Driving Back the Nazis - The Allied Liberation of Western Europe, Autumn 1944 (King Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Driving Back the Nazis - The Allied Liberation of Western Europe, Autumn 1944 (King Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Hitler's Defeat on the Western Front, 1944-1945 (Seidler Hans)(Paperback)

Hitler's Defeat on the Western Front 1944-1945 is a compelling account of the Nazis' ten month struggle against the overwhelming Allied military might on the Western Front.Thanks to the successful Images of War format of authoritative text supported by copious, well captioned contemporary images,

Paris After the Liberation - 1944 - 1949 (Cooper Artemis)(Paperback / softback)

An historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August,

Operation Market-Garden 1944 (2): The British Airborne Missions (Ford Ken)(Paperback)

With Germany being pushed back across Europe, the Allied forces looked to press their advantage with Operation Market-Garden, a massive airborne assault that, if successful, could have shortened the war in the West considerably. The ground advance consisted of an armored thrust by the British XXX

Guns at Last Light - The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (Atkinson Rick)(Paperback / softback)

The magnificent conclusion to Atkinson's monumental and highly acclaimed trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World

D-Day (Perrett Bryan)(Paperback / softback)

D-DAY is the story of the Allied landings in Normandy. It's 1944 when Lieutenant Andy Pope takes part in the D-Day landings, crossing the English Channel to the beaches of

The Nuremberg Raid: 30-31 March 1944 (Middlebrook Martin)(Paperback)

This book describes one twenty-four-hour period in the Allied Strategic Bomber Offensive in the greatest possible detail. The author sets the scene by outlining the course of the bombing war from 1939 to the night of the Nuremberg raid, the characters and aims of the British bombing leaders and the

A Song with Teeth: A Los Nefilim Novel (Frohock T.)(Paperback)

A fantastic ending to a series. -- Nerds of a FeatherAs the Allied forces battle to defeat the Nazis, a shadow war rages between angels and daimons fighting for the soul of humanity in this thrilling conclusion to the critically acclaimed Los Nefilim historical fantasy series.The year is 1944, and

Army At Dawn - The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (Atkinson Rick)(Paperback / softback)

* First volume of Rick Atkinson's monumental trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World War. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History

Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day: The Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe (Vansant Wayne)(Paperback)

The Red Horse (Benn James R.)(Paperback)

England, 1944: Recovering from physical and psychological wounds sustained in the liberation of Paris, US Army detective Billy Boyle and Lieutenant Kazimierz are sent to a convalescent hospital in the English countryside--only to discover that St. Albans may have its own war secrets, including a

Way Back (Remarque Erich Maria)(Paperback / softback)

The sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front, one of the most powerful novels of the First World War and a twentieth-century

Europe Between the Wars (Kitchen Martin)(Paperback)

Martin Kitchen's compelling account of Europe between the wars sets the twenty-year crisis within the context of the profound sense of cultural malaise shared by many philosophers and artists, the economic crises that plagued a Europe ruined by war and the social upheavals caused by widespread

Salerno to the Gustav Line 1943-1944 (Diamond Jon)(Paperback)

In September 1943, shortly after the conquest of Sicily, the Allied armies made amphibious assaults on the Italian Mainland at Calabria, Taranto and along the Gulf of Salerno beaches. The Italian Government quickly capitulated but the Germans fought on. Although the British XIII Corps and 1st

Partners of First Resort: America, Europe, and the Future of the West (McKean David)(Paperback)

Fostering a transatlantic renaissance to salvage the Western allianceIs the Western alliance, which brought together the United States and Europe after World War II, in an inevitable state of decline, and if so, can anything be done to repair it? There seems little doubt that fragmentation of the

Arnhem 1944: The Airborne Battle (Middlebrook Martin)(Paperback)

Arnhem was meant to end the war in Europe. The Germans were in retreat from Normandy and seemed to be beaten. Three airborne divisions were to seize the bridges across the great rivers of Holland and unleash the Allied armies into Germany. The Battle of Arnhem was a turning-point in the war, a

To Hell and Back - Europe, 1914-1949 (Kershaw Ian)(Paperback / softback)

In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. This title presents the narrative of events. It also deals with the most difficult issues that the events raise - with what

Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr (Luther King Jr Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Timeless, inspiring and universal words of wisdom, this collection features the milestone speeches, including 'I have a dream....', of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest orators of the 20th

Ruling the Void: The Hollowing of Western Democracy (Mair Peter)(Paperback)

In the long-established democracies of Western Europe, electoral turnouts are in decline, membership is shrinking in the major parties, and those who remain loyal partisans are sapped of enthusiasm. Peter Mair's new book weighs the impact of these changes, which together show that, after a century

Grasshoppers of Britain and Western Europe: A Photographic Guide (Sardet ric)(Paperback)

The definitive photographic guide to Britain and Western Europe's orthopterans, complete with a CD of sounds. This beautifully presented field guide, containing more than 1200 illustrations, covers the 261 grasshoppers (and their allies) of Britain and Western Europe. All of the main species and

Unlikely Spy (Silva Daniel)(Paperback / softback)

Germany, 1944.The Allied invasion is not far away, and the high command desperately need to know where it will take place. It is time to activate one of Hitler's last spies in Britain - Catherine Blake, a sleeper planted before the war and awaiting orders . . .British intelligence also has its

Whatever It Takes: Towards a Post-Crisis Europe (Papaconstantinou George)(Paperback)

The solidarity of Europe, the driving force behind social and economic integration, has given way to suspicion and nationalism. If Europe, as a common project, is to continue a restructuring is required, if not a new settlement of power within the Union. This book explores what a 'post-crisis

Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account (Nyiszli Miklos)(Paperback / softback)

When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. A Hungarian Jew and a medical doctor, Dr Miklos Nyiszli was spared from death for a grimmer fate: to perform scientific research on his fellow inmates under the supervision of the infamous Angel

Woodrow Wilson and the Reimagining of Eastern Europe (Wolff Larry)(Paperback)

At the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, where the victorious Allied powers met to reenvision the map of Europe in the aftermath of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson's influence on the remapping of borders was profound. But it was his impact on the modern political structuring of Eastern Europe that