Titres dans Seconde Guerre mondiale

Hyytävä viima piiskaa sotilaiden kasvoja 2900 kilometrin pituisella rintamalla vuonna 1941. Hitler on antanut heidän tehtäväkseen valloittaa Neuvostoliitto, mutta rintamalla sääolosuhteet osoittautuvat pahaksi viholliseksi. Kylmyys kangistaa sotilaitten jäseniä ja hyydyttää aseet sekä ajoneuvot, eivätkä huoltolinjat toimi. Saksan nälkäiset joukot uhmaavat säätä ja etenevät kohti Moskovaa, jota Neuvostoliitto puolustaa säästelemättä sotilashenkiä. Luftwaffe pommittaa jo päämajoja.

On helmikuu vuonna 1941. Saksalaiset ovat päättäneet tuhota jälleen yhden brittien sukellusveneistä. Saksa ja Iso-Britannia ovat kamppailleet vuosia Atlantin herruudesta, sillä Saksa haluaa estää saattueet, joilla liittoutuneet yrittävät auttaa brittejä. Tällä kertaa voitonvarmat saksalaiset merikapteenit yllättyvät karvaasti. Paljastuu, että eräs brittien taitavimmista sukellusvenekapteeneista on mukana suojaamassa saattuetta ja hänellä on vaarallinen ässä hihassaan. Yksi kaikkien aikojen hurjimmista meritaisteluista on alkamassa.

Saksalaissotilaat odottavat peloissaan vihollisen hyökkäystä Ranskassa vuonna 1944. He tietävät, että liittoutuneet hyökkäävät vielä jonakin päivänä, mutta on vielä arvoitus milloin ja minne. Lopulta Normandiassa, Ranskan pohjoisrannikolla alkaa tapahtua. Kuudentena kesäkuuta näkyviin lipuu satojen pienten maihinnousualusten joukko, ja taaempana siintää taistelu- ja kuljetuslaivoja, tykkejä sekä panssarivaunuja. Alkaa Normandian maihinnousu, yksi toisen maailmansodan verisimmistä ja keskeisimmistä taisteluista.

Liittoutuneiden saattueet kuljettavat varusteita Murmanskiin Jäämeren halki, mutta reitti on henkeäsalpaavan vaarallinen. Arktiset kuljetukset Neuvostoliittoon sisältävät kaikkea tarpeellista purkkimuonasta panssarivaunuihin. Kun Hitler määrää joukkonsa saalistamaan saattueita, iskuja torjuvat merimiehet joutuvat taistelemaan paitsi lunta ja jäätä, myös laivoja, sukellusveneitä ja lentokoneita vastaan. Millainen oli reitti, jota Winston Churchill nimitti maailman pahimmaksi matkaksi? Tapaa saattueissa olleita merimiehiä ja tutustu heidän kertomuksiinsa.

They were known as “Rudder’s Rangers,” the most elite and experienced attack unit the Army had. In December 1944, they would be the spearhead into Germany, taking the war into Hitler’s homeland at last. Their colonel was given this objective: Take Hill 400. After two days, when they were finally relieved, only 16 Rangers remained to stagger down from the top of Hill 400. The Last Hill is filled with unforgettable action and characters—a gripping, finely detailed saga of what the survivors of the battalion would call “our longest day.”

The gripping, vividly told story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War – organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy. In August 1944 the most successful POW escape of the Second World War took place – 106 Allied prisoners were freed from a...

Thomas Kendrick (1881-1972) was central to the British Secret Service from its beginnings through to the Second World War. Under the guise of "British Passport Officer," he ran spy networks across Europe, facilitated the escape of Austrian Jews, and later went on to set up the "M Room," a listening operation which elicited information of the same significance and scope as Bletchley Park. Yet the work of Kendrick, and its full significance, remains largely unknown.

On May 2,1945, Red Army soldiers broke into Hitler’s bunker. Rzhevskaya, a young military interpreter, was with them. Almost accidentally the Soviet military found the charred remains of Hitler and Eva Braun. They also found key documents: Bormann's notes, the diaries of Goebbels and letters of Magda Goebbels. Rzhevskaya was entrusted with the proof of Hitler’s death: his teeth wrenched from his corpse by a pathologist hours earlier.

