... as wooden-based biplanes were replaced by all-metal cantilever-wing monoplanes with high-performance engines capable of far greater speeds, for example the American P36 Hawk, German Messerschmitt 109 and Soviet I16 Rata.
Holocaust chronicles the mass murder of six million people by the Nazis - from prejudice and repression in Nazi Germany before the war to 'The final solution to the Jewish question' and the extermination camps at Auschwitz and elsewhere, ...
Published to commemorate the 70th anniversary of World War II, this completely new account of one of the deadliest conflicts in history opens with the buildup of hostility leading up to the war and concludes with the war's impact on modern ...
This is a beautifully written, clever and imaginative attempt to convey what can almost not be conveyed. About the author: Norman Stone is one of Britain's greatest historians.
This book tells the history of World War Two in the Pacific theater, told from many perspectives.
"Now with an expanded discussion of the war in the Pacific"--Cover.
WORLD WAR TWO
This volume of Campfire's graphic history of World War II deals with the war in Europe from the rise of the Nazis through to May 1945 and VE Day.
Known as ' Stalin's Organ ' , the rockets were fired in volleys , with the launchers moved on trucks . They were therefore a particularly mobile ... Thus the characteristics of planes were particularly opportune during World War Two .
But, as always, time and experience will tell the story.
In World War Two, Stone provides a remarkably concise account of the deadliest war of human history, showing how the conflict roared to life from the ashes of World War One.
... Paul Reynaud, but remained Minister of Defence. • Subsequently he fled with other members of the government to ... (1878–1966; Fig. 1.39) was Prime. 48 | World War Two: Heads of State, Politicians and Collaborators.
A concise history of the Second World War profiles a post-World War I Europe desperate for stability; traces the rapid rise of Hitler; and analyzes the ideologies and weaponry that shaped conflicts.
This is a beautifully written, clever and imaginative attempt to convey what can almost not be conveyed.