Bøger om År 1940 til 1949

Embark on an extraordinary journey with young heroes who fled their Hitler-occupied homeland to become WWII pilots. Facing scarcity and peril, they ventured across Europe, ultimately reaching England, where they valiantly served in the military. Some paid the ultimate price, while the survivors returned home as war heroes. However, their freedom was short-lived. Communist Czechoslovakia subjected them to persecution, humiliation, and imprisonment."The aircraft stopped reacting to the pilot's flying controls and headed toward unavoidable death. The drops of cold sweat appeared on Franti¿ek's burnt forehead."These courageous pilots fought for freedom alongside the Allies. At home, they found themselves trapped behind barbed wire. They endured relentless surveillance, interrogation, torture, and degradation. It took forty-one years to reclaim their freedom. This is a gripping account of young men who took to the skies. They persevered through the darkest of times, ultimately triumphing in the name of freedom and honor.Includes never-before-published historical and modern photographs.Get this compelling book today and learn the true cost of freedom.

This source edition on the persecution and murder of the European Jews by Nazi Germany presents in a total of 16 volumes a thematically comprehensive selection of documents on the Holocaust. The work illustrates the contemporary contexts, the dynamics, and the intermediate stages of the political and social processes that led to this unprecedented mass crime. It can be used by teachers, researchers, students, and all other interested parties. The edition comprises authentic testimony by persecutors, victims, and onlookers. These testimonies are furnished with academic annotations and the vast majority of them are published here for the first time in English. Learn more about the PMJ on https://pmj-documents.org/

Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, Adolf Hitler's chief of military intelligence, accomplished something that neither President Franklin D. Roosevelt nor Prime Minister Winston Churchill could ever achieve - he saved the lives of hundreds Jewish refugees and other racial and political undesirables by rescuing them from Nazi Germany and other Nazi-occupied countries. Admiral Canaris is a page-turning story of one of the most important and least likely saboteurs within the Third Reich.

Den 67-årige mangemillionær Guy Brouard bliver fundet død på en strand på den engelske kanalø Guernsey, kvalt af en mærkelig talisman. Han har i nogle år levet alene med sin søster, men har flere ægteskaber og børn bag sig.Det amerikanske søskendepar China og Cherokee River har fået til opgave at transportere nogle vigtige tegninger fra Californien til Guernsey og ankommer til den engelske kanalø få dage før mordet. Det der blot skulle have været en fredelig tur over Atlanten, tager pludselig en helt anden drejning, da China bliver arresteret for mordet på Guy Brouard.Cherokee opsøger Chinas ungdomsveninde, fotografen Deborah St. James og hendes mand Simon, og beder om deres hjælp. Da Guy Brouards testamente læses op, viser det sig, at han har gjort sine nærmeste arveløse, flyttet noget af sin formue til udlandet og testamenteret en stor sum penge til den fattige dreng Paul Fielder. Deborah og Simon erfarer snart, at adskillige mennesker på Guernsey har haft grund til at ønske Guy Brouard død: hans tidligere hustruer, hans forretningsforbindelser, hans elskerinde og Paul Fielder.I deres søgen efter morderen får Deborah og Simon et indblik i øens dystre historie under Anden Verdenskrig og en uhyggelig indsigt i nogle af øboernes lidelser.Elizabeth George (f. 1949) er en amerikansk krimiforfatter. De fleste af hendes romaner udspiller sig i Storbritannien, og hun er særlig kendt for krimiserien om Thomas Lynley og Barbara Havers fra Scotland Yard. George debuterede som forfatter i 1988 med "En fars begær", som indbragte hende en Agatha Award. Hendes bøger er oversat til flere sprog.

1939. Small town, Western Australia. As the world slides into war, Dorothy and Mick's marriage slides into deeper and deeper trouble. Even the welcome arrival of a child can't save the situation and eventually, with no options left, Dorothy takes her daughter and moves back in with her parents. For Mick, the failed marriage is a catalyst for him to escape a lonely exile by enlisting in the Australian Army. He finds the swell of patriotism sweeping the nation grants him equal plaudits of admiration for his courage and sympathy for his family situation. Dorothy, returned to her domineering Father's abode, is eyed by her neighbours. She is expected to be an exemplary mother, a dutiful daughter and step up to fulfil the requirements and demands of a country at war. She must be seen to be faultless. As Mick is sent overseas and into the hell of the North African Campaign, from the siege of Tobruk to the victory at El Alamein, Dorothy is seconded by the War Effort Manpower act to work within the Western Australian lunatic asylum. From the North African desert to Jungle Warfare training in readiness for the nightmares of New Guinea and Borneo, and from small town attitudes to the living torture of the asylum, the war years will test the resilience of all. For love, courage, despair or happiness have no regard for rank or status, and neither will circumstances grant wish-upon-a-star moments. What matters is your ability to cope with what life brings; be that over here, or over there. An Australian saga of love, war, family, friendships, darkness and lightand one woman's ability to survive it all.

