R. J. Overy

Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)

The Complete Illustrated History

The Second World War

Richard Holmes

Written by one of Britain’s best known and most respected military historians, The D-Day Experience graphically captures the planning and execution of the Allied invasion, which ultimately led to victory. More than 30 facsimile items of rare memorabilia thrust readers right into the heart of history: they’ll have the unique opportunity to relive this momentous event by holding and examining facsimiles of rarely or never-seen maps, diaries, letters, secret memos and reports, posters and logbooks. Many of these have, up until now, remained filed or exhibited only behind glass in the Imperial War Museum and other collections worldwide. Memorabilia highlights include: U.S. Airborne secret maps showing drop zone from parachutist's eye view Omaha Beach Intelligence message book with minute-by-minute reports German radio signal log at 4:15 am on D-Day which reads “Thousands of ships tracked. They’re coming.” The Wednesday, June 7, 1944, edition of Stars and Stripes Gold Beach Infantryman's handwritten diary from June 4–June 17, 1944, describing landings, the move inland, and battlefield promotion. Propaganda leaflets dropped on Allied troops by night-flying German pilots Juno Beach Canadian infantryman's letter written to his wife on the Channel crossing on the eve of D-Day. He survived D-Day but was killed later in Holland. And more!

From the Invasion to the Liberation of Paris

The D-Day Experience

Malcolm Brown

The shadow of the Somme has lain across the twentieth century. For many it is the ultimate symbol of the folly and futility of war. Others see it as a hallmark of heroic endeavour and achievement. This book offers a remarkably fresh perspective on the bitterly fought 1916 campaign; it also describes the later battles of the Somme in the Great War's final year, 1918. Using hitherto unpublished evidence from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, it tells its powerful and dramatic story through the letters and diaries of those who were there. Distinguished military historian Malcolm Brown has woven the many and varied accounts by well over a hundred participants - mainly British, but with not a few Germans - into a rich tapestry of experience. 'Admirable . . . If you can buy only one book on the Somme, it should be Malcolm Brown's powerful and scholarly account' Richard Holmes, TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT

The Imperial War Museum Book of the Somme

David Cohen

Jonathan Black

Richard Ingleby

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson

Gordon Cooke

Christopher Nevinson is best known for his depictions of World War I, but he was also an accomplished painter and printmaker. In this, the most comprehensive book available on Nevinson's work and art, his achievements and his contribution to twentieth-century art receive a long-overdue reassessment.

The Twentieth Century

C.R.W. Nevinson

Max Hastings

In the second book of the series, the Imperial War Museum once again supplies memorabilia, images and personal testimonies which bring the last century of the British Navy to life. Packed with extensive information on the key people, campaigns, ships and vessels that have shaped the twentieth century of naval history, the book is fully endorsed by the Imperial War Museum, and fronted by noted historian and journalist Sir Max Hastings. This will be a fascinating reference for anyone interested in the military and recent history.

The Definitive History of the 20th Century

The Royal Navy

Great Britain. Ministry of Information

"First published by the Ministry of Information in 1943"--T.p. verso.

Make Do and Mend

Glenn Sujo

Accompanying an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, London, from 5 April to 27 August 2001, this volume examines the contribution of artist-witnesses, victims and survivors of the Holocaust to post-war culture and the visual arts.

The Visual Arts and Holocaust Memory

Legacies of Silence

Paul Seawright

Mark Durden

"The Imperial War Museum commissioned two contemporary artists to respond to the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the war in Afghanistan. Paul Searwright was the first to go, in June 2002. He has responded to the painful and extraordinary challenge of the situation in the country with profound imagination and sensitivity. Avoiding the trappings of an exoticising vision, typified by the media's portrayal of Afghanistan as a spectacle of ruins, Seawright's photographs are spare and understated. His response to these heavily mined desert landscapes, extends and reworks the distinctive aesthetic established by his earlier photographs of contested, politically contaminated landscapes in his home city of Belfast and more recently on the fringes of various European cities."--BOOK JACKET.

Hidden

Peter Taylor

Philip Dutton

"From bizarre propaganda posters to eccentric spies, from pigeon parachutes to ventriloquist dummies, from tickle sticks to fly swats; Weird War One celebrates the creativity, innovatiion and ingenuity that resulted from "the war to end all wars." It is proof that, as ever, the truth is stranger than fiction."--Back cover.

Intriguing Items and Fascinating Feats from the First World War

Weird War One

G. E. Livock

To the Ends of the Air

Julian Thompson

âe~Between Friday and Monday we never slept at all. Everyoneâe(tm)s face was one mass of sand âe¦ The guns were so hot, all the paint had goneâe(tm) Bombardier Ray Ellis Had the Allies lost in North Africa, Rommelâe(tm)s Afrika Korps would have swept through the Middle East, cutting the vital supply line through the Suez Canal to Australia and India, and taking the oilfields of the Persian Gulf. Britain would have been isolated, without oil, and unable to fight. These historic battles of 1940âe"1943 were fought over vast distances on rugged terrain, with supply lines often stretched to breaking point. It was here that David Stirling formed the SAS to perform audacious sabotage missions, and the Long Range Desert Group collected intelligence from behind enemy lines. This is the story of the Alliesâe(tm) first victory against Hitlerâe(tm)s army, told in the voices of the men who were there, which proved that the seemingly unstoppable Germans could be beaten.

Desert Victory

Forgotten Voices

Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)

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