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Bertram Ramsay has acquired almost mythical status in the history of the Second World War, firstly as the principal organizer of the Dunkirk evacuation and then as naval commander of the Allied invasion of Normandy - in the eyes of many, 'the organizer of victory'. But because Ramsay was killed in January 1945 and never wrote his own memoirs, his life has until now been difficult to pin down. Andrew Gordon, author of The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command, writing with the help of Ramsay's descendants, now describes the career of this intense and territorial man.

The definitive biography of the British naval commander who masterminded the evacuation of Dunkirk and was the operational genius behind the Allied landings at Normandy Admiral Bertram Ramsay may not be the most familiar World War II commander, but he was critical to the Allied victory. He...

A gripping portrait of courage, trauma, and the making of the most decorated American soldier of WWII, Audie Murphy, providing an intimate perspective on both his fights on the battlefield and the demons that followed him home. On the battlefields of Europe, Audie Murphy faced machine guns...

Brought to you by Penguin. The untold story of the SAS' forgotten founder, Jock...

'Starts with a bang and never lets up until the final page. Compulsively readable . . . a spy story, a war story and a love story. A rousing, rollicking, entirely thrilling book' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author of London Falling In 1941, Andrée 'Dédée' de Jongh set out on a mission that would...

Bettina Göring's name is her legacy. As the great-niece of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, she grew up in the shadow of his crimes. Early on, she rebelled against her own family's history and escaped the connection to her uncle and into the world of hippies and free spirits of America. Only through confronting her family's dark side could she set herself free.

An engrossing memoir of one RAF fighter pilot's battle against the Luftwaffe in the dead of night. Ideal for fans of Roderick Chisholm, E. C. R. Baker, and Brian Lane. After a tour of operations under the guidance of night-fighter ace, John 'Cat's Eyes' Cunningham, Jeremy Howard-Williams was...

Dane Hans Tofte's remarkable career spanned covert operations in WWII, the OSS, CIA, and Cold War intelligence. When World War II broke out, Dane Hans Tofte gave up his promising career in the maritime industry to come first to the aid of his own country, and then to the assistance of several other nations in a time of need

The author’s grandfather despised the Nazis. A farmer’s son from Bavaria, a seasoned political activist and anti-fascist, he was put in a Gestapo prison for over a year, and his fingers were broken. Then they sent him to fight in a pointless war for six years and stole more than a decade of his life. By contrast the author’s father, as a teenager and a young man, believed in Hitler and National Socialism. That’s all he knew.

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...

La trajectoire fulgurante d'un as de l'aviation allemande qui est aussi la peinture d'une société cédant aux sirènes de l'Allemagne nazie. À la veille de Noël 1941, Erbo von Kageneck fut tué en Libye par un chasseur australien. Crédité de 67 victoires aériennes homologuées, il était devenu l'un des 35 chevaliers de la croix de fer avec feuilles de chêne. Grâce à des documents familiaux, son frère raconte la trajectoire fulgurante de cet « as » de l'aviation.

Bloomsbury presents Jagdverband 44: The Luftwaffe’s Mavericks by Robert Forsyth, read by Mark Meadows. The dramatic story of Jagdverband 44, the squadron of aces founded by leading Luftwaffe pilot Adolf Galland equipped with the new Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Jagdverband (JV) 44 was...

From the author of the New York Times bestsellers A Higher Call, Spearhead, and Devotion comes an astonishing true story set in an untold arena of World War II. “Tidal Wave is epic in every way. Like all good WWII books, it reminds us again, in the starkest terms possible, how much we owe to...

À 16 ans, Edith Eger est déportée à Auschwitz. Repérée par Joseph Mengele, médecin du camp, elle est choisie pour rejoindre la troupe de danseuses. Elle survivra et réussira avec le temps à transformer le choc de l'horreur en détermination pour mener et diriger sa vie. Après la guerre...

Read by award-winning narrator, L.J. Ganser. Bestselling author of The Arsenal of Democracy and The Accidental President, A. J. Baime returns with the incredible story of the airplane that ended World War II, the B-29 Superfortress, the rise of American airpower, and the man who made it all...

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.

»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.

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.

August von Kageneck, fils d'un aide de camp de Guillaume II, neveu de von Papen, a revêtu l'uniforme en 1939 - il n'avait pas dix-sept ans - et ne l'a quitté qu'en 1955. Son récit sincère et lucide est l'un des plus remarquables témoignages qu'on puisse lire sur les douze années du IIIe Reich, telles que les a vécues, de l'intérieur, un jeune homme de la vieille noblesse allemande, des ivresses de la victoire à l'humiliation de la défaite.

Les expériences médicales réalisées sur les déportés des camps de concentration sont l'un des chapitres les plus atroces de l'histoire nazie. Des médecins allemands, des professeurs d'université choisis par Himmler et encouragés par Hitler, renièrent toutes les règles morales de leur profession et utilisèrent ce « matériel humain voué à l'extermination ». Des sept ou huit mille cobayes, moins de cinq cents sont rentrés chez eux. L'auteur a recherché et retrouvé ces survivants.