid, honest, inspiring and sometimes shocking, Pippa Latour's memoir shows how right the SOE were to assess her as h...

This engrossing and meticulously researched volume reexamines the decisions made by Dwight D. Eisenhower and his staff in the crucial months leadin...

When the First World War ended, hundreds of British veterans stayed in France to look after the graves of their fallen countrymen as part of the ne...

A bestseller in 1946, Railroad of Death is the first and best account of forced labour on the Burma Railway. John Coast was a young officer in the ...

In the spring of 1940 Canada sent hundreds of highly trained volunteers to serve in Britain's Royal Air Force as it began a concerted bombing campa...

A richly rendered portrait of courage, sacrifice, and resilience On a golden August morning in 1939, sisters Antonina and Helena Dbrowska send th...

A compact study of one of the less well-known campaigns of the Pacific War, which featured complex Japanese and Allied operations, and included the...

Douglas MacArthur is one of the most controversial generals in American military history. During World War II, some adored him while others mocked ...

SURVIVOR STORIES FROM DUNKIRK, NOW THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR FILM FROM CHRISTOPHER NOLANWhen Britain declared war against Germany in September 1939, t...

'Vivid, wholly convincing, compelling. One of the best memoirs for years about the experience of flying in war' Max Hastings, Sunday TelegraphTwo m...

The white-knuckled saga of a maverick captain, nine courageous sailors, and a US Navy task force who achieved the impossible on June 4, 1944--captu...

On the night of December 2, 1943, the Luftwaffe bombed a critical Allied port in Bari, Italy, sinking seventeen ships and killing over a thousand s...

Berlin, November 1937. In a secret meeting with his top advisors, Adolf Hitler proclaims the urgent necessity for a war of aggression in Europe. So...

Shortly after this unforgettable game, many of the players and coaches entered the military and went on to serve around the world on famous battleg...

The Struggle for the Pacific (1937) examines the rivalries and postures as various powers European, the US, Japan and China attempted to militari...

Importing Fascism analyses the mechanisms of the Italian fascist regime in incorporating the Italian-Scottish diaspora into their nation- and fasci...

This fascinating collection of personal narratives challenges the view that all Germans knew of the crimes perpetrated by the Third Reich and were ...

This book brings together international scholars to examine and share new approaches in the history of womens rescue and resistance during the Holo...

Hitlers Third Reich and Stalins Soviet Union invaded Poland in September 1939 and the two autocracies proved utterly ruthless in their efforts to s...

They call you a battalion surgeon. I didn't know surgery; really, I was simply trying to save lives. (Audio Interview) William M. McConahey gradua...

On Christmas morning, 1944, there was little reason to celebrate.   As the Battle of the Bulge raged, a small force of American soldersincluding th...

A Foreign Affairs Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the YearInsightfula deft, textured work of intellectual history.Foreign AffairsA timely insig...