Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II (Yoshimi Yoshiaki)(Paperback)

Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II (Yoshimi Yoshiaki)(Paperback)

Available for the first time in English, this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during World War II by the researcher principally responsible for exposing the Japanese government's responsibility for these atrocities. The large scale

Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II (Brub Allan)(Paperback)

During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forces increasingly conflicted with the expanding antihomosexual policies and procedures of the military. In Coming Out Under Fire, Allan Berube examines in

Shantung Compound (Gilkey Langdon)(Paperback)

This vivid diary of life in a Japanese internment camp during World War II examines the moral challenges encountered in conditions of confinement and

Female Railway Workers in World War II (Major Susan)(Pevná vazba)

During World War II women took on railway roles which were completely new to females. They worked as porters and guards, on the permanent way, and in maintenance and workshop operations. In this book Susan Major features the voices of women talking about their wartime railway experiences, using

You Can Help Your Country: English children's work during the Second World War (Mayall)(Paperback)

As men and women throughout England were called up for war work during World War II, the country needed to generate as much food and wealth as possible to support them. Children quickly came to be seen as a vital resource. Many children worked the land, planting and harvesting crops, raising money

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II (Alexievich Svetlana)(Paperback)

A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia--from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 'A landmark.'--Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century For more than three decades,

U.S. Army Hospital Center 804 - An Account of the U.S. Military Hospitals in the Shropshire/Flintshire Area during World War II (Collins Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Masters and Commanders - The Military Geniuses Who Led The West To Victory In World War II (Roberts Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

During the Second World War the master strategy of the West was shaped by four titanic figures: Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, and their respective military commanders - General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C Marshall. This title tells the story of how four great leaders fought

Women in the Great War (Wynn Stephen)(Paperback)

The First World War was fought on two fronts. In a military sense it was fought on the battlefields throughout Europe, the Gallipoli peninsular and other such theaters of war, but on the Home Front it was the arduous efforts of women that kept the country running. Before the war women in the

The SBS in World War II: An Illustrated History (Mortimer Gavin)(Paperback)

The Special Boat Squadron was Britain's most exclusive Special Forces unit during World War II. Highly trained, totally secretive, and utterly ruthless, the SBS was established as an entity in its own right in early 1943, having previously operated under the auspices of the SAS during the war in

Crash Boat: Rescue and Peril in the Pacific During World War II (Jepson George D.)(Pevná vazba)

The compelling story of an American crash boat crewed by unknown heroes during World War II in the South Pacific, whose dramatic rescues of downed pilots and clandestine missions off Japanese-held islands were done at great peril and with little fanfare. It chronicles ordinary young men doing

Jacaranda Tree, The (Bates H E)(Paperback / softback)

During World War II, a small English community are forced to flee when Japanese forces invade Burma. Paterson, the manager of a rice-mill, organises the evacuation and takes with him his Burmese mistress and her young brother. Inevitably, as the journey continues, bitterness, tension and insoluble

Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II (Buttar Prit)(Paperback)

With the exception of Poland, no region or territory suffered more greatly during World War II than the Baltic States. Caught between the giants of the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia became pawns in the desperate battle for control of Eastern Europe throughout the

The Paris Dressmaker (Cambron Kristy)(Paperback)

An iconic city under siege during World War II and the bravery of two women who joined the Resistance to save it . . .Paris, 1939. The closing of Maison Chanel thrusts haute couture dressmaker Lila de Laurent out of the world of high fashion and into occupation as Nazi soldiers invade the streets

Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II (Brown Daniel James)(Paperback)

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism, highlighting the contributions and sacrifices that Japanese immigrants and their American-born children made for the sake of the nation the courageous Japanese-American Army unit that

Babes in Arms: Women in the Comics During World War Two (Robbins Trina)(Pevná vazba)

During the Golden Age of comics, publishers offered titles supporting the war effort -- presenting fighting men and their feminine counterparts -- babes in arms! Comic books during this period featured US service-women fighting all of the axis bad guys and gave several of the most noteworthy women

The Japanese Home Front 1937-45 (Jowett Philip)(Paperback)

During World War II, Imperial Japan was the world's most militarized society, with a host of uniformed organizations supporting the war effort in East Asia and the Pacific and ultimately tasked with defending the Home Islands. Featuring full-color artwork, this book reveals the organization and

Facing the Mountain - A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

World War II Desert Tactics (Griffith Paddy)(Paperback)

Osprey's study of desert tactics employed in North Africa during World War II (1939-1945). In 1940-43 North Africa saw the first major desert campaign by modern mechanized armies. The British, Italians, German Afrika Korps and US Army all addressed and learned from the special problems - human,

Berkshire Airfields in the Second World War (Brooks Robin J.)(Paperback / softback)

Robin Brook's action-packed book describes the military airfields of Berkshire during the last war, including Greenham Common, Membury, Welford, and White Waltham - headquarters of the legendary Air Transport

By the Skin of My Teeth: The Memoirs of an RAF Mustang Pilot in World War II and of Flying Sabres with USAF in Korea (Downes Colin)(Paperback)

This is a memoir of flying with the Royal Air Force in war and peace during a career in military and civil aviation covering a half century. The text is filled with personal experiences, reminiscences and impressions and is written in four parts. Part One covers the years leading to the author's

The Riviera at War: World War II on the Cte d'Azur (Kundahl George G.)(Paperback)

During World War II three distinct forces opposed the Allies - Germany, Italy, and Japan. Few areas of the world experienced domination by more than a single one of these, but southeastern France - the region popularly known as the Riviera or Cote d'Azur - was one. For the first time, George G

The Reich Intruders: RAF Light Bomber Raids in World War II (Bowman Martin W.)(Paperback)

This is the story of 2 Group RAF during World War II. Much of it is told by the men who flew the Blenheim, Boston, Mitchell and Mosquito aircraft that carried out many daring daylight and nighttime raids on vitally important targets in Nazi-occupied Europe and Germany.These were not the famous

Cairo in the War - 1939-45 (Cooper Artemis)(Paperback / softback)

A history of the glamorous and military critical city of Cairo during the Second World