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苦境を超えて、部下を守り抜く――指揮官の資質と能力とは？ 太平洋戦争末期、ラバウルで10万人もの軍人の命を守り、終戦後も、部下たちの心に寄り添い続ける――不滅の仁将の智勇を、現代の視点で捉え直した力作評伝。

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。

As relevant today as it was when it was first published, Man’s Search for Meaning is a book for finding strength and purpose in times of great despair. “This is a book I reread a lot … it gives me hope … it gives me a sense of strength.”—Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360/CNN...

慢心、隠蔽、虚偽の報告……。太平洋戦争において日本海軍が抱えていた「本質的な問題」とは何か。大和ミュージアムの館長であり、菊池寬賞も受賞した海軍史研究家が後世に残す、戦後80年の総決算！

真珠湾攻撃、ミッドウェイ海戦、レイテ沖海戦、天一号作戦…太平洋戦争を「戦略・作戦・戦術」の視点から再検証。「太平洋戦争の諸戦役を、主として戦略・作戦次元に注目しつつ検討してきた。

By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known. This Very Short Introduction audiobook provides a concise and insightful history of the Great War - from the state of Europe in 1914, to the role of the US, the collapse of Russia, and the eventual surrender of the Central Powers.

The Anglo-Saxons: The Founders of EnglandWho were the Anglo-Saxons, and how did they create the foundations of England?Following the collapse of Roman Britain, waves of migrants from northern Europe crossed the North Sea and settled in a land undergoing dramatic change. Over the next six...

A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of...

After years spent honoring the stories of World War II veterans, and hearing their stories, Andrew Biggio, acclaimed author of The Rifle, turned his attention to the men who fought in the jungles, mountains, and villages of Vietnam War. Armed with the same determination to preserve history...

Opérations Militaires vous plonge au cœur des plus grandes opérations militaires de l'histoire moderne. Avec un ton narratif immersif et une rigueur journalistique, cet audiobook explore les stratégies, les enjeux géopolitiques, les coulisses diplomatiques, ainsi que les décisions...

The largely untold saga of Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl is one of the most fascinating and unlikely stories that took place before and during World War II. How is it possible that a Harvard graduate, friend to both Franklin and Teddy Roosevelt, became one of Hitler's closest friends—only later to assist Franklin Roosevelt and the Allies as a secret adviser?

Five minutes changed the Pacific War forever — and almost no one alive that morning expected it. What if the empire that had never lost a naval battle was about to be destroyed by a handful of exhausted pilots running on fumes? What if the entire hinge of World War II turned not on battleships...

On 7 December 1941, the Japanese navy attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Simultaneously, they launched all-out assaults on Malaya, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Japan's sphere of influence spread at a phenomenal rates and it seemed the their dream of empire was about to be realised. Victory in the Pacific examines how the tide of Japanese victory was turned.

A vivid narrative history across a 1,000-mile journey on foot, Searching for the Norman Conquest opens a window onto the English cultural landscape of the eleventh century. What was the eleventh-century Domesday Book? It is now is one of the most significant historical documents from medieval...

In Bloody April, military historian Peter Hart tells the vital story of the air war over Arras with eyewitness accounts from the men who were actually there. As the Allies embarked upon the Battle of Arras in April 1917, they desperately needed accurate aerial reconnaissance photographs. But by...

Andet bind i den gribende historiske romanserie Kystfolket, der inspireret af virkelige personer og begivenheder, fortæller om klassekamp, kvindefrigørelse og relationer i det svenske mindretal i Estland fra slutningen af 1800-tallet og til den store flugt til Sverige i 1944. Estland år 1900...

In November 1940 Britain was isolated in its stand against the Axis powers. The country could not afford to lose control of the Mediterranean, but the Royal Navy was already overstretched by the U-boat war and the threat of invasion. On the night of 11 November, 42 members of the Fleet Air Arm...

How World War II reshaped America’s pastime and lifted a nation’s spirit Step into 25 remarkable true stories of baseball during WWII—when players became soldiers, courage was tested, fans cheered for hope, women took the field, and the game looked different than ever before. From stars...

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.

Am 24. Februar 2022 verteidigte nur eine kleine Einheit ukrainischer Nationalgardisten den Flughafen Hostomel gegen die Elite der russischen Luftlandetruppen – und verhinderte damit den Fall Kyivs. Wieland Giebel erzählt diese Schlacht so, wie sie wirklich war: anhand von mehr als fünfzig...