Victory in Europe at 80: Commemorating Peace and Remembrance

Combines a basic history of World War II with more than four hundred captioned photographs, and features charts, maps, and a wealth of specific facts.

Here, for the first time in one volume, is the full story of crimes committed by the Nazi leaders and of the trials in which they were brought to judgement. Conot reconstructs in a single absorbing narrative not only the events at Nuremburg but the offenses with which the accused were charged.

Evans interweaves a broad narrative of the war's progress with personal testimony from a wide range of people from generals to front-line soldiers, from Hitler Youth activists to middle-class housewives. The Third Reich at War lays bare the dynamics of a nation more deeply immersed in war than any society before or since. Blending narrative, description and analysis, The Third Reich at War creates an engrossing picture of a society rushing headlong to self-destruction and taking much of Europe with it.

Great Britain's refusal to yield to Nazi Germany in the Second World War remains one of the greatest survival stories of modern times. For six years, Britain was at the dark heart of history, finding its way forward hour by hour, day by day, year by year. This volume spans the beginning and the end of the beginning, from the massive changes required to get the country onto a war footing, through the failure of appeasement, the invasion of Poland, the "phony war," the fall of France, the "miracle" of Dunkirk, the Battles of Britain, and the Blitz, ending with America's course-changing entrance into the conflict in late 1941. Todman's colossal project seamlessly merges economic, strategic, social, cultural, and military history in one compelling narrative.

From the Number One bestselling author of BAND OF BROTHERS comes the story of the ordinary soldiers in Northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the triumphant end of the war.

The role of the media in supporting World War II at home.

The incredible story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in US history. At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians--many of them young women from small towns across the South--were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. The Girls of Atomic City rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of American history from obscurity.