Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August-October 1942 (Cox Jeffrey)(Paperback)

Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August-October 1942 (Cox Jeffrey)(Paperback)

Following on from his hugely successful book Rising Sun, Falling Skies, Jeffrey R. Cox tells the gripping story of the first Allied offensive of the Pacific War, as they sought to prevent Japan from cutting off Australia and regaining dominance in the Pacific. Following the disastrous Java Sea

Blazing Star, Setting Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942-March 1943 (Cox Jeffrey)(Paperback)

A masterful account of a vital four months in the bloody battle for the Pacific, giving fresh insights into the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign, a key turning point in both the Pacific Theater and the wider Second World War. From popular Pacific Theater expert Jeffrey R. Cox comes this insightful

Rising Sun, Falling Skies: The Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II (Cox Jeffrey)(Paperback)

Struggle for Guadalcanal: August 1942 - February 1943 - Volume 5 (Morison Samuel Eliot)(Pevná vazba)

Recounts the role of the United States in World War II at sea, from encounters in the Atlantic before the country entered the war to the surrender of

The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 3 (Morison Samuel Eliot)(Paperback)

The first two volumes of this firsthand history of the U.S. Navy in World War II covered operations in the Atlantic from September 1939 to June 1943. Volume 3, The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931 - Aprill 1942 is the first on the war in the Pacific, a major testing ground which proved the ability

Air War on the Eastern Front (Guardia Mike)(Paperback)

A lavishly illustrated account of the entire air campaign on the Eastern Front in World War II.The Red Air Force versus the Luftwaffe in the skies over Eastern Europe. June 1941: Having conquered most of Western Europe, Adolf Hitler turned his attention to the vast Soviet Union. Disregarding his

Lily's War - An uplifting World War II saga of women on the homefront (Mann Shirley)(Paperback / softback)

An uplifting and inspiring World War II saga for readers of Nancy Revell and Annie Groves. 1942, Manchester World War Two is in full swing and Lily Mullins is determined to do her bit for the war effort. '[The story] read so true to me and I really didn't want to put it down

Battle of the Atlantic 1942-45: The Climax of World War II's Greatest Naval Campaign (Lardas Mark)(Paperback)

This illustrated study explores, in detail, the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, and how air power proved to be the Allies' most important submarine-killer in one of the most bitterly fought naval campaigns of World War II. As 1942 opened, both Nazi Germany and the Allies were ready

Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 (Citino Robert M.)(Paperback)

For Hitler and the German military, 1942 was a key turning point of World War II, as an overstretched but still lethal Wehrmacht replaced brilliant victories and huge territorial gains with stalemates and strategic retreats. In this major reevaluation of that crucial year, Robert Citino shows that

The Naval Siege of Japan 1945: War Plan Orange Triumphant (Herder Brian Lane)(Paperback)

A highly illustrated study of the last great campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II: the US Navy's and Royal Navy's air, surface, and submarine attacks on the Japanese Home Islands. The final months of Allied naval bombardments on the Home Islands during World War II have, for whatever

Black Cross Red Star Air War Over the Eastern Front: Volume 4, Stalingrad to Kuban 1942-1943 (Bergstrm Christer)(Paperback)

Regarded as the standard work on the air war over the Eastern Front during World War II, Christer Bergstr m's unique Black Cross/Red Star series covers the history of the air war on the Eastern Front in close detail, with the perspectives of both sides. Based on a close study of German and Russian

When God Looked the Other Way: An Odyssey of War, Exile, and Redemption (Adamczyk Wesley)(Paperback)

Often overlooked in accounts of World War II is the Soviet Union's quiet yet brutal campaign against Polish citizens, a campaign that included, we now know, war crimes for which the Soviet and Russian governments only recently admitted culpability. Standing in the shadow of the Holocaust, this

Dynamo - Defending the Honour of Kiev (Dougan Andy)(Paperback / softback)

In 1942 at the centre point of World War II an extraordinary event took place not on the battlefield but in a municipal stadium in Kiev. This is the true story of courage, team loyalty and fortitude in the face of the most brutal oppression the world had ever

Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization (Wu Harry Yi-Jui)(Paperback)

The World Health Organization's post-World War II work on the epidemiology and classification of mental disorders and its vision of a 'world psyche.' In 1946, the World Health Organization undertook a project in social psychiatry that aimed to discover the epidemiology and classification of mental

Operation Torch 1942: The Invasion of French North Africa (Herder Brian Lane)(Paperback)

Following the raid on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt identified the European theatre as his country's priority. Their first joint operation with the British was an amphibious invasion of French North Africa, designed to relieve

The Royal Netherlands Navy of World War II (Noppen Ryan K.)(Paperback)

A new history of the development of the Dutch fleet in the early 20th century, and the role these warships played in World War II, from the defense of Rotterdam to the Battle of the Java Sea and beyond. In the late 19th and early 20th century, a combination of coastal defense for the homeland and

The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 (Hornfischer James D.)(Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpowerWinner, Commodore John Barry Book Award, Navy League of the United States -

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

Wings of the Rising Sun: Uncovering the Secrets of Japanese Fighters and Bombers of World War II (Chambers Mark)(Pevná vazba)

In the Pacific War's early years, Japanese air power was dominant. The only way for the Allies to defeat their enemy was to know it. This made the task of maintaining productive intelligence gathering efforts on Japan imperative. Establishing Technical Air Intelligence Units in the Pacific Theater

The Early Air War in the Pacific: Ten Months That Changed the Course of World War II (Wetterhahn Ralph F.)(Paperback)

 During the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. But after major setbacks at Midway and Guadalcanal, the empire's expansion stalled, in part due to flaws in aircraft design, strategy and command. This book offers a fresh

On the Wings of Hope (Zeiss Ella)(Paperback)

As World War II draws to a close, can two young people find love, hope--and freedom?February 1942: Terrifying reports of the Wehrmacht's advance across the Soviet Union spread like wildfire, striking new fear into the already oppressed German families living there.Harri Pfeiffer, now sixteen, is

The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda During World War II and the Holocaust (Herf Jeffrey)(Paperback)

The sheer magnitude of the Holocaust has commanded our attention for the past sixty years. The extent of atrocities, however, has overshadowed the calculus Nazis used to justify their deeds. According to German wartime media, it was German citizens who were targeted for extinction by a vast

Inhuman Land: Searching for the Truth in Soviet Russia, 1941-1942 (Czapski Jozef)(Paperback)

A classic work of reportage about the Katyń Massacre during World War II by a soldier who narrowly escaped the atrocity himself. In 1941, when Germany turned against the USSR, tens of thousands of Poles--men, women, and children who were starving, sickly, and impoverished--were released from

M4 Sherman: M4, M4a1, M4a4 Firefly (Mokwa Stanislaw Krzysztof)(Paperback)

The M4 Sherman was the most popular American tank of World War II. Between February, 1942, and June, 1945, a total of 49.000 units of all versions were produced.Dozens of variants of M4 tanks were created. They differed in the method of hull production (welded, riveted, cast) as well as turret,