Specific wars and campaigns

During the Holocaust, Polish bystanders were witnesses not only to Nazi crimes but also to their own collective violence toward Jewish neighbors.

The account of American soldier Ernest Focht, who spent 27 months as a POW during World War II.

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Sergeant Paul S.

Reveals the provocative and irreverent life of Dorman-Smith through his private letters and war diary, highlighting his military brilliance and conflicts with Churchill.

Diaries and letters from service personnel who were held captive throughout the Second World War survive in quite large numbers, but rarely are they so detailed as those of John Blomfield Dixon, whose home was in the Hertfordshire town of Ware.

"e;McIntyre recounts the stories of many airmen who did not return, which are undeniably touching, as are the photographs he includes.

Francisco Franco (1892-1975), der sich als Führer Spaniens von Gottes Gnaden verstand, herrschte fast vier Jahrzehnte lang über die Geschicke seines Landes.

"e;McIntyre recounts the stories of many airmen who did not return, which are undeniably touching, as are the photographs he includes.

This source book chronicles the history of the most controversial conflict of the 20th century, beginning with the birth of the Vietnamese communist party in 1930 and ending with the Vietnamese revolution in 1975.

Japan at War, 1914-1952 is a synthetic and interpretive history that highlights the centrality of war to the modern Japanese experience.

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As a combat medical aidman of Company B, 1st Medical Battalion, First Infantry Division, Allen N.

An Independent Book of the MonthWhat was the mood of the British people during the middle and later years of the Second World War?

In den turbulenten Jahren zwischen 1918 und 1939 erlebte die Ukraine eine dramatische Transformation, die das Land tiefgreifend veränderte.

Raised in the rural Appalachian town of Erwin, Tennessee, John David Goodin was a tank commander in one of the most notorious and prestigious regiments in World War II, the 3rd Armored "e;Spearhead"e; Division, the 32nd Armored Regiment.

In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte stood at the zenith of his power, commanding the mightiest army Europe had ever seen.

Wie hat ein Bündnis, geboren aus den Ruinen des Zweiten Weltkriegs, die internationale Sicherheitsarchitektur nachhaltig geprägt?

Raised in the rural Appalachian town of Erwin, Tennessee, John David Goodin was a tank commander in one of the most notorious and prestigious regiments in World War II, the 3rd Armored "e;Spearhead"e; Division, the 32nd Armored Regiment.

Noor Inayat Khan, descendante d’un sultan hindou, élevée en banlieue parisienne, puis vivant à Londres, fut rattrapée par les aléas de l’histoire au moment où sa carrière littéraire commençait à s’affirmer.

In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L.

A fascinating history of the great summer offensive launched by the Red Army in 1944 which turned the tide of the war.