Rare account of a non-German who fought in the elite Waffen-SS New information on the 11th SS Panzergrenadier Division No-holds-barred narrative of the Eastern Front This is the story of Erik Wallin, a Swede who volunteered for the Waffen-SS, serving in the panzer reconnaissance battalion of the 11th SS Panzergrenadier Division, a unit composed mainly of volunteers from Scandinavia.
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.
Many faith groups in the UK - most notably Muslims - have in recent years challenged the idea that religion should be predominantly a matter for the private domain.
As a young boy growing up in Port Elizabeth in the 1960s and 1970s, Steven Robins was haunted by an old postcard-size photograph of three unknown women on a table in the dining room.
Captain F J Walker, RN, did more than any other man at sea to win the Battle of the Atlantic, a vicious and unrelenting struggle which Churchill described as the dominating factor throughout World War Two.
Russians in Iran seeks to challenge the traditional narrative regarding Russian involvement Iran and to show that whilst Russia's historical involvement in Iran is longstanding it is nonetheless much misunderstood.
Filled with fine-scale drawings of Australian, Belgian, Canadian, Czech, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Romanian, and South African armored vehicles, including:*; Centauro Tank Destroyer (Italy)*; TKS Light Reconnaissance Tank (Poland)*; Ram Kangaroo Personnel Carrier (Canada)*; Renault R-35 Light Tank (France)*; Type 3 Chi-nu Heavy Tank (Japan)*; Scorpion AC1 Cruiser Tank (Australia)*; TACAM R-2 Tank Hunter (Romania)*; And many, many more .
Le caporal Gaston Rabot, volontaire calédonien du Bataillon du Pacifique, quitte Nouméa le 6 mai 1941, avec le Bataillon embarqué à bord du paquebot Zealandia.
Operation Dynamo, the successful evacuation of Belgian, British, Dutch, French and Polish troops from the beaches at Dunkirk between 27 May and 4 June 1940, was not only a pivotal moment of the war, but one that changed its final outcome.
Le présent essai a pour objet d'offrir au lecteur des générations futures une synthèse des faits marquants de la vie publique de Charles de Gaulle, en ce qu'ils sont emblématiques de son action, pendant la guerre et durant sa présidence de la République de 1959 à 1969.
This book is a historical study of the events of October 1941 in the Viaz’ma pocket, based on documents found in the Russian Federation’s Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense, the German Bundesarchiv, and the US National Archives.
Cet ouvrage a plusieurs objectifs : faire connaître, à partir d'une approche historique des persécutions, les circonstances dans lesquelles des enfants de tous âges ont été confrontés à la séparation brutale avec le milieu familial et ont dû en urgence être cachés, changer de nom, taire leurs origines, parfois embrasser une autre religion.
Saint-Nazaire, 1949 : c'est dans un baraquement construit durant la guerre par les allemands que grandit la petite fille entre ses deux frères, sa mère couturière et son père mécanicien.
Renowned German aviation specialist Manfred Griehl has collected a unique and valuable selection of photographs of Luftwaffe projects that never made it into battle.
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.
The Nazis persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors.
As a young boy growing up in Port Elizabeth in the 1960s and 1970s, Steven Robins was haunted by an old postcard-size photograph of three unknown women on a table in the dining room.
Ce livre retrace le parcours d'Edmond Vermeil, l'un des pères fondateurs de la germanistique française, ayant reçu la chaire des Etudes germaniques à la Sorbonne en 1933.
This is the story of how Nazi war criminals escaped from justice at the end of the Second World War by fleeing through the Tyrolean Alps to Italian seaports, and the role played by the Red Cross, the Vatican, and the Secret Services of the major powers in smuggling them away from prosecution in Europe to a new life in South America.
There is no them - there is only us, celebrating our common humanityWhatever your spiritual path, chances are that the primary tenets of your faith include universal love, acceptance, and compassion.
