World War Ii category: 7796 books
The American People in World War II
Freedom from Fear, Part Two
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2003
Even as the New Deal was coping with the Depression, a new menace was developing abroad. Exploiting Germany's own economic burdens, Hitler reached out to the disaffected, turning their aimless discontent into loyal support for his Nazi Party. In Asia, Japan harbored imperial ambitions of its own....
Threshold of War : Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Entry into World War II
Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Entry into World War II
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1988
As the first comprehensive treatment of the American entry into World War II to appear in over thirty-five years Waldo Heinrichs' volume places American policy in a global context covering both the European and Asian diplomatic and military scenes with Roosevelt at the center. Telling a tale of ever-broadening...
by Duncan Redford
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
The Royal Navy's operations in World War II started on 3 September 1939 and continued until the surrender of Japan in August 1945 - there was no 'phoney war' at sea. The navy played a central role in the evacuation of the retreating British army at Dunkirk, and later orchestrated the sinking of Germany's...
"This Is Berlin"
Radio Broadcasts from Nazi Germany
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
The legendary CBS news journalist’s selection of iconic World War II radio broadcasts from countries throughout Europe.
William L. Shirer was the first journalist hired by CBS to cover World War II in Europe, where he continued to work for over a decade as a news broadcaster. This book compiles...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
*Includes pictures of Churchill, Roosevelt, and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes full length biographies of both leaders woven together into one chronological narrative. *Explores the personal and professional relationship between Churchill & Roosevelt.*Includes a list of...
India's War
World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Between 1939 and 1945 India underwent extraordinary and irreversible change. Hundreds of thousands of Indians suddenly found themselves in uniform, fighting in the Middle East, North and East Africa, Europe and-something simply never imagined-against a Japanese army poised to invade eastern India....
The Roar of the Lion: The Untold Story of Churchill's World War II Speeches
The Untold Story of Churchill's World War II Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
''My aunt, listening to the Prime Minister's speech, remarked of <"our greatest orator>", <"He's no speaker, is he?>"' -diary of teacher M.A. Pratt, 11 Nov. 1942. The popular story of Churchill's war-time rhetoric is a simple one: the British people were energized and...
No Simple Victory
World War II in Europe, 1939-1945
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
One of the world's leading historians re-examines World War II and its outcome
A clear-eyed reappraisal of World War II that offers new insight by reevaluating well-established facts and pointing out lesser-known ones, No Simple Victory asks readers to reconsider what they know about the war,...
French Tanks of World War II (1)
Infantry and Battle Tanks
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
The first of two volumes covering the French armor of World War II, this title looks at the infantry and battle tanks that faced the onslaught of the German Blitzkrieg in 1940. Many of the French tanks were intended as replacements for the World War I-era Renault FT, and various modernization efforts...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
This important U.S. Navy history about naval aviation in the Pacific during World War II was published in 1947.
Contents * CHAPTER I * Mission and Organization of Naval Aviation * CHAPTER II * Components and Weapons of Naval Aviation * CHAPTER III * Special Aspects of the Air War * CHAPTER...
by Dr Stephen Bull
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2013
The twentieth century saw an unprecedented emphasis on fighting in all terrains, seasons and weather conditions. Such conditions made even basic survival difficult as subzero temperatures caused weapons to jam, engines to seize up and soldiers to suffer frostbite, snow blindness and hypothermia. The...
Forgotten Heroes of World War II
Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers—Land, Sea, and Air
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
World War II was the defining event of the twentieth century. For everyone it was a time of confusion, fear, destruction, and death on a scale never before seen. Much has been written of the generals, campaigns, and battles of the war, but it was young, ordinary American kids who held our freedom...
Deadly Sky
The American Combat Airman in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
**“From the training camps to the combat missions, this is war from the perspective of the young Americans who lived through it: the pilots, the bombardiers, the navigators, and the gunners of all the combat services in both Europe and in the Pacific. It is an engaging and vivid portrayal of war...
The Chief Culprit
Stalin's Grand Design to Start World War II
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
A remarkable book. A delayed bombshell that includes very pertinent new research and discoveries Suvorov has made since 1990. He makes savvy readers of contemporary and World War II history, of a mind to reexamine the Soviet past in terms of what historians call present interest.’ None of the...