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Historian Mark Hager builds on hundreds of hours of interviews with Harold Frank, sharing the intimate and heart-pounding account of Frank’s journey as a child of the Great Depression to the bloody shores of the D-Day invasion, into the bowels of Nazi Germany, and back to the U.S. where as a young man Harold would spend years resolutely dealing with the lingering effects of starvation rations while determinedly building a new life—a life always mindful of the legacy of his POW experience and his faithful service in America’s hard-fought war against Nazi aggression.

For low - to high-intermediate learners. Improve your German and expand your vocabulary with topics that matter. When it comes to mastering a foreign language, listening around your interests makes all the difference. But finding audiobooks designed for language learners can be hard! This audiobook fixes that. For the first time, you’ll learn to improve your German while listening about the history of World War II.

A masterful and comprehensive chronicle of World War II, by internationally bestselling historian Antony Beevor. Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of WWII. His multi-award winning books have included Stalingrad and The Fall...

Centuries Will Not Suffice explores how different people responded to the Lithuanian Holocaust and the roles that they played. It considers the past history of the perpetrators and those who took great risks to save Jews, as well as describing the experiences of many who were caught up in the maelstrom.

To mark the 75th anniversary of D-day, the stirring climax to Nigel Hamilton's three-part saga of FDR at war - proof that he was WWII's key strategist, even on his deathbed. Nigel Hamilton's celebrated trilogy culminates with a story of triumph and tragedy. Just as FDR was proven right by the D-day landings he had championed, so was he found to be mortally ill in the spring of 1944. He was the architect of a victorious peace that he would not live to witness.

The Battle for Hong Kong seems lost in the shadow of other battles in Southeast Asia, such as Malaya, Singapore, Burma, and the Philippines. But while the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong Island lasted just one week from 18-25 December 1941, it was highlighted by horrific atrocities involving wounded Allied soldiers, and medical doctors, nurses, orderlies and patients. None worse than the massacre at St Stephen's College, which had transformed into a makeshift hospital.

In The History of Israel: Myths, Facts, and the Jewish Story Revealed, discover a thoughtful and unbiased account of Israel’s history. This book provides a deep dive into the events, cultures, and narratives that have shaped Israel, offering clarity on a topic often surrounded by controversy and debate. From ancient civilizations to modern-day politics, Israel’s history is a tapestry woven with triumphs, tragedies, and enduring cultural significance.

Twenty-six-year-old cavalry officer Slavomir Rawicz was captured by the Red Army in 1939 during the German-Soviet partition of Poland and sent to the Siberian Gulag. In the spring of 1941, he escaped with six of his fellow prisoners, including one American. Thus began their astonishing trek to freedom.

From the skies above Europe to the beaches of Normandy, the Allied air campaign of 1943-44 orchestrated one of history's most decisive military victories. In this groundbreaking analysis, retired Air Force Colonel Joseph T. Molyson reveals how a year of strategic bombing and aerial warfare...

Paris, 1939. De to unge mødre Elise og Juliette møder hinanden i Boulogneskoven i udkanten af byen og bliver hurtigt uadskillelige. Selvom krigens skygge kryber over Europa, mistænker ingen af kvinderne, at deres liv snart vil ændre sig uigenkaldeligt. Da Elise bliver et mål for den tyske...

An enthralling new study of the brutal British retreat from Burma, the beginning of World War II in the Far East. Using eyewitness accounts and based on meticulous research, World War II historian Jack Bowsher examines the pivotal Burma campaign of 1942. In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl...

Disse otte noveller blev skrevet i 1945 og er baseret på en række interviews der blev foretaget for at afklare graden af uhyrligheder begået mod den polske befolkning – ikke kun jøderne, som dengang udgjorde ca. 10% af befolkningen i Polen. Dermed havde Polen den største jødiske...

Mens de fleste i Ejler Borchs hjemby Hundested husker ham som den tidligere maskinmester på færgerne, kommer det nok bag på en del, at han har en fortid som modstandsmand bevæbnet med en maskinpistol. Ejler Borch, født i 1925 og snart 100 år gammel, var aktiv i BOPA fra 1944 til 1945. I...

4. maj 1945. Tyskland kapitulrer, og Danmark er atter frit. Samtidig strander 1400 pludselig frie, tyske krigsfanger på Påø Strand på Langeland. Krigsfangerne, som var allierede soldater fra Beligne, Frankrig og Sovjetunionen, var blevet gennet ombord på en flydedok på Rügen fire dage...

Kender du skudhullet i Knud den Helliges knæ på Odense Rådhus? Historien om kanonstillingerne og pansergravene, der løb på tværs af Sønderjylland og stadig er synlige? Modstandstegnet i Hammer Bakker på Bornholm? Krigsmuseet på Egholm Slot i Hornsherred? Gestapos fængsel i Kolding?...

*Narrated by the Author* An unforgettable collection of recipes inspired by ten diverse, moving stories of Holocaust survivors and WWII heroes, from James Beard Award–winning chef Alon Shaya with author June Hersh. Memories of a Good Meal is a culinary journey that celebrates the tenacity of...

It is time to focus on what the United States has gotten right in the pursuit of liberty in the last 250 years since the nation’s founding. Two beliefs undergird America’s experiment in liberty, and they are articulated in the Declaration of Independence. The book “We Hold These Truths”...

Misch – Sie werden natürlich noch gebraucht." Dieser gespenstische Befehl ergeht am 22. April 1945 im "Führerbunker" an Rochus Misch, den Leibwächter und Telefonisten Adolf Hitlers. Kaum ein anderer hat die Kriegsjahre in ebenso ungeheuerlicher wie ungewöhnlicher Nähe Hitlers zugebracht. Nun erzählt der "letzte Zeuge" seine Geschichte, mit der beklemmenden Aufrichtigkeit eines Mannes, der erkennen muss, dass er damals sein Tun für richtig hielt.

Um livro que faltava sobre as duas guerras mundiais e o inferno do nazismo. C. G. Sweeting resgata nas páginas deste O piloto de Hitler o testemunho privilegiado de um homem fiel ao ditador alemão mesmo depois dos dez anos de sofrimento em masmorras e campos de prisioneiros da União...

In September 1944, the Allies believed that Hitler's army was beaten, and expected that the war would be over by Christmas. But the disastrous Allied airborne landing in Holland, American setbacks on the German border and in the Hürtgen Forest, together with the Battle of the Bulge, drastically...