Alex Henshaw was awarded his private pilot's in 1932 and made a name for himself during the 1930s competing in the air races which were to popular at the time.
Alex Henshaw was awarded his private pilot's in 1932 and made a name for himself during the 1930s competing in the air races which were to popular at the time.
BOOK 11 OF THE LADYBIRD EXPERT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FROM AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN JAMES HOLLANDFeaturing stunning illustrations from Keith Burns, bringing the story to life in vivid detailWhat was Operation Bagration?
BOOK 10 OF THE LADYBIRD EXPERT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FROM AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN JAMES HOLLANDFeaturing stunning illustrations from Keith Burns, bringing the story to life in vivid detailWhy were British troops in Burma?
Offering a new perspective on the British experience of the Second World War in Europe, this book provides a series of snapshots of the role which languages played in the key processes of British war-making, moving from frameworks of perception and intelligence gathering, through to liberation/occupation, and on to the aftermath of conflict.
This book serves as a critical resource for educators across various roles and contexts who are interested in Holocaust education that is both historically sound and practically relevant.
This book explores one of the most notorious aspects of the German system of oppression in wartime Poland: the only purpose-built camp for children under the age of 16 years in German-occupied Europe.
Records and Reactions: 1856-1939 by The Earl of Midleton is a fascinating and deeply insightful memoir that offers a first-hand account of the dramatic social, political, and historical changes that shaped Britain and the world during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Durch die biographische Herangehensweise gewährt diese Publikation einen differenzierten und in seiner Form einzigartigen Blick auf den Werdegang ärztlicher Pionierinnen in Deutschland und Frankreich von 1870 bis 1945.
La Primera Guerra Mundial se debió a un conjunto de causas económicas y políticas, y estalló por la sucesión de unos acontecimientos que parecieron inevitables.
At the beginning of 1916, as the world entered the second full year of global conflict, the cities, towns and villages of Britain continued to lay vulnerable to aerial bombardment.
At the beginning of 1916, as the world entered the second full year of global conflict, the cities, towns and villages of Britain continued to lay vulnerable to aerial bombardment.
In this comprehensive pictorial record of the Do 17, the bomber's role throughout the period of the Battle of Britain is displayed in the author's unique collection of British and German photographs.
"e;One of Hungary's most important twentieth-century writers"e; New York Times"e;Magda Szab 's fiction shows the travails of modern Hungarian history from oblique but sharply illuminating angles"e; EconomistEszter Encsy is an acclaimed actress, funny and outrageous, quick-witted but callous.
In this comprehensive pictorial record of the Do 17, the bomber's role throughout the period of the Battle of Britain is displayed in the author's unique collection of British and German photographs.
"e;This book belongs on every World War II bookshelf, filling in the gaps on what is known about this oft-mentioned but little understood topic of wartime escape and evasion.
An indispensable resource for investigating America's War for Independence, this book provides a comprehensive yet concise narrative that combines the author's original perspectives with the latest scholarship on the subject.
La invasión rusa de Ucrania, en la madrugada del 24 de febrero de 2022, trajo al mundo el inquietante recuerdo del estallido de la Primera Guerra Mundial de 1914.
Born in India in 1937, Michael Fosss childhood was spent between the cold, grey austerity of Britain under threat, and the brightly lit and teeming vitality of wartime India.
Contributors to this book provide an Asian women's history from the perspective of gender analysis, assessing Japanese imperial policy and propaganda in its colonies and occupied territories and particularly its impact on women.
Contributors to this book provide an Asian women's history from the perspective of gender analysis, assessing Japanese imperial policy and propaganda in its colonies and occupied territories and particularly its impact on women.
During the twilight years of the Ottoman Empire, the ethnic tensions between the minority populations within the empire led to the administration carrying out a systematic destruction of the Armenian people.
During the twilight years of the Ottoman Empire, the ethnic tensions between the minority populations within the empire led to the administration carrying out a systematic destruction of the Armenian people.
Zygmunt Bauman's Modernity and the Holocaust is a decisive text of intellectual reflection after Auschwitz, in which Bauman rejected the idea that the Holocaust represented the polar opposite of modernity and saw it instead as its dark potentiality.
The book argues that religion is a system of significant meanings that have an impact on other systems and spheres of social life, including cultural memory.
The Russian Revolution in Asia: From Baku to Batavia presents a unique and timely global history intervention into the historiography of the Russian Revolution of 1917, marking the centenary of one of the most significant modern revolutions.
This book considers tourism to memorial sites from a visitor's point of view, challenging established theories in tourism and memory studies by critically appraising Germany's often celebrated memory culture.
This book considers tourism to memorial sites from a visitor's point of view, challenging established theories in tourism and memory studies by critically appraising Germany's often celebrated memory culture.
Zygmunt Bauman's Modernity and the Holocaust is a decisive text of intellectual reflection after Auschwitz, in which Bauman rejected the idea that the Holocaust represented the polar opposite of modernity and saw it instead as its dark potentiality.
The book argues that religion is a system of significant meanings that have an impact on other systems and spheres of social life, including cultural memory.
"e;Through meticulous research in archives and crumbling ventilation shafts, Chatterton paints a picture of Britain in the Second World War that turns our popular narrative on its head.
