Military history

This is the ultimate history and guide to Kerak, one of the greatest crusader castles, tracing the architectural history of the castle over the course of 800 years.

Read how both German and Soviet armies learned to adapt themselves quickly to the ever changing situation on the battlefield, their innovative capacity and which new weapon systems and tactics they introduced to get the upper hand.

Explores the Civil War's related and enduring conflicts of ideas and principles through four centuries of a nation's history.

This book examines the rise and the fall of the Russian Empire through the lens of its military history.

This book examines the rise and the fall of the Russian Empire through the lens of its military history.

Read how both German and Soviet armies learned to adapt themselves quickly to the ever changing situation on the battlefield, their innovative capacity and which new weapon systems and tactics they introduced to get the upper hand.

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This volume aims to offer a fresh perspective towards the evaluation of Soviet war crimes trials of Holocaust perpetrators, their representation through various means of media, and their reception in the context of the Cold War.

This volume aims to offer a fresh perspective towards the evaluation of Soviet war crimes trials of Holocaust perpetrators, their representation through various means of media, and their reception in the context of the Cold War.

The first dedicated, illustrated study of the events of the Second Punic War in Iberia, which served as a launch pad for the Carthaginian invasion of Rome.

It is one thing to understand theoretically how we build our reality (Part 1 of the trilogy), but something very different to step out of "e;consensus reality,"e; stop the world and enter a completely different one.

"e;Just when you thought everything about the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II had been published, author Ben Powers delivers Never a Dull Moment, The 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion in World War II.

This memoir chronicles the Tennessee soldier's journey from conscientious objector to decorated World War I hero.

Museums in Israel After the Holocaust explores the influence of the traumatic events of the Holocaust on the formation of a cultural heritage policy during the foundational years of the State of Israel.

Explore the rich and enduring legacy of one of America's most iconic figures with Wyndham Robertson's comprehensive genealogy, "e;Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka: And Her Descendants Through Her Marriage at Jamestown, Virginia in April, 1614.

Get the Summary of Howell Raines's Silent Cavalry in 20 minutes.

This is a dramatic retelling of true events in the life of Francisco Boix, a Spanish press photographer and communist who fled to France at the beginning of World War II.

The Age of Revolution is the period from approximately 1774 to 1849 in which a number of significant revolutionary movements occurred in many parts of Europe and the Americas.

This captivating collection of first-hand accounts brings to life the "e;War to End All Wars.

During World War II, the United States earned the nickname "e;the arsenal of democracy"e; due to its sheer productive output, which included over 3,000,000 trucks and jeeps, 86,000 tanks, 6,750 naval platforms, 300,000 aircraft of all types.

"e;Culled from the author's three decades of researching and writing about the Civil War, this book provides vibrant accounts of many prominent people of the era.

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A history of the Soviet Navy's cruisers, from the opening shots of the October Revolution through to the combat they saw during World War II.

A companion to World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, this volume reevaluates the most enduring literature on basic aspects of the war in Asia and the Pacific.

During World War II, Kentuckians rushed from farms to factories and battlefields, leaving agriculture throughout the state--particularly the lucrative tobacco industry--without sufficient labor.

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Mary Frances Willard, a public-school principal from Chicago, was one of thousands of American women who served as welfare workers for U.

This work is a close examination of the conditions surrounding and precipitating the last gasp of British naval hegemony and events that led to its demise.

An exploration into why and how Thermopylae is one of the most blood-soaked patches of ground in history and what its past can tell us about our future.

History paints war out to be a man's business, but there is an army of women warriors who stand between the lines of history books, waiting to be seen.

A highly illustrated history of the Wars of the Roses based on the medieval art of Graham Turner.

An exploration into why and how Thermopylae is one of the most blood-soaked patches of ground in history and what its past can tell us about our future.

Bettina Görings Biografie ist eine Auseinandersetzung mit ihrer dunklen Familiengeschichte und dem verbrecherischen Erbe ihres Großonkels, Reichsmarschall Hermann GöringBettina Görings Name ist ihr Schicksal.

An illustrated account of the dramatic engagement between the Luftwaffe's Me 163 units and Allied bombers during the closing years of World War II.

This authoritative A-Z encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses provides accurate and concise descriptions of the major battles and events and the principal historical figures and issues involved.

A carefully researched work providing an overview of the strategic factors dominating the costly yet war-winning Arctic convoy program.

A fascinating look at the British naval intervention in the Baltic in 1918 20, and at the British, Soviet and Baltic nationalist fleets that fought.

Wartime intrigues in France could spell personal disaster for Sir Thomas Blackstone.

A brief history of secret British and American World War II organizations, their training, tools, successes, and their legacy.

A carefully researched work providing an overview of the strategic factors dominating the costly yet war-winning Arctic convoy program.

A history and analysis of the 1780 South Carolina battle that marked the turning point for Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War.

"e;This memoir is a tribute to the author's service in World War II.

This book presents a detailed assessment of the role of navies in the Korean War.

In 1861, brothers Daniel and Pressley Boyd left their farm in Abbeville County, South Carolina to join the Confederate army.

In the 1920s and 30s, aircraft designer Andrey Tupolev designed a series of advanced torpedo boats for the USSR.

This book presents a detailed assessment of the role of navies in the Korean War.

Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.

This book presents a comprehensive narrative and historical analysis of the political and economic relations between China and Italy from the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce signed in October 1866 to the Second World War.

This book draws on a range of key archives and oral testimonies to provide the first systematic and historical study of the origins, context, development, frustrations, inner contradictions, and legacies of the Columbus Centre.