Specific wars and campaigns

Second lieutenant Dick Curtis arrived in Italy in May 1944–twenty years old and part of a shipment of P-51 Mustang fighter pilots so desperately needed that they were rushed into combat with less than thirty hours of flight time in their new high-performance aircraft.

In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as “Maggie” to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new “home” for the duration.

A COMBAT ACE’S ACCOUNT OF PILOTING THE GREATEST SINGLE-SEAT FIGHTER IN WORLD WAR II

World War II marked the end of an era; fighter pilots still flew by the seat of their pants, and George Loving recaptures the exhilarating world of aerial combat in all its stark terror and fiery glory.

American Aurora explores the impact of climate change on early modern radical religious groups during the height of the Little Ice Age in the seventeenth century.

The first English language account of deserters from the German army during World War IIThe German military executed between 18,000 and 22,000 of its personnel in World War II on the charges of desertion and "e;undermining the military spirt.

The first English language account of deserters from the German army during World War IIThe German military executed between 18,000 and 22,000 of its personnel in World War II on the charges of desertion and "e;undermining the military spirt.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Geschichte Deutschlands - Erster Weltkrieg, Weimarer Republik, Note: 2,3, Universität Mannheim, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Fokus dieser Arbeit steht die politische Gewalt von rechts, die anhand der Niederschlagung der Märzrevolution durch die Garde-Kavallerie-Schützen-Division (GKSD) genauer untersucht werden soll.

Wissenschaftliche Studie aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Sonstiges, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Offizieller Anlass des von der höheren Generalität der Reichswehr gebilligten oder tolerierten Kapp-Putsches, der vor hundert Jahren am dreizehnten März 1920 um Punkt 7 Uhr mit dem Einmarsch des aus dem Lager Döberitz kommenden feldmarschmäßig ausgerüsteten reaktionären Freikorps Marinebrigade Ehrhardt, der meistens aus Angehörigen der kaiserlichen Marine gegründeten Kerntruppe der deutschen Konterrevolution, unter dem Kommando von Admiral Trotha stehend, mit der verbotenen Reichskriegsfahne voran in Berlin begann, war die auf Anweisung der Interalliierten Militärkommission der Siegermächte des ersten Weltkrieges gemäß den Bestimmungen des am 28.

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europas - Zeitalter Weltkriege, Note: 1,3, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Verbrechen der Deutschen Wehrmacht gegen die Sowjetunion 1941.

Julius Evola and the Radical Right examines the ideas and influence of Italian thinker Julius Evola (1898-1974), an increasingly popular author within the far right and the esoteric milieu alike.

The Promise of Welfare in the Postwar British Novel offers a new literary history of the Second World War and its aftermath by focusing on wartime visions of rebuilding Britain.

The Light of Learning tells the story of an unexpected Hasidic revival in Poland on the eve of the Holocaust.

The Light of Learning tells the story of an unexpected Hasidic revival in Poland on the eve of the Holocaust.

When the Great War began, the Russian Empire was home to more than five million Jews, the most densely settled Jewish population anywhere in the world.

Literature and Justice in Mid Twentieth Century Britain: Crime and War Crimes examines how ideas about crime, criminality, and judicial procedure that had developed in a domestic context influenced the representation and understanding of war crimes trials, victims of war crimes, and war criminals in post-Second World War Britain.

Literature and Justice in Mid Twentieth Century Britain: Crime and War Crimes examines how ideas about crime, criminality, and judicial procedure that had developed in a domestic context influenced the representation and understanding of war crimes trials, victims of war crimes, and war criminals in post-Second World War Britain.

Demonstrating the centrality of diplomacy in the Vietnam War, Pierre Asselin traces the secret negotiations that led up to the Paris Agreement of 1973, which ended Americas involvement but failed to bring peace in Vietnam.

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

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Amerika, Note: 1.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Geschichte Deutschlands - Erster Weltkrieg, Weimarer Republik, Note: 1,0, FernUniversität Hagen (Historisches Institut), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Weimarer Republik ließ eine Vielzahl von Motiven und Formen bei der Konzeption ihrer Gefallenendenkmäler zu.

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.

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.

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.

During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong (VC) main forces and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) were forced to hide weapons and supplies underground and to dig protective shelters to counter massive US firepower.

A concise, focused volume on the NVA's fight for a strategically important military base.

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.

This book is the story of a majestic bomber of the propeller era flying perilous combat missions against a sleek, nimble warplane of the jet age, the Soviet MiG-15.

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.

An illustrated account of the AH-64 Apache Units and their roles in these two crucial operations in Afghanistan.

This book tells the story of the 26 US Navy Squadrons, most of which were carrier based, and the six Marine Corps F-4 squadrons that flew combat missions against the North Koreans.

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

For every American fighter pilot involved in the Vietnam War, the ultimate goal was to 'kill a MiG'.

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'.

At the start of the American Civil War, neither side had warships on the Mississippi River, which was a vital strategic artery.

Arriving on station with the USS Ranger (CVA-61) in early December 1967, the first Corsair II squadron became operational immediately and sustained its first combat loss three weeks later.

During the Napoleonic Wars the supreme battlefield shock weapon was the heavy cavalry the French cuirassiers, and their British, Austrian, Prussian and Russian counterparts.

A Vietnam veteran explains the composition, capabilities, equipment and missions of the US Army and Marine Corps helicopter and airmobile units in the Vietnam war - and exactly how they carried out their missions.

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.