検索キーワード： 第二次世界大戦

ナチスの強制収容所における体験を綴った名著『夜と霧』の著者であり、「生きる意味」を見出していく心理療法、実存分析(ロゴセラピー)の創始者であるビクトール・フランクルが読者に熱く語りかける「魂」を鼓舞するメッセージ。

Die folgenden Aufzeichnungen stammen aus dem Tagebuch eines deutschen Soldaten an der Ostfront. Georg (Max) Bose diente in der Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 177 und kämpfte mit dem Sturmgeschütz III in einigen der härtesten Gefechte des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Seine persönlichen Notizen geben einen seltenen Einblick in den Alltag der Front: Panzergefechte gegen sowjetische T-34, improvisierte Gegenangriffe und den ständigen Rückzug während der sowjetischen Großoffensiven.

Als Intimus Hitlers, Propagandaminister und Bevollmächtigter für den totalen Kriegseinsatz war Joseph Goebbels eine der zentralen Gestalten des Dritten Reiches. Kindheit und Jugend sind für Ralf Georg Reuth der Schlüssel zum Verständnis des Mannes, der aufgrund eines körperlichen Makels schon früh zum Außenseiter gestempelt wurde und einen beinahe krankhaften Ehrgeiz entwickelte, um seinen Minderwertigkeitskomplex zu kompensieren.

Otto Kretschmer was only in combat from September 1939 until March 1941 but was Germany's highest-scoring U-boat commander, sinking forty-seven ships. This definitive work details his personal story and the political backdrop from his earliest days. After completing his officer training and time on the training ship Niobe, he served aboard the light cruiser Emden. In December 1934, he was transferred to the light cruiser Köln, then in January 1936 made the move to the fledgling U-boat service. D

Le 9 novembre 1942 dans la prison militaire de Berlin, après 18 mois de détention commune et quelques heures avant son exécution, Fernand Rahier faisait parvenir à André Thielemans ses mémoires destinées à sa femme. Le 10, André quitte Fernand et profite d'un transfert pour dissimuler dans ses propres affaires ces pages. Les divers magasins d'habillement des prisons furent donc pendant plus de deux ans et demi les fidèles gardiens des mémoires de Rahier.

»Die Nacht« machte Elie Wiesel weltberühmt und sie ist heute ein Standardwerk deutscher Geschichte. Ein Zeugnis himmelschreiender Unmenschlichkeit und überwältigender Menschlichkeit, erschütternd und berührend zugleich. Atemlos und stilistisch bewusst karg erzählt Elie Wiesel von seinen Erfahrungen als Kind in Auschwitz.

The P-38 Lightning was one of the fastest operational fighters of World War II, famous for its successes in North Africa and the Pacific. In The P-38 Lightning and the Men Who Flew It, Wolfgang W. E. Samuel shares the stories of the young men who climbed into the cockpits of the P-38 to fight for freedom, and of those who created, tested, and deployed these fearsome machines. The P-38 was the product of the Lockheed Corporation, the first fighter they ever built, principally conceptualized by Kelly Johnson, whose design was to meet Air Corps specifications. But it was no easy plane to fly.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the acclaimed author of Seabiscuit comes the incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption. “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic...

The compelling WWII correspondence of Major Dick Winters, commander of the Band of Brothers. 

Warsaw, 1949: freedom fighter and journalist Kazimierz Moczarski is being held in a maximum security prison, accused of being an enemy of the state by the Polish secret police. A survivor of the Warsaw Uprising, he is horrified to find himself locked up in a cell with the notorious Nazi official responsible for the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, and the death of over 50,000 people: Jürgen Stroop. For 255 days Stroop talks to Moczarski of his life, entirely unrepentant of the crimes for which he would soon be executed himself.

This book tells the story of Kazuo Odachi who—in 1943, when he was just 16 years-old—joined the Imperial Japanese Navy to become a pilot. A year later, he was unknowingly assigned to the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps—a group of airmen whose mission was to sacrifice their lives by crashing planes into enemy ships. Their call sign was "ten dead, zero alive." This book offers a new perspective on these infamous suicide pilots. It is not a chronicle of war, nor is it a collection of research papers compiled by scholars. It is a transcript of Odachi's words.

On the morning of August 15, 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin flew the last combat mission of World War II out of Iwo Jima. Today, Captain Yellin is a sharp, engaging, 93-year-old veteran whose story is brought to life by best-selling author Don Brown.

Churchill fu protagonista di una eccezionale gamma di attività ed esperienze: nominato ufficiale durante il regno della regina Vittoria, partecipò alle guerre coloniali in Africa e alle prime fasi di sviluppo dell'aviazione, ma soprattutto guidò l'Impero britannico nella sua ora più buia, durante i giorni cupi e gloriosi della Seconda guerra mondiale.

Brought to you by Penguin. Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in 20th-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world. There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts...

The Nuremberg Interviews reveals the chilling innermost thoughts of the former Nazi officials under indictment at the famous postwar trial. The architects of one of history’s greatest atrocities speak out about their lives, their careers in the Nazi Party, and their views on the Holocaust...

In this classic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower the soldier, bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander’s leadership during World War II. Ambrose brings Eisenhower’s experience of the Second World War to life, showing in vivid detail how the general’s skill as...

In June 1944, a Stars and Stripes photographer captured a group of paratroopers preparing for the Normandy invasion—faces streaked with war paint, hair shaved into mohawks. The American public didn't know them, but within the 101st Airborne the 1st Demolition Section of the 506th PIR—the...

Der junge Leutnant Blankenhorn kommt 1944 mit 22 Jahren an die Ostfront. Er nimmt teil an den sinnlosen Rückzugsgefechten der deutschen Wehrmacht in Ostpreußen und gelangt schließlich ins eingeschlossene Königsberg, wo er in Gefangenschaft gerät. Es folgen vier unerbittliche Jahre in Lagern diesseits und jenseits des Urals, bevor er endlich nach Deutschland zurückkehren kann. Fritz Blankenhorn hat seine Erlebnisse ohne Pathos und doch ergreifend beschrieben.

In the summer of 1940, darkness was falling over Europe. Led by Winston Churchill, the British rediscovered the virtues that had made a humble people the rulers of the world. In June 1940, Winston Churchill called the battle Britain's "finest hour", and he was right.

Vera Atkins is one of the many unsung heroes and heroines of World War II. She carried out her life with great care and due diligence, quietly becoming the perfect spy when no one was watching. Beneath her polished exterior was a mind built for strategy, secrecy, and survival. But Vera wasn’t just a spy—she was a Spymistress. That’s what her operatives in Britain’s military intelligence unit, the Special Operations Executive, called her.