Guests of the Third Reich: The British Prisoner of War Experience in Germany 1939-1945 (Richards Anthony)(Paperback)

Guests of the Third Reich: The British Prisoner of War Experience in Germany 1939-1945 (Richards Anthony)(Paperback)

More than 170,000 British prisoners of war were taken by German and Italian forces during World War II. Conditions were tough. Rations were meager. The days dragged and there was a constant battle against boredom. The men, but not officers, had to work, often at heavy labor. Guests of the Third

Leeds at War 1939-45 (Wade Stephen)(Paperback)

Leeds at War 1939-1945 is a comprehensive account of the city's experience of the war, covering in expert detail life on the Home Front set against the background of the wider theaters of war. The narrative of that global conflict is given with a focus on the trials and ordeals that faced the

The Third Reich: The Rise and Fall of the Nazis (Sharples Caroline)(Paperback)

Between 1933 and 1945, Germany was under the grip of the Third Reich. Headed by Adolf Hitler, this National Socialist state endeavoured to control every aspect of the nation's political, social, economic, religious and cultural life, and indoctrinate every German citizen in its ideology. This

Life in the Third Reich - Daily Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945 (Roland Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Frome at War 1939-45 (Lassman David)(Paperback)

Frome at War 1939-1945 is a comprehensive account of this Somerset market town's experience of the conflict, covering in detail life on the Home Front set against the background of the wider theaters of war.The narrative of that global struggle is given with a focus on the ordeals endured by the

The Battle for Warsaw, 1939-1945 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

The tragic history of Warsaw during the Second World War documented in 200 graphic wartime photographs.During the Second World War five brutal battles were fought in and around Warsaw. Each proved to be dramatic, decisive and bloody, and in this volume of the Images of War series Anthony

SS Das Reich at War 1939-1945: A History of the Division on the Western and Eastern Fronts (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

Between 1933 and 1939, the strength and influence of the SS grew considerably with thousands of men being recruited into the new ideological armed formation, many into units known as the SS-Verfgungstruppe (Special Disposal Troop). These troops saw action in Poland before switching to the Western

Ss-Das Reich: The History of the Second SS Division, 1939-45 (Mattson Gregory Louis)(Paperback)

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler s armies in WWII. SS-Das Reich, the third in a series of books on the divisions of the Waffen-SS, is an in-depth examination of the second Waffen-SS unit to be formed, the SS-Das Reich. The book explores the background to the unit s formation,

Mapping the Second World War - The History of the War Through Maps from 1939 to 1945 (Chasseaud Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Follow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert

Tank Wrecks of the Western Front, 1940-1945 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

Early in the Second World War in Western Europe the German victors regularly photographed and posed with destroyed or abandoned Allied armor. During their invasion of France the Germans left 4,500 smashed French tanks in their wake, and these were a popular subject for their photographs. Then, when

German Jet Aircraft: 1939-1945 (Diedrich Hans-Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Germany was one of the leading developers of jet propulsion during the Second World War - in August 1939 the world's first jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, took to the air on its maiden flight. This new book examines all of the developments, production and aircraft types: He 280, Me 262, Ar 234,

Time and Power: Visions of History in German Politics, from the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich (Clark Christopher)(Paperback)

From the bestselling author of The Sleepwalkers, a book about how the exercise of power is shaped by different concepts of time This groundbreaking book presents new perspectives on how the exercise of power is shaped by different notions of time. Acclaimed historian Christopher Clark draws on four

Letters from the Blitz: Telling America the Truth about the British Experience of War (MacAlpine Richard)(Paperback)

When Britain stood alone against the might of Nazi Germany in the early years of World War II, Winifred Graville of Sheffield, a gardener, writer, and speaker well known in her local area, wrote a series of letters to her American cousin in Penn Yan, New York. At a time when American public opinion

Occupation in the East: The Daily Lives of German Occupiers in Warsaw and Minsk, 1939-1944 (Lehnstaedt Stephan)(Pevná vazba)

Following their occupation by the Third Reich, Warsaw and Minsk became home to tens of thousands of Germans. In this exhaustive study, Stephan Lehnstaedt provides a nuanced, eye-opening portrait of the lives of these men and women, who constituted a surprisingly diverse population-including

Photographers of the Third Reich: Images from the Wehrmacht (Garson Paul)(Paperback)

Of the millions of German soldiers who went to war, many were armed with their personal cameras and intent on photographically chronicling their Dienstzeit, or military service, via meticulously prepared albums or by turning their photos into postcards sent to family and friends. Others were

Third Reich in Power, 1933 - 1939 - How the Nazis Won Over the Hearts and Minds of a Nation (Evans Richard J.)(Paperback / softback)

The second book in his acclaimed trilogy on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, Richard J. Evans' The Third Reich in Power: How the Nazis Won Over the Hearts and Minds of a Nation explores how Hitler turned Germany from a vibrant democracy into a one-party state. Before Hitler seized power in 1933,

The True Story of the Christmas Truce: British and German Eyewitness Accounts from World War I (Richards Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

'One of them shouted 'A Merry Christmas English. We're not shooting tonight.' . . . then] they stuck up a light. Not to be outdone, so did we. Then up went another. So, we shoved up another. Soon the lines looked like an illuminated fete.' Rifleman Leslie WalkingtonOn Christmas Eve 1914, a group

Third Reich at War - How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster (Evans Richard J.)(Paperback / softback)

Part of the trilogy on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, this final book shows how Germany rushed headlong into destroying itself, shattering an entire continent. It is a history that conjures up a whole society plunged into conflict - tracing events from the invasion of Poland to Hitler's plans

Alarmstart: The German Fighter Pilot's Experience in the Second World War: Northwestern Europe - From the Battle of Britain to the Battle of Germany (Eriksson Patrick G.)(Paperback)

This book charts the experiences of the German fighter pilots in World War II, based on extensive recollections of veterans as well as primary documents, diaries, and flying log books, with photographs from the veterans themselves. There are no more than a handful of WWII Luftwaffe members alive

Bath at War 1939-45 (Lassman David)(Paperback)

Bath at War 1939-45 is a comprehensive account of the city's experience of the conflict, covering in detail life on the Home Front set against the background of the wider theatres of war. The narrative of that global struggle is given with a focus on the ordeals endured by the people of Bath, as

Inside the Third Reich (Speer Albert)(Paperback)

Speer, the Minister of Armaments and War Production under Hitler, the man who had kept Germany armed and the war machine running even after Hitler's mystique had faded, takes a brutally honest look at his role in the war effort, giving readers a complete view of the inside of the Nazi state.Speer,

Churchill's Thin Grey Line: British Merchant Ships at War 1939-1945 (Edwards Bernard)(Pevná vazba)

The first British casualties of the Second World War were not members of either the Royal Navy, the Army or the Royal Air Force but British merchant seamen on the liner Athenia, torpedoed by U-30 on 3 September 1939. For the duration of the War, Britain's merchant fleet performed a vital role,

Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boat Codes, 1933-1945 (Kahn David)(Paperback / softback)

For almost four desperate years, from 1939 to the middle of 1943, the British and, in time, American navies fought a savage, losing battle against German U-boat wolf-packs. The Allies might never have turned the tide without an intelligence coup. The race to break the German U-boat codes is one of

Bombing War - Europe, 1939-1945 (Overy Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the history of the Blitz in the Second World War. This book examines the well-known parts of the campaign, and the significance of bombing on many other fronts - the German use of bombers on the Eastern Front for example (and discovered material on the more familiar 'Blitz' on Britain), or