Military History / World War 2

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...

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.

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.

The harrowing autobiography of former World War II Prisoner of War D. T. Davies of Dryslwyn, Carmarthenshire. An English adaptation of Dianc i Ryddid.

Dublin Nazi No.1 is a revealing biography by Gerry Mullins of the extraordinary life of Dr Adolf Mahr, who was head of the National Museum of Ireland and also the head of the Nazi Party in Ireland....

Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty was an Irish Oskar Schindler who saved over 6,500 lives during the German occupation of Rome in the Second World War. He was immortalised in the film The Scarlet and the Black with Gregory Peck as O'Flaherty and was awarded high honors.