Military history

Ce livre commemoratif, produit a l'occasion du Centenaire de la Marine canadienne 1910-2010, traite d'une double citoyennete particuliere : celle des Canadiens exercant le metier de la mer au service du Canada, tout en repondant aux devoirs de leurs activites civiles, chez eux, dans leur communaute.

One of only fifty infantry battalions to see action with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I, the 58th nevertheless had no official history.

Undeniably, the 1990s were a period of crisis for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).

The story of an astonishing band of Canadian soldiers and their part in the Allied victory in Italy.

Le commandement et le leadership sont des caracteristiques tres personnelles.

Im Sommer 1914 zogen die Offiziere Österreich-Ungarns an der Spitze einer einzigartigen, multiethnischen Armee in den »Großen Krieg«.

Benjamin Forsythe Buckner (1836-1901) faced a dire choice as the flames of Civil War threatened his native Kentucky.

Die Rekrutierung muslimischer Albaner für die Waffen-SS auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Kosovo ist eine historische Tatsache, die man zunächst kaum glauben kann.

The giant conflagration of the First World War created the world we live in today, and its history is replete with stirring battles, mind-boggling strategies, and geopolitical manoeuvring.

Battlefields of Canada encompasses nearly 300 years of history and features sixteen of the most significant Canadian battles as well as some of the most comic or bizarre.

An Allied unit comprised of Canadian and American troops, the First Special Service Force or "e;Devil's Brigade"e; struck fear into the very heart of the Axis.

In the summer of 1777, while the British and the Americans were engaged in the bitter American Revolution, a massive campaign was launched from Canada into New York State.

Commended for the 2009 Keith Matthews Award This lavishly illustrated commemorative volume chronicles the full century, 1910-2010, of the Canadian Navy as a proud national institution.

For 16-year-old Jan Kamienski, life as he knows it ends when Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939.

Seven soldiers.

This commemorative volume produced on the occasion of the centennial of the Canadian Navy, 1910-2010, records a special kind of dual citizenship: Canadians exercising the profession of the sea in their nation's service, while also living out the demands of their civilian occupations in their home communities.

This meticulously researched book traces the development of airborne forces from their earliest mythology to their earth-shattering debut in the Second World War.

As an outpost of the advancing frontier, Kentucky played a crucial military role.

Presenting all six installments of Richard Feltoe's series on the War of 1812, gathered together in an ebook bundle.

Yankee Blitzkrieg is the first comprehensive survey of Wilson's Raid, the largest independent mounted expedition of the Civil War.

An unprecedented introduction to the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command.

Military historian Carl Benn explores the rich history of our nation with two absorbing stories of bravery in this special two-book bundle.

Many scholars have tried to assess Adolf Hitler's influence on the German people, usually focusing on university towns and industrial communities, most of them predominately Protestant or religiously mixed.

Contrary to popular opinion, this nation has always consciously and consistently utilized military force to further its security, as well as its economic and political well-being.

Bravery, patriotism, and sacrifice marked the women caught up in conflict during the Second World War.

Contrasts between fighter combat and the bombers' war support Klinkowitz's belief that notions of the air war were determined by one's position in it.

During the American Civil War, the British legation and consuls experienced strained relations with both the Union and the Confederacy, to varying degrees and with different results.

Now in its ninth edition, A History of Modern Germany provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of this complex country's history, beginning in 1871 and ending in the present day.

First published in 1957, this classic work on the political situation in Southeast Asia at the start of the Vietnam War includes a supplement covering events up to mid-1958.

There have been guidebooks to military sites before, but no other book has covered the War of 1812 in its entirety.

Private Jack Poolton was among the Canadians landing at the disastrous raid on Dieppe.

The first in-depth book that sheds light on Canada's elite warriors who operate in the shadows.

Seven soldiers.

Die 900tägige Belagerung Leningrads stellt eines der großen Verbrechen des Ostkrieges dar.

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In the fall of 1956, the world was on the brink of war.

First published in 1977 this accessible general overview of Canada's contribution to the Second World War and of the war's effect on Canada's evolution.

Canadian and British airmen engaged in fierce and deadly battles in the skies over Europe during the Second World War.

A collection of the best journalism from Canada's wars, from the time of the Vikings to the war in Afghanistan.

Surrounded by potential adversaries, nineteenth-century Prussia and twentieth-century Germany faced the formidable prospect of multifront wars and wars of attrition.

Many of the airmen of the First Word War who challenged both the enemy and death did not survive.

This official account of the crisis in the Persian Gulf traces the Canadian Forces commitment to the Gulf region in response to Iraqi aggression in 1990-1991.

At a time of great sacrifice in Canadian history, we are welcomed into the homes, the hearts, and the minds of mothers, sons, fathers, and friends as we follow Syd Smith and his high-school brotherhood of 13 when they answer the call to duty in 1941.

The US occupation of Germany after World War II was a time in which encounters between American soldiers and young German civilians were especially ubiquitous.

Alarmed by infringements upon American commerce during the Napoleonic Wars, Kentuckians were early proponents of war with Great Britain.

In 1941, the fortress city of Terezin, outside Prague, was ostensibly converted into model ghetto, where Jews could temporarily reside before being sent to a more permanent settlement.

The first in-depth book that sheds light on Canada's elite warriors who operate in the shadows.

In the fifth year of the War of Independence, while the Americans focused on the British thrust against the Carolinas, the Canadian Department waged a decisive campaign against the northern frontier of New York.

An extraordinary, newly discovered account from an ordinary Canadian on the ground in the crucial battles of the First World War.