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In April 1945, the Battle of Berlin marked WWII's climactic end. As Soviet forces surged into Germany, Hitler's stronghold in Berlin became the final confrontation. Stalin's armies, determined yet wearied, began the assault, gradually pushing through Berlin's fierce resistance. Amid relentless urban warfare, Berlin's defense crumbled, and the Reichstag was taken.

World War II was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945, involving many nations and resulting in significant political, social, and economic changes worldwide. The war began with the German invasion of Poland, leading to the formation of two major alliances: the Axis powers, comprising Germany, Italy, and Japan, and the Allied powers, including the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom.

The Battle of the Bulge, fought from December 16, 1944, to January 25, 1945, was a significant World War II conflict in the Ardennes region of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg. Initiated by the German army, it aimed to surprise and divide the Allied forces. The Germans launched a massive offensive, creating a bulging salient in the Allied line, thus giving the battle its name.

The battle of Iwo Jima, which took place from February 19 to March 26, 1945, during World War II, was a crucial confrontation between the United States and the Empire of Japan. Located in the Pacific Ocean, Iwo Jima held strategic significance for both sides due to its airfields, which could be used to launch attacks on enemy targets.

Récit de la bataille de Stalingrad, première défaite majeure de l'armée d'Hitler. Stalingrad reste à bien des égards la reine des batailles : par la durée et l'intensité des combats, le nombre d'hommes engagés et perdus, l'importance des enjeux stratégiques et l'exceptionnelle valeur symbolique de son dénouement, l'affrontement homérique de deux dictatures entre Don et Volga représente un tournant unique dans l'évolution de la guerre en Europe.

Prime Minister Winston Churchill had no qualms about using native German speakers from Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Germany itself. The majority were Jews who had fled persecution. Two examples of these secret units were X Troop Commandos and the Special Interrogation Group. The SIG men deserve their legendary status. They fought, and often died, wearing Wehmacht uniform. As this book reveals that, after infiltrating Field Marshal Rommel's Afrika Korps, one detachment even drew Nazi pay.

La extraordinaria historia de cómo un cónsul y sus aliados ayudaron a salvar a miles de judíos del Holocausto en una de las mayores operaciones de rescate del siglo XX.

Midway: The Tide of War an authoritative account of one of the most pivotal confrontations in World War II, vividly captures the extraordinary clash between the United States and Imperial Japan in the Pacific theater. Set in June 1942, this epic naval engagement took place near the Midway Atoll and fundamentally altered the course of the war.

The Battle of Stalingrad, a turning point in World War II, was a relentless and harrowing struggle fought between German forces and Soviet defenders from August 23, 1942, to February 2, 1943. Stalingrad, a strategically vital industrial city on the Volga River, witnessed intense urban warfare and became a symbol of resilience and sacrifice.

The Small and the Brave is a story of the real life experiences of author Rosi Stachel. Viewed from the standpoint of a sensitive young refugee during WWII, her account offers firsthand commentary of the courage and strength needed for survival.

The Battle of Guadalcanal, fought from August 1942 to February 1943, was a pivotal engagement in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It marked the first major offensive launched by Allied forces against the Japanese Empire after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Guadalcanal, a strategically located island in the Solomon Islands, was the focus of intense fighting between the United States and Japan.

The Battle of Okinawa, a pivotal conflict during World War II, unfolded from April to June 1945. Situated in the Pacific Theater, Okinawa became the stage for a relentless clash between the Allied forces, primarily the United States, and the Imperial Japanese Army. Spanning over 82 days, the battle aimed to secure a strategic foothold for the eventual invasion of mainland Japan.

The “remarkable…inspiring” (The Wall Street Journal) true story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg—a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands of lives in Nazi-occupied Poland by masquerading as a Polish aristocrat—drawing on Mehlberg’s own unpublished memoir. World War II and the...

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A poignant memoir of love, trauma, and recovery after a life-changing stroke, twinned to a powerful account of his father's experience in World War II, by a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. “A beautiful, compelling memoir...Raban’s...

Als Michael Frank die heute hundertjährige Stella Levi zufällig kennenlernt, nimmt eine große Geschichte ihren Anfang. Sie lädt ihn in ihr New Yorker Apartment ein, und bald wird aus den Besuchen ein Ritual: An hundert Sams­tagen erzählt Levi dem Schriftsteller ihr Leben. Gemeinsam suchen und erkunden die beiden eine fast märchenhafte, verlorene Welt. Levi, geboren 1923, wuchs auf im jüdischen Viertel La Juderia auf der Mittelmeerinsel Rhodos - eine Kindheit und Jugend zwischen sephardischer Tradition und Moderne, inmitten einer Vielfalt von Kulturen und Sprachen zwischen Orient und Okzident.

The Battle of Kursk, fought from July 5 to August 23, 1943, was a decisive World War II confrontation between the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army. The battle took place near the city of Kursk in western Russia. It involved the largest tank engagement in history, and marked a turning point in the Eastern Front.

Doctors at War tells the stories of physicians in France working to impede the German war effort and undermine French collaborators during the Occupation from 1940 to 1945. Determined to defeat the Third Reich's incursion, one group of prominent Paris doctors founded a medical network to treat injured Resistance fighters who they then secretly transported to Allied countries to avoid forced labor in Germany. Doctors at War stands as a dramatic, character-driven account of physicians' courage and resilience in the face of evil.

В центре рассказа «Кремулятора» находится Петр Нестеренко — дворянин, офицер Первой мировой войны и участник Белого движения, ставший агентом НКВД в Париже и первым директором Московского крематория. В июне 1941 года Нестеренко был арестован, а его история стала отголоском воспоминаний из его личных дневников и архивных документов.

A lesser-known event during World War II, the sinking of the Blücher is key part of naval history that marked the beginning of the Norwegian Campaign. The Sinking of the Blücher is a comprehensive investigation into why the German cruiser, named for Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (Prussian victor of the Battle of Waterloo), was approaching Oslo on the night of 9th April 1940, why and how she was sunk, and the ramifications and significance of the event.

“Mesmerizing and inspirational.”—Judy Batalion, New York Times bestselling author of The Light of Days The incredible true story of two Holocaust survivors who fell in love in Auschwitz, only to be separated upon liberation and lead remarkable lives apart following the war—and then find...