Arnhem remains one of the most popular subjects: a glorious failure. Martin Middlebrook is arguably the finest military historian alive today. His study perfectly captures both of the spirit of his legendary battle by personal accounts and the strategic and tactical backgrounds.

On 19 February 1945, thousands of Marines landed on the black shores of a tiny volcanic island in the Pacific. As they struggled to crawl to safety, the Japanese opened fire with everything they had.

The fight that was supposed to take three days lasted well over a month, as the Japanese fought from within the island, and had been instructed to kill at least ten Americans before dying.

The battle for Iwo Jima was the only battle in which the Marine Corps suffered more casualties than the Ja...

A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.

‘Reads like a great novel’ SEBASTIAN JUNGER

‘An instant classic’ STEVE COLL

‘An essential first draft’ ANNE APPLEBAUM

‘Essential reading’ CLARISSA WARD

‘Outstanding’ PETER FRANKOPAN

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yaroslav Trofimov has...

THE COMPELLING ACCOUNT FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE

A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.

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‘A stunning work of eyewitness reportage and literary nuance. Clear-eyed, memorable. An instant classic’ STEVE COLL, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Ghost Wars

‘Brilliant and stirring. By layering d...

A Telegraph Best History Book of 2023*'An astonishing achievement' ANTONY BEEVORAn intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War as experienced by those who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs. At the beginning of November 1942, it looked as if the Axis powers could win the war; at the end of that month, it was obviously just a matter of time before they would lose. In between came el-Alamein, Guadalcanal, the French North Africa lan...

De foto's in 'I loved my wife' werden gemaakt op het terrein van 16 Duitse psychiatrische instellingen. In deze instellingen werden gedurende de Tweede Wereldoorlog tienduizenden kinderen vermoord. Om het leven gebracht omdat ze als ongeneeslijk ziek werden aangemerkt. De kosten om hen in leven te houden waren te hoog voor de samenleving, een stellingname die kracht werd bijgezet met films en andere propaganda gericht tegen personen die de maatschappij niets te bieden hadden. Eufemismen voor ...

Even 75 years after the end of World War II, Hollywood productions and the war’s battlefield sites continue to draw large audiences. Over the years, representations of the war have changed from a focus on its glory to its suffering though. The ideal “lest we forget” has been extended to “never again.” By drawing on interviews with actors in the field of remembrance and U.S. remembrance tourists, using Band of Brothers (1993 and 2001) as a case study, this thesis will critically disc...

During the Battle of Arnhem, Hotel Schoonoord in Oosterbeek, the parental home of primary school teacher Hendrika (Riek) van der Vlist, finds itself in the front line. The British take over the hotel as a field hospital. Together with other volunteers Riek helps hundreds of wounded British, Polish and German soldiers. Even when Schoonoord falls into German hands she continues to care for the wounded.

When the Airbornes are transported from Schoonoord by the Germans, Hendrika goes with them to...

The K98k Rifle is het eerste deel van de engelstalige Propaganda Photo Series. Elk deel van deze serie beschrijft de geschiedenis, de techniek en het toebehoren van een Duits draagbaar wapen uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog. De serie wordt gekenmerkt door een bijzondere selectie van originele Duitse propagandafoto's (voor het grootste deel nooit eerder gepubliceerd), die het wapen in het dagelijks gebruik tonen. Dit deel gaat over de beroemde Mauser K98k, het wapen dat ook wel de 'ruggegraat' van h...