European history

Malta is one of the smallest nations in the world, yet has one of the longest histories of any country.

In 1918, the Germans launched the Spring Offensive.

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.

Jean Masbou, Figeacois miraculeusement épargné par la féroce division Das Reich, s'engagea à 18 ans dans la Résistance au moment du débarquement.

"e;The essays offer an unvarnished look at not only the severe fighting that characterized these months, but also the simple attempt to survive the rampant disease, malnourishment, and harsh winter on the steppe and in the ruins of Stalingrad.

This collection of essays studies the expression and diffusion of radical ideas in Britain from the period of the English Revolution in the mid-seventeenth century to the Romantic Revolution in the early nineteenth century.

Environ 60 millions de personnes sont mortes pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Anthony Sherley (1565-1633) was one of three brothers from a Sussex gentry family, whose adventures abroad fascinated their contemporaries.

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Paris, 1939-1945.

Cet ouvrage fait suite aux romans "Journal d'un collabo" (1943) et "Journal d'un collabo, 1944".

Charles Booth's seventeen-volume series, The Life and Labour of the People in London (1886-1903), is a staple of late Victorian social history and a monumental work of scholarship.

The extraordinary creative energy of Renaissance Italy lies at the root of modern Western culture.

Au lendemain de l’armistice du 11 novembre 1918, toute la France honora ses morts et glorifia ses héros.

"Nous aurions pu avoir une vie sans histoires, mais l'Histoire est passée par-là.

This book reviews changes in attitudes to immigrants in Britain and the language that was used to put these feelings into words between 1841 and 1921.

During World War II, German armored reconnaissance laid the groundwork--often through small-unit actions--for the stunning tank and infantry operations that made the German military famous.

THE PRISON POEMS is the first complete translation into English of Miguel Hernandez's Cancionero y romancero de ausencias, a classic of 20th century Spanish poetry, comparable in many respects to the work of Lorca and Pablo Neruda.

« Parce qu'il est un temps où il devient urgent de transmettre le passé dont on a hérité, je ressentis dans les années 2000 la responsabilité d'offrir dans la mémoire de notre famille une place à ceux qui avaient disparu dans la Shoah ».

This volume offers a comprehensive account of how the Nazis conducted the Holocaust throughout the scattered towns and villages of Poland and the Soviet Union.

The Pocket Book of Patriotism proved that George Courtauld had a real gift for making history simple.

Jean a 18 ans quand il reçoit sa convocation pour le STO.

Never previously seen reports and plans marked restricted and classified have been sourced from Britannia Royal Naval College's Archive.

"I have not always been wrong.

The British campaign in the Low Countries in 1813-14 in support of the Dutch revolt against the French is one of the lesser-known campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars, but one, which the great historian of the British Army Sir John Fortescue wrote that it was impossible to understand the Waterloo campaign without a knowledge of.

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An in-depth look at the institution as the center of many important cultural shifts with which the South and the wider Church have wrestled historically.

Depuis le XIXe siècle, les sciences de l'Homme se penchent sur cet étrange phénomène de la guerre et la question de son origine.

Ce récit intime à deux voix, à mi-chemin entre la biographie et l'autobiographie, retrace la vie de Paulette Fouchard-Ayot, résistante sous l'occupation, reconnue par la République mais inconnue du grand public, véritable femme de l'ombre.

The Sicilian Defence is the most widely played chess opening, both at club level as well as among grandmasters.

In 1940 Britain faced its biggest threat since the Spanish Armada.

"e;A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legio X-arguably the most famous legion of its day-from its activation to the slogging battle of Munda and from Thapsus, Caesar's tactical masterpiece, to the grim siege of the Jewish fortress of Masada.

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Richard Evans revisits the sites of a selection of Greek and Roman battles and sieges to seek new insights.

Long before war was declared on 3 September 1939, Brighton had steadily and carefully prepared for the coming conflict by building shelters, organising defence and rescue services, and providing the population with advice of its own or from government sources.

Graverobbers, prime-movers in geo-politics, jailbirds, international football celebs.

All the average club player needs is a small and manageable chess opening repertoire.

In this book Toner offers a new way of looking at Roman society at all levels, not just among the elite, by examining the imperial games and the baths as well as gambling, the taverns, theatre and carnivals.

The King’s Indian Defence is arguably the most ambitious and exciting way to play against 1.

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.

The personal memoir of a Nazi soldier, from joining the German Army in 1941 through his time as a Panzer on the Eastern Front.

Narrative histories highlighting organization, combat experiences, and casualties of each division.