Bøger om År 1940 til 1949

Hamborg, 1946. Krigen er forbi, og Tyskland ligger i ruiner. Journalisten Georgie Young vender tilbage til det land, hun flygtede fra syv år tidligere, men som nu er bombet til ukendelighed. Midt i de voldsomme rædsler i en sønderbombet by, der smuldrer under vægten af millioner af fordrevne sjæle, opdager hun små lommer af varme: en violinist, der spiller midt i ødelæggelserne, par, der danser på gaderne, og en nation, der forsøger at gøre det godt igen. Sammen med den lokale detektiv, Harri Schröder, forsøger Georgie at fange en morder, der går efter kvinder i byens gader. Nysgerrigheden trækker Georgie dybt ind i mørket, og hun opdager hurtigt, at krigens dunkleste hemmeligheder ikke døde med Hitler..."Mandy Robotham skriver så man glemmer tiden." - Bogblogger.dk

Adolph Hitler used William Rhodes Davis as his main agent of influence in the United States. A superb manipulator, Davis could beguile German leaders while simultaneously receiving the assistance of American leaders such as President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Among his many nefarious deeds were the acquisition of much of the oil Hitler needed to start World War II and the delivery of five million dollars from Germany to the Republican Party for the 1940 presidential campaign. Apparently the model for the American Nazi businessman in the motion picture Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Davis personified the enigmatic, larger-than-life villain.  With this compelling tale, Dale Harrington illustrates how powerful American, British, and Mexican business and political leaders aided a talented and complex man's service to Hitler. In addition, Harrington examines the Establishment's attempts to cover up the roles played by prominent American leaders in Davis's activities, as well as in his mysterious death. Mystery Man, the first authoritative biography of William Rhodes Davis, offers a revealing account of espionage, political intrigue, and corporate skullduggery that adds an exciting new element to our understanding of the World War II years.

This book is a torn page from the History of World War II. It cost the author 20 years of research. It cost the Greek National Resistance thousands of dead and wounded in battles and acts of sabotage that have remained unsung. The inspiration and the leader of the unorthodox and harsh war without prisoners against the invaders was Aris; a charismatic 36-year-old man with an iron will. He created ELAS, the largest volunteer army in the history of Greece, and a "Free Greece" within enslaved Europe. But when the invaders left, Aris clashed with the political leadership of both the right and the left and he took to the mountains again, where he committed suicide on June 15, 1945, hounded by all of them.

Details on planes like the German Stuka, the American Dauntless, the Japanese Aichi D3A1 "Val," the Soviet PE-2, and numerous others. Riveting accounts of aerial combat. Includes maps, diagrams, tables, and photos.

Tanks, amphibian tanks, and amphibian tractors in action in all theaters, from Africa and Europe to the Pacific. How the battalions fought the war, often in the tankers' own words. Crystal-clear maps.

An Instant New York Times BestsellerThis "powerful, uplifting, and deeply personal novel" (Kristin Hannah, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Four Winds), at once "a heart-wrenching wartime drama" (Christina Baker Kline, #1 NYT bestselling author of Orphan Train) and "a moving and graceful tribute to heroic women" (Publishers Weekly, starred review), asks the question: What if a friendship forged on the front lines of war defines a life forever?In the tradition of The Nightingale and Transcription, this is a searing epic based on the magnificent and true story of courageous Red Cross women. "Urrea's touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through . . . He is a generous writer, not just in his approach to his craft but in the broader sense of what he feels necessary to capture about life itself." -Financial TimesIn 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in training with Dorothy Dunford, a towering Midwesterner with a ferocious wit. Together they are part of an elite group of women, nicknamed Donut Dollies, who command military vehicles called Clubmobiles at the front line, providing camaraderie and a taste of home that may be the only solace before troops head into battle.After D-Day, these two intrepid friends join the Allied soldiers streaming into France. Their time in Europe will see them embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald. Through her friendship with Dorothy, and a love affair with a courageous American fighter pilot named Hans, Irene learns to trust again. Her most fervent hope, which becomes more precarious by the day, is for all three of them to survive the war intact.Taking as inspiration his mother's own Red Cross service, Luis Alberto Urrea has delivered an overlooked story of women's heroism in World War II. With its affecting and uplifting portrait of friendship and valor in harrowing circumstances, Good Night, Irene powerfully demonstrates yet again that Urrea's "gifts as a storyteller are prodigious" (NPR).

