Specific wars and campaigns

World War II made enormous and unprecedented demands upon the nation's civil service administration.

In November 1942, Paul Andrew Kennedy (1912-1993) boarded the St.

Although it has been overshadowed by other events of the Second World War, Canada's role in the Italian Campaign, from 1943 to 1945, was significant.

Im Sommer 1914 zogen die Offiziere Österreich-Ungarns an der Spitze einer einzigartigen, multiethnischen Armee in den »Großen Krieg«.

An Allied unit comprised of Canadian and American troops, the First Special Service Force or "e;Devil's Brigade"e; struck fear into the very heart of the Axis.

For 16-year-old Jan Kamienski, life as he knows it ends when Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939.

Seven soldiers.

Many scholars have tried to assess Adolf Hitler's influence on the German people, usually focusing on university towns and industrial communities, most of them predominately Protestant or religiously mixed.

Bravery, patriotism, and sacrifice marked the women caught up in conflict during the Second World War.

Contrasts between fighter combat and the bombers' war support Klinkowitz's belief that notions of the air war were determined by one's position in it.

Now in its ninth edition, A History of Modern Germany provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of this complex country's history, beginning in 1871 and ending in the present day.

First published in 1957, this classic work on the political situation in Southeast Asia at the start of the Vietnam War includes a supplement covering events up to mid-1958.

Private Jack Poolton was among the Canadians landing at the disastrous raid on Dieppe.

The first in-depth book that sheds light on Canada's elite warriors who operate in the shadows.

Seven soldiers.

William R.

Many of the airmen of the First Word War who challenged both the enemy and death did not survive.

At a time of great sacrifice in Canadian history, we are welcomed into the homes, the hearts, and the minds of mothers, sons, fathers, and friends as we follow Syd Smith and his high-school brotherhood of 13 when they answer the call to duty in 1941.

In 1941, the fortress city of Terezin, outside Prague, was ostensibly converted into model ghetto, where Jews could temporarily reside before being sent to a more permanent settlement.

The first in-depth book that sheds light on Canada's elite warriors who operate in the shadows.

An extraordinary, newly discovered account from an ordinary Canadian on the ground in the crucial battles of the First World War.

Uncertain of their son's fate, his family leaped into action.

No part of the Nazi movement contributed more to Hitler's success than the Sturmabteilung (SA)-the notorious Brown Shirts.

A collection of essays on the war in Iraq; including pieces by Jean Chretien and John Howard, the prime ministers during the war.

A collection of essays on the war in Iraq; including pieces by Jean Chretien and John Howard, the prime ministers during the war.

Between 1950 and 1953, nearly 30,000 Canadian volunteers joined the effort to contain communist incursions into South Korea and support the fledgling United Nations.

The Berlin newspaper Der Angriff (The Attack), founded by Joseph Goebbels in 1927, was a significant instrument for arousing support for Nazi ideas.

The involuntary soldiers of an unmilitary people such were the forces that American military planners had to pit against hardened Axis veterans, yet prewar unpreparedness dictated that whole divisions of such men would go to war under the supervision of tiny professional cadres.

Canada's past is rich with high-flying adventures - whether it's pilots fighting in the skies or the King of the Rumrunners fleeing the feds!

An examination of the SOE, its accomplishments, and the Canadian connection to the organization.

An extraordinary, newly discovered account from an ordinary Canadian on the ground in the crucial battles of the First World War.

Arthur M.

When Woodrow Wilson called on the American people to mobilize for war in April 1917, it was hardly surprising that historians should respond to their one-time colleague.

Uncertain of their son's fate, his family leaped into action.

The Spanish Civil War, begun in July 1936, was a preliminary round of World War II.

After relatively successful military interventions in Iraq in 1992 and Yugoslavia in 1998, many American strategists believed that airpower and remote technology were the future of U.

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This study is the first to analyze both the Nazi party's membership development and composition, as well as the motives for joining and the exoneration strategies of former party members chosen during the denazification process.

Dans l’enfer des tranchées de la Première Guerre mondiale, Antoine Moreau trouve réconfort dans ses échanges de lettres avec Marthe Tissier, sa « marraine de guerre ».

This book spotlights the trajectories of young women and men navigating the turmoil of the early twentieth century.

This book spotlights the trajectories of young women and men navigating the turmoil of the early twentieth century.

This study is the first to analyze both the Nazi party's membership development and composition, as well as the motives for joining and the exoneration strategies of former party members chosen during the denazification process.

Many combat veterans refuse to discuss their experiences on the line.

This study focuses on how Russian history textbooks published between 1992 and 2021 dealt with the topic of the Soviet period (1917-1991).

At the dawn of the American Revolution, 39-year-old Molly Brant, a Mohawk Indian, is the widowed partner of the legendary Sir William Johnson and mother of their eight young children.

At the dawn of the American Revolution, 39-year-old Molly Brant, a Mohawk Indian, is the widowed partner of the legendary Sir William Johnson and mother of their eight young children.

Colonel George M.

Die letzte Folge meiner Familiengeschichte, angefangen mit den Feldpostbriefen meines Vaters, der Inhaftierung meines Großvaters wegen angeblicher Vorbereitung zum Hochverrat und der Biographie unserer Familie und der meiner eigenen, möchte ich schließen mit dem Versuch, den Lebensweg zweier mit meiner Familie befreundeten jüdischen Menschen aufzuzeigen, die unter der Gewaltherrschaft der Nationalsozialisten gelitten haben und zu Opfern wurden.