European history

Very Special Ships is the first full-length book about the six Abdiel-class fast minelayers, the fastest and most versatile ships to serve in the Royal Navy in the Second World War.

In 1688, a vast fleet of 463 ships, twice the size of the Spanish Armada, put to sea from Holland.

Le Bataillon du Pacifique vit le jour en avril 1941, au lendemain des ralliements des Nouvelles-Hébrides, des Établissements français d'Océanie et de la Nouvelle-Calédonie au général de Gaulle.

"e;As combat veterans and high commanders know, logic is often a stranger in wartime.

Following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Germany was not permitted to build or operate submarines.

The third and final volume in Tony Lurcock's series of compilations of British eye-witness accounts of Finland from the mid-18th century.

Tadeusz Komorowski was born in 1895 in Galicia, a region then ruled by the Austrians, and he served in the Austro-Hungarian Army in the First World War.

Cette guerre dont la menace planait déjà va bouleverser la vie de la famille de l'auteure et celle de toute une région tant de fois déchirée, conquise et reconquise, mais riche de deux cultures.

Violence exploding in public spaces, corruption by political figures and economic elites, the will of the people thwarted in both elections and votes in the senate, military misadventures abroad, and rampant economic inequality at home diminishing a shared sense of the common good - in sum, a republic in disarray.

"La déflagration intérieure provoquée par la disparition de mes parents fut si violente que ses traces disparurent au fond de moi pour très longtemps.

Tout dirigeant d’une société de quelque importance, entre 1940 et 1944, était-il condamné à « travailler » pour l’Allemagne ?

The Spiritual Travelers Travel GuideA must read before a trip.

This book gives a radically new reading of Russia s cultural history.

“This powerful book of cultural criticism” by the renowned art historian “shines a harsh light on” a historic city’s destruction in the name of profit (The Washington Post).

On the morning of February 24, 1942, on the Black Sea near Istanbul, an explosion ripped through a decrepit former cattle barge filled with Jewish refugees.

« Goebbels, c'est du pus !

Offering Bible Readings and prayers for each day, this devotional is perfect for individuals, congregations, households, or small groups.

Le blocus de la colonie française de la Côte Française des Somalis et plus particulièrement de son port, Djibouti, entre 1940 et 1942, est l'histoire d'une guerre fratricide entre Français libres et Français de Vichy.

Peu après le départ de la féroce division allemande Das Reich de Figeac, la "division fantôme", tout aussi sanguinaire, fut chargée de continuer la lutte contre les Résistants.

Arrêté avec quatre de ses camarades pour activités communistes, Albert-Joseph di Fusco, cantonnier temporaire à la mairie du XVe arrondissement de Paris, avait été condamné à 20 ans de travaux forcés.

Private Dan Jones was captured by Nazi sergeants in a smoke-filled forest in Holland.

Known to millions as the imperious matriarch of Bridgerton’s court, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was still a teenager when she was chosen to be the bride of King George III.

Since antiquity, European Jewish diaspora communities have used formal appeals to secular and religious authorities to secure favors or protection.

Cet ouvrage retrace les souvenirs de Herbert Geschwind liés aux évènements de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, de la découverte de la France et de la Riviera française après son exil d'Autriche en 1938.

Le 11 avril 1945, plus de 3000 déportés à bout de force espèrent leur libération dans deux petites gares ferroviaires perdues au fin fond de l'Allemagne nazie.

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L'auteur livre ici l'histoire de son père, Marcel Autant.

St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, is said to be "e;as remarkable a church as any in Wales, despite the ravages of time"e; (Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd).

Describes the Desert Fox's preparation for military greatness, his rise to prominence, and his early campaigns in Africa.

This is Ken Wharton's second oral history of the Northern Ireland troubles told again from the perspective of the ordinary British soldier.

Explores Irish nationalism in Britain, from the politics of John Redmond to the political violence of Michael Collins.

Dans une France libérée mais exsangue matériellement et moralement, une tâche immense attend le général de Gaulle : le jugement de la collaboration, indispensable au rétablissement de l'autorité de l'État et œuvre de régénérescence de la nation.

Deux récits autobiographiques d'une forte authenticité nous sont ici proposés : le premier, L'exode de l'été 1940, décrit la capitulation, l'humiliation, la naissance de l'esprit de la Résistance au sein d'une France plongée dans la tourmente de l'invasion des troupes allemandes.

The first half of a two-part study on Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's plan to invade Soviet Russia during World War II, and what went wrong.

Le 19 juin 1940, les troupes allemandes s'installent à Angers.

In 1071 Muslim Turks crushed the Byzantine Emperor’s Anatolian army at Manzikert.

In this important new book the renowned historian Serge Gruzinski returns to two episodes in the sixteenth century which mark a decisive stage in global history and show how China and Mexico experienced the expansion of Europe.

After the Allies had defeated the Japanese in the Solomons and the Dutch East Indies, the capture of the Philippines became General MacArthur’s next objective.

War is the story of individuals painted into a broader tapestry of overpowering events.

The Crushing of Army Group North 1944-45 on the Eastern Front tells the story in words and images of the last bitter months fought on Russian soil and the battle of the Baltic States that ensued.

In February 2014, Russia initiated a war in Ukraine, its reasons for aggression unclear.

Cet ouvrage s'intéresse aux moments indécis de 1940.

10 Mai 1940 c'est la guerre.

Trois femmes, témoins de la Shoah racontent leur expérience à des élèves.

The German Afrika Korps was an outstanding military organisation that experienced both the height of glory and the depth of defeat in the Western Desert campaign.

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