Mellem 1933 og 1944 flettes tre kvinders liv sammen i hver deres kamp mod den bølge af fascisme, der rejser sig i hele Europa. Den amerikanske forfatterdebutant Althea James inviteres til Berlin af selveste Joseph Goebbels, hvor en smuk kvinde inddrager hende i modstandsbevægelsen. Hannah Brecht er flygtet til Paris men opdager, at hun ikke kan flygte fra den antisemitisme, som ødelagde hendes familie. Med et knust hjerte begraver hun sig i arbejdet ved det tyske frihedsbibliotek for brændte bøger. Siden amerikanske Vivian Childs mand døde i kampen mod nazisterne har hun ført sin egen krig: at modsætte sig censuren af det læsestof, som sendes til millioner af oversøiske soldater. Vivs kamp for historierne åbner fortidens store hemmeligheder og bliver livsomvæltende for alle tre kvinder.”Fans af historisk fiktion med modige kvinder i hovedrollerne vil elske den.” Forfatter Jennifer Chiaverni

The night of 16 May, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industries supplying the Third Reich's war machine. From the outset it was an almost impossible task, a suicide mission: to fly low and at night in formation over many miles of enemy-occupied territory at the very limit of the Lancasters' capacity, and drop a new weapon that had never been tried operationally before from a precise height of just sixty feet from the water at some of the most heavily defended targets in Germany. More than that, the entire operation had to be put together in less than ten weeks. When visionary aviation engineer Barnes Wallis's concept of the bouncing bomb was green lighted, he hadn't even drawn up his plans for the weapon that was to smash the dams. What followed was an incredible race against time, which, despite numerous setbacks and against huge odds, became one of the most successful and game-changing bombing raids of all time.

A 2021 Daily Telegraph Book of the YearWinner of the Overseas Press Club of America's Cornelius Ryan Award ?Everyone should read the testimonies of the Chibok girls who survived the capture. We need to help with efforts to liberate all of them and become more responsible for women and girls' protection in conflicts.? ? Malala YousafzaiWhat happens after you click Tweet? The heart-stopping definitive account of the mission to rescue hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls whose abduction ignited a global social media campaign and a dramatic worldwide intervention. In the spring of 2014, millions of Twitter users, including some of the world's most famous people, unwittingly helped turn a group of 276 schoolgirls abducted by a little-known Islamist sect into a central prize in the global War on Terror by retweeting a call for their release: #BringBackOurGirls. With just four words, their tweets launched an army of would-be liberators. Soldiers and drones, spies, mercenaries, and glory hunters descended into an obscure conflict that few understood, in a remote part of Nigeria that had barely begun to use the internet. When hostage talks and military intervention failed, the schoolgirls were forced to take survival into their own hands. As their days in captivity dragged into years, the young women learned to withstand hunger, disease, and torment, and became witnesses and victims of unspeakable brutality. Many of the girls were Christians who refused to take the one path offered them?converting to their captors' fundamentalist creed. In secret, they sang hymns, and kept a diary, relying on their faith and friendships to stay alive.Bring Back Our Girls unfolds across four continents, from the remote forests of northern Nigeria to the White House; from clandestine meetings in Khartoum safe houses to century-old luxury hotels on picturesque lakes in the Swiss Alps. A twenty-first century story that plumbs the promise and peril of an era whose politics are fueled by the power of hashtag advocacy, this urgent and engrossing work of investigative journalism reveals the unpredictable interconnectedness of our butterfly-wings world, where a few days of online activism can bring years of offline consequences for people continents away.

