Operation Fish
Author: Alfred Draper
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe secret operation that transferred British gold and securities to Canada.
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OPERATION FISH 1939-1945
Author: ALFRED. DRAPER
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9782259005548
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Author: Alfred Draper
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : PaperJacks
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780770101343
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Author: Alfred Draper
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : General Publishing Company
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780773600683
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Rise of Germany, 1939–1941
Author: James Holland
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Published: 2015-10-14
Total Pages: 794
ISBN-13: 0802190901
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn account of the early years of World War II based on extensive new research: “A genuinely fresh approach . . . exceptional” (The Wall Street Journal). James Holland, one of the leading young historians of World War II, has spent over a decade conducting new research, interviewing survivors, and exploring archives that have never before been so accessible to unearth forgotten memoirs, letters, and official records. In The Rise of Germany 1938–1941, Holland draws on this research to reconsider the strategy, tactics, and economic, political, and social aspects of the war. The Rise of Germany is a masterful book that redefines our understanding of the opening years of World War II. Beginning with the lead-up to the outbreak of war in 1939 and ending in the middle of 1941 on the eve of Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of Russia, this book is a landmark history of the war on land, in the air, and at sea. “Magnificent.” —Andrew Roberts, New York Times–bestselling author of The Storm of War
The Allies Strike Back, 1941–1943
Author: James Holland
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 2017-10-03
Total Pages: 672
ISBN-13: 0802190146
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume two in this “expert, anecdote-filled, thoroughly entertaining” history of WWII follows The Rise of Germany as the Allied forces turn the tides (Kirkus). James Holland’s The Rise of Germany, the first volume in his War in the West trilogy, was widely praised for his impeccable research and lively narrative. Covering the dawn of World War II, it ended at a point when the Nazi war machine appeared to be unstoppable. Germany had taken Poland and France with shocking speed. London was bombed, and U-boats harried shipping on the Atlantic. But Germany hadn’t actually won the Battle of Britain or the Battle of the Atlantic. It was not producing airplanes or submarines fast enough. And what looked like victory in Greece and Crete had expended crucial resources in short supply. The Allies Strike Back continues the narrative as Germany’s invasion of Russia unfolds in the east, while in the west, the Americans formally enter the war. In North Africa, following major setbacks at the hands of Rommel, the Allies storm to victory. Meanwhile, the bombing of Germany escalates, aiming to not only destroy the its military, industrial, and economic system, but also relentlessly crush civilian morale. Comprehensive and impeccably researched, “Holland brings a fresh eye to the ebb and flow of the conflict” in this “majestic saga” of 20th century history (Literary Review, UK).
The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior
Author: Ernest Robert Zimmermann
Publisher: University of Alberta
Published: 2015-07-22
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0888646739
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccessible history of the controversial POW camp run during World War II in northern Ontario.
Churchill's American Arsenal
Author: Larrie D. Ferreiro
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2022-10-03
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 0197554016
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChurchill's American Arsenal reveals how the technology, know-how, and production power behind the victorious Allied partnership during World War II extended beyond the battlefront and onto the home-front. Many weapons and inventions were credited with winning World War II, most famously in the assertion that the atomic bomb "ended the war, but radar won the war." What is less well known is that both airborne radar and the atomic bomb were invented in British laboratories, but built by Americans. The same holds true for many other American weapons credited with the Allied victory: the P-51 Mustang fighter, the Liberty ship, the proximity fuze, the Sherman tank, and even penicillin all began with British scientists and planners, but were designed and mass-produced by American engineers and factory workers. Churchill's American Arsenal chronicles this vital but often fraught relationship between British inventiveness and American technical might. At first, leaders in each nation were deeply skeptical that such a relationship could ever be successful. But despite initial misunderstandings, petty jealousies, and continuing differences over priorities, scientists and engineers on both sides of the Atlantic found new and often ingenious ways to work together, jointly creating the weapons that often became the decisive factor in the strategy for victory that Churchill had laid out during the earliest days of the conflict. While no single invention won the war, without any one of them, the war could have been lost.
Anatomy of a Nation
Author: Dominic Selwood
Publisher: Constable
Published: 2021-09-23
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 1472131886
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom an obscure, misty archipelago on the fringes of the Roman world to history's largest empire and originator of the world's mongrel, magpie language - this is Britain's past. But, today, Britain is experiencing an acute trauma of identity, pulled simultaneously towards its European, Atlantic and wider heritages. To understand the dislocation and collapse, we must look back: to Britain's evolution, achievements, complexities and tensions. In a ground-breaking new take on British identity, historian and barrister Dominic Selwood explores over 950,000 years of British history by examining 50 documents that tell the story of what makes Britain unique. Some of these documents are well-known. Most are not. Each reveal something important about Britain and its people. From Anglo-Saxon poetry, medieval folk music and the first Valentine's Day letter to the origin of computer code, Hitler's kill list of prominent Britons, the Sex Pistols' graphic art and the Brexit referendum ballot paper, Anatomy of a Nation reveals a Britain we have never seen before. People are at the heart of the story: a female charioteer queen from Wetwang, a plague surviving graffiti artist, a drunken Bible translator, outlandish Restoration rakehells, canting criminals, the eccentric fathers of modern typography and the bankers who caused the finance crisis. Selwood vividly blends human stories with the selected 50 documents to bring out the startling variety and complexity of Britain's achievements and failures in a fresh and incisive insight into the British psyche. This is history the way it is supposed to be told: a captivating and entertaining account of the people that built Britain.
A World at Arms
Author: Gerhard L. Weinberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-07-11
Total Pages: 1210
ISBN-13: 0511252935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a new edition featuring a new preface, A World of Arms remains a classic of global history. Widely hailed as a masterpiece, this volume remains the first history of World War II to provide a truly global account of the war that encompassed six continents. Starting with the changes that restructured Europe and its colonies following the First World War, Gerhard Weinberg sheds new light on every aspect of World War II. Actions of the Axis, the Allies, and the Neutrals are covered in every theater of the war. More importantly, the global nature of the war is examined, with new insights into how events in one corner of the world helped affect events in often distant areas.
