検索キーワード： 戦争・紛争

Еще маленьким мальчиком автор хотел знать, какую роль сыграл его дед Карл, солдат Вермахта, во Второй мировой войне. Иногда дед позволяет себе рассказать тот или иной эпизод своей военной биографии. Спустя семьдесят лет после окончания войны автор отправляется в путешествие по местам, где когда-то жил его солдат-дед. Он узнает совсем немного нового о дедушке и гораздо больше о себе и своей семье.

From Kisvárda to Canada: My Mother’s Holocaust Journey, author Brian Claman documents the true story of his mother, Maria (Mary) Katz Claman, a Hungarian Jewish teenager deported from Kisvárda to Auschwitz-Birkenau in June 1944. Tattooed with number A12064, she survived Auschwitz, forced labor at HASAG-Altenburg, a death march, and liberation in 1945.

Som ganske ung fik Birgitte Possing af sin mor overdraget en skotøjsæske med strenge pålæg om først at åbne den, når hun selv var blevet gammel. Æsken viste sig at indeholde et utal af breve, Birgitte Possings forældre havde skrevet til hinanden i deres ungdom under Anden Verdenskrig.

In Old Warhorse vs. Redemption Seeker, the clash between James Longstreet and Ambrose Burnside unfolds in the Western Theater, shaping the fate of East Tennessee and Chattanooga during the Civil War. For James Longstreet, the transfer to the Western Theater in 1863 offered opportunity. For his opponent Ambrose Burnside, the hope of redemption. Longstreet, who Robert E. Lee called his "Old Warhorse," had long labored in the shadow of both his army commander and the late Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.

Stop Forgetting History: The Essential Three-in-One Guide That Makes America's Story Stick Did you sleep through history class? Do names like Jamestown, Gettysburg, and the Emancipation Proclamation sound familiar, but you can't remember why they matter? You don't need a history degree to understand America's past—you just need an audiobook that actually brings the story to life.

Selvom de fleste har hørt om Stauffenberg-attentatet mod Hitler, er det de færreste, der kender navnet på hjernen bag: Jens Peter Jessen. Historien har simpelthen glemt ham – men ikke med rette. DANSKEREN DER VILLE DRÆBE HITLER fortæller historien om Jessen, der voksede op uden for Tinglev i Sønderjylland og siden blev involveret i et af verdenshistoriens mest berømte mordforsøg. Da Hitler kom til magten i 1933, var Jessen overbevist nazist, men han blev hurtigt klar over, at han havde taget fejl.

The author is a former Marine who served in Vietnam from August 1967 through October 1968. Included in his awards is the combat action ribbon. This book is dedicated to all Vietnam veterans. We finally made it home.

Da nazisterne i 1943 indledte forfølgelsen af jøder i Danmark, flygtede hovedparten af de danske jøder til Sverige. For nylig er det kommet frem, at en del af dem måtte efterlade deres børn i Danmark. Disse børn kaldes i dag de gemte børn. I denne bog fortæller 11 af disse børn, hvordan det at være et 'gemt barn' har præget resten af deres liv.

En medrivende historie om en gruppe modige, unge danske mænd, der – ofte ad omveje, der førte dem kloden rundt – kom til at flyve Spitfires i allieret tjeneste. Det er krigens år fortalt gennem en personlig historie – om flugt fra Danmark, lejrliv og kampmissioner. Det er viljen til (og kampen for) at gøre en forskel og kæmpe for friheden, ofte med livet som indsats.

Familien Bogs er en fortælling om den dansk-tyske familie Bogs' skæbne i det 20. århundrede – fortalt af Kirsten Bogs Andresen, lillesøster til bokseren Tom Bogs. Men det er også historien om næste generation – om Tom Bogs, der trods en kaotisk barndom formår at kæmpe sig til tops i den internationale bokseverden. En familiekrønike om krig, kærlighed, skyld og tilgivelse – og om, hvordan fortidens traumer kaster lange skygger over fremtidige generationer.

