Military history

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.

Das erste deutsche Wasserflugzeug wurde von keinem Geringeren als August von Parseval gebaut, der, eigentlich nur als Konstrukteur von Prall-Luftschiffen bekannt war, im Jahr 1909 das erste Wasserflugzeug in Deutschland baute.

The Standard History of The War, Vol 2 by Edgar Wallace is an in-depth and captivating account of the critical events that shaped the global conflict.

William of Tyre's monumental twelfth-century history of the First Crusade and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem inspired a rich series of interrelated Old French continuations that proved very popular in the later Middle Ages.

A Companion to the Vietnam War contains twenty-four definitive essays on America's longest and most divisive foreign conflict.

Originally published in 1929, this volume discusses the early effects of the industrial revolution - the condition of the cotton spinners, the hardships for labouring children, the overcrowded prisons and other brutal punishments.

Annika Mombauer's essential source reader translates, cross-references and annotates a vast range of international diplomatic and military documents on the origins of the First World War.

In the Axis War on the side of Germany, Mussolini's Italy was responsible for serious war crimes, especially in Yugoslavia and Greece.

This second volume of articles by G.

This book highlights how resource constraints and client agency impact China's patronage policy in their pursuit of regional geopolitical power.

Rainer Zitelmann hat die innere Biografie über Adolf Hitler geschrieben.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Die Zerschlagung des Hitlerfaschismus und die Befreiung des deutschen Volkes" verfügbar.

A revealing study of the experiences of prisoners of war during the American RevolutionRelieve Us of This Burthen is the first book-length study of Continental soldiers, officers, and militiamen held as prisoners of war by the British in the South during the American Revolution.

A revealing study of the experiences of prisoners of war during the American RevolutionRelieve Us of This Burthen is the first book-length study of Continental soldiers, officers, and militiamen held as prisoners of war by the British in the South during the American Revolution.

This comprehensive study explores the landscapes and heritage of past conflicts along with defensive and offensive structures.

Engaging the Crusades is a series of concise volumes (up to 50,000 words) which offer initial windows into the ways in which the crusades have been used in the last two centuries, demonstrating that the memory of the crusades is an important and emerging subject.

Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and Alaskan Air Command (AAC) were Major Commands of the United States Air Force.

Nach dem Tod Karls des Großen geriet das mächtige Frankenreich in eine Zeit großer Umwälzungen und Machtkämpfe.

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This is a Marine infantryman's combat memoir from the Invasion of Iraq to the Battle of Fallujah.

This is a Marine infantryman's combat memoir from the Invasion of Iraq to the Battle of Fallujah.

Step into the grandeur of ancient Rome with The Colosseum: Rome's Eternal Arena, a captivating exploration of one of history's most iconic landmarks.

The occupation and liberation of Strasbourg was described by de Gaulle as 'one of the most brilliant episodes in our military history', yet is overshadowed outside France by the Battle of the Bulge.