What happened to Anastasia's sister Maria?1918: Pretty, vivacious Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, the nineteen-year-old daughter of the fallen Tsar Nicholas II, lives with her family in suffocating isolation, a far cry from their once-glittering royal household. Her days are a combination of endless boredom and paralyzing fear; her only respite are clandestine flirtations with a few of the guards imprisoning the family?and she never realizes her innocent actions could mean the difference between life and death.1973: When Val Doyle hears her father's end-of-life confession, ?I didn't want to kill her,? she's stunned. So she begins a search for the truth?about his words and her past. The clues she discovers are baffling?a jewel-encrusted box that won't open and a camera with its film intact. What she finds out pulls Val into one of the world's greatest mysteries: What truly happened to Grand Duchess Maria?

A heart-stopping true tale of a submarine mission aimed at destroying Japan's merchant marine lifeline and ending World War II. By 1945, the U.S. Navy's submarine force in the Pacific had sunk over a thousand enemy cargo ships and tankers supplying the food, weapons, and oil Japan needed to continue to fight. Yet this once mighty merchant fleet continued to thrive in the Sea of Japan, where, protected from American submarines by a seemingly impenetrable barrier of deadly minefields, they provided a tenuous lifeline for the Japanese. Senior American commanders believed that if these enemy ships were sunk, Japan would be forced to surrender. Here is the incredible story of Operation Barney, the daring plot to penetrate those minefields and decimate the enemy fleet. The brainchild of the dedicated sub commander Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood, the mission would hinge on a new experimental sonar system that would, with luck, guide American submarines safely past the mines and into the open sea. The nine submarines chosen, nicknamed Hellcats, were tasked with the impossible-the combined crews of 760 submariners all knew their chances of survival depended on an unproven technology and their own nerve. Based on original documents and the poignant personal letters of one doomed Hellcat commander, Sasgen crafts a classic naval tale of one of World War II's most dangerous missions.

To ten-year-old Suse Hansen, the fighting in Europe seems far away from the blue skies and quiet streets of her Bay Area home in Mendoza, California?despite newspaper war photographs and the tense radio broadcasts. But Pearl Harbor changes everything. Caught up in the fear and uncertainty of air raid drills, draft calls, and the mysterious departure of her Japanese and Italian neighbors, Suse becomes obsessed with the war.As Mendoza and the rest of America adjust to their new lives, Suse, too, will face challenges of her own as she begins to navigate the uncharted terrain of adolescence. Over the next four years she will confront the complexities of life?the demands of school, evolving friendships, brothers and sisters leaving home, the disturbing thrill of sexual awakening?while trying to understand who she is and what the future may hold for a world consumed by the horror of war.A rediscovered classic, Rumors of Peace is an extraordinary coming-of-age story chronicling the loss of American innocence through the voice of one remarkable young girl.

Georgeanne Howard, charm school graduate and Southern belle extraordinaire, leaves her fiance at the altar when she realizes that she just can't marry a man old enough to be her grandfather, no matter how rich he is. John Kowalsky unknowingly helps her escape, and only when it's too late does he realize that he's absconded with his boss's bride. At the height of his hockey career, this bad boy isn't looking to be anybody's savior but his own, no matter how beautiful this angel may be. But a long night stretches ahead of them--a night too sultry to resist temptation. When Georgeanne and John meet again, she is on her way to becoming Seattle's domestic darling and he is past his hellraising days. But he is shocked to learn that their single unforgettable night in paradise produced a daughter, and he is determined to be a part of her life. Georgeanne has loved John since the moment she jumped into his little red Corvette seven years ago, but she doesn't want to risk her heart again. Is he really a changed man? And will he risk the wrath of his boss, and one final chance at glory, to prove that this time his love will be everlasting?

