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The memoir widely viewed as the best account ever written of fighting in WW1. Storm of Steel is the memoir of German officer Ernst Jünger, based on his time fighting on the Western Front in the First World War from December 1914 to August 1918. The book describes trench warfare in blunt, often...

Germany's Stormtroopers engaged in a vicious siege of violence that propelled the National Socialists to power in the 1930s. Known also as the SA or Brownshirts, these "ordinary" men waged a loosely structured campaign of intimidation and savagery across the nation from the 1920s to the "Night of the Long Knives" in 1934, when Chief of Staff Ernst Röhm and many other SA leaders were assassinated on Hitler's orders.

Bloomsbury presents Into the Firestorm by Scott McGaugh, read by Jeff Harding From the hellish skies over Europe to the unforgiving terrain of the Himalayas, this is the first complete history of the C-47 aircrew who helped turn the tide of war. One of the most perilous combat roles of World War...

Explore a gripping WWII history of wartime tragedy and architectural rebirth as a cultural capital rises from the ashes. Perfect for an immersive, educational commute, this evocative narrative treats the baroque metropolis on the Elbe River as a living, breathing character facing ultimate...