An overview of Swansea's experience during World War II, set out in a single volume for the first time. The port and industries of Swansea were key targets for the Nazis. From the start, the town prepared...
Vividly captures wartime Ireland through over 200 hand-colorized photos, revealing everyday life during extraordinary times with insightful captions by historian Michael B. Barry.The Emergency in Colour brings...
The Untold Stories of the Ordinary Heroes Who Resisted Hitler
by Clodagh Finn and John Morgan
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780717191352
Pub Date: 2024-12-05
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Gill Books
368 Pages
Highlights the untold stories of Irish men and women who bravely joined the WWII Resistance, risking everything to defy Nazi occupation and aid Allied forces across Europe.In June 1940, the fall of...
Comprehensive account of the part played by Wales in the Second World War, looking at the impact of the conflict on every area of the country and from the perspective of all involved: civilians, factory workers, children (both those evacuated to and those from Wales), national and regional politicians, soldiers, pacifists, writers, and more.
When Mary Curran became suspicious of hairdresser Jessie Jordan’s frequent trips to Nazi Germany in 1937, she could not have known that she would become one of the world’s most successful amateur spycatchers. This is her untold true story, the story of how a Nazi spy’s letter, intercepted in Scotland, broke spy rings across Europe and America.
A Visual History of the Irish Defence Forces. 1939-1945
by Daniel Ayiotis
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 9781916137530
Pub Date: 2020-07-22
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wordwell Books
200 Pages
In September 1939 the Second World War broke out. The fact that Ireland remained neutral in the conflict is well known. What is far less well-known is that from 1939 onwards Ireland prepared to defend itself from invasion. Combining many previously unseen photographs and documents and with a text based on research in Defence Forces and official arc
In 1943, 32 Irish POWs refused a Gestapo request to work for Germany. They were sent to a labor camp, where they were starved, beaten, and forced to dig the foundations for a Nazi super-structure. This is the gripping story of Harry Callan's capture, resistance and liberation and his quest to honor the forgotten heroes of Bunker Valentin.
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