War, combat and military adventure fiction

Gerhard Ehlert gehört zu den wenigen Überlebenden der Elite-Flugeinheit der Nachtfernaufklärer für den Bereich Russland im Zweiten Weltkrieg.

War and American Literature examines representations of war throughout American literary history.

In the latest addition to the History of Military Aviation series, Peter Dye describes how the development of the air weapon on the Western Front during World War I required a radical and unprecedented change in the way that national resources were employed to exploit a technological opportunity.

This is a compelling account of the First World War.

A highly illustrated history of the development and operation of the first British tanks, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of their introduction in World War I.

A major new history of Churchill in the 1930s, showing how his meetings at Chartwell, his country home, strengthened his fight against the Nazis In the 1930s, amidst an impending crisis in Europe, Winston Churchill found himself out of government and with little power.

Tomorrow morning, you and Frank Armitage are getting wed.

This vividly written account of the epic four-year campaign is "e;particularly worth reading [for] aspects of the Great War rarely discussed in other texts"e; -Roads to the Great WarThe annals of the First World War record the Argonne Forest as the epicenter of the famous Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918, the largest American operation launched against the Germans during the conflict.

After the World War ended, the families of the American war dead were faced with a difficult choice.

The author of Sophie’s Choice, “the foremost writer of his generation,” portrays a rebellion by two marines on a miles-long march in the Carolina heat (The Wall Street Journal).

An epic saga of love, blood, and destiny in twentieth-century Vietnam: ';This superb novel could well be the War and Peaceof our age' (San Francisco Chronicle).

This book offers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the history of passports, border surveillance, border crossing, and other elements of European border regimes in the 20th century.

How can we understand what caused World War I?

A landmark novel of the Vietnam WarThe men of the Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol—Stagg, Wolverine, Mopar, Marvel Kim, and Gonzales—are commando-style soldiers, called “Lurps” for short.

A noted World War I scholar examines the critical decisions and events that led to Germany's defeat, arguing that the German loss was caused by collapse at home as well as on the front.

Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of national unity.

The Royal Flying Corps, later the Royal Air Force, was formed in 1912 and went to war in 1914 where it played a vital role in reconnaissance, supporting the British Expeditionary Force as 'air cavalry' and also in combat, establishing air superiority over the Imperial German Air Force.

This book examines how the British people came to terms with the massive trauma of the First World War.

Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Challenge and Transformation has been approved by AQA and matched to the new 2015 specification.

A company of infantryman is one of the most powerful and versatile weapons at a nation's disposal.

Aquella fatídica mañana ninguno de los profesores congregados, que ya se agrupaban en dos bandos irreconciliables, logró advertir —cuando algunos llegaban a los puños, entre los gritos y el repicar de la lluvia—, el ruido de los bototos, que a toda carrera repicaban por la escala, ni el empujón a la puerta por la que ingresaron los uniformados con carabinas en ristre.

Das Standardwerk des renommierten Historikers Manfried Rauchensteiner zum Ersten Weltkrieg liegt nach gemeinsamer Überarbeitung mit dem Journalisten Josef Broukal jetzt auch in komprimierter Form vor: für den raschen Überblick, verständlich geschrieben und spannend zu lesen.

A masterwork of World War I short stories portraying the experiences of Marines in battle.

Despite the increasingly futile, bloody struggles for territory that had characterised the Eastern Front the previous year, the German and Austro-Hungarian commands held high hopes for 1916.

In 1903 Tsar Nicholas II issued a decree allowing the confiscation of Armenian Church property, marking the low point in relations between imperial Russia and its Armenian subjects.

Much has been written about the British aircraft of the First World War, but little has surfaced about the aircraft of the Axis powers, Germany and Austria.

The Russo-Japanese War was in essence a colonial conflict between the expanding interests of Russia and Japan in East Asia.

In this, the first fully documented study of British and Irish popular reactions to the outbreak of the First World War, Catriona Pennell explores UK public opinion of the time, successfully challenging post-war constructions of 'war enthusiasm' in the British case, and disengagement in the Irish.

To what extent did a perceived morality crisis play a role in the dramatic events of the last years of the Ottoman Empire?

The unforgettable, haunting story of a young womans perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother, in the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writer Set in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel takes readers into the everyday lives of the Kurds.

The year of 1914 had been a difficult one for the British Expeditionary Force, the war that had started in August had not been over by the expected time of Christmas.

How did Benito Mussolini come to fascism?

With the stroke of a pen, the signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918 promised a World of peace and cooperation.

John Reed was one of America's most dynamic journalists during the World War I decade.

Trench Knives and Mustard Gas: With the 42nd Rainbow Division in France is the memoir of a soldier on the front lines of World War I.

Peu de personnes connaissent l’intervention des forces alliées et associées en Russie entre 1918 et 1920.

This book provides a concise set of thirteen essays looking at various aspects of the British left, movements of protest and the cumulative impact of the First World War.

The Great War offers a gripping narrative, richly illustrated by seldom-seen images.

Spring, 1981.

"e;This book is a work of detail and scholars can now envision the campaigns and battles of the First World War from a high-level German perspective.

This is the story of men from either side of West Belfast's sectarian divide during the Great War.

Stalingrad: Die vielleicht schrecklichste, monströseste, grausamste Schlacht der Weltgeschichte.

The British Empire played a crucial part in the First World War, supplying hundreds of thousands of soldiers and labourers as well as a range of essential resources, from foodstuffs to minerals, mules, and munitions.

Die Geschichte des Ersten Weltkrieges entdecken und verstehenWarum wurde er "ein Krieg, der alle Kriege beenden sollte" genannt?

Three young paratroopers fall under question following a series of thefts during the Vietnam War in this novella by the author of This Boy's Life.

Frampton Remembers World War I tells the story of a Gloucestershire village during the First World War, and how its inhabitants individually and collectively contributed towards victory.

Haya Tedeschi espera junto a un cesto repleto de cartas, fotografías, recortes, versos, testimonios, listados.

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