Dive into a whirlpool of family secrets, vengeance, and dark pasts in this stirring narrative that commences amidst the 1949 North Carolina cotton mill strike, marking the onset of unionization and a cauldron of violence. As two young adults inherit the turbulent legacy of their kin, a storm of revelations threatens to shatter the fragile bonds holding their family together. Unveiling secrets could be a path to healing or the trigger for further discord and bloodshed.

It was just the 1948 Thanksgiving Parade on Burlington, Vermont's Church Street until one of the kids from the Children's Home dropped out of sight. The tangled search for the child leads Roman Catholic priest, Thomas Ladue and Fort Ethan Allen's Captain John Courtney through a shadowy trail of a maple sugar farm, children's institutions, ancient battlegrounds, and more.Born and raised in the Green Mountain state, L. E. Fleury weaves fictional personalities and historical Chittenden County locations into page-turning, plot-twisting whodunnit scenarios. This Junctions Murder Mystery Series will sweep the reader through a saga of featured characters as they journey through the culture of the late 1940s and '50s, played out against the beautiful rolling hills of Vermont.The Junctions Murder Mystery Series consists of five (so far) books, each chock-full of surprising twists, ending with a message of hope. Characters range from innocent to evil, with just some good old folk that "smoke, drink and spit in the sink" in between. The book word counts range anywhere from 90K-165K.

A fantastic resource for scale modelers and military historians alike.In Panzer-Rgt./Abt.18 On the Battlefield, Tom Cockle looks at this German unit and their vehicles. Many type of vehicles will appear in this book but the key role was played by the Tauchpanzers. The hardcover, landscape formatted book's brief introduction is followed by more than a hundred mainly unpublished photographs, published in the highest possible quality. Both the introduction and the captions are bilingual (English / Hungarian).

This is a quality reprint featuring 95 pages of information on small arms ammunition during World War II. It includes the C-1 supplement. It covers all ammunition for the M2 Browning Machine Gun, M1 Garand, Carbine, .45 ACP and more across ball, armor piercing, tracer, blank and more. This book is taken from an original and made to look old, yellow pages and all. You will not be disappointed in this piece!

This story of a couple whose love is caught in the crossfire of war is a portrait of, not only the turbulent events of WWII, but also how a family survives with so much death and danger swirling.

On the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki comes this heart-pounding account of the war-room drama inside the cabinets of the United States and Japan that led to Armageddon on August 6, 1945. Here are the secret strategy sessions, fierce debates, looming assassinations, and planned invasions that resulted in history's first use of nuclear weapons in combat, and the ensuing chaotic days as the Japanese government struggled to respond to the reality of nuclear war.

Amidst the secluded valleys of Bavaria, 1940, lies a covert Nazi stronghold, the womb to the sinister Project Sea Eagle. Here, in hidden chambers beneath the earth, Nazi scientists toil over an innovative menace: a fleet of aqua-planes intended to unleash a torrent of terror upon Britain's shores once more. Against the dark tide rises a band of unlikely allies: four anti-Nazi Germans, two audacious SOE operatives, and twenty captive RAF officers. With scarce resources yet unyielding resolve, they plot to dismantle this aquatic harbinger of invasion. At the heart of their mission lies the experimental 'aquaplane, ' a swift maritime vessel conceived to ferry troops and weaponry across the Channel, a dire threat to England's already beleaguered coast. The citadel of Sea Eagle, veiled beneath the earth, eludes the reach of aerial bombs, and a direct military assault is a gambit Britain can ill afford. Amidst the storm of war, Major Archie Wellings of the SOE forms a daring coalition with two German couples and others, orchestrating a clandestine assault on Wolfgang's Castle, the nexus of Sea Eagle. They turn Nazi ideology against itself, employing ingenious subterfuges to thwart the looming peril. Wolfgang's Castle is more than a tale of espionage and warfare. It delves into the essence of patriotism, the indomitable spirit of resistance, and the unexpected corridors of camaraderie amidst the horrors of war. With a sprinkle of satire, a glimpse into wartime's gender dynamics, and a tender vein of romance, this thrilling narrative is not just a journey through the shadows of war, but a venture into the myriad shades of human valour and ingenuity

Third book in a three part in depth study on Hitler's looking at Hitler's influence on the Wehrmacht.

