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.
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.
The period of reform, revolution, and reaction that characterized seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe also witnessed an intensified interest in lesbians.
Geoffrey Ashe skillfully weaves all the different accounts, legends, literature, historical documents into one continuous narrative that recreates in intriguing detail all the rulers and events, real or mythical, that are part of the rich tapestry of early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.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
L'auteur montre dans cette monographie la position problématique des fonctionnaires plus soucieux du « principe d'obéissance » que de l'« éthique » – propre à les conduire à imposer des limites à leur devoir d'obéissance voire, pour certains, à résister.
Français à part entière la veille, indigène israélite d'Algérie le lendemain, l'abrogation du décret Crémieux le 7 octobre 1940 frappe le jeune Raymond Ellouz, venu d'Alger à Paris pour étudier la musique sacrée juive.
Entre 1942 et 1945, l'Afrique française du Nord a connu le taux de mobilisation le plus élevé jamais enregistré dans les annales de l'histoire militaire de France.
The assault guns and tank destroyers deployed by the Wehrmacht during the Second World War are not as famous as tanks like the Tiger and Panther, but they were remarkably successful, and they are the subject of Anthony Tucker-Jones's wide-ranging photographic history.
While there is a perennial interest in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars and in Nelson himself, there is no reference work that chronicles all the captains of his ships, their social origins, their characters and the achievements in their lives beyond their service under Nelson.
Operation Höss or Aktion Höss was the codename for the mass deportation of Hungarian Jews and their murder in the gas chambers of Birkenau extermination camp.
Born in 1765, third son of King George III and Queen Charlotte, Prince William, Duke of Clarence, initially had little expectation of succeeding to the British throne.
Operation Market Garden – the Allied airborne invasion of German-occupied Holland in September 1944 – is one of the most famous and controversial Allied failures of the Second World War.
It is June 1815 and an Anglo-led Allied army under the Duke of Wellington’s command and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher is set to face Napoleon Boneparte near Waterloo in present-day Belgium.
