Kategorien: Anden verdenskrigDenne kategori indeholder 1682 bøger.
Bøger om den Anden Verdenskrig finder du i denne gruppe, startende med Hitlers Mein Kampf, Biografier om krigens store personligheder, Attentaterne mod Hitler og hans folk i de besætteområder, Hitlers besættelse af randstaterne til Tyskland, Modstandskampen. Slaget om Rusland, Søkrigene, Spændende kampberetninger. Winston S. Churchill beretning om Anden Verdenskrig. Japans angreb på Pearl Harbor, der trak USA ind i Anden Verdens Krig, Stillehavskrigen, Atombomben der afsluttede anden Verdenskrig.
Danmarks jagerfly - fra Spitfire til F-16 – 306 sider - Hardback - Sprog: Dansk -
Bogen er rigt illustreret med flotte historiske fotos, og som noget helt unikt indeholder bogen Ole Rossels nøjagtige tegninger i fælles målestok af samtlige danskanvendte jagertype efter 2.verdenskrig med tekniske og bemalingsmæssige varianter.
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OMKRING 6000 DANSKE STATSBORGERE gjorde under Anden Verdenskrig frivillig tjeneste ved Østfronten. En af dem var Harald, som den 30. juni 1941 lod sig indrullere i Waffen-SS og samme dag indviede sin nye dagbog, en notesbog i mørkt stift bind, med ordene: "Fra i dag er jeg indtrådt i Waffen-SS…" De næste to et halvt år blev dagbogen hans tro følgesvend i felten. I perioder dagligt og yderst sjældent med mere end en uges mellemrum skrev Harald i dagbogen om sine oplevelser, om den lange ventetid og rejsen mod slagmarken, om kulden, kedsomheden, tvivlen og de barske realiteter, da Frikorps Danmark endelig nåede frem til fronten.
DAGBOGEN GIVER ET FANTASTISK INDBLIK i forholdene for de mange danskere, som kæmpede ved Østfronten – et emne, som Claus Bundgård Christensen, Niels Bo Poulsen og Peter Scharff Smith tidligere har behandlet i deres bestseller Under hagekors og Dannebrog – danskere i Waffen SS 1940-45. De tre forfattere har forsynet bogen med en indledning om dagbogens historiske kontekst samt et fyldigt noteapparat. Bogen afsluttes med et essay, som diskuterer nogle af de temaer, der præger den nyere forskning i Anden Verdenskrig, nemlig gerningsmændene, deres overgreb og motivering.
Softcover, 162 sider.
I 900 udvalgte s/h fotos med ledsagende tekst beskrives optakten til krigen og dens forløb frem til Japans kapitulation i efteråret 1945.
Antal sider: 600 - Indbinding: Hardback
Da nazisterne i 1943 indledte forfølgelsen af jøder i Danmark, flygtede hovedparten af de danske jøder til Sverige. For nylig er det kommet frem, at en del af dem, måtte efterlade deres børn i Danmark. Disse børn kaldes i dag 'de gemte børn'. I denne bog fortæller 11 af disse børn, hvordan det at være et 'gemt barn' har præget resten af deres liv.
Antal sider: 198 - Indbinding: Hæftet.
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They came in waves from the schools, factories, farms, and city streets, some driven by patriotism, but most with a dream. Bernard Nolan was one of the nearly 200,000 pilots who earned his wings during World War II. Nolan relates the journey of a boy with a passion for flying airplanes: how an uneducated kid from a fractured home environment weaseled his way into the Army's aviation cadet program and how his deliverance through flying threatened to unravel in the cold, lethal skies over Europe in 1944. The author has imbedded his experiences within the context of the history of the air battle over Europe in 1943 and 1944. He explores why the Eighth Air Force lost a battle of attrition with the Luftwaffe in 1943, and how and why it eventually triumphed in mid 1944. In the cockpit realism and little known details are provided in discussions of evolving technology, formation assembly and flying, ever changing tactics by both sides, prospects for surviving aerial combat, what it is like to be shot down, and excellent comparisons of the two pivotal aircraft, the B-24 and B-17. Nolan flew both in combat.
