Military history

Hitler's decision to renege on his alliance with Stalin and invade Russia in June 1941 was to have the most far reaching consequences for the world.

This political and military history of Paraguay chronicles the dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner from 1954 to the coup that overthrew him in 1989.

Meine Erinnerungen aus Ostafrika ist die autobiografische Darstellung von General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, einem deutschen Offizier, der wahrend des Ersten Weltkriegs in Ostafrika diente.

In 1984, at the age of 78, world-renowned rose grower Hilda Murrell was found brutally murdered in the Shropshire countryside.

The racism and antisemitism of Fascist Italy have often been described as 'mild', 'cultural', 'spiritual', and essentially non-violent, especially in comparison with the racial ideology of Nazi Germany.

Gerald McCarthy enlisted in the Marines at 17 and volunteered for Vietnam.

This volume draws together an international team of scholars to explore the experience and significance of early modern European continental warfare from an interdisciplinary perspective.

This book investigates the impact of revolution on the French from the Revolution of 1789 to its centenary in 1889.

This book focuses on a long- neglected yet important topic in China's translation history: interpreter/ translator training and wartime translation studies.

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De l’exil, de la déportation, de l’internement, de l’extermination mis en œuvre par l’Allemagne nazie contre les populations juives, l’art est l’un des rares domaines où une reconnaissance, une déférence, un hommage peuvent être apportés aux survivants et à leurs descendants, privés de la transmission mémorielle, enfants sans enfance et endeuillés de morts sans sépulture.

De l’exil, de la déportation, de l’internement, de l’extermination mis en œuvre par l’Allemagne nazie contre les populations juives, l’art est l’un des rares domaines où une reconnaissance, une déférence, un hommage peuvent être apportés aux survivants et à leurs descendants, privés de la transmission mémorielle, enfants sans enfance et endeuillés de morts sans sépulture.

In the 1870s, to supplement their early steam engines, French warships were still rigged for sail.

The Austro-Hungarian Stormtroopers and the Italian Arditi of World War I were elite special forces charged with carrying out bold raids and daring attacks.

"e;The Battle of Moscow, 1941-1942: The Red Army's Defensive Operations and Counteroffensive Along the Moscow Strategic Direction"e; is a detailed examination of one of the major turning points of World War II, as seen from the Soviet side.

This book examines the institutional contexts of dramaturgical practices in the changing political landscape of 20th century Germany.

This exploration of the crucially important role played by remorse in Iris Murdoch's philosophical, theological, and political thinking identifies it as a critical concept in her moral psychology and a recurrent theme in her art.

Der Juliputsch 1934 wurde in der NS-Zeit identitätsstiftender Mythos, in der Zweiten Republik zum Tabu.

This book details the military experience of Marine William Bisbing.

This book accounts for Scandinavian unification efforts in a time of great upheaval.

Andersonville Diary, Escape, and List of the Dead is a primary source documents which lists soldiers held in the horrific Confederate POW camp.

Kriegsmarine - Die Deutsche Flotte 1939 – 1945Die Schlachtschiffe der Scharnhorst – KlasseIm Gegensatz zu den Flottenbestrebungen des Deutschen Kaiserreichs vor und im 1.

Immerse yourself in the profound and evocative world of rural Denmark with Henrik Pontoppidan's Emanuel, or Children of the Soil.

"e;A WWII soldier's rosy letters home are juxtaposed with his recollections of combat's harrowing on-the-ground reality in this immersive debut memoir.

Ce livre présente en détail la Ligue des filles allemandes (Bund Deutscher Mädel, BDM), son histoire, ses rouages, ses liens avec les Jeunesses hitlériennes dont elle était sous la tutelle, avec l’État nazi dans son ensemble, ainsi que la place des jeunes filles allemandes dans le Service du Travail du Reich, dans le Generalplan Ost et le Lebensborn.

The first volume of this comprehensive study of the Franco-Prussian War presents a detailed account of Germany Confederation's decisive victory over France.

Pathway to the Stars takes readers on a remarkable journey spanning one hundred years of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Pathway to the Stars takes readers on a remarkable journey spanning one hundred years of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Chronologie des amerikanischen Bürgerkrieges und die Vorgeschichte wie es zu diesen Konflikt kam.

This superbly researched book gives a complete account of the war in the Mediterranean on, above and beneath the sea up until Italy's armistice in September 1943.

Four years of bloodshed in mid-1980s Northern Ireland, in the words of British soldiers who experienced it firsthand.

A scholarly analysis of the Turkish military in the 21st century by the Near East policy expert and author of What Went Wrong in Afghanistan.

Suddenly there is a blow to my face, I am hurled to one side.

After the defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler had lost his momentum and was looking for a way to regain it.

As the crow flies'', ''chunder'', ''cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'', ''three sheets to the wind'' - many terms like these are used in everyday English language conversation and writing.

This book focuses on a long- neglected yet important topic in China's translation history: interpreter/ translator training and wartime translation studies.

Inept leadership, inefficient campaigning, and enormous losses would seem to spell military disaster.

An aviation historian explores Russian airborne assault innovations in the decade before WWII using paratrooper memoirs and archival research.

A firsthand account of Latvia during World War II: "e;A British diplomat's wife's beautifully observed eye-witness account of the Soviet occupation.

The military scholar and author of The Human Face of War analyses the nature of 20th-century war and warfare in this wide-ranging study.

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What greater pride might a young man feel than to serve shoulder to shoulder with his friends in time of war?