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At a huge cost, the Red Army and the civilian population of Leningrad ultimately endured a bitter 900-day siege, struggling against constant bombing, shelling, and starvation. Throughout the siege, Soviet forces tried to break the German lines and restore contact with the garrison. To Besiege a City charts the first of these offensives which began in January 1942 and was followed by repeated assaults.

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023 'A beautiful, compelling memoir . . . Father and Son is an exquisite, sometimes lunatic tension between powerful emotions and carnage on one side, and on the other, the conventional codes of what must remain unsaid. This, Raban's final work, is a gorgeous...

'A deeply humane memoir of immense power - there is nothing more affecting than a first-hand experience finely told' - PHILIPPE SANDS 'A fabulous memoir . . . a testament to [Malka's] skill and determination' - DAME MAUREEN LIPMAN A Mother’s Courage is Holocaust survivor Malka Levine’s...

A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father’s tank battalion, the “Spearhead,” that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany—against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turf—and the heroes whose sacrifice won World War II.

Admiral Bertram Ramsay may not be the most familiar World War II commander, but he was critical to the Allied victory. He orchestrated the dramatic evacuation of British expeditionary forces at Dunkirk, planned the invasions of North Africa and Sicily, and worked closely with General Dwight Eisenhower on Operation Neptune, the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy. In this magisterial biography, over a decade in the making, Andrew Gordon captures Ramsay’s complex, conflicted nature.

In 2008, the author/narrator embarks on a poignant journey to Minidoka, one of the 10 former US concentration camps authorized by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, where tens of thousands of American men, women, and children were incarcerated solely because of their race.

The Small and the Brave is a story of the real life experiences of author Rosi Stachel. Viewed from the standpoint of a sensitive young refugee during WWII, her account offers firsthand commentary of the courage and strength needed for survival.

В центре рассказа «Кремулятора» находится Петр Нестеренко — дворянин, офицер Первой мировой войны и участник Белого движения, ставший агентом НКВД в Париже и первым директором Московского крематория. В июне 1941 года Нестеренко был арестован, а его история стала отголоском воспоминаний из его личных дневников и архивных документов.

A main architect of the Holocaust, Heinrich Himmler was perhaps one of the most ruthless men that ever lived. For most, this would be hyperbole, but for Himmler, such words would seem like a rather apt description.

This is the autobiography of Group Captain Sir Hugh Dundas CBE, DSO, DFC, who was one of the most distinguished fighter pilots of World War II. He writes of his wartime experiences, and particularly of his period as Squadron Leader and Wing Commander and his involvement in the Battle of Britain.

Der Fotograf Otto Eder ist als Funker in Frankreich stationiert, bevor er mit seiner Division nach Jugoslawien geschickt wird. Als der Befehl kommt, an die Ostfront zu ziehen, verlieren viele seiner Kameraden in schweren und zum Teil sehr verlustreichen Kämpfen das Leben. Die Versorgungswege der Truppe werden immer länger, Verpflegung und Munition gehen zu Ende. Über den Kaukasus geht es weiter zum Kuban-Brückenkopf. Otto wird schwer verletzt und nach seinem Genesungsurlaub in Italien eingesetzt.

KIEDY BARBIE WCHODZIŁ DO CELI, CZUŁAM, JAKBYM MIAŁA DO CZYNIENIA Z ROZWŚCIECZONYM ZWIERZĘCIEM, A NIE CZŁOWIEKIEM. Klaus Barbie – Rzeźnik z Lyonu. Dowódca Gestapo w Lyonie słynął z niebywałego okrucieństwa: mordów, gwałtów i tortur. Posłał do komór gazowych w Auschwitz 44 żydowskich dzieci i tysiące dorosłych, pojmał i zakatował Jeana Moulina – bohatera, organizatora tajnej armii francuskich bojowników. Po wojnie Klaus Barbie, poszukiwany przez cały świat... zniknął. Nieoczekiwany zwrot akcji nastąpił w roku 1970, gdy ktoś rozpoznał gestapowca w gazecie: nazista ukrywał się w Boliwii pod nazwiskiem Altmann.

This gripping personal account of life as a young World War Two submariner on two famous Royal Navy submarines, Thrasher and Trenchant gives vivid detail of depth charging, gun actions and other operations including sinking the Japanese cruiser Ashigara, the largest enemy warship sunk by a British submarine during the war, sinking the German U-boat U-859 with its secret cargo, towing a midget submarine to attack the German battleship Tirpitz in the Norwegian Fjords, and taking a group of SBS soldiers to carry out a daring raid in Sumatra.

Die bewegende Geschichte eines stillen Widerständlers im Nationalsozialismus. Walther Hultsch war ein charismatischer und couragierter Mann, der es sich zur Aufgabe machte, Menschen während der nationalsozialistischen Diktatur zu helfen. Wo er nur konnte, setzte er sich für diejenigen ein, die durch die Nazis zu leiden hatten, verfolgt wurden oder wegen ihrer politischen Vergangenheit geächtet waren. Die spannende Biografie basiert auf Tagebucheinträgen von Walther Hultsch und handelt von seiner Geschichte im Widerstand und seinem Leben als Spionage-Abwehr-Spezialist.

Sailors who served aboard one of many L.S.T.s: This book is to hopefully help the world know just what these truly brave young men went through serving aboard their ship during World War Two, and how their brave contributions contributed to the Allies’ triumphs over both the Japanese and Germans during the war. Listen to the book to become aware of their exciting and unbelievable story.

Hur var det att vara flygare i Hitlers Luftwaffe under andra världskriget? I denna bok ger veteranerna själva svar på detta. Författaren Christer Bergström har i fem decennier genomfört mängder av resor till Tyskland för att besöka och intervjua pilotveteraner. Här återger han vad veteranerna själva berättade – ofta sådant som inte brukar förekomma i vanliga böcker om kriget. Christer Bergström anses vara en av de världsledande experterna på Luftwaffe under andra världskriget. Han har studerat ämnet i flera decennier och utgivit 28 böcker inom det, flertalet på den internationella marknaden.

At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America’s decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan’s decision to surrender.

Through this audiobook, we know the true story of this American hero. Without his determination and leadership, we’d all be speaking German! You’ll adore this uplifting story because it’s lovingly written by his distant relative with the help of the General’s nephew as a lasting tribute to a man who changed the world and helped us win WWII.

Otto Fr. Rossegg verhört in der Slowakei als Dolmetscher für den deutschen Heimatschutz Partisanen, die, von sowjetischen Agenten angestachelt, gegen die slowakische Regierung kämpfen. Zum Wehrdienst verpflichtet, muss Odo (wie Otto auch genannt wird) als Volksdeutscher der Waffen-SS beitreten und wird an der Selbstfahrlafette "Hummel" ausgebildet. Als Offizier rettet er immer wieder sich und seine Kameraden aus brenzligen Situationen. Doch gesundheitlich schwer angeschlagen kommt er in amerikanische Kriegsgefangenschaft.

Marine general William H. Rupertus is best known today for writing the Corps' Rifleman's Creed. Rupertus was one of the outstanding Marines of the twentieth century, but he died in 1945, so his story has never been told. Rupertus "made his bones" in the USMC's "savage wars of peace" before World War II: Haiti for three years after World War I, China in 1929, and again in 1937.