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Hitler: Profile of a Dictator is a fascinating exploration of Hitler and his role in the Third Reich. The book unravels the complex historiographical debate surrounding this notorious figure by exam……続きを見る

Louis Barthou décrit brillamment les tribulations amoureuses de Richard Wagner et la construction de ses opéras au fil de ses flammes. Au cours de chapitres captivants, défilent Minna Planer, sa pre……続きを見る

As the Marines ran into the shore of the coral reefed island of Peleliu in their landing craft the Japanese artillery that wreathed the landing beach of Peleliu gave them little confidence in the wo……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur la bataille de Koursk en moins d’une heure ! Après la cuisante défaite de Stalingrad, Adolf Hitler a besoin d’un coup d’éclat pour rassurer le peuple al……続きを見る

The 1st Armored Division was the first American armored unit to enter combat against German panzer divisions in World War II. A product of the contentious mechanization process between the First and……続きを見る

The crossing of the Elbe River was to prove a mortal blow to the hopes of the Nazi Command to continuing resistance to Allied forces in the West. The 2d Armored “Hell on Wheels” Division and 83d “Th……続きを見る

This thesis investigates the significance, theory and practice of tactical signal security (SIGSEC) during the Ardennes Offensive of 1944-1945. The work includes a brief introduction to the offensiv……続きを見る

“ Le coup de foudre d’Austerlitz avait terrassé l’Autriche, mais le Tsar, si découragé qu’il fût, n’avait fait aucune ouverture de paix, et la Prusse, malgré les efforts pacifiques du comte de Haugw……続きを見る

The thrilling and definitive history of World War I in the Middle East By 1914 the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and they pulled the Middle East along with them into one of th……続きを見る

Beaucoup de femmes ont eu de l'influence sur la vie et l'œuvre de Richard Wagner...trois femmes surtout : sa première épouse, Minna, qui fut plutôt un frein à son élévation artistique ; son grand am……続きを見る

Investigates the field of German life writing, from Rahel Levin Varnhagen around 1800 to Carmen Sylva a century later, from Döblin, Becher, women's WWII diaries, German-Jewish memoirs, and East Germ……続きを見る

In recent decades, life writing has exploded in popularity: memoirs that focus on traumatic experiences now constitute the largest growth sector in book publishing worldwide. But life writing is not……続きを見る

The story of Central Europe is anything but simple. As the region located between East and West, it has always been endowed with a rich variety of migrants, and has repeatedly been the scene of noma……続きを見る

In Book Two of the third volume of his magisterial Stalingrad Trilogy, David Glantz continues and concludes his definitive history of one of the most infamous battles of World War Two, the Stalingra……続きを見る

"Up to the last moment, his overwhelming, despotic authority aroused false hopes and deceived his people and his entourage. Only at the end, when I watched the inglorious collapse and the obstinacy ……続きを見る

In ‘Zijn strijd’ beschrijft hoogleraar Roger Moorhouse de radicalisering van Adolf Hitler tijdens zijn gevangenschap in de Landsberg-gevangenis in 1924. Roger Moorehouse beschrijft in ‘Zijn strijd’ ……続きを見る

As the might of the U.S. forces drove the Japanese back toward the Home Islands the Marines embarked on another tough campaign in the jungles of New Britain and the centre for Japanese forces at Rab……続きを見る

Proper doctrine for close support of American ground forces by airpower has been a tumultuous issue since the first days of combat aircraft. Air and ground leaders struggled with interservice rivalr……続きを見る

For the first time in one enthralling book, here is the incredible true story of the numerous attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler and change the course of history. Disraeli once declared that “assa……続きを見る

In 'Duivelspact' gaat Robert Moorhouse in op het Molotov-Ribbentropppact, het niet-aanvalsverdrag tussen de Sovjet-Unie en nazi-Duitsland. 'Duivelspact' van Roger Moorhouse laat zien hoe het stalini……続きを見る

On first publication, this uncommonly concise and readable account of Soviet Russia's clash with Nazi Germany utterly changed our understanding of World War II on Germany's Eastern Front, immediatel……続きを見る

He was called America’s Ace of Aces during World War I, the highest scorer of American aerial victories over the Germans. He could just as easily have been labeled the “luckiest man alive,” however,……続きを見る

History remembers the Soviets and the Nazis as bitter enemies and ideological rivals, the two mammoth and opposing totalitarian regimes of World War II whose conflict would be the defining and decid……続きを見る

German Jews who could, escaped the extermination frenzy of Hitler against the Jews. They had lost relativesーmurdered by the Nazis-- and fled to America. The men were drafted into the U.S. Army. Man……続きを見る

Cet ouvrage part du postulat que le degré d’effervescence mémorielle est proportionnel au degré de violence subie dans le passé ou de silence imposé et perçu comme une injustice non réparée. Les mob……続きを見る

The campaign intended to secure the Wehrmacht’s flanks had proven one front too many for the German Army. And now the offensive at Stalingrad, the epic clash that marked Germany’s failure on the Eas……続きを見る

“Insightful commentary on the tangible relics of the Third Reich . . . Tells the history of the Nazi regime from a fascinating new perspective” (Military History Monthly). Hitler’s Third Reich is co……続きを見る