Douglas Botting

Profusely illustrated text depicts the aftermath of World War II in Europe, including the detentions and trials and the refugee problems.

Text and photographs survey the planning and execution of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Germanoccupied Europe on June 6, 1944.

Discusses the lives and deeds of Henry Every, Stede Bonnet, John Rackam, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and other pirates.

Learn about the history of submarine warfare.

Describes the development, flights, and disasters of the giant airships of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Chronicles the fate of the wealth of the Third Reich buried in the Bavarian mountains near the end of the war and looted by former Nazis and American soldiers in the chaos of defeat.