Routledge Studies in Second World War History
About the Book Series
The Second World War remains today the most seismic political event of the past hundred years, an unimaginable unpheaval that impacted upon every country on earth and is fully ingrained in the consciousness of the world's citizens. Traditional narratives of the conflict are entrenched to such a degree that new research takes on an ever important role in helping us make sense of World War II. Aiming to bring to light the results of new archival research and exploring notions of memory, propaganda, genocide, empire and culture, Routledge Studies in Second World War History sheds new light on the causes, events and legacy of global war.
German Prisoners of the Second World War in the United States
1st Edition
By Amy C. Hudnall
March 25, 2026
German Prisoners of the Second World War in the United States examines the complex lives of German POWs held on American soil during WWII, exploring camp policies, internal conflicts, and their lasting impact on prisoner mental health. This comprehensive historical analysis reveals the untold story...
Holocaust History, Holocaust Memory: Jewish Poland and Polish Jews, During and After the Holocaust
1st Edition
Edited
By Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz, Lea Ganor
December 26, 2025
This volume is both a study of the history of Polish Jews and Jewish Poland before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust and a collection of personal explorations focusing on the historians who write about these subjects. While the first three parts of the book focus on "text," the broad ...
Flight and Rescue from Norway during the Holocaust
1st Edition
By Paul R. Bartrop
December 12, 2025
This book fills a lacuna in the English-language literature dealing with Norway and the Holocaust by focusing on how Norwegian Jews, and those who facilitated their rescue, remembered the experience of their departure and passage across hostile territory to sanctuary in Sweden. After Norway was ...
Jerusalem in the Second World War
1st Edition
By Daphna Sharfman
November 28, 2025
This book is the first to present the unique story of the city of Jerusalem during the events of the Second World War and how it played a unique role in both the military and civilian aspects of the war. Whilst Jerusalem is usually known for topics such as religion, archaeology, or the politics of ...
Evacuee Encounters on the Soviet Home Front During the Second World War
1st Edition
By Natalie Belsky
September 29, 2025
This study is the first to examine the experiences of the millions of Soviet civilians evacuated to the interior of the country during the Second World War in the context of their encounters and relations with local communities and populations across Soviet Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Siberia, and ...
The Crisis of British Sea Power: The Collapse of a Naval Hegemon 1942
1st Edition
By James Levy
September 29, 2025
This work is a close examination of the conditions surrounding and precipitating the last gasp of British naval hegemony and events that led to its demise. Great Britain undertook a massive naval building program in the late-1930s in order to deter aggression and secure dominance at sea against ...
Warlord Hitler: With Reference to the Campaign in Southern Russia in 1942
1st Edition
By Alan Donohue
September 29, 2025
This book is a study of Adolf Hitler in his role as military commander and strategist from the beginning of the Second World War until the end of 1942, examining in detail the campaign in southern Russia that year. The thesis challenges the post-war narrative of Hitler as a dilettante who was ...
Hitler's Party Comrades: The NSDAP Party Members, 1919–1945
1st Edition
By Jürgen W. Falter
August 19, 2025
This study is the first to analyze both the Nazi party’s membership development and composition, as well as the motives for joining and the exoneration strategies of former party members chosen during the denazification process. This book examines how many members joined the party between 1919...
Escaping Nazi Europe: Understanding the Experiences of Belgian Soldiers and Civilians in World War II
1st Edition
By Bernard Wilkin, Bob Moore
July 31, 2025
This book chronicles the escapes attempted by Belgian soldiers and civilians from Nazi-occupied Europe during the Second World War. Insofar as is practical, the authors have tried to let the subjects speak for themselves by making extensive use of their testimonies preserved in archives in Belgium ...
Memories of the Second World War in Neutral Europe, 1945–2023
1st Edition
Edited
By Manuel Bragança, Peter Tame
July 31, 2025
This edited volume is a sequel to, and a development of, The Long Aftermath: Cultural Legacies of Europe at War, 1936–2016 (2016). It focuses on the six major European countries and states that remained officially neutral throughout the Second World War, namely Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, ...
The Allied Bombing of Central Italy: The Restoration of the Nile Mosaic and Sanctuary of Fortuna at Palestrina
1st Edition
By Teresa Fava Thomas
July 31, 2025
The Allied Bombing of Central Italy examines the results of the Second World War Allied bombing campaign on Palestrina and Rome, Italy, and the long-term impact of the war on the mountainside town and on the Barberini family's art collection including the Nile Mosaic. It explores the history and ...
Emotions in Yiddish Ghetto Diaries: Encountering Persecutors and Questioning Humanity
1st Edition
By Amy Simon
December 19, 2024
This book uses an empathic reading of Yiddish diarists’ feelings, evaluations, and assessments about persecutors in the Warsaw, Lodz, and Vilna ghettos to present an emotional history of persecution in the Nazi ghettos. It re-centers the daily experiences of psychological and physical violence ...