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A dramatic and revelatory new account of the final days in Hitler's bunker, based on new access to previously unseen Soviet archives, previously unseen materials, and cutting edge forensics. After two years of nonstop negotiations with the Russian authorities, Jean-Christophe Brisard and Lana...

Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely in history have scientific secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the midst of planning the Manhattan Project, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services created a secret offshoot - the Alsos Mission - meant to gather intelligence on and sabotage if necessary, scientific research by the Axis powers. What resulted was a plot worthy of the finest thriller, full of spies, sabotage and murder.

1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats. Prime Minister Winston Churchill is lying to the country about the number of British ships sunk. He is lying about the...

From 1931 to 1953, there was a race like no other. It was a race to the top of the world - a race primarily between Great Britain, Nazi Germany and the United States. Carried on across nearly the entire sweep of the Himalayas, it involved not only the greatest mountain climbers of the era, but statesmen and millionaires, world-class athletes and bona fide eccentrics, scientists and generals, obscure villagers and national heroes.

Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international team—led by an obsessed retired FBI agent—has finally solved the mystery that has haunted generations since World War II: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why? Over...

Es war ein besonders warmer Sommer in jenem Jahr, die Menschen in ganz Europa wollten für eine Weile die Sorgen des Alltags und die Querelen der großen Politik vergessen. Doch in Wahrheit war es der Tanz auf dem Vulkan: Genau wie 1914 sollte wenige Wochen später ein Krieg von bislang unbekannter Wucht und Grausamkeit ausbrechen. Werner Biermann beschreibt auf atemberaubende Weise diese ebenso dramatische wie folgenreiche Phase der europäischen Geschichte: den Sommer 1939.

The riveting life of Dina Vierny, a muse, fearless Nazi resistor, and art collector who dedicated her life to fighting fascism. In the summer of 1940, as France succumbed to Nazi Germany, Dina Vierny posed for famed sculptor Aristide Maillol on the French-Spanish border. Dina was the muse who...

Als Intimus Hitlers, Propagandaminister und Bevollmächtigter für den totalen Kriegseinsatz war Joseph Goebbels eine der zentralen Gestalten des Dritten Reiches. Kindheit und Jugend sind für Ralf Georg Reuth der Schlüssel zum Verständnis des Mannes, der aufgrund eines körperlichen Makels schon früh zum Außenseiter gestempelt wurde und einen beinahe krankhaften Ehrgeiz entwickelte, um seinen Minderwertigkeitskomplex zu kompensieren.

WWII began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the 20th century: the Panzer. No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous Tiger, and Otto Carius was one of the most successful commanders to ever...

1931 trat Albert Speer der NSDAP bei und avancierte zu einem der engsten Vertrauten Hitlers, 1942 wurde er Rüstungsminister und organisierte den »totalen Krieg« und die Vernichtungsmaschinerie. Dennoch behauptete er nach dem Kriegsende, kein Nazi gewesen zu sein – eine Legende, die der renommierte Zeithistoriker Magnus Brechtken eindrucksvoll dekonstruiert.

In September 1944, the Allies seized Antwerp in Belgium, the largest deep-water port in northwestern Europe at the time. It should have been a great boon. The Scheldt River was wide enough and deep enough to bring ocean-going supply ships from the North Sea directly into the heart of the Allied advance, finally easing the logistics crisis that had slowed the march toward Germany. However, the port was useless without control of the Scheldt Estuary, a 60-mile (100-kilometer) waterway connecting Antwerp to the sea.

In 1939, the world was dragged into the most devastating conflict in human history. Empires collapsed. Entire cities burned. Tens of millions of people would never return home. World War 2: A Complete History of WWII and Its Enduring Legacy takes you on a sweeping journey through the conflict that reshaped the modern world. From the lightning strikes of Blitzkrieg in Europe to the brutal island battles of the Pacific, this audiobook explores the war through strategy, politics, and the lives of the people who endured it.

The gripping true WWII story of one of the most harrowing sea battles in history, from historians Seth Paridon and retired US Navy captain, William Toti—cohosts of the hit podcast series, The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War. The Battle of Guadalcanal is often remembered for the U.S...

'This is the history we so badly needed' ANTONY BEEVOR 'Essential reading for understanding Asia's present' RICHARD OVERY A momentous new history of World War II in Asia. In the early twentieth century, from India to China, Western imperial powers dominated Asia. Then, in the 1930s, Japan began...

A masterful exploration of one of the Nazi regime’s darkest figures—and one of the few female perpetrators of the Holocaust. By the time of her execution at thirty-six, Maria Mandl had achieved the highest rank possible for a woman in the Third Reich. As Head Overseer of the women’s camp...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 MARGARET AND COLIN RODERICK LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 LESLIE AND SOPHIE CAPLAN AWARD FOR JEWISH NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 AGE NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 ABIA MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR A mother and...

‘You are no longer a number’ Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the breaks. It felt like we waited in the carriage for an eternity, but eventually, the heavy doors opened, directly into the chaos inside. Sara Leibovitz, a 16-year-old Jewish girl, was a passenger on the...

Soon to be a major motion picture The incredible story of Felix Kersten who used his influence over Henrich Himmler to save thousands of lives during the Second World War. Steven Spielberg’s Oscar winning film Schindler’s List turned the hero Oscar Schindler into a household name, telling...

Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international team-led by an obsessed retired FBI agent-has finally solved the mystery that has haunted generations since World War II: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why? WINNER OF...

In this touching account, veteran New York Times reporter Joseph Berger describes how his own family of Polish Jews—with one son born at the close of World War II and the other in a "displaced persons" camp outside Berlin—managed against all odds to make a life for themselves in the utterly...