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This book brings into focus the lives of African-American women who lived in Washtenaw County, Michigan in the years after World War I and before the Civil Rights era. These are the voices of women ……続きを見る

Juli 1914. In dem ostböhmischen Städtchen Grulich wird die teilweise Mobilisierung bekanntgegeben. Der Erste Weltkrieg steht unmittelbar bevor. Stadtsekretär Josef Brauner beginnt, die Ereignisse i……続きを見る

Slum and Guns, Tales of Marines in the Great War. Consisting of several short stories, Slum and Guns describes the life and times of Marines during the Great War, from their training in the United S……続きを見る

Buck Adams, a young farm boy, joined the Marine Corps in the spring of 1917. After boot camp at Paris Island and advanced training at Quantico, he was sent to France with the 97th Company, 3rd Batta……続きを見る

THE LEGIONNAIRE American Boys in the Great War ...the best WWI flying story since The Blue Max. Karl Kunkle: Book Reviewer The story follows the lives of two boys who grow up in an orphanage in Nort……続きを見る

This is another look at one of the battles during WWII where Hitler thought he could invade and conquer during his reign of terror on the world. He decided to try and knock out the Royal Air Force o……続きを見る

Follow in the boot steps of Sgt. John Guess, a young soldier from Southern California and recipient of America’s Distinguished Service Cross, as he tells the story of his journey from the farm land ……続きを見る

Auf dem Weg in südamerikanische Gewässer, wo der dortige deutsche Stationskreuzer abgelöst werden sollte, wird der kleine Kreuzer SMS »Kiel« vom Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges überrascht. Die für d……続きを見る

Bis heute geht von Hitler und seiner charismatischen Herrschaft eine widrige Faszination aus. Werke über zentrale Fragen seiner Herrschaft füllen ganze Bibliotheken. In dieser neuen, schlanken polit……続きを見る

The 4th Marine Brigade, with roughly 10,000 men, was the only large Marine unit to see major action in World War I. Dubbed “Devil Dogs” by the Germans, the 4th was part of the 2nd Division of the Am……続きを見る

This book presents the work accomplished by the Royal Navy in combating the unrestricted submarine warfare instituted by the Central Powers in February, 1917. It is consequently largely concerned wi……続きを見る

America's entry into the World War in April 1917 presented the United States Army with its greatest challenge in the nation's history. This book examines the U.S. Army's involvement in the Great War……続きを見る

DIE K.u.K. KRIEGSMARINE Dieses Buch erzählt die Geschichte der österreichischen Kriegsmarine von den Anfängen in den Jahren um 1850 bis zum Ende des 1. Weltkriegs. Bis zum Ausgleich von 1867 zwische……続きを見る

Virginia played an important role during World War I, supplying the Allied forces with food, horses and steel in 1915 and 1916. After America entered the war in 1917, Virginians served in numerous m……続きを見る

Une mise en abîme des accords entre la France et la Grande Bretagne au Moyen Orient après la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale. Ce texte d’un auteur inconnu, nommé pour la circonstance « Mort O’ Co……続きを見る

A captivating and poignant tale, this is the little-known story of a group of Scottish athletes and their fans who went to war togetherーand what happened to the few who made it home. The saga of Mc……続きを見る

“Who Murdered the Vets?” writer Ernest Hemingway demanded in an impassioned article about the deaths of hundreds of former soldiers. Their fate came as part of the larger and often overlooked story ……続きを見る

Le ragioni della prima guerra mondiale spiegate da uno dei più lucidi interpreti del Novecento. Nel gennaio 1929 lo storico francese Elie Halévy fu invitato dall’Università di Oxford a tenere le Cec……続きを見る

24 maggio 1915. Dopo dieci lunghi mesi di tensioni, intrighi diplomatici, congiure parlamentari e manifestazioni di massa, l’Italia entra in guerra a fianco dell’Intesa. Giorgio Petracchi ricostruis……続きを見る

A personal account of World War I events, as told from the perspective of David Lloyd George, former Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908-1915), Minister of Munitions (1915-1916), Secretary of State of……続きを見る

To a generation that has experienced two great World Wars, the closing quarter of the Nineteenth Century is bound, in retrospect, to appear in the light of a golden age. It was an era of peace in Eu……続きを見る

Adm. Sir Reginald Bacon, the author of the 1929 biography of Lord Fisher, here turns his attention to his old friend and comrade, the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet, John Rushworth, 1st Earl ……続きを見る

The Palestine Campaign of the First World War exhibited a fighting style that brought with it various challenges in mission command. While General Allenby, commanding the Allied Egyptian Expeditiona……続きを見る

The First World War is often represented as a stolid slugging match of opposing trench lines being pounded by massed artillery, however, the German offensives of 1918 broke through the British lines……続きを見る

Der Untergang Österreich- Ungarns im Spiegel eines einzigen Tages: Johannes Sachslehner schildert 24 verhängnisvolle Stunden, in denen der Wahnsinn des Krieges seinen abschließenden Höhepunkt erreic……続きを見る

In den 33 Tagen nach dem Attentat von Sarajevo am 28. Juni 1914 fielen die verhängnisvollen Entscheidungen, die zum Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs führten. Tagesgenau und detailliert erzählt Marko R……続きを見る

Zum 100. Jahrestag des Attentats von Sarajevo hat der Habsburg-Experte und Styria- Bestsellerautor Janko Ferk einen besonderen Roman über Thronfolger Franz Ferdinand und seinen Mörder Gavrilo Princi……続きを見る

The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is best known for its athletic and youth programs, a heritage that draws on its origins in 1844 to provide wholesome recreation to urban youth away from ……続きを見る

During the First World War, the British Army's most consistent German opponent was Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. Commanding more than a million men as a General, and then Field Marshal, in the ……続きを見る

Aerial warfare which has dominated western war-making for over 100 years, and despite regular announcements of its demise, it shows no sign of becoming obsolete. Frank Ledwidge offers a sweeping loo……続きを見る