A grand epic saga by Robert McKenzie, The Chairspans centuries, touching the lives of 22 related mothers and daughters, their stories witnessed by a simple pine chair.
A grand epic saga by Robert McKenzie, The Chairspans centuries, touching the lives of 22 related mothers and daughters, their stories witnessed by a simple pine chair.
There is little documented mapping of conflict prior to the Renaissance period, but, from the 17th century onwards, military commanders and strategists began to document the wars in which they were involved and later, to use mapping to actually plan the progress of a conflict.
En unos tiempos en que ha vuelto a hacer acto de presencia una profunda crispacion politica, y a solo una decada de que Espana conmemore el inicio del mayor drama de nuestra historia contemporanea, la pregunta sobre que queremos hacer con el recuerdo de la Guerra Civil no solo es pertinente sino especialmente relevante.
In the Second World War, Malta was besieged for nearly two and a half years, during which time a decisive air war was waged between Britain, Italy and Germany.
This book fills a lacuna in the English-language literature dealing with Norway and the Holocaust by focusing on how Norwegian Jews, and those who facilitated their rescue, remembered the experience of their departure and passage across hostile territory to sanctuary in Sweden.
This book delves into the controversial actions of British prisoners of war during World War II, exploring cases of alleged betrayal, collaboration, and espionage.
At the height of the Russian Civil War in 1919 Britain poured in thousands of troops and vast amounts of munitions to assist the White Russian opponents of Lenin’s Communist forces.
On 16 May 1943, 617 Squadron's first mission saw 19 Avro Lancasters deploy bouncing bombs to breach the Mohne and Eder dams, inflicting significant damage on Nazi Germany's industrial Ruhr region.
This book provides the first account of the Isonzo/Soca frontline through the multidisciplinary lens of modern conflict archaeology, offering unique insights into multilayered conflict landscapes of the Soca Front.
Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt addresses a pivotal period in modern Egyptian history at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when Napoleon led his famous military campaign against Egypt.
La guerra de independencia en la Costa Caribe, que culminó con la capitulación de Cartagena y la salida de las tropas realistas, en octubre de 1821, fue un episodio decisivo de la emancipación colombiana de España.
"e;By the will of fate I came to play a part in not letting Hitler achieve his final goal of disappearing and turning into a myth I managed to prevent Stalins dark and murky ambition from taking root his desire to hide from the world that we had found Hitlers corpse"e; - Elena Rzhevskaya"e;A telling reminder of the jealousy and rivalries that split the Allies even in their hour of victory, and foreshadowed the Cold War"e;- Tom Parfitt, The GuardianOn May 2,1945, Red Army soldiers broke into Hitlers bunker.
Lorsque fortuitement, en 2020, ont ete decouvertes une cinquantaine de lettres ecrites par Pierre Sauveau a sa famille, alors qu'il avait ete envoye en Allemagne nazie par l'Etat francais de Vichy, sa narration au jour le jour est apparue comme une plongee dans la realite.
