検索キーワード： 第二次世界大戦

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。

Anne Frank, it has been said, gave a face and a name to the horror of the Holocaust. This is her story. It relates how Anne, her family, and their friends hid in secret rooms - "the Annex" - in an Amsterdam warehouse for 25 months. Anne, just 13 when the family moved in and only 15 when the Gestapo at last broke down the doors of her secret world, found hope where there was only fear and the first blush of love when outside and all around there washed a sea of hate.

Beginning with Pearl Harbor, renowned historian Donald Macintyre charts the course of the Pacific war through the major battles that shaped World War Two: Java Sea, Coral Sea, Midway, Philippine Sea, and Leyte Gulf. Of course, the Pacific theater was shaped not only by naval actions but also by closely interlocking military campaigns. Macintyre brings these amphibious struggles, which were more ferocious and wide-ranging than the world had ever seen, to the forefront of listeners' minds and demonstrates just why the Allies were able to emerge victorious.

I 1933 griber Adolf Hitler magten i Tyskland, hvor han har forført befolkningen med gyldne løfter om ro og orden samt en genrejsning af Det Stortyske Rige. Lige så elegant udnytter han de andre vestmagters angst for konfrontation til uhindret at opruste. Før naboerne aner uråd, rykker tidens mest moderne krigs-maskine over de grænser, der blev fastlagt efter 1. verdenskrig. Og Hitler står ikke alene. Han allierer sig med Mussolinis fascistiske Italien, Stalins kommunistiske Sovjetunionen og – på den anden side af kloden – militærdiktaturet i Japan, der har samme storhedsdrømme som Tyskland.

In the theatre of the Pacific during World War II, no single engagement would have consequences as profound or as immediate as the Battle of Midway. Fought over four searing days in June 1942, this carrier-versus-carrier clash marked the beginning of the end for Japan’s unchecked expansion and heralded a strategic reversal that would define the course of the Pacific War. Korey Blathewick’s The Battle of Midway offers an incisive, deeply researched exploration of this moment—examining not only what happened, but why it mattered, and how its impact reverberated far beyond the atoll’s reefs.

This volume spans 1914-1939 to provide a concise interpretation of the role the United States played in the origins of the Second World War. It synthesizes recent scholarship about interwar international politics while also presenting an original interpretation of the sources of American policy.

Eight Years of Fire: China’s Struggle in the Second World War by Oliver Greyson is a gripping, narrative nonfiction chronicle of China’s monumental resistance against Japanese invasion during World War II. Spanning from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937 to the final Japanese surrender in 1945, this powerful account brings to life one of the most overlooked theaters of the global war. With vivid storytelling, firsthand testimonies, and primary sources, the book weaves together battlefield heroics, civilian endurance, and political intrigue at the highest levels.

This powerful true account shares the heroic witness of over 2,400 Catholic priests imprisoned at Dachau, where more than a third died for their faith. Through Fr. John Lenz’s firsthand stories, see how these priests endured brutal suffering, ministered in secret, and proved that even in darkness, grace triumphs. Their courage and sacrifice reveal what it means to cling to Christ and find hope amid unimaginable evil.

Der Theaterstar Tilla Durieux, die Schriftsteller Manès Sperber und Ernst Toller, der Dramatiker Franz Theodor Csokor, der Maler Richard Ziegler und viele andere – sie alle flohen vor Hitler nach Südosteuropa und fanden dort Unterschlupf. Doch diese erste Balkanroute ist heute so gut wie vergessen. Marie-Janine Calic ruft sie in Erinnerung und erzählt berührende Geschichten von Mut und Menschlichkeit, von Elend und Verrat, von Rettung und Untergang.

Throughout her life, Mary Mortensen’s father’s war trunk was a constant presence, moving with the family from home to home. Upon his passing, she discovered it held every letter exchanged between her parents during World War II, revealing a poignant story of love and courage. On a three-day pass from Camp Mackall, North Carolina, Second Lieutenant Frank R. Ward met Catherine Oliver on the white sands of Myrtle Beach. What began as a chance encounter sparked a lifelong love story that would endure the trials of World War II.

With a brand new foreword by Mary Fulbrook, The Nazi Dictatorship covers all the major themes and debates relating to Nazism including the Holocaust, Hitler's authority and leadership, economics in the Nazi state, Nazi foreign policy, German resistance, and the aftermath. Regarded by many as the world's leading authority on Hitler and the Third Reich, Kershaw has redefined the way we look at this period of modern European history.

Occupied: Civilian Life During World War II reveals the untold story of ordinary people living under extraordinary circumstances. Set in France during the Nazi occupation, this book brings to life the daily struggles, quiet acts of courage, and moral dilemmas faced by civilians caught between survival and resistance.

Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times best sellers including Talking to Strangers and host of the podcast Revisionist History, uses original interviews, archival footage, and his trademark insight to weave together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in Central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard. As listeners hear these stories unfurl, Gladwell examines one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.

In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose 63-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. Never before has the full life of this controversial figure been revealed with such clarity and vividness. Bix describes what it was like to be trained from birth for a lone position at the apex of the nation's political hierarchy and as a revered symbol of divine status.

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。

This illuminating study explores the ways in which the shattering defeat of the Japanese in World War II, followed by over six years of American military occupation, affected every level of Japanese society. The author describes the countless ways in which the Japanese met the challenge of "starting over", from top-level manipulations concerning the fate of Emperor Hirohito to the hopes, fears, and activities of ordinary men and women in every walk of life.

Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer’s monumental study of Hitler’s German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the 20th century’s blackest hours. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the globe, it has attained the status of a vital and enduring classic.

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！

In the heart of Santiago, the infamous 38 Londres Street becomes the haunting backdrop for a riveting tale that intertwines the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in London, the post-war life of senior SS officer Walther Rauff in Chilean Patagonia and the sinister connections between the two men. Rauff, responsible for the wartime horrors of mobile gas vans, flees justice after the war and finds an unlikely refuge in Chile. Settling in Punta Arenas, he manages a king crab cannery, seemingly far removed from his dark past.

Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments in the name of science and Japan's wartime chemical and biological warfare research. Author Hal Gold draws upon a wealth of sources to construct a portrait of the Imperial Japanese Army's most notorious medical unit, giving an overview of its history and detailing its most shocking activities.