The first proper biography of Germany's most controversial military hero.The story of the military genius Field Marshal Erich von Manstein chronicles the misguided generation of German generals in the Second World War who claimed they fought for Germany, not for Hitler...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2010-05-06

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The Battle of Britain tells the extraordinary story of one of the pivotal events of the Second World War - the struggle between British and German air forces in the late summer and autumn of 1940. Exposing many of the myths surrounding the conflict, the book provides...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2010-05-06

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A Companion to the First World War brings together an international team of distinguished historians who provide a series of original and thought-provoking essays on one of the most devastating events in modern history. Comprises 38 essays by leading scholars who...

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2010-03-16
Collection : Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History
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6 June 1944: the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Initiated by airborne units and covered by air and naval bombardment, the Normandy landings were the most ambitious combined airborne and amphibious...

Editeur : Ebury Digital
Parution : 2010-01-26

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Lt Colonel E.W. Hermon died in a hail of bullets on the 9th April 1917, the first day of the Battle of Arras, leading his men of the 24th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers into the attack. Like hundreds of thousands of others in the Great War, he gave his life for his...

Editeur : Preface Digital
Parution : 2009-11-10

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'The things I saw completely defy description': when British troops entered Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945, they uncovered scenes of horror and depravity that shocked the world. But they also confronted a terrible challenge - inside the camp were some...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2009-11-10

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German policy in occupied France during the Second World War was in many ways a story of bitter internal conflict between the variousGerman agencies in charge of the occupation. After the Fall provides a detailed analysis of the struggle between these different...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2009-11-05

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German policy in occupied France during the Second World War was in many ways a story of bitter internal conflict between the variousGerman agencies in charge of the occupation. After the Fall provides a detailed analysis of the struggle between these different...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2009-11-05

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During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio.Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2009-10-06

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'A gripping analysis of the final days of peace ... indispensable' M. R. D. Foot, The TimesRichard Overy's 1939: Countdown to War re-creates hour-by-hour the last desperate attempts to salvage peace before the outbreak of World War Two.24 August 1939: The fate of the...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2009-08-27

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On 2 August 1944, in the wake of the complete destruction of the German Army Group Centre in Belorussia, Winston Churchill mocked Adolf Hitler in the House of Commons by the rank he had reached in the First World War. 'Russian success has been somewhat aided by the...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2009-08-06

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Turkey, the First World War and the making of the Middle East.The Great War in the Middle East began with the invasion of the Garden of Eden, and ended with a momentous victory on the site of the biblical Armageddon. Almost incredibly, the whole story of this epic war...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2009-07-16

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In this masterly new work, acclaimed historian Giles MacDonogh explores the moment when Hitler gambled everything. Until 1938, Hitler could be dismissed as a ruthless but efficient dictator, a problem to Germany alone; after 1938 he was clearly a threat to the entire...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2009-06-25

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Masters and Commanders describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. Each was exceptionally tough-willed and strong minded, and each was certain that he knew best how to win the war. Yet each knew that he had to...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2009-05-28

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The night broke open in a storm of explosions and fire.The sound of shells whizzing overhead, screeching through the night like wounded pheasants, was terrifying. When the shells exploded prematurely overhead, a rain of shrapnel fell on the men below -- better than when...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2009-05-12

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The last member of Operation Valkyrie - the daring July 20 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler - tells his remarkable story.'The last of its kind ... celebrates a long-since vanished generation ... as idealistic as they were brave' Daily Mail'A remarkable and honest...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2009-04-16

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In the Second World War, Great Britain, the United States and Germany each produced one land force commander who stood out from the rest: Bernard Montgomery, George Patton and Erwin Rommel. These three armour-plated egos were the greatest generals of the war, and theirs...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2009-03-05

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1916. The Somme. With over a million casualties, it was the most brutal battle of World War I.It is a clash that even now, over 90 years later, remains seared into the national consciousness, conjuring up images of muddy trenches and young lives tragically wasted. Its...

Editeur : Ebury Digital
Parution : 2008-12-02

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1941. Britain is under some of the heaviest air raids of the Second World War. Concerns about Nazi paratroopers landing in Britain and invading take hold in the hearts of the British citizenry. The Home Guard has been mobilised to defend against airborne assault –...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2008-11-06

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In the early days of World War Two when Britain stood alone against the terror of Hitler's all-conquering Third Reich, her future hung in the balance; her defence in the hands of the Spitfires and Hurricanes of the Royal Air Force's Fighter Command. They were...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2008-08-28

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