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This work takes listeners to two countries ravaged by World War II, Poland and Japan, recounting the wartime experiences of teenagers Bogdan and Seiko. Bogdan’s family abandoned its home in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and fled to Warsaw, where Bogdan fought for the Polish Home Army in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. During this brutal conflict, as Poles tried to oust occupying Germans, Bogdan sustained severe injuries, and after the Germans crushed the Uprising, he endured seven POW camps. On the other side of the globe, in Hokkaido, Japan, Seiko’s country went to war against the U.S.

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Da nazisterne i 1943 indledte forfølgelsen af jøder i Danmark, flygtede hovedparten af de danske jøder til Sverige. For nylig er det kommet frem, at en del af dem måtte efterlade deres børn i Danmark. Disse børn kaldes i dag de gemte børn. I denne bog fortæller 11 af disse børn, hvordan det at være et 'gemt barn' har præget resten af deres liv.

En medrivende historie om en gruppe modige, unge danske mænd, der – ofte ad omveje, der førte dem kloden rundt – kom til at flyve Spitfires i allieret tjeneste. Det er krigens år fortalt gennem en personlig historie – om flugt fra Danmark, lejrliv og kampmissioner. Det er viljen til (og kampen for) at gøre en forskel og kæmpe for friheden, ofte med livet som indsats.

Familien Bogs er en fortælling om den dansk-tyske familie Bogs' skæbne i det 20. århundrede – fortalt af Kirsten Bogs Andresen, lillesøster til bokseren Tom Bogs. Men det er også historien om næste generation – om Tom Bogs, der trods en kaotisk barndom formår at kæmpe sig til tops i den internationale bokseverden. En familiekrønike om krig, kærlighed, skyld og tilgivelse – og om, hvordan fortidens traumer kaster lange skygger over fremtidige generationer.

A fresh, unforgettable, and deeply personal true story of World War II, the Holocaust, and the Third Reich that brings to light the vile Nazi policy under which Germans with Jewish ancestry were persecuted and condemned to death—including two young children from an ordinary working-class...

The dropping of two atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their shocking aftermath finally ended World War II in the eastern theatre. But they weren't the only experimental weaponry at the time. In this fascinating account, Chris McNab examines the development of a range of hitherto unknown and at times shockingly effective weapons that were developed and unleashed on an unsuspecting world over the course of the war.

Günter Bödekker bietet eine umfassende historische Darstellung der deutschen U-Boot-Kriegsführung im Zweiten Weltkrieg – von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des U-Bootkriegs.

Poland, 1942. Chaya is a seventeen-year-old daydreamer whose life is turned upside down when the Nazi regime invades her home. When her father and brother are brutally murdered, she and her mother are banished to the ghetto. When all the Jews of the ghetto are instructed to round up at the front gate, Chaya and her mother fear that the end is near. But miraculously, Chaya manages to slip away, escaping from the ghetto unseen. She wanders from hiding place to hiding place, suffering many hardships, assisted by good people who are willing to risk their lives to ensure her safety.

War Born is the true story of a soldier who beat the odds from birth and went on to serve in one of the longest wars in American history. From a premature baby doctors said wouldn’t survive to a battle-hardened Army veteran, Perris Sutton takes you through the defining moments of his life—from the streets of Aurora, Colorado to the war-torn sands of Iraq. With unfiltered truth, grit, and heart, War Born chronicles his rise through the ranks, his struggles with faith, loss, brotherhood, and the cost of combat—leading up to his final tour in Iraq. This isn’t just a war story. It’s his story.

In diesem Erlebnisbericht tauchen wir in das eindringliche Werk von Peter Bamm ein, der als Kriegschirurg an der Ostfront den Wahnsinn und das Grauen des Zweiten Weltkriegs hautnah erlebte. Das Hörbuch erzählt nicht nur den Kampf ums Überleben, sondern auch die moralischen Abgründe, den Schmerz, das Leid und die Hoffnung der Menschen inmitten der Hölle des Krieges. Es ist eine Geschichte, die zum Nachdenken zwingt – über Menschlichkeit, Schuld, Verantwortung und die unsichtbare Flagge, die jeder von uns in sich trägt.

Infidelidades, queridas, novias, chantajes sexuales o madrinas. Cómo afrontaban los placeres carnales ambos bandos, incluyendo la pornografía, la autosatisfacción o la homosexualidad. Sin olvidar el boom del sexo de pago durante aquellos años.

Selbst der britische Gegner bewunderte den Mut und die ritterliche Kampfführung des als genial geltenden »Wüstenfuchses«. Ralf Georg Reuth zeigt auch den anderen Rommel – den Mann, der seinem »Führer« bis zum erzwungenen Selbstmord treu blieb und dessen Ruhm nicht zuletzt eine Schöpfung von Joseph Goebbels war. Noch heute erscheint Erwin Rommel vielen als Inbegriff des vorbildlichen deutschen Soldaten.

Im Frühjahr 1940 verlässt Amon Leopold Göth die Familie und bricht auf in den "Gangster Gau" des großmäuligen Hans Frank, hier winken Abenteuer und Karriere: Im Februar 1943 wird Göth zum Kommandanten des Zwangsarbeitslagers Plaszów bei Krakau ernannt. 500 Tage wird er als "König von Plaszów" herrschen, Herr über Leben und Tod sein, gefürchtet von Zehntausenden, die schutzlos seiner entsetzlichen Lust am "Abknallen" und "Umlegen" ausgesetzt sind.

Esta Historia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial es un hito en la bibliografía sobre la materia que nunca ha tenido una edición adecuada en español. Ahora, por fin, más de medio siglo después de su edición original en inglés, recupera todo el esplendor propio de un clásico indiscutible, con una nueva traducción y unos mapas redibujados para la ocasión.

Surprisingly neglected in accounts of Allied wartime triumphs, in 1941 British and Commonwealth forces completed a stunning and important victory in East Africa against an overwhelmingly superior Italian opponent. A hastily formed British-led force, never larger than 70,000 strong, advanced along two fronts to defeat nearly 300,000 Italian and colonial troops.

This memoir offers an unrivaled firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific - what it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and most of all, what it felt like to one who underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences.

The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the compelling autobiography of Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi, who inspired millions with the sheer strength of his personal actions and steadfast upholding of the twin principles of truth and non-violence in the face of the most adverse circumstances. Starting from his birth, this autobiography traces the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man who went on to become a Mahatma. Divided into five sections, the listener is moved by the stark honesty with which Gandhi has written his autobiography

In 2014 the jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were consolidating their control over a vast area of the Middle East. They singled out the Yazidis, adherents of an ancient monotheistic religion, for annihilation. Unlike Christians or Jews, who were seen as "people of the book," Yazidis were classified as pagans and therefore subject to extermination. The men were to be executed and the women and children enslaved. In August ISIS fighters attacked Sinjar, an Iraqi city inhabited mostly by Yazidis.

Série documental de 9 episódios no formato Audible Original, narrando a história do oficial letão Herberts Cukurs, que se mudou com a família para o Brasil ao fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Reconhecido por sobreviventes compatriotas e acusado de ter participado ativamente do Holocausto, Cukurs foi alvo de uma polêmica de proporções internacionais. Uma história que se desdobra ao longo de décadas e não encontra fim nem mesmo quando Cukurs é assassinado por uma equipe do Mossad, o serviço de inteligência israelense, numa emboscada em 1965.