This book surveys historical and emerging global air and space power issues and provides a multidisciplinary understanding of the application of air and space power in the past and present, while exploring potential future challenges that global air forces may face.
This book surveys historical and emerging global air and space power issues and provides a multidisciplinary understanding of the application of air and space power in the past and present, while exploring potential future challenges that global air forces may face.
This is a translation of the only known detailed account of the building of the notorious 262-mile long Thai-Burma Railway by one of the Japanese professional engineers who was involved in its construction.
The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery is the last resting place of 6,012 American soldiers who died fighting in a small portion of Northern France during the First World War.
The Sherman tank served with most Allied armies during the Second World War and it is justly famous for the role it played in the Normandy landings and the subsequent drive into Germany.
The Sherman tank served with most Allied armies during the Second World War and it is justly famous for the role it played in the Normandy landings and the subsequent drive into Germany.
The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery is the last resting place of 6,012 American soldiers who died fighting in a small portion of Northern France during the First World War.
"e;The authors offer a very different perspective on this campaign and are very frank in their assessment of the performance of the Allies and Germans on many levels.
Acclaimed author Andrew Thomas has chosen fifty fascinating cameos of individual actions or incidents across a wide variety of major and minor campaigns and scenarios ranging from the First World War to the present day.
"e;Naval history enthusiasts and military historians who enjoy taking deeper dives into the backgrounds of well-known battles, particularly concerning tactics and leadership, will appreciate this read.
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.
Cet ouvrage s'attache à retracer et à décrypter le parcours de Simone Veil, déportée en avril 1944 à Auschwitz, dans l'univers tentaculaire et complexe de la Shoah.
L'infraction de négationnisme, créée par la loi Gayssot du 13 juillet 1990 et insérée à l'article 24 bis de la loi du 29 juillet 1881 sur la liberté de la presse, a fait couler beaucoup d'encre, notamment pour exprimer des réserves quant à la conformité du délit à notre Constitution.
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.
La déclaration de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale en septembre 1939 bouleverse l'amour et la genèse familiale du couple Georges Deroy-Jacqueline Olivier : marié depuis 1936 et parents de Françoise, née en avril 1938.
Près de huit décennies après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le moment est venu de s'interroger sur l'activité musicale s'étant développée dans les pays d'Europe centrale et orientale placés sous la domination de l'URSS.
This book juxtaposes national anthems of thirteen countries from central Europe, with the aim of initiating a dialogue among the peoples of East-Central Europe.
This book juxtaposes national anthems of thirteen countries from central Europe, with the aim of initiating a dialogue among the peoples of East-Central Europe.
This book focuses on the social voids that were the result of occupation, genocide, mass killings, and population movements in Europe during and after the Second World War.
Formed in July 1940 for reconnaissance and intelligence gathering behind enemy lines, the Long Range Desert Group was the first British special force unit.
During winter 1944/45 few German officers believed that the Allies would attack the wooded Reichswald Plug on the narrow neck of land between the rivers Rhine and Maas.
Soldiers' first-hand accounts of Second World War active service invariably make inspiring and exciting reading but Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges is exceptional for several reasons.
Soldiers' first-hand accounts of Second World War active service invariably make inspiring and exciting reading but Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges is exceptional for several reasons.
