Told from both Japanese and American perspectives, this thrilling account of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific has been heralded by the New York Times Book Review as "virtually faultless."By midsummer 1945, Japan had long since lost the war in the Pacific. The people were not told the truth, and neither was the emperor. Japanese generals, admirals, and statesmen knew, but only a handful of leaders were willing to accept defeat. Most were bent on fighting the Allies until the last Japanese soldier died and the last city burned to the ground.Exhaustively researched and vividly told, The Fall of Japan masterfully chronicles the dramatic events that brought an end to the Pacific War and forced a once-mighty military nation to surrender unconditionally. From the ferocious fighting on Okinawa to the all-but-impossible mission to drop the second atom bomb, and from Franklin D. Roosevelt's White House to the Tokyo bunker where tearful Japanese leaders first told the emperor the truth, William Craig captures the pivotal events of the war with spellbinding authority. The Fall of Japan brings to life both celebrated and lesser-known historical figures, including Admiral Takijiro Onishi, the brash commander who drew up the Yamamoto plan for the attack on Pearl Harbor and inspired the death cult of kamikaze pilots. This astonishing account ranks alongside Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day and John Toland's The Rising Sun as a masterpiece of World War II history.

The Fall of Japan

History

WILLIAM CRAIG

Military

Macmillan

Strasbourg Legacy

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

The Strasbourg Legacy

Coronet

Logic in Algebraic Form: Three Languages and Theories (Study in Logic & Mathematics)

North-Holland Publishing Company Amsterdam

Stalingrad remains history's bloodiest battle. No single engagement before or since racked up so many corpses in such a short time. Soldiers fought in the streets, on the rubble and in the sewers with an animalistic fury never before witnessed by mankind. Previous to the war, the Russian city's population was listed at about 500,000. After the battle, it was a mere 1,500. Over 2,000,000 soldiers and civilians were killed within just two years of Germany's invasion of the once great city. A great price, which marked the beginning of the end of the Third Reich. Author William Craig traveled over three continents for five years, doing research and conducting interviews with survivors. The result is this classic history of the battle. Craig deftly mixes valuable information on the military progression of the battle, with vivid descriptions of the moment-to-moment terror experienced by every living being in the city. Horror and desperation resonate from every page. A battle history this passionately and expertly expressed is a rare thing. That's why Enemy at the Gates is considered one of the best books ever written about Stalingrad.

Enemy At the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad

Penguin??Books

Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million men and women. It was perhaps the single most important engagement of World War II and signalled the beginning of the end of the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler. Based on 100s of interviews with survivors of the battle, this text presents the story of the bloody battle.

Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad

Barnes&Noble Books

A classic work of World War II history that brings to vivid, dramatic life one of the bloodiest battles ever fought—and the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.
On August 5, 1942, giant pillars of dust rose over the Russian steppe, marking the advance of the 6th Army, an elite German combat unit dispatched by Hitler to capture the industrial city of Stalingrad and press on to the oil fields of Azerbaijan. The Germans were supremely confident; in three years, they had not suffered a single defeat. The Luftwaffe had already bombed the city into ruins. German soldiers hoped to complete their mission and be home in time for Christmas.
The siege of Stalingrad lasted five months, one week, and three days. Nearly two million men and women died, and the 6th Army was completely destroyed. Considered by many historians to be the turning point of World War II in Europe, the Soviet Army's victory foreshadowed Hitler's downfall and the rise of a communist superpower.
Bestselling author William Craig spent five years researching this epic clash of military titans, traveling to three continents in order to review documents and interview hundreds of survivors. Enemy at the Gates is the enthralling result: the definitive account of one of the most important battles in world history. The book was the inspiration for the 2001 film of the same name, starring Joseph Fiennes and Jude Law.

Enemy at the Gates

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

Asia

Two madmen, Hitler and Stalin, engaged in a death struggle that would determine the course of history at staggering cost of human life. Craig has written the definitive book on one of the most terrible battles ever fought. With 24 pages of photos.

Konecky&Konecky

The struggle to halt Hitler's domination of Europe was long and hard fought. In North Africa and Stalingrad the Allies turned the tide on the German juggernaut, preparing the way for the Normandy invasion and the final push to Berlin. The Fate of Europe presents the work of four distinguished historians. Taken together their analyses of these decisive campaigns show that the defeat of Hitler was by no means certain, and that underlying momentous events are acts of heroism and great personal sacrifice.

World War II:The Fate of Europe Four Book Box Set (The Fall of Berlin, Rommel's War in Africa, Decision in Normandy, Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad)

CARLO D'ESTE

Wolf Heckmann

Anthony Read and David Fisher

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