The Senior Leadership of Hitler's Storm Troops, 1920-1945, Volume 1
How did Adolf Hitler, who had never risen higher in military service than the rank of lance-corporal, attain mastery over Germany and most of Europe? Many factors contributed to the emergence of the Third Reich, and prominent among these were the actions of Hitler's earliest paramilitary army, the Sturmabteilungen (SA, Storm Troops), and the men ......
Often overshadowed by its more famous counterpart, the Spitfire, the Hawker Hurricane proved to be the unsung hero of the Second World War. Over half of every enemy aeroplane destroyed in the Battle of Britain was by a Hurricane, not a Spitfire. While the Hurricane is known for being the reliable workhorse of the Battle of Britain, it also went on ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423828
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Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
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Drawing on the depth of IWM's art collection, this book takes a look at some of the most iconic and easily identifiable images of the Second World War: the posters. Reproduced in full colour with an introduction and explanatory text, the book explores the British government's use of propaganda throughout the war years, ranging from the ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423804
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Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the man voted 'the Greatest Briton', Churchill: A Visual History tells the incredible story of Winston Churchill's long life and lasting legacy. With particular focus on Churchill's pivotal role during the Second World War, the book features artefacts, interviews, documents, art and ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423811
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Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
How Ike Rose from Obscurity to Supreme Allied Commander
When Dwight Eisenhower graduated from West Point in 1915, few would have predicted he was destined for greatness. A middling student, he was denied his first choice of posting, missed overseas service in World War I, spent a dozen years as a major, and never commanded a unit larger than a battalion. Yet the young officer made the most of the ......
A Frontline Story of the Miraculous Evacuation of France in World War II
In the spring of 1940, the Germans invaded France, and the British army crossed the English Channel to fight alongside its ally. But the blitzkrieg quickly punched through French defenses and threatened to cut off and trap the British in France--until the British managed to escape at Dunkirk. The dashing Henry de la Falaise, a French marquis, ......
Popular Memory in the Rise of the Ethnonationalist State
By the 1970s, World War II had all but disappeared from US popular culture, but in the mid-eighties it returned with a vengeance. Today, remembrance of World War II is ubiquitous across US media and politics, demonstrating its centrality to American collective identity. In this book, Barbara Biesecker explores this shift, revealing how "the Good ......
Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the ability and pluck to face fear and move on. Great American Wartime Survival Stories is an extraordinary collection of stories presenting indefatigable human beings caught in circumstances that summoned extraordinary resilience and strength: a plane crash in the jungles of Burma, a Pacific ......
How World War II Intelligence Operations Shaped Cold War Spy Fiction
A fascinating exploration of the roles many spy novelists played during World War II and the influence of intelligence work on their writing. World War II deception operations created elaborate fictions and subterfuges to prevent the enemy from apprehending the true targets and objectives of Allied forces. These operations shortened the war ......