Kategorien: Anden verdenskrigDenne kategori indeholder 2480 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.
The Second World War was Britain's last as a world power. For a year it saw Britain standing alone against the fascist dictatorships; winning it cost the sacrifice of the entire national wealth. This first book of three describes the uniforms developed for European service. It traces the appearance of the 'Tommy' from pre-war mobilization, through the years of defeat and endurance, to D-Day and the long fighting advance to Northern Germany. The book also includes a campaign summary, infantry organization tables, lists of arms and services and basic specifications of a number of heavy weapons. 48 pages, Illustrated, soft cover, very good, cover yellowed.
The scope of Britain's wartime Middle East Command stretched far beyond the Libyan desert where the 8th Army's most famous battles were fought - from Gibraltar and Tunisia in the west, to Iraq and Persia in the east, and from Greece south to the Gulf of Aden. In the 1940-43 period of World War II, this was the only arena where the British Army could take the ground war to the German Wehrmacht; it saw a succession of setbacks and triumphs, until spring 1945 found the 8th Army victorious in northern Italy. A summary of these campaigns is illustrated by photographs, and detailed colour plates of the wide range of uniforms worn in the varied conditions of this huge theatre of war. 48 pages, Illustrated, soft cover, very good, cover yellowed
The lightning Japanese offensives in the Far East in 1941/42 inflicted a series of costly defeats on the ill-prepared and badly supported British Commonwealth forces in Malaya and Burma. The 'forgotten' 14th Army on the India-Burma border slowly built up its strength and its tactical expertise; and Wingate's 'Chindits' proved that units supplied from the air could operate deep behind enemy lines. In 1944 General Slim's troops decisively smashed Japan's last offensive at Imphal and Kohima; and over the next year they drove the enemy relentlessly back through Burma, reducing them to starving fugitives by the final victory in August 1945. This concise summary of Britain's Far East campaigns of World War II is illustrated with many rare photographs, and eight detailed colour plates. 48 pages, Illustrated, soft cover, very good, cover yellowed
Originally Churchill's second choice as a commander, Montgomery was to make the 8th Army his own. Indeed, his first task as the new commander-elect was to restore the morale of the army. The desert army quicly assumed the character of their forthright and cocksure commander, and the troops confidently expected victory. This they achieved at the Battle of El Alamein (1942) and the order of battle for the British and Dominion forces is detailed in full. The difficulties of desert warfare and the type of equipment and uniforms are also discussed. 40 pages + plates. Illustrated, soft cover, very good, cover yellowed
In the 1930s the War Office grew increasingly aware of the need for a new and more rational combat dress, and by 1937 the design for what would become known as 'battledress' was complete. Though the change in uniform was initially disappointing to the British soldiers, the new battledress served its purpose well, clothing the servicemen for more than 25 years with reasonable warmth and convenience. Complete with a wealth of photographs, diagrams and colour plates, this book offers a history of British battledress up to 1961, detailing its evolution in design, materials, sizes and applied insignia. 40 pages + plates, Illustrated, soft cover, very good, cover yellowed
Osprey's study of British air defenses during World War II (1939-1945). German daylight raids on Britain began in the summer of 1940. They were expected and the country had been preparing for quite some time. Searchlights were in place, Fighter Command had been expanded, and anti-aircraft guns were being manufactured. It was from these first preparations that Britain developed tactics to counter the many air raids over the following years. This book shows how Britain prepared for air raids in the run up to the war and details all the tactics that were developed during the war to counter the many aerial attacks. Among the defence systems covered are anti-aircraft guns, barrage balloons and the RADAR system. 64 pages, Illustrated, soft cover, very good, cover yellowed
162 sider. Hæftet udgave - Illustreret i sort / hvid. Velholdt. Lette brugsspor. ---- 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.
357 sider. Paperback udgave. - Bogen er ulæst (fast bogblok uden læseriller i ryggen). Navn på indersiden af forsiden. -------Om bogen: One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject accessible to millions, A.J.P. Taylor caused a storm of outrage with this scandalous bestseller. Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, he argued provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into it partly by accident, aided by the shortcomings of others. Fiercely attacked for vindicating Hitler, A.J.P. Taylor’s stringent re-examination of the events preceding the Nazi invasion of Poland on 1st September 1939 opened up new debate, and is now recognized as a brilliant and classic piece of scholarly research.
‘Highly original and penetrating … No one who has digested this enthralling work will ever be able to look at the period again in quite the same way’ Sunday Telegraph.
Mere end 25000 børn blev sendt til Danmark fra Østrig for at få mad og pleje. Nogle så aldrig deres forældre igen. En spurgte sin mor "Hvordan kunne du dog sende dit seksårige barn til et fremmed land". Svaret lød "Det var jeg nødt til, ellers ville du være død.
Verdens førende krigsforfatter har i sin research gravet store mængder af hidtil overset materialer frem fra mere end 30 arkiver i adskillige lande.
Bogen er en særudgave og har 643 sider + nogle sider med oversigtskort.
Antal sider : 275
Indb. : HB med smudsomslag, Lille rift på smudsomslagets forside , ellers et helt igennem smukt eksemplar.
Fania Fénelon var en af musikerne i Kvindeorkestret i Auschwitz-koncentrationslejren. Her fortæller hun om den del af sit liv hun aldrig glemmer.
267 sider. Med fotos og illustrationer. Heftet med originalt omslag. .2 mindre knæk på omslagets forside (hjørner). Illustreret i s/h. Tidligere ejers navn på indersiden af bagomslaget ellers fin.