Reissued to coincide with the release of Steven Spielberg's film of the same name from Universal Pictures, this Booker Prize-winning novel tells the true story of one remarkable man who outwitted the Nazis to save more Jews during WWII than any single person. "A masterful account of the growth of the human soul". --LA Times Book Review.

This work is made up of three articles that together make up a history of Soviet war cinema. Some themes of the war films produced in the USSR are not dealt with, such as the campaign in Afghanistan, which produced films with heroic content until the mid-1980s, and critical content in the last years of the regime. The focus is on the two main stages of this film genre: the Russian Civil War and the Second World War. The first chapter seeks to demonstrate that the cinema of the socialist realism school did not disappear after the artistic renewal that Soviet cinematography presented in the 1950s and 1960s. It has always found a place in historical cinema, especially the most ufanistic of them all: the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45. Films such as Ozvobozhdenie, from 1969, or Bitva za Moskvu, from 1985, by Yuri Ozerov, present compositions, angles, details derived from the paintings made by artists of socialist realism immediately after the war, especially between 1945 and 1953, the years when Stalin was at the head of the country and Zhdanov, who died in 1949, aimed to dictate the paths of art.

Cet ouvrage est composé de trois articles qui constituent ensemble une histoire du cinéma de guerre soviétique. Certains thèmes des films de guerre produits en URSS ne sont pas abordés, comme la campagne en Afghanistan, qui a donné lieu à des films au contenu héroïque jusqu'au milieu des années 1980, et au contenu critique dans les dernières années du régime. L'accent est mis sur les deux grandes étapes de ce genre cinématographique : la guerre civile russe et la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le premier chapitre cherche à démontrer que le cinéma de l'école du réalisme socialiste n'a pas disparu après le renouveau artistique qu'a connu la cinématographie soviétique dans les années 1950 et 1960. Il a toujours trouvé sa place dans le cinéma historique, notamment le plus oufaniste d'entre eux : la Grande Guerre patriotique de 1941-45. Des films comme Ozvobozhdenie, de 1969, ou Bitva za Moskvu, de 1985, de Yuri Ozerov, présentent des compositions, des angles, des détails dérivés des peintures réalisées par les artistes du réalisme socialiste dans l'immédiat après-guerre, surtout entre 1945 et 1953, les années où Staline était à la tête du pays et où Zhdanov, mort en 1949, entendait dicter les voies de l'art.

Questo lavoro è composto da tre articoli che insieme costituiscono una storia del cinema di guerra sovietico. Non vengono trattati alcuni temi dei film di guerra prodotti in URSS, come la campagna in Afghanistan, che ha prodotto film dal contenuto eroico fino alla metà degli anni Ottanta, e dal contenuto critico negli ultimi anni del regime. L'attenzione si concentra sulle due fasi principali di questo genere cinematografico: la guerra civile russa e la seconda guerra mondiale. Il primo capitolo cerca di dimostrare che il cinema della scuola del realismo socialista non è scomparso dopo il rinnovamento artistico che la cinematografia sovietica ha presentato negli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta. Ha sempre trovato spazio nel cinema storico, soprattutto in quello più ufologico: la Grande Guerra Patriottica del 1941-45. Film come Ozvobozhdenie, del 1969, o Bitva za Moskvu, del 1985, di Yuri Ozerov, presentano composizioni, angolazioni, dettagli derivati dai quadri realizzati dagli artisti del realismo socialista nell'immediato dopoguerra, soprattutto tra il 1945 e il 1953, gli anni in cui Stalin era alla guida del Paese e Zhdanov, morto nel 1949, mirava a dettare i percorsi dell'arte.