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.

Günter Bödekker bietet eine umfassende historische Darstellung der deutschen U-Boot-Kriegsführung im Zweiten Weltkrieg – von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des U-Bootkriegs.

In diesem Erlebnisbericht tauchen wir in das eindringliche Werk von Peter Bamm ein, der als Kriegschirurg an der Ostfront den Wahnsinn und das Grauen des Zweiten Weltkriegs hautnah erlebte. Das Hörbuch erzählt nicht nur den Kampf ums Überleben, sondern auch die moralischen Abgründe, den Schmerz, das Leid und die Hoffnung der Menschen inmitten der Hölle des Krieges. Es ist eine Geschichte, die zum Nachdenken zwingt – über Menschlichkeit, Schuld, Verantwortung und die unsichtbare Flagge, die jeder von uns in sich trägt.

Infidelidades, queridas, novias, chantajes sexuales o madrinas. Cómo afrontaban los placeres carnales ambos bandos, incluyendo la pornografía, la autosatisfacción o la homosexualidad. Sin olvidar el boom del sexo de pago durante aquellos años.

Selbst der britische Gegner bewunderte den Mut und die ritterliche Kampfführung des als genial geltenden »Wüstenfuchses«. Ralf Georg Reuth zeigt auch den anderen Rommel – den Mann, der seinem »Führer« bis zum erzwungenen Selbstmord treu blieb und dessen Ruhm nicht zuletzt eine Schöpfung von Joseph Goebbels war. Noch heute erscheint Erwin Rommel vielen als Inbegriff des vorbildlichen deutschen Soldaten.

Im Frühjahr 1940 verlässt Amon Leopold Göth die Familie und bricht auf in den "Gangster Gau" des großmäuligen Hans Frank, hier winken Abenteuer und Karriere: Im Februar 1943 wird Göth zum Kommandanten des Zwangsarbeitslagers Plaszów bei Krakau ernannt. 500 Tage wird er als "König von Plaszów" herrschen, Herr über Leben und Tod sein, gefürchtet von Zehntausenden, die schutzlos seiner entsetzlichen Lust am "Abknallen" und "Umlegen" ausgesetzt sind.

Turned away from the Royal Canadian Air Force for his apparent youth and frailty, Farley Mowat joined the infantry in 1940. The young second lieutenant soon earned the trust of the soldiers under his command, and was known to bend army rules to secure a stout drink, or find warm—if non-regulation—clothing. But when Mowat and his regiment engaged with elite German forces in the mountains of Sicily, the optimism of their early days as soldiers was replaced by despair.

The author of Britain at Bay—which The Wall Street Journal said may be “the single best examination of British politics, society, and strategy [from 1938 to 1941] that has ever been written”—picks up his sweeping social history in 1942, when what was once a regional war has become an...

Poland, 1942. Chaya is a seventeen-year-old daydreamer whose life is turned upside down when the Nazi regime invades her home. When her father and brother are brutally murdered, she and her mother are banished to the ghetto. When all the Jews of the ghetto are instructed to round up at the front gate, Chaya and her mother fear that the end is near. But miraculously, Chaya manages to slip away, escaping from the ghetto unseen. She wanders from hiding place to hiding place, suffering many hardships, assisted by good people who are willing to risk their lives to ensure her safety.

War Born is the true story of a soldier who beat the odds from birth and went on to serve in one of the longest wars in American history. From a premature baby doctors said wouldn’t survive to a battle-hardened Army veteran, Perris Sutton takes you through the defining moments of his life—from the streets of Aurora, Colorado to the war-torn sands of Iraq. With unfiltered truth, grit, and heart, War Born chronicles his rise through the ranks, his struggles with faith, loss, brotherhood, and the cost of combat—leading up to his final tour in Iraq. This isn’t just a war story. It’s his story.