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Appalled at the German occupation of his homeland in 1939, Frank Mares determined to assist his country in their battle for freedom in the only way he could - as a fighter pilot. Unable to do so from Czechoslovakia he began his mission, navigating his way through Poland to France, through manned borders, guarded stations and hostile territory, in order to assist the offensive against their common enemy. Armed with fake identities, evading arrest and faced with uncertainties and frustrations at every turn, his journey was one of courage and fortitude. Narrowly avoiding a five-year enlistment in the foreign legion, Frank eventually made it into the French Air Force and finally, following the withdrawal of France from the war, joined 601 Squadron with the British RAF. Patriotic and determined, he was involved in numerous dogfights and had many engagements with the enemy, flying Hurricanes, of which he was particularly fond. In all of the battles that he fought in the skies with German Luftwaffe pilots, he was never shot down. In 1942 he was decorated with the DFM and Czech War Cross. Despite incident and injury Frank persevered, always driven by love for his country and for the planes he flew. He remained in England after the war and, now retired, lives in the West Country near the old RAF Harrowbeer airfield at Yelverton, Devon.
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Flying Spirit is a practical, no-nonsense guide to building a highly spirited organisation that recognises people as the prime value. It will help you to create teams with extraordinary understanding, trust and shared mission. This book is all about values -- vision -- mission -- teamwork and the human element. These are the issues that spell the difference between success, mediocrity, and failure. Flying Spirit has its genesis when the author commanded a fighter squadron in England, France and Belgium at the time of the Normandy invasion. Its methods have been successfully applied to large and small private and public sector organisations.
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Bob Foster is a well known figure at book and print signings in many parts of the UK. Although recognized as a Battle of Britain veteran, little is known of his life, or the details of his war service with the RAF. Often serving right up in the front lines, Bob saw the war at very close hand, and then quite by chance became one of the first, if not the first RAF officer to enter Paris with the liberating French army, and again, by chance, was in General de Gaulle’s triumphant procession down the Champs-Élysées. Persuaded to tell his story to air historian and well established aviation author Norman Franks, the result is a very readable account of his flying years. His memoir is an entertaining collection of stories and reminiscences of two distinct areas of WW2, which also shows how luck often shaped the lives of the fighter pilots involved.
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The Last of the Combat B-17 Drivers is the compelling and detailed personal account of Col. Harold D. Weekley, USAF (Ret.), 398th Bomb Group pilot, and the last combat B-17 First Pilot of World War II to fly the Boeing B-17 as pilot-in-command into the new millennium. This comprehensive work combines Col. Weekley's keen recollections with documented historical facts to describe his experiences as highly-trained U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in World War II, notably his combat missions aboard the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress as a First Pilot flying from wartime Nuthampstead, England; his shoot down and bailout over enemy-occupied France; his escape and evasion from enemy forces; and his eventual repatriation to friendly forces. This book concludes by describing Col. Weekley's close association with the legendary B-17 into the twenty-first century. Throughout this 352-page work, Col. Weekley shares unabashedly his lasting love of his wife, family, and country. This book is abundantly illustrated with over 200 rarely seen black and white photographs, eight appendices, a comprehensive index, and hard-to-find information
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'I went into the cloud and went flat out for a few minutes, turned, and as I dived out my luck was in and I got him head-on. He went straight into the sea and I am glad to say there were no survivors. A Dornier which had blown up came floating down in bits and another burnt up on land. It was a most spectacular show.' Known as Pedro to his comrades and Tiggy to his family, Osgood Villiers Hanbury was a charismatic Eton schoolboy who, before his untimely death aged 25, became acting squadron leader of 260 Squadron in the Middle East and was awarded the DFC and bar for his bravery. Here, using letters and first person testimony, is his life in the RAF from training school to the Battle of Britain and ultimately to the Middle East. Pedro, with his pipe, mustache, upper-class accent and slightly detached air was the archetypal public-school educated Englishman, but his leadership skills and care for his men commanded respect from all ranks and nationalities. An accomplished letter writer, his lust for life and thirst for action are evident in his missives to family and friends. His dramatic firsthand descriptions of air battles that cost the lives of his comrades are a thrilling testament to the bravery of 602 Squadron, but are counterbalanced by his frustrations of life in the Middle East, the long wait for action and the opportunities for leisure. With the help of Christopher Hanbury, the son he never saw, and Christopher Shores, the acclaimed author, Robin Rhoderick-Jones has written a fine tribute to a naturally gifted pilot whose fearlessness, efficiency and unswerving devotion to both his duty and his loving family were praised by colleagues and superiors alike. Sir Christopher Lee was Pedro's intelligence officer in the Middle East and had kindly agreed to pen a foreword.
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The amazing story of one of 'the Few', fighter ace Tom Neil. This is his memoir of the Battle of Britain, May - December 1940, when aged only 19 he shot down 13 enemy aircraft.
