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.
National Perspectives on the Global Second World War
1st Edition
Edited
By Ashley Jackson
October 09, 2024
This collection of essays, written by authors of different nationalities, explores the experiences of the countries that were not numbered among the Second World War’s major belligerents, including colonies, 'lesser' powers, and neutral nation states. The story of the war is often dominated by the...
Allied Air Attacks and Civilian Harm in Italy, 1940–1945: Bombing among Friends
1st Edition
By Matthew Evangelista
August 26, 2024
Tens of thousands of Italian civilians perished in the Allied bombing raids of World War II. More of them died after the Armistice of September 1943 than before, when the air attacks were intended to induce Italy’s surrender. Allied Air Attacks and Civilian Harm in Italy, 1940–1945 addresses this ...
Holocaust History, Holocaust Memory: Jewish Poland and Polish Jews, During and After the Holocaust
1st Edition
Edited
By Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz, Lea Ganor
March 12, 2024
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 ...
The Crisis of British Sea Power: The Collapse of a Naval Hegemon 1942
1st Edition
By James Levy
February 20, 2024
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 ...
Jerusalem in the Second World War
1st Edition
By Daphna Sharfman
December 28, 2023
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
December 19, 2023
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 ...
Warlord Hitler: With Reference to the Campaign in Southern Russia in 1942
1st Edition
By Alan Donohue
October 24, 2023
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 Allies: The Ramifications of Nazi Alliance Politics in World War II
1st Edition
By John P. Miglietta
September 25, 2023
This book examines the significance of alliances in the international system, focusing on the dynamics between great and regional powers, and on the alliances Nazi Germany made during World War II, and their implications for Germany. It examines a variety of case studies and looks at how each...
Jewish Art in Nazi Germany: The Jewish Cultural League in Bavaria
1st Edition
By Dana Smith
September 25, 2023
This book provides a social and cultural history of Jewish art in Nazi Germany, with a focus on the Jewish artists, art critics, and audiences in Nazi Bavaria. From the time of its conceptualization in the autumn of 1933 until its final curtain call in November 1938, the Jewish Cultural League in ...
Jewish Child Soldiers in the Bloodlands of Europe
1st Edition
By David M. Rosen
September 25, 2023
This book is about the experiences of Jewish children who were members of armed partisan groups in Eastern Europe during World War II and the Holocaust. It describes and analyze the role of children as activists, agents, and decision makers in a situation of extraordinary danger and stress. The ...
The Global Infrastructure of the Special Operations Executive
1st Edition
By Derwin Gregory
September 25, 2023
During the Second World War, the British government established the Special Operations Executive (SOE) for the purpose of coordinating ‘all action, by way of subversion and sabotage, against the enemy overseas’. Although the overseas operations of this branch of the British Secret Services are ...
Shoah and Torah
1st Edition
By David Patterson
May 31, 2023
Shoah and Torah systematically takes up the task of reading the Shoah through the lens of the Torah and the Torah through the lens of the Shoah.The investigation rests upon (1) the metaphysical standing that the Nazis ascribed to the Torah, (2) the obliteration of the Torah in the extermination of ...