Military history

Joint biography of two great opponents, revealing many parallels between them and how together they shaped a momentous historical period.

Burladingen, eingebettet in die beeindruckende Landschaft der Schwäbischen Alb, blickt auf eine lange und faszinierende Geschichte zurück, in der Burgen eine zentrale Rolle spielten.

These studies span the period from the origins of the crusading movement in the 11th century until its final active phase during the Renaissance.

During the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, the three Portuguese military orders of Christ, Santiago and Avis became that kingdom's most important institutions for rewarding services to the Crown.

Executive editor: Ingo Loose; English-language edition prepared by: Elizabeth Harvey, Russell Alt-Haaker, Johannes Gamm, Georg Felix Harsch, Dorothy Mas, and Caroline Pearce By 1941, most of the Jews in the Polish territories annexed to the Reich - Danzig-West Prussia, the Wartheland, District Bialystok, Zichenau (Ciechanow) and eastern Upper Silesia - were incarcerated in ghettos and camps: the largest ghettos were Litzmannstadt and Bialystok.

Tauchen Sie ein in das Leben eines der faszinierendsten Persönlichkeiten der Geschichte: Gaius Julius Caesar.

The Eastern Association is best known for its performance at the battle of Marston Moor and the rise of Oliver Cromwell, but it was so much more.

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Der römische Senat, einst als bescheidener Rat der Ältesten gegründet, entwickelte sich über die Jahrhunderte zu einer der mächtigsten Institutionen der antiken Welt.

Continuity and Change in Medieval East Central Europe explores the crucial societal, political, and cultural dynamics that defined medieval East Central Europe during the early and high Middle Ages.

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

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This handbook brings together historical and contemporary essays about Soviet and Russian military studies, to offer a comprehensive volume on the topic.

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

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Timeless Turmoil offers a comprehensive historical and comparative analysis of recent conflicts in Kosovo, Abkhazia, and the Tskhinvali region, examining their geopolitical dynamics from ancient times to the present.

Amidst the turmoil of religious wars and political discord, Henry IV rose from a Protestant prince in Navarre to become one of Europe's most iconic monarchs.

Timeless Turmoil offers a comprehensive historical and comparative analysis of recent conflicts in Kosovo, Abkhazia, and the Tskhinvali region, examining their geopolitical dynamics from ancient times to the present.

At the Emperors Pleasure follows the young couple Christopher and Topsy Man through the savage battle for Hong Kong and the years of enforced separation, she interned in Stanley Camp, Hong Kong, he as a prisoner of war and forced labourer in Kobe, Japan.

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.

Step into the fascinating world of feudal Japan, where swords ruled the battlefield, and scrolls governed the state.

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

Once warfare became established in ancient civilizations, it's hard to find any other social institution that developed as quickly.

"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.

This collection of essays, two of which appear in print for the first time, documents the late Holden Furber's discovery that private ventures, most manifestly deployed in the 'country trade' between Asian ports, played a major role in the European expansion in India before the age of empire.

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