Historie prvního měsíce 1. světové války, za jejíž vylíčení získala autorka Pulitzerovu cenu. Jejím osobitým rysem je snaha... Zobraziť viac
From the bestselling author of Brothers in Arms comes the story of the most pivotal Allies campaign of World War II... Zobraziť viac
Eighty years on, D-Day The Oral History is a fresh and significant new history of arguably the most important day of the 20th Century... Zobraziť viac
World War II, fought from 1939 to 1945, engulfed the globe in a shattering struggle over national sovereignty and individual rights. It was also the costliest battle in history in terms of human life, with millions perishing in combat, ... Zobraziť viac
The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructors rammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality... Zobraziť viac
Who were these men, arguably two of the most discreet heroes of the twentieth century? In Laurent Binet?s captivating debut novel, we follow Jozef Gab?ik and Jan Kubi? from their dramatic escape of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to England... Zobraziť viac
"Gardening by Moonlight": 205 Group RAF mining operations over River Danube in 1944 je kniha v anglickom jazyku, zaoberajúca sa popisom akcií 205 skupiny RAF, počas ktorých jej posádky mínovali rieku Dunaj za mesačných... Zobraziť viac
No conflict better encapsulates all that went wrong on the Western Front than the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The tragic loss of life and stoic endurance by troops who walked towards their death is an iconic image which will be hard to ignore during the Zobraziť viac
The sacrifices that enabled the Soviet Union to defeat Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-45 are sacrosanct... Zobraziť viac
The classic Cold War thriller, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Alec Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters... Zobraziť viac
Drawing on remarkable and never-before-seen material, the extraordinary story of one of the most horrific and devastating encounters of the Second World War. On June 22nd, 1941 the largest military invasion in human history was launched... Zobraziť viac
Autorka, jež se narodila roku 1944 poblíž Pirmasens, napsala tento dokumentární román o tom, jak byla svedena, do "vysoké politiky" zapletena a vyhnána celá vesnice na základě intenzivního studia pramenů: 15. března 1939 vpochodovala... Zobraziť viac
A classic David & Goliath tale, complete with colorful heroes, cold-hearted villains, and nail-biting games—with the hockey rink serving as an arena for a nation’s resistance... Zobraziť viac
One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French history... Zobraziť viac
6th June 1944 saw the largest seaborne assault in human history: D-Day. The landings on the five Normandy beaches, Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword, will go down in legend as the first footsteps on the journey to end the war in northern Europe... Zobraziť viac
Charting the BEA's entry into warfare in 1914, he tells the story in words and pictures of the new conscripted army's life through the five years of slaughter and suffering... Zobraziť viac
Now a major film starring George Cloooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balan, Jean Dujardin and Dimitri Leonidas. What if I told you that there was an epic story about ... Zobraziť viac
From the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day, Antony Beevor's Ardennes. 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble tells the story of the German's ill-fated final stand. On 16 December, 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' ... Zobraziť viac
Wer sich mit Hitler und dem Nationalsozialismus auseinandersetzen will und sich nicht allein mit Sekundärliteratur begnügen möchte, kommt nicht umhin, Auszüge von Mein Kampf im Originaltext nachzulesen... Zobraziť viac
In a shocking and deeply disturbing tour de force, David Rieff, reporting from the Bosnia war zone and from Western capitals and United Nations headquarters, ... Zobraziť viac