Als Wilhelm Brasse (1917-2012) mit 22 Jahren in das Stammlager Auschwitz eingeliefert wird, ahnt er nicht, dass er als gelernter Fotograf zum Dokumentarist des Grauens wird. Seine Aufgabe ist es, die KZ-Insassen zu fotografieren. Menschen, die kurze Zeit später in den Gaskammern umgebracht werden. Menschen, die von Josef Mengele zu "medizinischen Forschungsarbeiten" missbraucht werden und denen die Todesangst ins Gesicht geschrieben steht. Hätte er die Arbeit verweigert, wäre das sein eigenes Todesurteil gewesen.

The Boys of Winter tells the true story of three young American ski champions and their brutal, heroic, and fateful transformation from athletes to infantrymen with the 10th Mountain Division. Charles J. Sanders's fast-paced narrative draws on dozens of interviews and extensive research to trace these boys' lives from childhood to championships and from training at Mount Rainier and in the Colorado Rockies to battles against the Nazis.

Like many Americans, as soon as Vincent J. Riccio heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor, he wanted to enlist in the military. This memoir recounts his experiences in the United States Army Air Corps as an instrument technician, aviation cadet, and flight engineer in World War II. It describes his escapades during training and deployment, the missions flown over Germany, the fateful events that led to his captivity in Stalag Luft IV, and the long road home. It reflects his impressions of military service, the people he met, and the lessons he learned along the way.

Als Eberhard Dennerlein 1936 in das Pionierbataillon 47 in München eintritt, legt er damit den Grundstein für sein weiteres Leben. Er verpflichtet sich, lebenslänglich der Wehrmacht zu dienen. Vom Unteroffizier steigt er auf zum Offizier und ist zunächst mit dem Bau von Brücken beauftragt, um dem Vormarsch in Polen den Weg zu bereiten. Bereits mit Anfang zwanzig wird er zum Kompanieführer ernannt. Nach Einsätzen in Holland und später in Russland gerät er in russische Kriegsgefangenschaft.

Lieutenant William Frederick “Bill” Harris was 25 years old when captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942. This son of a decorated Marine general escaped from hell on earth by swimming eight hours through a shark-infested bay; but his harrowing ordeal had just begun. Shipwrecked on the southern coast of the Philippines, he was sheltered by a Filipino aristocrat, engaged in guerilla fighting, and eventually set off through hostile waters to China.

When called up to fight in yet another World War, Drum Major Jackson promised his beloved wife, Mabel, that he would return to lead his band and play for her once more. In May 1940, he was captured at Dunkirk and interned in several German forced labour camps throughout Poland. Two years later, he was transferred to Auschwitz IV. When his captors appointed Jackson their ‘Kapellmeister’ (man in charge of music), he seized the opportunity to provide entertainment for his fellow prisoners at rehearsals and cover for escapees during concerts.

On June 6, 1944, US troops on Omaha suffered the worst casualties of any of the five Allied invasion beaches — so many casualties, and so much tactical difficulty, that Omaha almost didn’t succeed. One big reason why Americans gained a foothold on Omaha was Gen. Norman “Dutch” Cota. A graduate of the West Point class of 1917 (alongside famous classmates Matthew Ridgway, Mark Clark, and Lightning Joe Collins), Norm Cota played football with Dwight Eisenhower, who graduated two years earlier.

A stirring World War II combat story of how the legendary George Patton reinvigorated a defeated and demoralized army corps, and how his men claimed victory over Germany’s most-feared general, Erwin Rommel “Moore brings you to the battlefield and into the mind of a fearless military genius...

In Commanding the Pacific: Marine Corps Generals in World War II, Stephen R. Taaffe analyzes the 15 high-level Marine generals who led the Corps' six combat divisions and two corps in the conflict. He concludes that these leaders played an indispensable role in organizing, training, and leading their men to victory.

Stephen E. Ambrose, acclaimed author of Band of Brothers and Undaunted Courage, carries us into the skies of World War II aviation, flying aboard the crowded and dangerous B-24 bombers as their crews fought to destroy the German war machine and secured Allied victory. The young men who flew the...

A wonderful trip through time and a whild journey of trails and tribulations.

Written with vivid detail, this encouraging, life-giving audiobook is a tale of a World War II Veteran father and his daughter, who found the relationship with him she'd always longed for. Do you have a family member who served in the military, who perhaps saw war, and wondered what their experience was really like? Do you suspect there are past traumas that might be affecting their ability to open up? Do you wish you could feel closer and more connected to your mom, dad, or other family members? If yes, Flying with Dad will pull you into a real-life story that shows you how.