Specific wars and campaigns

In August 1943, the Luftwaffe began using radio-controlled anti-ship glide bombs and within weeks they had sunk one battleship, crippled another, wrecked two cruisers, and destroyed numerous merchant ships.

In telling the story of the extraordinary contributions of the U.

The German Fleet at War relates the little-known history of the Kriegsmarine's surface fleet with a focus on the sixty-nine surface naval battles fought by Germany's major warships against the large warships of the British, French, American, Polish, Soviet, Norwegian and Greek navies.

Author Stephen Young was a seaman first class assigned to gunnery duty in turret no.

On 31 May 1968, Navy Lt.

Called a great book worthy of a great man, this definitive biography of the commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War II, first published in 1976 and now available in paperback for the first time, continues to be considered the best book ever written about Adm.

By the winter of 1916/17, World War I had reached a deadlock.

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In the foreword to this book, first published in 1978, Sen.

Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, this new paperback edition brings back into print a book that became an essential source for a 2006 study of the battle by the U.

The pursuit of German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic has long been considered one of the most exciting stories of World War II.

A teenager on a Maryland farm when World War II began, Betty Lussier went to England to help the British fight off an impending invasion.

Twenty-five years in the Navy had made Cheryl Ruff an independent, resilient, strong woman -and a master at providing patient care while serving at various Navy hospitals around the world.

The substantial accomplishments of the U.

In this remarkable oral history collection, thirty-three participants in the turbulent epic that began with the day of infamy at Pearl Harbor and ended with the signing of the surrender documents in Tokyo Harbor tell their stories.

An international team of naval historians and scholars has pooled their expertise for this definitive reference on how the great navies of World War II were organized and how they trained, operated, and fought.

The last days of fighting in the Civil War's eastern theater have been wrapped in mythology since the moment of Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

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Thomas Michael Kettle was born on 9th February 1880 in Artane, Dublin, the seventh of twelve children.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE was born on June 22nd, 1856 at Bradenham in Norfolk, England.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

Edith Newbold Jones was born in New York on January 24, 1862.

"e;Warrior Women"e; makes visible the ongoing intergenerational narrative reverberations (Young, 2003; 2005) shaped through Canada's residential school era which denied the communal and cultural, economic, educational, human, familial, linguistic, and spiritual rights of Aboriginal people.

This volume focuses on the past, current and future success of Maori and Pasifika peoples in tertiary education within Aotearoa New Zealand.

'Truth is stranger than fiction.

The outlook for a victory by the Allied Powers was in doubt in 1942.

The Sanjiang Plain wetlands are among the most important wetlands in the People's Republic of China with unique habitats, species, and ecology.

Because the turbulent trajectory of Russia's foreign policy since the collapse of the Soviet Union echoes previous moments of social and political transformation, history offers a special vantage point from which to judge the current course of events.

21st Century Urban Race Politics begins by offering a twenty-first-century understanding of minority representation in historically majority-Caucasian cities and draws on case studies in cities throughout the United States.

The history of the First World War continues to attract enormous interest.

This book provides a concise set of thirteen essays looking at various aspects of the British left, movements of protest and the cumulative impact of the First World War.

On a sunny Fourth of July during World War I, King George V went out to a ball game.

Since its dedication in 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has become an American cultural icon symbolizing the war in Vietnam--the defining experience of the Baby Boom generation.

The history of the First World War continues to attract enormous interest.

In a meticulously researched and engagingly written narrative, Brian McGinty rescues the story of Abraham Lincoln and the Supreme Court from long and undeserved neglect, recounting the compelling history of the Civil War president's relations with the nation's highest tribunal and the role it played in resolving the agonizing issues raised by the conflict.

A number of books have been written on the death camp of Treblinka, but The Treblinka Death Camp: History, Biographies, Remembrance is unique.

From a longtime leader in both military and business organizations, lessons inspired by World War II history that anyone can use.

North Carolina did more than its part during World War II.

During World War II, the Solomon Islands became the scene of a titanic struggle between Allied and Japanese forces.

During World War II Nathalie "e;Lily"e; Sergueiew, a woman of mystery, confidently seduced the German Intelligence Service into employing her as a spy against their British enemy.

Formed in July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 16th Armored Division was the last U.

If wars were wagered on like pro sports or horse races, the Germany military in August 1914 would have been a clear front-runner, with a century-long record of impressive victories and a general staff the envy of its rivals.

The award of a military decoration does not define valor--it only recognizes it.