The Pink War boldly explores the compelling intersection of love, loyalty, and courage amid the brutal backdrop of World War II. Follow two working-class men as they answer their nation's call, battling against the forces of Nazism and Fascism across North Africa, Italy, and Western Europe. As soldiers, they earn their stripes and prove their mettle. Yet, beyond the battlefield, they face an equally formidable challenge: concealing their illicit love for each other in a time when same-sex relationships are condemned. This gripping tale uncovers the complexities of love in a world at war, offering a poignant tribute to devotion and friendship under the most trying of circumstances.

Berlin 1941. Eleven-year-old Wolf escapes Nazi Germany, attempts to build an American identity, and finally returns to Germany as an American intelligence officer during the height of the Cold War.

Step into the changing world of post-World War II Australia, where two sisters, bound by love and torn by choices, make new lives after Maria Vincento entices her sister, Angeline away from their home on the tiny Italian island of Procida. As Angeline reluctantly sets foot on the ship to their new beginnings, her heart carries the weight of a shattered dream.At the Villawood Migrant Hostel on Sydney's outskirts, fate introduces them to Stewart Erskine, a gregarious Scottish immigrant destined for remarkable success. His presence sets in motion a series of events that will forever alter the course of the sisters' lives, pushing Angeline to confront an agonising decision.Years later, Angeline's granddaughter, Emily, a celebrated Sydney model, grapples with her grandmother's failing health. When she stumbles upon the secrets of her late grandfather's enigmatic business dealings, Emily is more determined than ever to unravel her grandmother's past, which takes them to an apple orchard in Tasmania where a young Italian, Raphael Lombardi, worked as a prisoner-of-war. Coming to terms with her grandmother's past, does Emily have the courage to follow her own heart and leave her old life behind?From the beloved author of The Homestead on the River, comes a poignant narrative of lost loves, hidden family mysteries, and the enduring power of hope that will leave you captivated.

"Silent Echoes: The Bravery of a Forgotten WWII Heroine" is an enthralling biography that uncovers the hidden story of a remarkable woman whose actions during World War II changed the course of history. Shrouded in secrecy, her tale of bravery and resilience has remained untold until now. This book invites you on a gripping journey through shadowy operations and audacious acts of defiance, revealing the pivotal role she played behind the scenes of the war. Filled with suspense and intrigue, "Silent Echoes" is a must-read for anyone eager to discover the untold stories of history's heroes. Unearth her legacy and experience the thrill of uncovering a hidden chapter of WWII. Don't miss out on this compelling narrative that brings to light the extraordinary impact of one woman's courage.

Established by the Army Air Force in 1943, the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program opened to civilian women with a pilot's license who could afford to pay for their own transportation, training, and uniforms. Despite their highly developed skill set, rigorous training, and often dangerous work, the women of WASP were not granted military status until 1977, denied over three decades of Army Air Force benefits as well as the honor and respect given to male and female World War II veterans of other branches. Sarah Parry Myers not only offers a history of this short-lived program but considers its long-term consequences for the women who participated and subsequent generations of servicewomen and activists. Myers shows us how those in the WASP program bonded through their training, living together in barracks, sharing the dangers of risky flights, and struggling to be recognized as military personnel, and the friendships they forged lasted well after the Army Air Force dissolved the program. Despite the WASP program's short duration, its fliers formed activist networks and spent the next thirty years lobbying for recognition as veterans. Their efforts were finally recognized when President Jimmy Carter signed a bill into law granting WASP participants retroactive veteran status, entitling them to military benefits and burials.

A favorite of book clubs throughout North America and now in Europe, Hardscrabble Road is a story of perseverance, an inspiring tale of getting through terrible times with heart, hope, and humor.