European history

Gaelic literati were an elite and influential group in the social hierarchy of Irish lordships between c.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2022 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europas - Mittelalter, Frühe Neuzeit, Note: 1,0, Universität Augsburg (Lehrstuhl für Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit), Veranstaltung: Frühneuzeitbilder.

World War II left virtually no nation or corner of the world untouched, dramatically transforming human life and society.

The roots of the Arab world's current Russian entanglements reach deep into the tsarist and Soviet periods.

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europas - Mittelalter, Frühe Neuzeit, Note: 2,3, Universität Münster, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Landsknechtwesen, genauer mit den landsknechtischen Söldnerunternehmern des 15ten und des 16ten Jahrhunderts.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Geschichte Deutschlands - Nationalsozialismus, Zweiter Weltkrieg, Note: 1,3, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit geht es um das Image jener Polizei zu Zeiten der NS-Herrschaft.

Modern theological engagements on deification have undergone two major paradigm shifts.

What was Christianity like for ordinary people between the turn of the millennium and the coming of the Black Death?

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Geschichte Deutschlands - Nachkriegszeit, Kalter Krieg, Note: 2,3, Universität Münster (Historisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Gleich und doch anders?

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Geschichte Deutschlands - Nationalsozialismus, Zweiter Weltkrieg, Note: 1,0, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (Zeitgeschichte), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Bachelorarbeit befasst sich mit der medialen Vermittlung der Themen Arbeitslosigkeit und Vollbeschäftigung, die in den Jahren 1938 und 1939 in der Ostmark zu propagandistisch vom NS-Regime betrieben wurde.

It was the Mediterranean theatre which saw the blooding of the US Army against the German Wehrmacht, in North Africa in winter 1943/44.

One of the first Thunderbolt groups to see action in the European Theatre of Operations (ETO) with the US Army Air Forces, the 56th Fighter Group (FG) was also the only fighter unit within the Eighth Air Force to remain equipped with the mighty P-47 until war's end.

With the exception of the key royal sites, such as Stirling and Edinburgh, few Scottish castles were located at strategic points, or were intended to house garrisons required to defend or subjugate towns.

Hitler first considered an invasion of Great Britain in autumn 1940, then scheduled Operation Barbarossa, the conquest of the European part of the Soviet Union, for May 1941.

A slim, illustrated volume on the two key battles of William Wallace, the legendary Scottish rebel.

This book describes the organization, lists the units and illustrates the uniforms and equipment of the four Canadian divisions which earned an elite reputation on the Western Front in 1915-18.

An illustrated guide to the defences beset by prolonged and bloody fighting for control of the Japanese occupied Pacific islands in World War II.

Hitler first considered an invasion of Great Britain in autumn 1940, then scheduled Operation Barbarossa, the conquest of the European part of the Soviet Union, for May 1941.

Written and illustrated by Luftwaffe expert John Weal, this book completes Osprey's trilogy on one of the most important German aircraft of World War II.

The German Army of World War II considered itself an offensive, mobile force.

It was the Mediterranean theatre which saw the blooding of the US Army against the German Wehrmacht, in North Africa in winter 1943/44.

A fully illustrated study of the German aircraft in the early years of World War 2.

Having been a part of the Fifteenth Air Force in 1944, author Bill Hess has written the definitive account on 'his air force', featuring photographs and illustrations throughout.

Featuring photographs throughout, as well as special colour artwork, this volume is a concise history of this fighter group and their success.

The dilemma of the young Italian kingdom and the experience of her army in the Great War were unique among the combatant nations.

Illustrated throughout with photographs and detailed aircraft profiles, this book tells the story of the Finnish air force's most successful fighter unit.

The armies of Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium bore the first crushing impact of Hitler's mighty Blitzkrieg war machine in Western Europe, in a campaign that astonished and terrified the world.

These pilots called themselves the 'Tokyo Club'.

For the first time in English, a concise but fact-packed account of the organization, equipment, and all operations of Japan's small but elite wartime parachute forces.

The sterling work of the Fifteenth Air Force is often overshadowed by the glamorous 'Mighty Eighth', yet the men flying the B-24 fought ceaselessly right through to VE Day.

From Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the humble Douglas C-47/R4D carried out missions every bit as strategically important, and as dramatic for the aircrew involved, as those of the fighters and bombers in the vast Pacific/CBI theatres.

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The C-47 units of the USAAF were an integral part of some of the most dramatic episodes of the European war: the airborne assaults in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, southern France, Operation Market Garden and the crossing of the Rhine.

Several books have been written about US naval patrol aviation in World War 2, but none do full justice to the role played by patrol squadrons of the US Navy in the longest, most bitterly fought campaign of the war - the Battle of the Atlantic.

From June 1941, the Soviets were forced to undertake large-scale defensive operations in the face of the overwhelming German blitzkrieg assault, operations which ran counter to their preference for highly mobile, offensive warfare.

Featuring photographs throughout, as well as special colour artwork, this volume is a concise history of this fighter group and their success.

Several books have been written about US naval patrol aviation in World War 2, but none do full justice to the role played by patrol squadrons of the US Navy in the longest, most bitterly fought campaign of the war - the Battle of the Atlantic.

During the Napoleonic era, Russia possessed a vast force of cavalry, forming a greater percentage than that of most European armies.

With first-hand accounts and colour artwork, this title describes the planes and pilots of the famous 4th Fighter Group 'Fourth but First' that became the highest-scoring unit of the mighty 8th Air Force in World War 2.

The Luftwaffe, honed in the Spanish Civil War, played a vital part in Germany's 'Blitzkrieg' victories in 1939-41.

One of the first Thunderbolt groups to see action in the European Theatre of Operations (ETO) with the US Army Air Forces, the 56th Fighter Group (FG) was also the only fighter unit within the Eighth Air Force to remain equipped with the mighty P-47 until war's end.

Illustrated throughout with photographs and detailed aircraft profiles, this book tells the story of the Finnish air force's most successful fighter unit.

From Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the humble Douglas C-47/R4D carried out missions every bit as strategically important, and as dramatic for the aircrew involved, as those of the fighters and bombers in the vast Pacific/CBI theatres.

The first title in the Elite Units series to deal with an American bombardment group, this title focuses on the 303rd BG, dubbed the 'Hells Angels.

The C-47 units of the USAAF were an integral part of some of the most dramatic episodes of the European war: the airborne assaults in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, southern France, Operation Market Garden and the crossing of the Rhine.

A fascinating analysis of the most ambitious military fortification program of World War II.

The Luftwaffe, honed in the Spanish Civil War, played a vital part in Germany's 'Blitzkrieg' victories in 1939-41.

An illustrated history of the defences of this pivotal position in the Mediterranean, an outpost between North Africa and the soft underbelly of Europe, and one of the most fortified places in the world.

At the outbreak of World War II, Fort Eben Emael in Belgium was the strongest fortress in the world, and it lay exactly across the German invasion route of Belgium and France.

This title deals with the experiences of the American soldiers who fought the Japanese across the Pacific islands, and the specific nature of this combat environment.