Specific wars and campaigns

This book presents a comprehensive narrative and historical analysis of the political and economic relations between China and Italy from the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce signed in October 1866 to the Second World War.

This book draws on a range of key archives and oral testimonies to provide the first systematic and historical study of the origins, context, development, frustrations, inner contradictions, and legacies of the Columbus Centre.

A compelling account of the personal experiences of groups who were affected by World War II, both on and off the battlefields.

An illustrated account of how the USAAF's might was challenged by the Jagdflieger and their heavily armed, and armoured, Fw 190A-8 Sturmj ger.

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

"e;Collins addresses a subject that has been the object of much research and controversy in the past decade: the internment of tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans during WW II.

Two renowned historians delve into the often-overlooked Second Manassas Campaign and its part in the dramatic evolution of the Civil War.

A revealing compilation of essays documenting the effects of the Civil War and its aftermath on Americans-young and old, black and white, northern and southern.

This illustrated A-Z encyclopedia provides easy access to information about the emperor Napoleon.

Two renowned historians delve into the often-overlooked Second Manassas Campaign and its part in the dramatic evolution of the Civil War.

Mary Frances Willard, a public-school principal from Chicago, was one of thousands of American women who served as welfare workers for U.

This book draws on a range of key archives and oral testimonies to provide the first systematic and historical study of the origins, context, development, frustrations, inner contradictions, and legacies of the Columbus Centre.

This work is a close examination of the conditions surrounding and precipitating the last gasp of British naval hegemony and events that led to its demise.

In 1611 Francisco Martinez Montino, chef to Philip II, Philip III, and Philip IV of Spain, published what would become the most recognized Spanish cookbook for centuries: Arte de cocina, pasteleria, vizcocheria y conserveria.

Im Sommer 1948 stehen große Entscheidungen an: Die westlichen Alliierten beauftragen 65 Männer und Frauen damit, eine Verfassung auszuarbeiten.

This book presents a comprehensive narrative and historical analysis of the political and economic relations between China and Italy from the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce signed in October 1866 to the Second World War.

During World War II, Kentuckians rushed from farms to factories and battlefields, leaving agriculture throughout the state--particularly the lucrative tobacco industry--without sufficient labor.

For as long as the Vietnamese people fought against foreign enemies, women were a vital part of that struggle.

In den hektischen Monaten vor dem totalen Zusammenbruch des Dritten Reiches und der Kapitulation der deutschen Streitkräfte zog Graf Folke Bernadotte die Aufmerksamkeit der ganzen Welt auf sich.

The true story of the the misfits and mavericks who waged psychological warfare against the NazisSeptember, 1939.

Die NS-Geschichte des Unternehmens Swarovski und ein tiefer Einblick in den Umgang mit ehemaligen Nationalsozialisten in der Nachkriegszeit.

This study is the first to examine the experiences of the millions of Soviet civilians evacuated to the interior of the country during the Second World War in the context of their encounters and relations with local communities and populations across Soviet Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Siberia, and the Urals.

This study is the first to examine the experiences of the millions of Soviet civilians evacuated to the interior of the country during the Second World War in the context of their encounters and relations with local communities and populations across Soviet Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Siberia, and the Urals.

Arthur ColaIn the small village of San Pietro Avellana in the Apennine Mountains in Abruzzo, a young boy of fourteen, Vivi Colaianni, roams its mountainous area spying on the Nazi movements near the final years of World War II.

In the final weeks of the Second World War in Europe, Russian, American and British armies are closing in on Berlin.

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A gripping account of the most famous convoy operation of the war, which marked a high-water mark for the German naval campaign in the Arctic.

This is a short story of my father's experience in the Korean conflict war as a marine.

In March 1974, a climate of conspiracy reigned in Portugal.

During World War II, it quickly became apparent that the physical and tactical demands placed upon paratroopers required men of exceptional stamina, courage and intelligence.

Perverse Memory and the Holocaust presents a new theoretical approach to the study of Polish memory bystanders of the Holocaust.

Perverse Memory and the Holocaust presents a new theoretical approach to the study of Polish memory bystanders of the Holocaust.

When Prussian soldier Fritz Oppenheimer left the World War I battlefield with two Iron Crosses, he could never have imagined that the pinnacle of his military career would come 27 years later at the German surrender in World War II, when he took top Nazi leaders into captivity and interrogated Wilhelm Keitel, head of the Wehrmacht.

Der Siebenjährige Krieg (1756–1763) war ein globaler Konflikt, in dem sich anfangs unabhängig voneinander schwelende Konflikte in Europa und Übersee miteinander verflochten.

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Palestine of the Jews (1919) examines the history of Jewish Palestine, from 4,000 years ago to the early twentieth century and the Balfour Declaration.

This book is a complete six-volume history of the First World War, written during the war by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2024****A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORKER** From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Ghost Wars, the inside story of America's long and ruinous relationship with Saddam HusseinThe Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power and geopolitics that led to America's disastrous war with Iraq and, for the first time, details America's fundamental miscalculations during its ruinous, decades-long relationship with Saddam Hussein.

Operation Telic and the Liberation of Iraq Operation Telic and the Liberation of Iraq is an anecdote-packed daily diary recounting the author’s experiences as a reserve officer and media handler with 7 armored (the Desert Rats) and 19 Mechanized Brigade in 2003.

The second volume of this comprehensive military history examines the fall of the Second French Empire and the founding of a unified Germany.

An insider's account of training and service in Nazi Germany's twenty-fifth Panzer Regiment during World War II.

During the 1930s the Soviet Union launched a major effort to create a modern Air Force.

Six Months on the Italian Front is a memoir written by Julius M.

Plongez-vous dans le monde fascinant des samouraïs avec « Le grand âge du samouraï – Le long voyage du guerrier du Japon ancien aux temps modernes ».

Get facts, maps, historical significance, strategies, and more in this concise summary of Robert E.

Packed with illustrations, this is a new history and analysis of how the Royal Navy's most important fleet operated and fought the German Navy in the crucial first years of World War II.