European history

Otto, Landgrafensohn, soll nach dem Willen des Vaters Mönch werden.

* Édition Illustrée *"Ce n'est point une histoire que j'écris, mais un simple recueil de quelques usages et de quelques anecdotes de la cour de Louis XVI.

Je m'étonne toujours et je m'indigne, quand j'entends certains Français qui rentrent d'Alsace, et je ne me lasserai jamais de m'étonner et de m'indigner.

"e;Books and Bidders: The Adventures of a Bibliophile"e; by A.

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What would you dare trade for ultimate knowledge and power?

Journey through the grand tapestry of "e;War and Peace"e; by Leo Tolstoy, a monumental classic that intertwines the lives of aristocratic families amidst the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars.

Comme dans un roman picaresque, ce livre raconte l'enfance et la jeunesse d'une petite Viennoise chassée à travers l'Europe pendant la Shoah.

Richard Hughes was an artillery officer with the British Army in World War II.

Extremely rare (possibly the only) book-length account of a Soviet penal unit in World War II Gritty, intense style conveys the brutality of war on the Eastern Front Composed of convicts--soldiers who conducted "e;unauthorized retreats,"e; former Soviet POWs deemed untrustworthy, and Gulag prisoners--the Red Army's penal units received the most difficult, dangerous assignments, such as breaking through the enemy's defenses.

With more than 1,700 cross-referenced entries covering every aspect of World War II, the events and developments of the era, and myriad related subjects as well as a documents volume, this is the most comprehensive reference work available on the war.

Fondé sur des faits réels, ce livre raconte le destin singulier de Bernard Lacroix, un jeune Français déporté en Allemagne en 1943 pour avoir tenté d'échapper au Service du Travail Obligatoire, et disparu en avril 1945 pendant les « marches de la mort » qui ont marqué la fin de la libération des camps.

“The last few days have been days of intolerable tension.

Rare photographs from both official and unofficial SS sources illustrate the role of the individual in this epic struggle.

On 10 July 2018, exactly 100 years and 100 days after the formation of the world’s first independent air force, 103 aircraft of twenty-four types from twenty-five squadrons flew over London in the largest formation of military aircraft seen over the capital of the UK in nearly thirty years.

"Never have I had greater respect for soldiers than those of the 14th Army who served under Bill Slim, and in particular those guys who were in the Chindit columns.

Marion Deichmann est née quelques semaines avant l'avènement d'Hitler.

L'enfant est né avec la guerre, des hordes de barbares ont envahi le pays.

Il est facile de rejeter sur Hitler la responsabilité de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.