True Stories of The Second World War Author:Paul Dowswell Epic naval encounters between titanic warships, monumental battles involving hundreds of thousands of men, and duels between lone snipers facing almost certain death. These are just some of the dramatic tales in this collection of stories from the Second World War. For those who survived, it would remain the most intense and vivid experience of ... more »their lives.
"As dirty a business as the world has ever seen...": Brief introduction to the Second World War --
First and final voyage of the Bismarck: Germany's most famous battleship takes to the sea --
Cracking Enigma: Disentangling the German navy's secret code --
Death of a salesgirl: Short life of British secret agent, Violette Szabo --
Stalin's female "Falcons": Women who flew in the Soviet air force --
Book-keeper's storage problem: Adolf Eichmann oversees the Wannsee Conference on the Final Solution --
War of the rats: Lieutenant Zaitsev meets Major Thorwald in the rubble of Stalingrad --
Lost hero: Raoul Wallenberg's mercy mission to Hungary has an unexpected ending --
"...like running through rain and not getting wet.": Surviving the Battle of Iwo Jima --
Destroyer of worlds: Manhattan Project and the atom bomb attacks on Japan --
Alias "Uncle Ricardo": Hunt for Adolf Eichmann --
From Technicolor to black and white...: After the war ended« less