Arthur Max Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

A unique illustrated biography of the greatest Briton, in association with Churchill Heritage, now released in paperback for the first time.

Bestselling author Max Arthur's landmark oral history of the Battle of Britain, sharing the voices of those who were there. After the fall of France in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now stood alone to face Hitler's inevitable invasion attempt. For the German Army to be landed across the Channel, Hitler needed mastery of the skies — the RAF would have to be broken — so every day, throughout the summer, German bombers pounded the RAF air bases in the southern counties. Greatly outnumbered by the Luftwaffe, the pilots of RAF Fighter Command scrambled as many as five times a day, and civilians watched skies criss-crossed with the contrails from the constant dogfights between Spitfires and Me-109s. Britain's very freedom depended on the outcome of that summer's battle. Britain's air defences were badly battered and nearly broken, but against all odds, 'The Few', as they came to be known, bought Britain's freedom — many with their lives. These are the personal accounts of the pilots who fought and survived that battle. We will not see their like again. From the Trade Paperback edition.

For the first time, acclaimed oral historian Max Arthur has gathered together the voices of the 'Dambusters', including Guy Gibson, commander of the mission and Barnes Wallis, who developed the iconic Bouncing Bomb.

From the author of the bestselling Forgotten Voices of the Great War comes a final look at the last 21 living British veterans of the First World War. These interviews, conducted in 2004, will never be repeated, as the youngest was 106 years old, and most are now gone. These first-person accounts follow the young soldiers from their homes throughout Britain to the raging battles while in the service of the Royal Field Artillery, Black Watch, Royal Navy, and others. These combat experiences should never be forgotten.

Het geluidsarchief van het Imperial War Museum bevat talloze interviews met soldaten, matrozen, piloten en burgers van verschillende nationaliteiten, die allen de Tweede Wereldoorlog hebben meegemaakt. Historicus Max Arthur spendeerde met zijn team van onderzoekers honderden uren in dit archief en ontdekte veel materiaal waar nooit meer naar geluisterd was sinds het archief was opgericht. Het resultaat is de eerste complete orale geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog, opgetekend in chronologische volgorde - vanaf het begin van de oorlog via belangrijke episodes als Pearl Harbour, de oorlog met Japan en D-Day, tot de veldtocht in Duitsland zelf. De verhalen van Vergeten stemmen van de Tweede Wereldoorlog zijn aangrijpend en levendig. Deze unieke verzameling van honderden persoonlijke verhalen brengt een van de meest traumatische periodes uit de menselijke geschiedenis opnieuw tot leven.

In 1960 a team of archivists from the Imperial War Museum began the task of tracking down ordinary World War I veterans and interviewing them in detail about their war experiences. This text includes first-hand experiences from German, US, Canadian and ANZ soldiers.