Specific wars and campaigns

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).

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.

"e;Engagingly written and persuasively argued, this daringly revisionist book is an essential addition to the Antietam bibliography.

Das populäre Bild der Wehrmacht ist auch 70 Jahre nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs positiv besetzt.

Bereits Kinder und Teenager werden in ihrer Freizeit, auf dem Schulhof oder in der zunehmend digitalen Lebenswelt mit Antisemitismus konfrontiert.

In November 1942, Paul Andrew Kennedy (19121993) boarded the St.

Many artists have fought in wars, and renowned painters have recorded heroic scenes of great battles, but those works were usually done long after the battles were waged.

Toda época de la historia trajo consigo exilio y emigración, pero en el siglo XX, la "emigración" se convirtió en un fenómeno mundial que se debió, en gran medida, a la persecución, expulsión y fuga de las personas afectadas sobre todo por los efectos del acenso del Nacionalismo.

In the twelve months centered around the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a diverse group of American and British flyers fought one of the most remarkable air campaigns of WWII.

Alors que l'Histoire voit souvent ses reperes se brouiller, l'exposition 1917, au Centre Pompidou-Metz du 26 mai au 24 septembre 2012, affirme haut et fort le primat de la date , choisie et assumee.

Partez a la decouverte de la Yougoslavie avec ce Grand Article Universalis !

Partez a la decouverte de la Tchecoslovaquie avec ce Grand Article Universalis !

Im Spätsommer 1916 trafen hoch über London deutsche Zeppeline als die ersten Langstreckenbomber der Geschichte auf die Jagdflugzeuge der britischen Armee und Marine.

Conventional wisdom informs us that "e;only Nixon could go to China.

Die Schlacht von Gettysburg war eine der entscheidenden Konfrontationen im Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg.

Im Mittelpunkt des Buches stehen die Kriegserfahrungen von Minderheiten-Soldaten im Ersten Weltkrieg.

A profoundly moving celebration of love under the darkest of circumstances from the author of The NineFrom the moment they met in 1940 in Ravensbruck concentration camp, Milena Jesenska and Margarete Buber-Neumann were inseparable.

Drawing on recently released Soviet archival materials, Hunger and War investigates state food supply policy and its impact on Soviet society during World War II.

A unique chronicle of the war from the perspective of a sensitive twenty-four-year-old sergeant who wrote for the Army's in-house paper, Yank, the Army Weekly and a tale of the South Pacific that will not soon be forgotten.

They were the forgotten commanders of World War II.

This book takes a close look at crime fiction set in the interwar period and during the reign of terror of the Nazi regime.

This book takes a close look at crime fiction set in the interwar period and during the reign of terror of the Nazi regime.

This book explores the history of the Holocaust in relation to Latin America.

Le 9 novembre 1970, alors qu'il peregrine dans les flammes du Purgatoire, Charles de Gaulle a une surprise de taille en tombant nez a nez avec Petain qui attend depuis plus de dix-neuf ans son entretien avec Dieu le Pere.

This book explores the history of the Holocaust in relation to Latin America.

This book explores a wide range of twentieth and twenty-first century international fiction that engages with the Holocaust and its historical legacy.

Establishing a 'missed link' between the work of Piero Manzoni and Helio Oiticica and their respective cultural contexts, this book sheds new light on overlooked aspects of these two artists' practices, particularly focusing on the shift from painting to performance in the long 1960s.

This book explores a wide range of twentieth and twenty-first century international fiction that engages with the Holocaust and its historical legacy.

Thayer Soule couldn't believe his orders.

Du 28 janvier au 13 fevrier 1939, 500 000 republicains espagnols et leurs familles s'enfuient vers la France.

Aracy de Carvalho (1908-2011), 'Righteous Among the Nations', saved German Jews by facilitating their emigration to Brazil in the late 1930s, while working at the Brazilian consulate in Hamburg.

The Citizen Soldiers explores the military reform movement that took its name from the famous Business Men's Military Training Camps at Plattsburg, New York.

Aracy de Carvalho (1908-2011), 'Righteous Among the Nations', saved German Jews by facilitating their emigration to Brazil in the late 1930s, while working at the Brazilian consulate in Hamburg.