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An in-depth history of the Polish soldiers who served in World War 2, with previously unpublished first-hand accounts and rare photographs.

Since their creation in 1983, the US Navy SEALs have been involved in unconventional warfare around the globe, undertaking crucial and clandestine missions.

Since their creation in 1983, the US Navy SEALs have been involved in unconventional warfare around the globe, undertaking crucial and clandestine missions.

In Amongst the Marines, Steven Preece vividly depicted his excessive, violent lifestyle as an elite Royal Marine Commando.

The Great Escape was one of the most remarkable episodes of the Second World War.

Andy Coogan was born in Glasgow in 1917, the oldest child of poor Irish immigrants.

When of hundreds of Japanese captives arrive at Featherston POW camp, the tiny town is divided.

When Charlie Harrison was born outside Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921, no one could have predicted the perils he would encounter on his journey through life.

The SAS veteran, mercenary and author of No Mean Soldier looks back on a life of combat in this revised and expanded edition of his classic memoir.

On October 17, 1965, Navy LTJG Porter Halyburton was shot down over North Vietnam on his 76th mission and listed as killed in action.

The great nineteenth century French military thinker, Ardant du Picq, argued that selfless courage is rooted in a higher moral purpose, and is found among "e;Elite Souls.

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.

Tribute to a Generation highlights the unappreciated yet pivotal role Ambassador F.

Revised and updated every year, The Military Advantage, 2017 Edition is the most reliable benefits guide for Americans who have answered the call to serve in the military.

At the beginning of World War II, professor Lauren Post, San Diego State College, asked his students entering military service to write to him.

Eleven Months to Freedom recounts the daring World War I escape of German midshipman Erich Killinger.

Now available in paperback, Death on the Hellships chronicles the true dimensions of the Allied POW experience at sea.

Camp Huntsville was one of the first and largest POW camps constructed in America during World War II.

The author decided over a forty-year period to write about his experiences in South Vietnam with the Fourth Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry.

March 29, 1968 - ARVN Rangers and U.

This is a story of one man's journey from civilian life, soon to be an Infantry Rifleman and then to the front lines of the Korean War and his return home.

A Winner of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa 2023 Bernard Lewis PrizeThe chapters in this volume examine a few facets in the drama of how the survivors of the Holocaust contended with life after the darkest night in Jewish history.

A Winner of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa 2023 Bernard Lewis PrizeThe chapters in this volume examine a few facets in the drama of how the survivors of the Holocaust contended with life after the darkest night in Jewish history.

The collapse of the USSR was relatively bloodless.

The collapse of the USSR was relatively bloodless.

This book chronicles the presidency of George W.

Angola 1975-1991 (MMCA) capitulo imperfecto de la revolucion cubana, generales desde el Ministerio de Guerra, reciben ordenes de los lideres en estatus de genuflexion a Rusia, es tal, que en el transcurso de esta odisea se les apoda "e;hermanos Karamazov"e;, en alusion literatura cumbre de la literatura rusa.

We the people-these words embody the ethos of what it means to be an American citizen.

Each day after school, Mohammed El-Kurd's grandmother welcomed him at the door of his home with a bouquet of jasmine.

In myriad ways, each narrator's life has been shaped by loss, injustice, and resilience-and by the struggle of how to share space with settler nations whose essential aim is to take all that is Indigenous.

Many books and memoirs have been written on prisoner of war captivity in the Far East during the Second World War.

"e;I thought I’d seen every angle on the history of American whiskey.

"e;I thought I’d seen every angle on the history of American whiskey.

After completing military service, veterans can have a difficult time finding employment when returning to civilian life.

The war that broke out in the former Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century unleashed unspeakable acts of violence committed against defenseless civilians, including a grizzly mass murder at an Ovcara pig farm in 1991.

The war that broke out in the former Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century unleashed unspeakable acts of violence committed against defenseless civilians, including a grizzly mass murder at an Ovcara pig farm in 1991.

Ever since the partition of the Indian subcontinent on August 15, 1947, into India and Pakistan, the erstwhile country of Punjab (the Indian-Punjab) has been occupied and colonized by India.

Siegfried Sassoon is mostly remembered for the devastating poetry he wrote during World War One as a result of leading his troops "e;over the top"e; to certain death.

Okay, I guess you good people would like to know why I wrote this book.

Explores Auschwitz's construction, revealing architectural plans and documents that expose the SS's role in orchestrating genocide.

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"e;With its focus on tank crew members and their commanders this is a unique addition to the literature on WWII.

Historically in warfare, the majority of all combat deaths have occurred prior to a casualty ever receiving advanced trauma management.

Military surgeons must assume a leadership role in combat casualty care in circumstances that are far less than ideal.