Название: The British Oskar Schindler: The Life and Work of Nicholas Winton
Автор: Edward Abel Smith
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1399011480
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 216
Размер: 16,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

When Nicholas Winton canceled his skiing holiday in favor of going to Prague to visit a friend, little did he know this decision would change the course of thousands of lives, including his own. As millions of Jewish families attempted to flee the growing clutches of the brutal Nazi war of terror, this twenty-nine-year-old stockbroker decided to act, pulling off one of the most remarkable rescue missions of the century.

Название: The Berlin Raids: The Bomber Battle Winter 1943-1944
Автор: Martin Middlebrook
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848842244
Год: 2010
Формат: PDF (conv)
Страниц: 256
Размер: 7,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Battle of Berlin was the longest and most sustained bombing offensive against one target in the Second World War. Bomber Command’s Commander-in-Chief, Sir Arthur Harris, hoped to ‘wreck Berlin from end to end’ and ‘produce a state of devastation in which German surrender is inevitable’. He dispatched nineteen major raids between August 1943 and March 1944 – more than 10,000 aircraft sorties dropped over 30,000 tons of bombs on Berlin. It was the RAF’s supreme effort to end the war by aerial bombing. But Berlin was not destroyed and the RAF lost more than 600 aircraft and their crews. The controversy over whether the Battle of Berlin was a success or failure has continued ever since.

Название: World War II Series - The Home Front: Germany
Автор: Charles Whiting
Издательство: Time-Life Books
ISBN: 0809434199
Год: 1982
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 208
Размер: 29,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

The story of two men, one of whom conquered empires, one of whom tackled the drainage problems of a small village. Their paths crossed only briefly, but the encounter changed their lives forever. The first was Alexander the Great, the second, Euxenus, philosopher and tutor to the young Alexander.

Название: Tupolev Tu-2: The Forgotten Medium Bomber
Автор: Jason Nicholas Moore
Издательство: Fonthill Media
ISBN: 178155532X
Год: 2016
Формат: MOBI, EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 154
Размер: 11,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

Although one of the best medium bombers of the Second World War, fast, tough, and with an excellent bomb load, the Tu-2 is little known in the West. This book provides a comprehensive history of this important airplane, complete with its developmental history in the Second World War and later, and its long postwar history, both with the Soviet Union and other countries. First produced in 1942, the Tu-2’s initial production ended in 1943, then as its combat capabilities became clear, it was reinstated into production. Because of the stop in production, the Tu-2 was not used in large numbers until the last year of the war, where it proved a very useful weapon indeed.

Название: Kristallnacht: The Nazi Terror That Began the Holocaust
Автор: James M. Deem
Издательство: Enslow Pub Inc
ISBN: 1598453459
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 128
Размер: 9,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

On November 10, 1938, Francis Schott slept peacefully in his bed. Suddenly, a group of Nazis broke into his house and began to destroy it. They wanted to demolish everything because Francis’s family was Jewish. For days, violent attacks like this took place throughout Nazi Germany and came to be known as Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass.” The Nazis destroyed thousands of Jewish homes and businesses, burned down hundreds of synagogues, and murdered many people. The brutal assault came to an end, but it marked the beginning of something much worse: the Holocaust.

Название: Kamikaze - To Die for the Emperor
Автор: Peter C Smiyh
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1781593132
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF (conv)
Страниц: 224
Размер: 7,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

In this brand new publication from eminent historian Peter C. Smith, we are regaled with the engaging and often incredibly disturbing history of the Kamikaze tradition in Japanese culture. Tracing its history right back to the original Divine Wind (major natural typhoons) that saved Japan from invaders in ancient history, Smith explores the subsequent resurrection of the cult of the warrior in the late nineteenth century. He then follows this tradition through into the Second World War, describing the many Kamikaze suicide attacks carried out bythe Emperor's pilots against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign. These pilots were at the mercy of an overriding cultural tradition that demanded death over defeat, capture or perceived shame. Despite often being under-trained and ill-prepared psychologically for the sacrifices they were about to make, they were nonetheless expected to make them.

Название: Action Stations! U-boat Warfare in the Clyde in Two World Wars
Автор: Alastair Alexander
Издательство: Neil Wilson
ISBN: 1906476071
Год: 2009
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 73
Размер: 15,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Clyde has played a major part in warfare in the 20th century. Its most obvious contribution was as the main source of shipping which was supplied to the Royal Navy and the merchant navy. Many of its other stories are less familiar, not least the actual conflict that took place against German U-boats not far off the mainland. Alastair Alexander has dug deep into the war records, official collections and the museum archives to unearth a fascinating story of naval warfare on this great river and the west coast. Starting in 1914, he takes the reader through the First World War and the run up to the Second World War with detailed looks at the German U-boats that attempted to break the sea defences and sink British shipping. UC-27, UC-75, U-32, U-33 (sunk by HMS Gleaner in February 1940), U-218 are all detailed. He also list the losses to British shipping on the Clyde during both World Wars and gives a full account of HMS Gleaner's role in the U-33 incident. The Enigma decoding machine is also recalled and the special part that a salvage operation on a sunken German U-boat in the Clyde played in the role of that remarkable instrument. HMS Hood, RMS Queen Elizabeth and Admiral Karl Donitz also feature in this highly illustrated contribution to wartime history. The accessible layout, the previously unpublished photographs and the newly revealed historical information make this an essential read for naval historians, students and teachers alike.

Название: The Tigers of Bastogne: Voices of the 10th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge
Автор: Michael Collins, Martin King
Издательство: Casemate
ISBN: 1612004768
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF (conv)
Страниц: 272
Размер: 7,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

The gallant stand of the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne has long become part of historical and media legend. But how many students of the war realize there was already a U.S. unit holding the town when they arrived? And this unit—the 10th Armored Division—continued to play a major role in its defense throughout the German onslaught.
In The Tigers of Bastogne, authors King and Collins finally detail the travails of this young armored division, which had only arrived in Europe that fall, yet found itself subject to the full brunt of Manteuffel’s Fifth Panzer Army in the Ardennes. At first overwhelmed, and then falling back to protect the vital crossroads, the 10th Armored was reinforced (not “saved”) by the Screaming Eagles, and its men and tanks went on to contribute largely to America’s victory in its largest battle of the war.

Название: Tangier: The Earliest Battle Honour
Автор: John Hawkins
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1399073060
Год: 2024
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 266
Размер: 15,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Explore Tangier's occupation through vivid characters and unravel the complexities of colonial aspirations, deceit, corruption, and international influences in this historical narrative. In 1661 Portugal ceded Tangier to Charles II as part of Catherine of Braganza’s dowry settlement. Thus started the adventure known as ‘English Tangier’ whereby the Stuart monarch spent a king’s ransom defending a city perched precariously on the North African coast surrounded by hostile powers.

Название: Killing Shore: The True Story of Hitler's U-boats Off the New Jersey Coast
Автор: K. A. Nelson
Издательство: Brookline Books
ISBN: 1955041296
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 395
Размер: 11,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

The shocking story of Nazi Germany's naval assault in American waters, told through the eyes of seafarers who experienced it off the Jersey Shore. It is January 1942. Six weeks after the United States entered World War II, Imperial Japan is annihilating American forces across the Far East while the Nazis stand triumphant over much of Europe.