World War 2

An extraordinary and unique document: Hoess was in charge of the huge extermination camp in Poland where the Nazis murdered some three million Jews, from the time of its creation...

In the new year of 1944 the French Resistance in northern France was on its knees. Relentless attacks on its diverse and disorganised networks by the Gestapo and the Abwehr...

The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of WWII is an exhaustive survey of the aircraft flown by all the combatants in Europe and the Pacific, including such famous aircraft as the P-51...

This book tells the story of Australians and New Zealanders in one of the Second World War's defining and most memorable campaigns. From 9 July until 31 October 1940, the...

'We all need heroes to look up to and to emulate.' - Sir Arvi Parbo AC Blending sound research with enlightening anecdotes, Jack Davenport, Beaufighter Leader charts Jack's development from...

How the determination of young pilots transformed the Corsair from an aircraft considered too dangerous to fly from carriers into a successful carrier fighter. "Despite everything I felt very lucky...

A complete account of the British maritime contribution to victory in World War II. For four centuries the British realm depended upon sea power to defend its interest and independence...

The heroic, #1 New York Times bestselling tale of the men who saved the world's greatest art from the Nazis, and the basis for the acclaimed motion picture starring George...

Originally published in 1980 and still the best one-volume aerial history of World War II, Richard Overy's classic work remains profound and highly original. Far from just an account of...

On 9 August 1941, one of the greatest icons of the Second World War, Douglas Bader, was shot down, captured and later incarcerated. But by whom, and how? Was it...

Remembering the Boys brings to life the correspondence of Western Reserve Academy alumni serving in World War II. In these eloquent letters, most of them written to the Academy's headmaster,...

Clear blue skies laced white with vapour trails of fighting aircraft... petrol-filled beer bottles in the garden shed to repel the panzers... streets deserted when the Prime Minister was on...

This highly illustrated edition, first published in 1989, comprises a comprehensive and indispensable history of the Jewish contribution to the British Armed Forces in the Second World War. Many were...

In the spring of 1987, a few weeks after her husband's death, Jane Weaver Poulton was rummaging through the sea chest Jack made on Tulagi Island and found a mass...

From 1940 to 1942, supremacy of the skies above Malta was bitterly fought over by aircraft of the RAF, Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica. The RAF eventaully gained the upper hand,...

At 20 years of age, Ross Gregory was selected to play cricket for Australia. He went on to play alongside Bradman before enlisting in the RAAF and serving in England...

The Salamander Oasis Trust was founded in 1976 from among those who served in the Middle East during the Second World War, and took part in compiling the original Oasis...

From 1943 to 1945, the Allied bombing offensive escalated to unprecedented levels. This title presents an account of this battle in the skies over Europe, from the perspective of the...

From a World War II veteran and longtime journalist, a shocking expose, based on decades of passionate research, that will be the last-and most revolutionary-chapter in the story of Pearl...

Every veteran has a story. Sometimes these stories become part of family folklore. Sometimes they are too terrible to speak of. In April 1943 Cyril Burcher bombed a German U-boat,...

The touching, true story of the first Australian RAAF airman to fly a Lancaster Bomber in World War II. As a fifteen-year-old boy growing up in Sydney, Francis Norman 'Norm'...

Nineteen Weeks is Norman Moss's riveting account of FDR, Churchill, and the extraordinary decisions made in 1940 that set the stage for America's interventionist role in world affairs. The weeks...

In the No. 1 bestseller "Station X," Michael Smith brought us the riveting true story of how British experts broke Nazi Germany's wartime codes. In "The Emperor's Codes" he continues...

In this compelling book, highly acclaimed author and broadcaster Laurence Rees tells the definitive history of the most notorious Nazi institution of them all. We discover how Auschwitz evolved from...

In 1944 the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped and sheltered for months by villagers behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. Classified for over half a century...

When hostilities erupted in December 1941, Pappy Gunn was living in Manila with his family, working as a manager for Philippine Airlines. Unfortunately, when the Japanese finally marched on Manila...

The heroic, #1 New York Times bestselling tale of the men who saved the world's greatest art from the Nazis, and the basis for the acclaimed motion picture starring George...

The book is based on hundreds of oral histories, conducted in Europe and North America, with survivors who were children in the Holocaust, primary documentation uncovered by the author (including...

Hitler had two fortune tellers. One predicted his rise to power. The other aimed for his demise. Hitler had two fortune tellers. One predicted his rise to power, the other...

This text provides an insider account of the counter-intelligence operation (Operation Mincemeat) which paved the way for the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II. It outlines the audacious...

The book titled The Second World War: v. 6: Triumph and Tragedy by the author Winston S. Churchill. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The book titled The Second World War: v. 5: Closing the Ring by the author Winston S. Churchill. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The book titled The Second World War: v. 3: Grand Alliance by the author Winston S. Churchill. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

This is not only the story of one man's war, but of an aircraft - the Typhoon, or "Tiffy" as it was affectionately known - which the author describes as...

On the seventy-fifth anniversary, the authors of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Eleventh Day unravel the mysteries of Pearl Harbor to expose the scapegoating of the admiral who was in command...

A haunting debut full of moral ambiguity for fans of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ and THE POSTMISTRESS _____________________________________________ 'FINDING CLARA is the kind of novel we need now more than...

From bestselling author Michael Veitch ( Australia's Secret Army , Turning Point ) comes the story of the brilliant, yet controversial campaign which ended Australia's involvement in World War II....

The book titled The Unspeakable Crimes of Dr.Petiot by the author Thomas Maeder. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This is a reassessment of Emperor Hirohito's reign and a social portrait of the 20th-century transformation of Japan. Hirohito was one of the longest reigning monarchs in world history. Coming...

Marco Calvo always knew his grandfather, affectionately called Papoo, was a good man. After all, he was named for him. A first-generation Jewish immigrant, Papoo was hardworking, smart, and caring....

The book titled The Second World War: v. 4: Hinge of Fate by the author Winston S. Churchill. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

An utterly gripping nonfiction adventure narrative, 'Lost in Shangri-La' is an untold true story of war, anthropology, survival, discovery, heroism, and a near-impossible rescue mission. Three months before the end...

From 1940 to 1944, the French people adapted in a variety of ways to life under the domination of Nazi Germany. France under the Germans is the definitive study of...

Fighting the People's War is an unprecedented, panoramic history of the 'citizen armies' of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa, the core of the British...

'A riveting take on an extraordinary relationship' - Richard Eden, Daily Mail 'A fresh and original approach' - Hugo Vickers, Royal Biographer She was 'sugar pink' innocence; he was a...

Officers from the U.S. Embassy, Scotland Yard, and MI5 broke into the bedroom of suave young American code clerk Tyler Kent. They found him standing beside his unmade bed, wearing...

The book titled The Enemy within: Rise and Fall of the British Communist Party by the author Francis Beckett. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

Critical acclaim for William B. Breuer "A first-class historian." --The Wall Street Journal Vendetta! "A wealth of insights."--Los Angeles Times Book Review Unexplained Mysteries of World War II "Anyone interested...