Jeta rabota sostoit iz treh statej, kotorye wmeste sostawlqüt istoriü sowetskogo woennogo kino. Nekotorye temy woennyh fil'mow, snqtyh w SSSR, ne rassmatriwaütsq, naprimer, kampaniq w Afganistane, gde do serediny 1980-h godow snimalis' fil'my geroicheskogo soderzhaniq, a w poslednie gody suschestwowaniq rezhima - kriticheskogo. V centre wnimaniq - dwa osnownyh ätapa razwitiq ätogo kinozhanra: Grazhdanskaq wojna w Rossii i Vtoraq mirowaq wojna. Perwaq glawa prizwana pokazat', chto kino shkoly socialisticheskogo realizma ne ischezlo posle hudozhestwennogo obnowleniq, kotoroe sowetskij kinematograf perezhil w 1950-1960-e gody. Emu wsegda nahodilos' mesto w istoricheskom kino, osobenno w samom ufanisticheskom iz nih - o Velikoj Otechestwennoj wojne 1941-45 godow. Takie fil'my, kak "Ozdorowlenie" 1969 goda ili "Bitwa za Moskwu" 1985 goda Juriq Ozerowa, predstawlqüt kompozicii, rakursy, detali, wzqtye iz kartin hudozhnikow socialisticheskogo realizma srazu posle wojny, osobenno mezhdu 1945 i 1953 godami, kogda wo glawe strany stoql Stalin, a Zhdanow, umershij w 1949 godu, stremilsq diktowat' puti iskusstwu.

Diese Arbeit besteht aus drei Artikeln, die zusammen eine Geschichte des sowjetischen Kriegskinos bilden. Einige Themen der in der UdSSR produzierten Kriegsfilme werden nicht behandelt, wie z. B. der Feldzug in Afghanistan, der bis Mitte der 1980er Jahre Filme mit heroischem Inhalt hervorbrachte, und kritische Inhalte in den letzten Jahren des Regimes. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf den beiden wichtigsten Etappen dieses Filmgenres: dem russischen Bürgerkrieg und dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Das erste Kapitel soll zeigen, dass das Kino der Schule des sozialistischen Realismus nach der künstlerischen Erneuerung, die die sowjetische Kinematographie in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren erlebte, nicht verschwunden ist. Es hat immer einen Platz im historischen Kino gefunden, insbesondere im ufanistischsten von allen: dem Großen Vaterländischen Krieg von 1941-45. Filme wie Ozvobozhdenie (1969) oder Bitva za Moskvu (1985) von Yuri Ozerov zeigen Kompositionen, Blickwinkel und Details, die von den Gemälden der Künstler des sozialistischen Realismus unmittelbar nach dem Krieg abgeleitet sind, insbesondere zwischen 1945 und 1953, als Stalin an der Spitze des Landes stand und der 1949 verstorbene Zhdanov die Wege der Kunst diktieren wollte.

During World War Two, a young girl was seen around the Stoke Bishop area of Bristol riding her bike or a pony; climbing trees; building dens, playing with the 'gang' in Blaise Castle Woods, and a lot more besides! This seemingly carefree life had its darker side as the storm clouds of war thickened and broke overhead. Riding Through the Storm recalls the author's life before, during and after the war. It is tinged with humour and remarkable occurrences and mirrors that time with insights into how people lived during those dark days. Nearly eighty years after the storm subsided, the full significance of what the author had lived alongside came to light and propelled this drama almost into the realms of make-believe!

This is the story of my family and their struggles through a very tough time during WWII and their strength, faith in God, and tenacity during a very dark period in history--a story of a family finding strength and courage to carry on when all was dark. It begins with the birth of my dad and carrying on to the time of new beginnings for my family in America. Enjoy a tale of time.

It's all fun and games ... until someone falls in love. Oliver Goswick, Viscount Rathburn, needs money?and soon. With time ticking away and his inheritance held hostage until he's properly wed, Rathburn's slim options point to a single solution: a faux engagement. In need of the perfect bride, he knows of only one candidate: his best friend's wallflower sister. The plan seems flawless, except for one problem ... He can't help falling in love with her.Poised, polished Emma Danvers knows nothing good can come of Rathburn's scheme. Spending the next two months engaged in a mock courtship is not what she'd imagined for her final season. Yet, charmed by his roguish ways and the inexplicable hammering he causes in her heart, she accepts his challenge.For Emma, keeping the secret seemed easy when it was just a game ... But as Rathburn begins to see past her reserved exterior to the passionate woman within, the risk of losing her heart becomes all too real.

