European history

Fin décembre 1942, une petite fille s'échappe du ghetto de Varsovie.

Over the past 25 years, J rgen Habermas has presented what is arguably the most coherent and wide-ranging defence of the project of European unification and of parallel developments towards a politically integrated world society.

Septembre 1939.

Mistress of everything examines how indigenous people across Britain's settler colonies engaged with Queen Victoria in their lives and predicaments, incorporated her into their political repertoires, and implicated her as they sought redress for the effects of imperial expansion during her long reign.

Sympathisant avant la guerre de 1939-1945 de l'Action française, Robert Daël est confronté au choc d'une défaite aussi rapide que brutale qui l'envoie jusqu'en Prusse orientale puis au Stalag XA à Schleswig, au nord de l'Allemagne.

La guerre de 14-18 avait été la der des der.

" J'en suis revenu n'ayant pris aucun engagement, n'ayant rien cédé et n'ayant rien promis.

Ce livre en 2 tomes met au jour pour la première fois, l'essentiel des "Écrits de Jean Moulin" lui-même, puisque seul avait paru, posthume et préfacé par le Général de Gaulle, "Premier combat", en 1947 aux éditions de Minuit.

It was the most magnificent court in Europea world of fairy-tale opulence, ornate architecture, sophisticated fashion, extravagant luxury, and immense power.

Avec cet essai, l'auteur revient sur ces voix lumineuses de l'écriture recluses dans l'ombre qui ont porté leurs regards au-delà de l'espace et au-delà du temps de l'histoire immédiate.

Drawing upon the most recent discoveries and scholarship in archaeology and the first-century Near East, The Dawn of Christianity reveals how a beleaguered group of followers of a crucified rabbi became the founders of a world-changing faith.

Quels sont les événements qui ont conduit ces deux hommes à se séparer définitivement, à Bordeaux, en se serrant une dernière fois la main, en silence, quelques heures avant l'Appel du 18 juin et la signature de l'Armistice ?

Les Peintres, c'est ainsi que les nazis ont nommé les membres du réseau de résistance "La Rose blanche", parce qu'ils recouvraient les murs d'inscriptions telles que "A bas la dictature !

A partir d'archives rares, de témoignages Xavier Riaud analyse l'idéologie nazie dans la société allemande à partir d'une étude sur les dentistes allemands.

Set deep in the heart of the Masurian woods of northern Poland, in what was formally East Prussia, lies a vast complex of ruined bunkers and shelters that once constituted Hitler’s headquarters – the Wolfsschanze or Wolf’s Lair – for Germany’s attack upon the Soviet Union in 1941.

“We waited in silence, each man occupied with his own secret thoughts and no doubt wrestling with his own secret fears.

Dans le quartier Montparnasse à Paris, tout le monde connaît la Maison Guibor, entreprise familiale de confection.

During the Second World War a number of industries in Dundee were of importance to the war effort.

A history of 1805’s Battle of Trafalgar between the British Royal Navy and the joint forces of the French and Spanish navies.

L'auteur relate ici sa jeunesse heureuse, son parcours entre la France, la Belgique et la Scandinavie avant l'engagement de toute sa famille dans la Résistance et sa déportation.

A history of the gas mask in Germany from first use in combat in 1915 to the eve of the Second World War.

The award-winning historian's acclaimed account of British sea power throughout WWII: "e;a must-read for anyone interested in Naval warfare"e; (PowerShips magazine).

The Battle for Mametz Wood is normally associated with the endeavours of the 38th Welsh Division and was the first of those great battles to secure possession of the woodlands of the Somme.

Margit n'a que 19 ans quand la Grande Guerre lui ravit Kálmán, l'amour de sa vie.

Été 1990.

The period of reform, revolution, and reaction that characterized seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe also witnessed an intensified interest in lesbians.

In World War II, the U.

This is a unique, eye-witness account of everyday life right at the heart of the Nazi extermination machine.

The M7 Howitzer Motor Carriage, dubbed the Priest, was the most successful and widely used example of American self-propelled artillery during WWII.

Geoffrey Ashe skillfully weaves all the different accounts, legends, literature, historical documents into one continuous narrative that recreates in intriguing detail all the rulers and events, real or mythical, that are part of the rich tapestry of early history in Britain.

The first volume of the tactical and operational history of World War II Germany’s fourth SS-Panzerkorps division and its leader.

This major work retraces the emergence and development of the Bourgeois public sphere - that is, a sphere which was distinct from the state and in which citizens could discuss issues of general interest.

Critical Acclaim for TOP SECRET TALES of World War II"e;A book for rainy days and long solitary nights by the fire.

'A groundbreaking and important book that will surely reframe our understanding of the Great War' David Lammy'A genuinely groundbreaking piece of research' BBC History'Meticulously researched and beautifully written' Military History MonthlyIn a sweeping narrative, David Olusoga describes how Europe's Great War became the World's War a multi-racial, multi-national struggle, fought in Africa and Asia as well as in Europe, which pulled in men and resources from across the globe.

Ancient Greece comes alive in this recreation of the daily lives of ordinary people-men and women, children and the elderly, slaves and foreigners, rich and poor.

Combat history of the U.

“From Pearl Harbor to Leyte Gulf and Okinawa to Iwo Jima, the stories are presented as the individual soldiers, sailors, and marines lived them.

Traditionally, Germany has been considered a minor player in Pacific history: its presence there was more limited than that of other European nations, and whereas its European rivals established themselves as imperial forces beginning in the early modern era, Germany did not seriously pursue colonialism until the nineteenth century.

It was an 'open and shut' case.

This gripping history details the remarkable exploits of a Commando and Special Operations Executive operative during the Second World War.

This new book tells the story of the Ocean class of standard cargo ships, their design, building, and careers, and the author places them firmly in the context of the battle of the Atlantic which was raging at the time of the first launchings.

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are usually treated as autonomous religions, but in fact across the long course of their histories the three religions have developed in interaction with one another.

Ce récit est celui d'une rencontre entre un jeune Français et un officier allemand durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Voici le destin difficile d’un jeune Alsacien devant abandonner famille et études, n’ayant eu d’autres choix que de vêtir tour à tour l’uniforme des deux camps et forcé à survivre dans un monde auquel rien ne le prédestinait afin de partir en guerre.

Sabine Olewkowiez Cann part à la recherche des traces de cet homme dont elle porte le nom.

Ce livre présente les témoignages d'une vingtaine de vétérans de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, héros modestes qui, malgré les atteintes de l'âge, ont conservé une jeunesse de coeur et d'esprit, mais aussi la simplicité et l'optimisme de leur engagement d'hier.