Dans ce livre, l'auteur raconte avec sa gouaille de titi parisien, sa pudeur, mais aussi avec beaucoup de sobriété, son quotidien de gamin du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, pendant l'Occupation allemande.
Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia.
Geoffrey Ashe skillfully weaves all the different accounts, legends, literature, historical documents into one continuous narrative that recreates in intriguing detail all the rulers and events, real or mythical, that are part of the rich tapestry of early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.
Here at last is a history of England that is designed to entertain as well as inform and that will delight the armchair traveler, the tourist or just about anyone interested in history.
La prise d'Alger par les Alliés dans la nuit du 7 au 8 novembre 1942 ne fut pas le simple coup de main envisagé par la Royal Navy, qui y perdit deux destroyers.
Cet ouvrage retrace les souvenirs de Maurice Gabolde, dernier Garde des Sceaux du gouvernement de Vichy couchés sur le papier au cours de son exil en Espagne.
Lively tales of aerial combat in the legendary Typhoon fighter History of the plane and the men who flew it in World War II Based on interviews with the pilots themselves The Typhoon fighter played a pivotal role in the Allies' success in the air and on the ground in World War II, from the Normandy beachhead to the Battle of the Bulge and the final battle for Germany.
Quatre diplomates français, Jules Blondel, Henri Roux, Charles Colonna-Césari et le marquis Edgar de Kergariou, au péril de leur vie, ont aidé, protégé et sauvé de nombreuses vies de l'enfer nazi.
Reconstituer l'itinéraire de ces deux personnages, de l'enfance au grand âge, permet de mettre en lumière de nombreux aspects de la France des années 30, de la Résistance à la Déportation, de même que des conflits de mémoire actuels et des débats sur l'écriture de l'histoire.
This monumental seven-volume encyclopedia, prepared by the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, describes the universe of camps and ghettos-more than 20,000 in all-that the Nazis and their allies operated, from Norway to North Africa and from France to Russia.
*; Action-packed stories of legendary tank soldiers in combat *; You-are-there approach lets readers relive the experiences of German panzer crews *; First time in English With the same drama and attention to detail that made Panzer Aces (978-0-8117-3173-7) and Panzer Aces II (978-0-8117-3175-1) such thrilling reads, Franz Kurowski tells the stories of more German armored officers during World War II.
Race in 20th-century German history is an inescapable topic, one that has been defined overwhelmingly by the narratives of degeneracy that prefigured the Nuremberg Laws and death camps of the Third Reich.
When asked to conjure an impression of the 'typical fighter pilot', you may be inclined to think of the confident, extroverted, gregarious type, rallying his men and flying in the pursuit of victory.
Ce livre retrace le cheminement de Georg Elser, simple menuisier, qui planifia l'attentat le plus stupéfiant destiné à éliminer Hitler et la direction du parti nazi lors de la commémoration de l'anniversaire du putsch de la brasserie à Munich.
Le 15 mai 1940, Robert, « petit Parigot et bureaucrate », tel qu'il se définit, est fait prisonnier non loin de Hannappes, dans les Ardennes françaises.
More than an account of Churchill's momentous meetings with Roosevelt, Stalin and other leaders at the height of the Second World War, this book illuminates the practicalities of transporting a prime minister through dangerous skies and across hostile oceans in a time of global war.
Drummer Richard Bentinck of the 23rd of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers) was a rarity: he survived many sanguinary experiences and recorded his adventures.
Après des années de recherches de lettres de soldats en guerre ou captivité pendant le dernier conflit avec l'Allemagne nazie, Jean-Pierre Duhard a pu réunir plus de 2200 correspondances émanant de 300 prisonniers, qui ont fourni la matière à cet ouvrage.
L'auteur s'intéresse au processus de l'oubli tel qu'il a pu se construire dès l'immédiate après-guerre, à partir des silences des principaux acteurs de l'époque, parmi lesquels nombre d'intellectuels.
A labourer, journalist and a professor who lived through four successive periods of German political history from the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and the Nazi state through to the German Democratic Republic Victor Klemperer is regarded as one of the most vivid witnesses to a tumultuous century of European history.