A stunning look at World War II from the other side...From the turret of a German tank, Colonel Hans von Luck commanded Rommel's 7th and then 21st Panzer Division. El Alamein, Kasserine Pass, Poland, Belgium, Normandy on D-Day, the disastrous Russian front--von Luck fought there with some of the best soldiers in the world. German soldiers.Awarded the German Cross in Gold and the Knight's Cross, von Luck writes as an officer and a gentleman. Told with the vivid detail of an impassioned eyewitness, his rare and moving memoir has become a classic in the literature of World War II, a first-person chronicle of the glory--and the inevitable tragedy--of a superb soldier fighting Hitler's war.

Dok Sofija u¿iva u djetinjstvu sa svojim drugaricama Tijanom, Jelom, Katom i Kirom, njen krhki i siromäni drug Niko, sa plavim öima, iznenada misteriozno nestaje iz razreda, ostavljajuc¿i Sofiju sa mnogim pitanjima i poplavom emocija bez odgovora.Iako je röena u siromänoj porodici, Sofija oböava ¿kolu i mäta da postane u¿iteljica. Me¿utim, njen ¿ivot krec¿e u drugom smjeru nakon öeve smrti i svjetskim ratom na pragu. Sa petnaest godina pridru¿uje se grupi hrabrih ¿kolaraca ¿eljnih da se bore protiv fäizma, da promijene svijet i grade bolju buduc¿nost. Sa sedamnaest, ¿eli da pobjegne iz grada i träi utöi¿te kod partizana.Iznenada srec¿e starog prijatelja koji joj oduzima dah i daje razlog za ¿ivot.Ali kako möe da gleda u buduc¿nost i da se nada u tako turbulentnim vremenima, gdje je smrt normalnija od ¿ivota?

Surrexit de Caelo es una novela de ciencia ficción que te sumerge en un mundo alternativo lleno de misterio y suspense. La historia se desarrolla en un escenario donde la realidad tal como la conocemos ha sido alterada y los nazis han conquistado gran parte del planeta gracias a supuestos ángeles caidos del cielo. La trama sigue a una serie de personajes que luchan por sobrevivir en este mundo distópico. Entre ellos se encuentra Armandek, un hombre que despierta en un laboratorio sin recuerdos de su pasado. A lo largo de la historia se enfrentará a desafíos y momentos inesperados, mientras intenta descubrir la verdad sobre su identidad y su mundo.

En Syrie, aucune intervention humanitaire autorisée par le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies n'a été lancée jusqu'à présent. Les tentatives de cessez-le-feu entre les parties impliquées ont échoué à plusieurs reprises. Cette étude examine le bilan de trois acteurs internationaux en ce qui concerne la doctrine de la responsabilité de protéger (R2P). Plus précisément, elle examine l'option consistant à institutionnaliser la responsabilité en matière d'intervention humanitaire. Pour ce faire, la doctrine de la responsabilité de protéger est analysée à travers deux organisations internationales, l'OTAN et l'UE, et un acteur national important, les États-Unis. Pour les États-Unis, les facteurs géopolitiques jouent un rôle majeur, et il est expliqué que la structure politique et les décisions du président sont cruciales pour les choix du pays. Pour l'OTAN, le manque de légitimité joue un rôle central en ce qui concerne la R2P, ainsi que le précédent historique de son implication dans le conflit en Libye en 2011. Enfin, l'UE est décrite en mettant l'accent sur les limites institutionnelles et son potentiel à devenir une autorité normative en matière de R2P. L'analyse de ces acteurs internationaux permet de replacer le conflit syrien dans une large perspective internationale.