Specific wars and campaigns

Keith Lucas was killed instantly when his BE2 biplane collided with that of a colleague over Salisbury Plain on 5 October 1916.

Some 60 million people died during the Second World War; millions more were displaced in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Mitigating the destruction and chaos wrought upon the civilian populations of northwest Europe during the latter years of the Second World War became the focus of Civil Affairs, a little-known branch of the First Canadian Army.

What was it like to be a soldier's wife in Canada during the First World War?

An estimated 25,000 Ukrainians served in the Fourteenth Waffen-SS "e;Galicia"e; Division.

By the summer of 1917, Canadian troops had captured Vimy Ridge, but Allied offensives had stalled across many fronts of the Great War.

Falling between the "e;War of Movement"e; in 1914 and the major attrition battles of 1916, 1915 was a critical year in the First World War.

Mitigating the destruction and chaos wrought upon the civilian populations of northwest Europe during the latter years of the Second World War became the focus of Civil Affairs, a little-known branch of the First Canadian Army.

Canada's statebuilding efforts in Afghanistan are not well documented.

Since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has tried to restore its lost status, prestige, and influence in the global political arena.

Falling between the "e;War of Movement"e; in 1914 and the major attrition battles of 1916, 1915 was a critical year in the First World War.

Some 60 million people died during the Second World War; millions more were displaced in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

What was it like to be a soldier's wife in Canada during the First World War?

Who, or what, was the real enemy in Vietnam?

An in-depth account of the greatest aviation war film ever made, the first major movie to deal with the aerial conflicts above Britain during 1940.

Released in 1969, the film Battle of Britain went on to become one of the most iconic war movies ever produced.

Four Empires were extinguished by the Great War 1914-18 - the Ottoman, German, Russian and Austro-Hungarian.

The horrors of Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and labor camps were just the beginning of the struggle to survive for the Seiler family.

The horrors of Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and labor camps were just the beginning of the struggle to survive for the Seiler family.

Orbital fortresses poised to fry entire cities with no warning using giant mirrors.

Orbital fortresses poised to fry entire cities with no warning using giant mirrors.

Although we often think of friendship today as an indisputable value of human social life, for thinkers and writers across late medieval Christian society friendship raised a number of social and ethical dilemmas that needed to be carefully negotiated.

Naval deck logs require young officers to record mundane details of a ship's condition every few hours.

Although we often think of friendship today as an indisputable value of human social life, for thinkers and writers across late medieval Christian society friendship raised a number of social and ethical dilemmas that needed to be carefully negotiated.

A study of the British Royal Navy's activities in the Indian Ocean during World War II, led by Admiral Sir James Somerville.

A study of the British Royal Navy's activities in the Indian Ocean during World War II, led by Admiral Sir James Somerville.

During World War II women took on railway roles which were completely new to females.

During World War II women took on railway roles which were completely new to females.

A "e;profoundly imaginative, strikingly original, deeply moving"e; antebellum tale of two slave girls who take their white mistress into captivity (Kirkus Reviews).

Die deutsche Okkupation Nordfrankreichs im Ersten Weltkrieg erstmals anhand militärischer Quellen geschildert und kriegsrechtlich eingeordnet.

To disentangle the National Socialists' path to power in Germany, one must attend to the discursive strategies and liturgical practices employed by its emocrats, or manipulators of emotions.

To disentangle the National Socialists' path to power in Germany, one must attend to the discursive strategies and liturgical practices employed by its emocrats, or manipulators of emotions.

During World War II, Axis prisoners of war received arguably better treatment in the U.

Germany's aristocratic Schulenburg family were irreconcilably divided over Hitler--some followed him devoutly while others joined the Resistance.

"e;If the doings of the U.

There is no book in English about the wartime Berlin 'salon' run by Kitty Schmidt under the secret control of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the architects of the Final SolutionSalon Kitty was the most notorious brothel in the decadent Berlin of the Weimar Republic - the city of Cabaret.

An account of the infamous 12th SS Panzer Division Hiterjugend, from Operation Goodwood through to the end of the war.

A fully illustrated account of how the Third Reich's Army Group South was defeated in 1944-forty-five by the Soviet Red Army.

This collection of essays, written by authors of different nationalities, explores the experiences of the countries that were not numbered among the Second World War's major belligerents, including colonies, 'lesser' powers, and neutral nation states.

This collection of essays, written by authors of different nationalities, explores the experiences of the countries that were not numbered among the Second World War's major belligerents, including colonies, 'lesser' powers, and neutral nation states.

To understand the turnaround in Spain's stance towards Japan during World War II, this book goes beyond mutual contacts and explains through images, representations, and racism why Madrid aimed at declaring war on Japan but not against the III Reich -as London ironically replied when it learned of Spain's warmongering against one of the Axis members.

Ensign Charles Paget’s previously unpublished diary of the Peninsular War is an important discovery for two reasons.

Just after midnight on 22 April 1916 on the Western Front, a sergeant from the 15th (1st London) Royal Welsh Fusiliers came sliding and stumbling along the dark, mud-filled trench towards the four men, huddled together and soaked-through, in the shallow dugout.

The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armored force sent to North Africa.

The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armored force sent to North Africa.

A soldier with the German Army's Wallonian Legion chronicles his experience as a foreign volunteer for the Nazi war machine during WWII.

A powerful remembrance of the lessons and legacy of Jan Karski, who risked his life to share the truth with the worldand a cautionary tale for our times.

A powerful remembrance of the lessons and legacy of Jan Karski, who risked his life to share the truth with the worldand a cautionary tale for our times.

Dieses eBook: "Militarismus und Antimilitarismus - Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der internationalen Jugendbewegung" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

The German offensive on Stalingrad was originally intended to secure the Wehrmachts flanks, but it stalled dramatically in the face of Stalin's order: Not a Step Back!