Regional / International studies

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Breveté pilote en 1938, Gérard Germain consacra toute sa vie à l'aviation.

On November 11, 1940, 21 slow, canvas-covered British warplanes, launched from the carrier Illustrious, attacked the harbor at the Italian port of Taranto and put most of the Italian navy out of commission.

The Sonderkommando the special squad of enslaved Jewish laborers who were forced to work in the gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz-Birkenau comprise one of the most fascinating and troubling topics within Holocaust history.

Praise for The Rescue"e;Steven Trent Smith grapples boldly with several big subjects: the Japanese occupation of the Philippines; the capture of Japan's 'Z Plan' (the decisive-battle strategy for destroying the U.

Private Dan Jones was captured by Nazi sergeants in a smoke-filled forest in Holland.

Depuis le XIXe siècle, les sciences de l'Homme se penchent sur cet étrange phénomène de la guerre et la question de son origine.

How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society?

Dans son sixième roman, l'auteur revient à la Deuxième Guerre mondiale.

Jean Ayral, étudiant à Dax, entend l'appel du 18 juin 1940 et quitte la France.

The Schnellbootwaffe was created in the early 1930s, before the Second World War, in concurrence with the regenerated Kriegsmarine.

Pour aider la France à mener la guerre de 1939-1945, cette dernière demande à ses colonies africaines de lui envoyer des hommes, de lui fournir des prestations et des marchandises et de prélever des impôts.

Pendant l'Occupation de Nantes les autorités allemandes encouragèrent les représentations lyriques et les concerts.

Volume two of the influential study of US foreign policy during the Cold War-and the media's manipulative coverage-by the authors of Manufacturing Consent.

When winners write history, they sometimes "e;forget"e; to include their own embarrassing misjudgments.

War is the story of individuals painted into a broader tapestry of overpowering events.

Ce récit est fondé sur des documents personnels, des souvenirs et anecdotes ainsi que des documents historiques qui constituent plus de quarante ans de recherches.

Christianity is often assumed to be pro-capitalist and socially conservative in short, necessarily aligned with the political Right.

In the early morning of 10 May 1940, the sky literally fell on the heads of the defenders of Fort Eben-Emael, considered to be Belgium's most powerful fortress.

This is the first English-language translation of a crucial memoir of the dying days of Hitler’s Third Reich.

Voici le destin difficile d’un jeune Alsacien devant abandonner famille et études, n’ayant eu d’autres choix que de vêtir tour à tour l’uniforme des deux camps et forcé à survivre dans un monde auquel rien ne le prédestinait afin de partir en guerre.

This book explores the world in which one of the oddest and most interesting trends in Latin music over the last 30 years has risen, the narcocorrido.

Cette histoire familiale commence avec Abraham ; elle emprunte pour s'exprimer les récits de l'Ecriture avant d'aborder l'Antiquité, le Moyen Age, et enfin la modernité.

Au sortir de la Première Guerre Mondiale, l'écroulement des grands empires européens donne naissance à de nouveaux pays dont beaucoup n'ont jamais été des Etats.

Unrestricted Warfare reveals the dramatic story of the harsh baptism by fire faced by U.

Written by a Commando veteran of World War II, this is a remarkable, vivid and honest account of the battles and actions behind the award of the thirty eight Battle Honours that were awarded to the Army Commandos by Her Majesty the Queen in 1958.

More than an account of Churchill's momentous meetings with Roosevelt, Stalin and other leaders at the height of the Second World War, this book illuminates the practicalities of transporting a prime minister through dangerous skies and across hostile oceans in a time of global war.

Raymond Juillard a 17 ans lorsqu'il est arrêté par la Gestapo allemande le 27 août 1943.

Keen to learn but short on time?

Written by a Commando veteran of World War II, this is a remarkable, vivid and honest account of the battles and actions behind the award of the thirty eight Battle Honours that were awarded to the Army Commandos by Her Majesty the Queen in 1958.

L'enfant est né avec la guerre, des hordes de Barbares ont envahi le pays.

'Common men no longer start wars: they take part in them when someone else has started them.

"e;Both the sources he employs and the scope of his study set his work apart from all that have precede it.

Combat biographies of seven ace pilots flying for the Nazi German air force during World War II, featuring in-the-cockpit accounts of aerial dogfights.

Itinéraire d'un père, combattant actif de la bataille de France en 1940, prisonnier de guerre, « triangle rouge », résistant pris dans les barbelés des camps nazis condamné à la déportation pour rébellion, sabotage et tentatives d'évasion.

This monumental 7-volume encyclopedia, the result of years of work by the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will describe the universe of camps and ghettos-some 20,000 in all-that the Nazis and their allies operated, from Norway to North Africa and from France to Russia.

Les tirailleurs sénégalais ont été nombreux à s'être sacrifiés sans avoir été récompensés à leur juste valeur.

Reinhard ‘Teddy’ Suhren fired more successful torpedo shots than any other man during the war, many before he even became a U-boat commander.

The evacuation and subsequent German occupation of the Channel Islands during WWII, told through personal accounts, newspapers, and political decisions.

Drummer Richard Bentinck of the 23rd of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers) was a rarity: he survived many sanguinary experiences and recorded his adventures.

Dans ce roman historique, Jean Moulin nous parle de lui sans rien omettre.

The new edition of this market-leading textbook includes a revised introduction and updated chapters with new research and insights.

Le 11 avril 1945, plus de 3000 déportés à bout de force espèrent leur libération dans deux petites gares ferroviaires perdues au fin fond de l'Allemagne nazie.

A groundbreaking study of the Canadians' first major operation in Normandy with new revelations on the death of German panzer ace Michael Wittmann.

The word 'Gestapo' has become synonymous with the terrible brutality and terror of the Nazi regime in World War II.