Military history

Establishing a 'missed link' between the work of Piero Manzoni and Helio Oiticica and their respective cultural contexts, this book sheds new light on overlooked aspects of these two artists' practices, particularly focusing on the shift from painting to performance in the long 1960s.

This book explores a wide range of twentieth and twenty-first century international fiction that engages with the Holocaust and its historical legacy.

Thayer Soule couldn't believe his orders.

Flowing from its source in northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River borders or passes through ten different states and serves as one of the most important transportation systems in the country.

In den deutschen Streitkräften waren von 1939 bis 1945 mehrere Hundert katholische Seelsorger für die religiöse Betreuung der deutschen Soldaten im Eroberungs- und Vernichtungskrieg verantwortlich.

Du 28 janvier au 13 fevrier 1939, 500 000 republicains espagnols et leurs familles s'enfuient vers la France.

Die preußischen Offiziere des 18.

En 1975, lorsque l'Espagne se retire du Sahara occidental, elle laisse derriere elle un territoire en proie aux convoitises.

Aracy de Carvalho (1908-2011), 'Righteous Among the Nations', saved German Jews by facilitating their emigration to Brazil in the late 1930s, while working at the Brazilian consulate in Hamburg.

Le 8 mai 2002, Karachi est le theatre d'un attentat meurtrier qui coute la vie a quatorze personnes, dont onze ingenieurs francais de la Direction des Constructions Navales impliques dans la construction d'un sous-marin pour l'armee pakistanaise.

The Citizen Soldiers explores the military reform movement that took its name from the famous Business Men's Military Training Camps at Plattsburg, New York.

Aracy de Carvalho (1908-2011), 'Righteous Among the Nations', saved German Jews by facilitating their emigration to Brazil in the late 1930s, while working at the Brazilian consulate in Hamburg.

This book offers the first in-depth account of the United Kingdom's contribution to the rapprochement between East and West that culminated in the successful negotiation of the Helsinki Final Act of 1975.

Paulus, geboren 1890, stieg als gewissenhafter und fleißiger Generalstabsoffizier in der Wehrmacht auf.

The war in Vietnam achieved almost none of the goals the American decision-makers formulated, and it cost more than 56,000 American lives.

Le tout jeune professeur - il n'a pas vingt ans - est appele comme tant d'autres.

This book examines the leadership of Gerardo Salvador Merino, the chief director of the Sindicatos, fascist-controlled unions under the Franco Regime, and his plan to send 100,000 volunteer Spanish workers to Nazi Germany.

The environmental consequences of the US military presence from World War II through the end of the US war in Vietnam.

Die Bull-Run-Schlachten, auch bekannt als Erste und Zweite Schlacht von Manassas, sind zwei der prägendsten und brutalsten Konflikte des Amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs.

On October 28, 1940, the Italian army under Benito Mussolini invaded Greece.

Au XIIe siecle, les bushis, les guerriers du Japon, parviennent a se hisser au sommet du pouvoir.

This book uncovers the extent to which the Gehlen Organization, the intelligence organization created by the United States at the end of World War Two, recruited and used controversial individuals who had been heavily involved in the atrocities committed by the Nazis.

The environmental consequences of the US military presence from World War II through the end of the US war in Vietnam.

Generations after war and violence the experiences are engraved in memories and influence individual and collective attitudes toward political and social conflicts.

Douze mille femmes ont ete violees pendant la guerre de 39-45 en Italie du sud.

One of the lesser-known stories of the Civil War is the role played by escaped slaves in the Union blockade along the Atlantic coast.

This study focuses on how Russian history textbooks published between 1992 and 2021 dealt with the topic of the Soviet period (1917-1991).

Americans are often accused of not appreciating history, but this charge belies the real popular interest in the past.

Kaum eine Erfindung veränderte die Kriegführung mehr als das Flugzeug.

L'empoisonneur de la jeunesse est un essai biographique et historique sur la vie et le parcours de Baldur Von Schirach.

UNTERNEHMEN BARBAROSSATeil 3: Dieser Gegner wird sich nie wieder erheben – die Kesselschlachten bis Herbst 1941Am 22.

Sylvain Tahar venu du Maghreb n'a pas ete directement implique par la Shoah.

Die Geschichte der Argeaden, der Dynastie Alexanders des Großen, ist schillernd.

Am 13.

Naval dominance was crucial to the defence of South Korea, and this illustrated study explains how the US Navy brought its war-winning fleet to bear in a complex campaign.

Naval dominance was crucial to the defence of South Korea, and this illustrated study explains how the US Navy brought its war-winning fleet to bear in a complex campaign.

Since the beginning of the Revolutionary War, the United States has actively pursued military operations both domestic and foreign.

En 1945, Hitler supo que había perdido la guerra y se recluyó en un búnker en Berlín.

The previously overlooked story of how the labor of Black GIs helped win the war and advanced racial integration in the US armed forces.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende und komplexe Welt der Infanterie der österreichisch-ungarischen Armee, des größten und ethnisch vielfältigsten Heeres, das Europa zu Beginn des 20.

Seven the Thread of God: How God Sevened Himself, Made Covenant, and the Role Sevens Play in Restoring Us to God from Genesis to Revelation is a story of promise, transgression, and redemption, as well as a beacon of hope in a world that has become chaotic and divisive.

Since the beginning of the Revolutionary War, the United States has actively pursued military operations both domestic and foreign.

An exploration of how British society experienced 'spy fever' during the First World War.

Stretching across eight decades, this memoir covers Sung C.

HITLER UND DER D-DAYDas Bollwerk gegen die Invasion: der AtlantikwallDer Atlantikwall war ein umfangreiches System von Küstenschutzanlagen und Befestigungen, das Nazi-Deutschland zwischen 1942 und 1944 entlang der Küste Kontinentaleuropas und Skandinaviens zur Verteidigung gegen eine erwartete alliierte Invasion des von den Nazis besetzten Europas vom Vereinigten Königreich aus während des Zweiten Weltkriegs errichtete.

Siempre al acecho de su presa, entre abordajes y naufragios, los corsarios surcaron los mares para, en nombre de reyes y senores, hacer y perder fortunas y vidas.

'A deeply thought-provoking book full of wisdom, insight and common sense, by two of our foremost strategists' James Holland, bestselling author of The War in the WestFOREWORD BY SIR NICK CARTER, FORMER UK CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF How have the character and technology of war changed in recent times?