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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Roderick Bailey The definitive oral history of a unique and extraordinary organisation tasked to 'set Europe ablaze' in the Second World War.The Gestapo kept me three days in this interrogation house. They especiall… OL14973505W
The triumph of the dark The triumph of the dark Zara S. Steiner In this magisterial narrative, Zara Steiner traces the twisted road to war that began with Hitler's assumption of power in Germany. Covering a wide geographical canvas, from America to the Far East, … OL16125855W
The Guns at Last Light The Guns at Last Light Rick Atkinson This book is the magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II. It is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a stag… OL16804185W
Never surrender Never surrender Kelly, John "A remarkably vivid account of a key moment in Western history: The critical six months in 1940 when Winston Churchill and his cabinet debated whether England should fight Nazi Germany and then decid… OL17868487W
Sisters in arms Sisters in arms Nicola Tyrer "The experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses (QAs) in the Second World War are some of the greatest adventure stories of modern times and - incredibly - remain largely untold. Thousands of middle-c… OL17887225W
Half a Man Half a Man Tor Freeman,Michael Morpurgo,Gemma O'Callaghan From a young age, Michael was both fascinated by and afraid of his grandfather. Grandpa's ship was torpedoed during the Second World War, leaving him with terrible burns. Every time he came to stay, … OL19338718W
The envoy The envoy Alex Kershaw The epic and heroic story of how Raoul Wallenberg out-dueled Adolph Eichmann and saved more than 100,000 Jews in Budapest from the Nazi death camps. OL19940991W
The Jail Busters The Jail Busters Robert Lyman In February 1944, the French Resistance in the Amiens area was in turmoil. Its strength had been decimated by German aggression and the work of a number of traitors in their midst, and hundreds of it… OL20350889W
Eleven days in August Eleven days in August Matthew Cobb "'The final days of the German occupation of the French capital are vividly captured in this fine account of death and deliverance' Sir Max Hastings The liberation of Paris was a momentous point in t… OL20889324W
Discovery of the world Discovery of the world Luciana Castellina "Luciana Castellina is one of Italy's most prominent left intellectuals and a cofounder of the newspaper Il manifesto. In this coming-of-age memoir, based on her diaries, she recounts her political a… OL23334248W
Последние свидетели Последние свидетели Светлана Алексиевич Personal narratives of World War II by Russians who were children during the war. OL27957532W
Luftkrieg und Literatur Luftkrieg und Literatur W. G. Sebald W.G. Sebald completed this extraordinary and important -- and already controversial -- book before his untimely death in December 2001. On the Natural History of Destruction is W.G. Sebald's harrowin… OL46618W