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A finalist for the 75th National Jewish Book Award in nonfiction A major new history that transforms our understanding of World War II—tracing the conflict and its most infamous crime, the Holocaust, to Germany’s implacable hostility toward Soviet Russia In the West, World War II is commonly...

Em nome do fascismo, muitos mataram e morreram, países foram destruídos e populações foram exterminadas. Este audiolivro explica o que de fato é fascismo e o que não é. Descreve o fenômeno historicamente, das origens aos seus desdobramentos mais terríveis, com perseguições, massacres e a guerra. Esclarece o que o fascismo dizia ser, mas, principalmente, o que foi e como foi vivenciado pelas pessoas e pelas sociedades que atingiu. Reconstrói o período em que o fascismo esteve no poder ou pareceu ser uma alternativa política viável na Europa.

Of all the celebrities who served their country during World War II - and they were legion - Jimmy Stewart was unique. On December 7, when the attack on Pearl Harbor woke so many others to the reality of war, Stewart was already in uniform - as a private on guard duty south of San Francisco at the Army Air Corps Moffet Field. Seeing war on the horizon, Jimmy Stewart, at the height of his fame after Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and his Oscar-winning turn in The Philadelphia Story in 1940, had enlisted several months earlier.

'Incredibly well sourced . . . One of the most plugged-in voices in modern warfare' TELEGRAPH 'Blends vivid reporting with shrewd analysis' ECONOMIST 'Truly excellent . . . a gripping tour de force. Every politician and military expert needs to read this book' IAIN DALE 'Reads like a real-life...

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.

Samurai! is the gripping autobiography of Saburō Sakai, one of Japan’s most renowned fighter pilots during World War II. Co-written with Fred Saito and Martin Caidin, the book chronicles Sakai’s rise from a poor rural upbringing to becoming an elite Zero pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

A fascinating account of the Fifth Crusade, the campaign to conquer Egypt and regain the Holy Land In 1217, the crusader states were in a highly fragile condition. The Fourth Crusade had failed, and Jerusalem had not been recovered. The crusaders now set their sights on Egypt. If the breadbasket...

For fans of Irena's Children and The Dressmakers of Auschwitz, the never-before-told story of a Jewish daycare director who led one of the most daring rescue operations of World War II, saving 600 children from the Netherlands' Nazi occupiers—“a rare story that reframes the Holocaust...

Eslava Galán nos descubre el momento en que Franco estuvo a punto de aliarse con Hitler e involucrar a España en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Es 1940. Ante la sospecha de una pronta rendición de los aliados, Franco se siente tentado de entrar en la Segunda Guerra Mundial del lado del eje...

On the evening of 20 April 1944, 16-year-old Ferenc Göndör is crushed into the overcrowded synagogue in Ujfehértó. All the Jews in the Hungarian city are to be deported. Ferenc, his mother and his sister are transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where his new identity "A-6171" is tattooed on his arm. Ferenc suffers unimaginable atrocities and lives his days surrounded by death. After the liberation, he returns to Hungary, but none of his closest relatives are alive anymore.

La Segunda Guerra Mundial encierra todavía muchos secretos. Millones de documentos esperan todavía a ser desclasificados, pero poco a poco vamos conociendo historias impactantes y sorprendentes que se han mantenido ocultas durante décadas. En esta obra, el lector podrá conocer los planes...

A sweeping and cinematic narrative history that follows Renoir’s La Petite Irène, tracing its theft from one of Paris’s wealthiest Jewish families during WWII and the fate of the girl it immortalized. “A vivid and deeply reported portrait of looted art, memory, and one family’s struggle...

Brought to you by Penguin. The Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Nero Book Award Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction The Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Observer and Economist Book of the Year 2025 A sweeping and...

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.

This book describes the odd coalition between Germany and Finland in World War II, and their joint military operations from 1941 to 1945. This is a topic often missing in English, though in stark contrast to the numerous books on the shorter and less bloody Winter War. That conflict represented a gallant fight of a democratic “David” against a totalitarian “Goliath” that caught the imagination of the world. The story of Finland fighting alongside a “Goliath” of its own has not brought pride to that nation and was a period many Finns would rather forget.

Three lives. Two nations. One war. What happened next defies belief — except it really happened. He carried out the most devastating surprise attack in modern history. He barely survived torment in a Japanese prison cell—but left a changed man. She went out of her way to love the enemies who hounded her parents into the jungle.

Gegen das Vergessen. Theodor Plieviers Roman Stalingrad, in 26 Sprachen übersetzt und seit seinem Erscheinen ein Bestseller, ist unbestritten das bedeutendste dokumentarische Epos über den Zweiten Weltkrieg. Es verdankt seine unübertroffene Authentizität dem Umstand, dass Plievier, damals Emigrant in Moskau, die Überlebenden der 6. Armee in Gefangenenlagern interviewen konnte.

Roger Lockshier enlisted in the US Army in April 1966. After completing Airborne (Paratrooper) Jump Training at Fort Benning GA, he was assigned to Aviation Battalion 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell Kentucky, December 1966. In December of 1967 the 101st Airborne Division was transferred to Viet Nam. Lockshier was a Crewchief / Doorgunner with the 101st Airborne's Black Angels Huey Helicopter Gunships assigned to provide combat support to the 101st Airborne and 5th Special Forces MACVSOG. He returned to the States in December of 1968.

In Top 10 Nazi Conspiracies Debunked, historian and researcher Cyril Marlen unpacks and exposes the most infamous Nazi-related myths that have persisted for decades. These aren’t just fringe internet rumors—they’re global narratives that continue to shape pop culture, political thinking, and historical misunderstanding. This powerful and thoroughly researched book offers a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the top ten conspiracy theories associated with Nazi Germany.

A searing chronicle of ambition, brutality, and collapse, Broken Supremacy: The Rise and Fall of the Wehrmacht in Russia reveals the untold dimensions of the most catastrophic military campaign in modern history.