Adrian Weale Livres

At the end of World War II, nearly 200 British citizens were investigated for aiding Nazi Germany. While figures like William Joyce and John Amery gained notoriety, this meticulously researched study reveals a much larger and intriguing narrative. Drawing from original documents, eyewitness accounts, and intelligence files, the author traces the history of treason during the war, starting with Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists, through wartime activities, and subsequent MI5 investigations that led to trials, imprisonment, and executions of traitors. Since its initial publication in 1994, new files from the Public Records Office and MI5 have been released, prompting a revision that enhances its comprehensiveness and authority. Historians will find new insights, including the complete account of the British Free Corps, a Waffen-SS unit of British subjects, along with the identities of its members, some of whom were interviewed for this study. The book also uncovers the remarkable story of a conman who joined the Special Air Service, informed on fellow POWs, and later fought with the Waffen-SS, as well as a British spinster who worked with the Gestapo in France. Despite being deemed dangerous, German attempts to recruit British traitors were largely unsuccessful, largely due to a British Fascist turned double agent operating within the Third Reich.

A study of the evolution of special forces from nineteenth century imperialists to the SAS. Weale examines the record of special forces in war and peace, counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism, explaining what they do, why they do it and whether they are effective and worth their high cost in effort, resources and ultimately lives.

The definitive history of the SS by an acclaimed expert -- out now in paperback

Illustrated throughout and including inside information on the kit you'll need, the food you should eat and how to cope with injury, this is the comprehensive insider's guide to the fitness methods of the British Army, as employed by the SAS, Paratroopers and Commandos.

By the time the Nazi interlude in German history came to a close, almost everything in the country had been destroyed. But, despite the millions of refugees and wrecked homes, and the dereliction of German industry, it was all rebuilt surprisingly quickly. Germany once more became a leading technological nation. German artists and writers emerged from hiding and resumed their work. But one thing was never repaired. When the Nazis took over Germany, German science was the best in the world. Despite all efforts to revive it, it has never recovered. This book looks at the often dubious work German scientists undertook during the Nazi era, especially in the fields of biology, medicine, aeronautics and nuclear physics, and chronicles the ultimate decline and death of German science

O historii SS napisano już wiele. Może się wydawać, ze ta jedna z najważniejszych formacji militarnych Trzeciej Rzeszy nie kryje już żadnych tajemnic. W rzeczywistości jednak SS należy do najmniej poznanych organizacji hitlerowskich. Ponad sześćdziesiąt lat od rozwiązania jej obraz nadal jest niepełny. Autor tych na nowo pisanych dziejów Schutztaffel Adrian Weale nie tworzy kolejnej historii działań bojowych. Opierając się na niedostępnych wcześniej materiałach, w tym niedawno ujawnionych aktach wywiadu, podejmuje próbę wyjaśnienia realiów, w jakich powstała SS, analizuje jej ideologię, proces decyzyjny i strategie realizacji celów. Ukazuje piętno, jakie na jej członkach odcisnęły nazistowskie idee aryjskiej supremacji, eugeniki i Lebensraumu. Zbrodnie popełnione przez SS są tak potworne, że dziś trudne do wyobrażenia. Niniejsza książka to próba zrozumienia, jak i dlaczego do nich doszło.