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Merriam Press Military Monograph MM69. Fourth Edition (2014). The Story of Sgt. William True, American Paratrooper in World War II. The true story of William True, a paratrooper who served with Co. F, 506th Parachute Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div., from training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, through Normandy, Holland, Bastogne and the Battle of the Bulge, to Alsace and Berchtesgaden. Now that Easy Company of the 506th PIR has been made famous by "Band of Brothers," it is Fox Company's turn, and this is the story of the men of that "band of brothers" in a moving, memorable account. The title derives from True's jump into Normandy at 1:20 a.m. on June 6, 1944. Bill landed in a pasture next to a very placid and unconcerned cow. Bill spoke a friendly greeting to her, but received no response. Why not? Because the cow spoke French. 59 photos, illus., maps.
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“Slaughter vividly conveys the reality of combat during World War II in his book with sweeping passages that literally place his reader on the battlefield beside him.” Belvoir Eagle Before D-Day, regular army soldiers called the National Guardsmen of Virginias 116th Infantry Regiment "Home Nannies," "Weekend Warriors," and worse. On June 6, 1944, on Omaha Beach, however, these proud Virginians who carried the legacy of the famed Stonewall Brigade showed the regular army and the world what true valor really was. In this moving World War II memoir, the author captures the day-to-day comings and goings of GI Joe from pre--World War II National Guard days through induction, training, deployment overseas, and more training. All leads up to D-Day and Normandy on June 6, 1944, when Sergeant Bob Slaughter came across Omaha Beach with Company D of the 116th Infantry. This was the beginning of his long march to final victory in Europe, a march that would take him and his fellow soldiers of Company D, at least those who survived, to Holland, the Bulge, and on into Germany itself.
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Follow along as the author relates his experiences from the time he enlists in the Army Air Force in 1942, thru training as an Aviation Cadet and finally as the pilot-in-command of a B-17 Flying Fortress as the 8th Air Force mounts its attack against Hitler's Germany. Enjoy moments of humor, live incidents of aviation suspense and feel the sorrow of tragic times.
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In "Ready or Not," readers will come to know and appreciate World War II B-17 pilot and former POW Angier, one of the many heroes of what author and journalist Tom Brokaw has called "the greatest generation."
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Touching, thoughtful, and dead honest, To Fly and Fight is the story of a boy who grew up living his dream. During World War II Anderson flew with Chuck Yeager in the famed 357th Squadron where he became a triple ace by shooting out of the sky fifteen enemy planes. Following World War II, Anderson became a test pilot and later commanded jet fighter squadrons in South Korea and Okinawa. Then, in 1970, at an age when most pilots have long-since retired, Anderson flew combat strikes over Vietnam.
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This is the unique story of Red Campbell - the story of a man who would stop at nothing to live his dream. In the autumn of 1940 when he was eighteen, John A. Campbell III (Red) tried to enlist with the US Army Air Force. He was turned away. His high school education and youth were working against him. John was desperate to get into the fight. Even the Royal Air Force (RAF) turned him down, telling him to return when he was nineteen. Red's birthday was only one month away. He returned. He was accepted. He became an Eagle. In the words of John A. Campbell III (Red): "Over the years, friends and relatives have asked me why I have not written a book about my WWII experiences. My answer has been that there are several books already published in which the writer has said some very flattering things about me (not always accurate). So why should I ruin the image already established by telling the truth? Now, as I surrender to the evening of my life, I finally realize that I have much to tell. Where Eagles Fly is my story, as I remember it. The most important thing to me is to know that my kids and their kids and all of the generations to follow, know exactly who I am and from where I came . . . This is my story...Where Eagles Fly is my Legacy...Remember Me..."
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This is the unique story of Red Campbell - the story of a man who would stop at nothing to live his dream. In the autumn of 1940 when he was eighteen, John A. Campbell III (Red) tried to enlist with the US Army Air Force. He was turned away. His high school education and youth were working against him. John was desperate to get into the fight. Even the Royal Air Force (RAF) turned him down, telling him to return when he was nineteen. Red's birthday was only one month away. He returned. He was accepted. He became an Eagle. In the words of John A. Campbell III (Red): "Over the years, friends and relatives have asked me why I have not written a book about my WWII experiences. My answer has been that there are several books already published in which the writer has said some very flattering things about me (not always accurate). So why should I ruin the image already established by telling the truth? Now, as I surrender to the evening of my life, I finally realize that I have much to tell. Where Eagles Fly is my story, as I remember it. The most important thing to me is to know that my kids and their kids and all of the generations to follow, know exactly who I am and from where I came . . . This is my story...Where Eagles Fly is my Legacy...Remember Me..."
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When the SS Athenia was torpedoed and sunk during the first hours of World War II, James Goodson survived-and vowed to become an RAF pilot even though he was an American. This is his story, from the first day of the war to the last, of how he became one of history's leading fighter aces.
