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This is the ultimate history of the Blitz and bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian and author Richard Overy. The use of massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues to challenge the idea that Allies s[...]

In "Russia's War: 1941-1945", Richard Overy re-creates the Soviet Union's apocalyptic struggle against Nazi Germany, from the point of view both of the troops and of the ordinary civilians. In the course of human history there has probably been no more terrible place than Eastern Europe in 1941-45. [...]

World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandably left a long and dark shadow across the decades. Yet it is three generations since hostilities formally ended in 1945 and the conflict is now a lived m[...]

Sir John W. Wheeler-Bennett tells the story of how the German Army, having survived the disaster of 1918, proceeded to dominate the political life of the German Republic, exercising a virtually paramount degree of power and influence by its very withdrawal from the active arena of politics: and of h[...]

Hailed on publication as an analysis of the true beginnings of the Second World War, this edition is suitable for anyone interested in this momentous period of history. Taking each major nation in turn, it tells the story of their road to war; recapturing the concerns, anxieties and prejudices of th[...]

Heinz Knoke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of World War II and this vivid first-hand record of his experiences has become a classic among aviation memoirs, a best-selling counter-balance to the numerous accounts written by Allied pilots.Knoke joined the Luftwaffe on the outbreak of[...]

Efter Anden Verdenskrigs afslutning ønskede den britiske statsleder Winston Churchill, at de tilfangetagne nazi-ledere blev henrettet, så snart deres identitet var fastslået - uden rettergang. Ironisk nok var det Sovjetunionen og tyrannen Stalin, som insisterede på en juridisk proces fre[...]

Den 1 september 1939 bröt andra världskriget ut och förändrade världen för all framtid. Miljontals människor miste livet och världens gränser ritades om. I boken 1939. Nedräkningen till andra världskriget skildrar författaren och historikern Richard Overy händelserna som föregick krigs[...]

Den 1 september 1939 bröt andra världskriget ut och förändrade världen för all framtid. Miljontals människor miste livet och världens gränser ritades om. I boken 1939. Nedräkningen till andra världskriget skildrar författaren och historikern Richard Overy händelserna som föregick krigs[...]

In a stark and chilling glimpse into the mindset of the Third Reich, the historian and author of Russia's War introduces readers to the high-level Nazi leaders captured by the Allies at the end of the war and the people who interviewed them. Reprint.[...]

"Overy's book is easily the best account of Europe's descent into...death and destruction." --"Evening Standard" (London)A brilliantly concise narrative of the days leading to the outbreak of history's greatest conflagration, "1939" takes readers hour by hour through the nail-biting decisions that d[...]

The ultimate history of the Allied bombing campaigns in World War II
Technology shapes the nature of all wars, and the Second World War hinged on a most unpredictable weapon: the bomb. Day and night, Britain and the United States unleashed massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize occupie[...]