M.M. - World War II 1

Het leven ligt aan de horizon, rillend als een fata morgana, terwijl het verzet aan mij is gaan kleven als een tweede huid. De vijand loert overal en ik houd voortdurend de adem in voor mij, voor on……続きを見る

A groundbreaking volume that represents the first examination of cultural production amongst Italian prisoners of war Captivity and Creativity explores the artistic and material production by Italia……続きを見る

As Foreign Secretary in Neville Chamberlain's Cabinet in 1937, Eden didn't believe in appeasing the German and Italian dictatorships or the militaristic Japanese regime. Instead, he wanted to confro……続きを見る

On 4 September 1944, Allied forces and local resistance fighters captured the Belgian port of Antwerp, the largest harbour in Europe. Once opened to Allied shipping, the port would revolutionise the……続きを見る

Address by Honorable William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce at Conference of Regional Chairmen of the Highways Transport Committee Council of National Defense is a significant historical documen……続きを見る

The untold stories of troops serving miles away from front lines For decades, the dramatic stories of World War II soldiers have been the stuff of memoirs, interviews, novels, documentaries, and fea……続きを見る

Vlaanderen en Nederland kennen een lange traditie van zwijgen over de schandelijke collaboratie met de Duitse bezetter tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Tweelingbroers Hein en Toon Van den Brempt will……続きを見る

THE HOLOCAUST GENISYS*: History, Hatred, and Humanity’s Darkest Hour -* offers a gripping historical narrative that immerses readers in the roots, execution, and consequences of one of history's mos……続きを見る

During World War II, the Japanese military extended Japan’s civilian licensing regime for domestic brothels to those next to its overseas bases. It did so for a simple reason: to impose the strenuou……続きを見る

Pour les enfants de survivants de la Shoah, être juif ne se limite ni à une religion, ni à des fêtes familiales, ni à des rituels communautaires : c’est avant tout hériter d’un traumatisme. Se const……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie die bewegende Welt eines Soldaten, dessen Worte die Zeit überdauern. In "Briefe eines Soldaten" tauchen Sie ein in die tiefgründigen Gedanken und Gefühle von Eugène Emmanuel Lemercier,……続きを見る

Historien om en af krigens store helte og kampen om Danmarks plads i historien. August 1943: Danmark står ved en skillevej. Samarbejdet med Nazityskland er brudt sammen, og regeringen og militæret m……続きを見る

When Heinrich Himmler was appointed as its fourth leader in 1929, the SS consisted of less than three hundred volunteers whose job was to protect Nazi Party speakers. The SS was so short of cash tha……続きを見る

The most celebrated attempt at Führer’s life is believed to be the one carried out by Clause von Stauffenberg in Hitler’s Wolf’s lair headquarters. The explosion killed four, but Hitler survived. Th……続きを見る

The fascinating, improbable true story of Maxwell Knight -- the great MI5 spymaster and inspiration for the James Bond character M. Maxwell Knight was perhaps the greatest spymaster in history. He d……続きを見る

Come avvenne il precipitoso abbandono di Roma da parte di Vittorio Emanuele III, della regina Elena, del principe Umberto, del maresciallo Pietro Badoglio? Perché il corteo di automobili raggiunse P……続きを見る

"As a 15-year-old boy I fought briefly in a war. My fight was neither noble nor heroic. I saw the horrors that no 15-year-old boy should ever see. I came into war purely by happenstance, and survive……続きを見る

LEICHTE PANZERSPÄHWAGEN 4-Rad Sd.Kfz. 221, 222, 223, 260 und 261 Radpanzer der Deutschen Wehrmacht Diese Fahrzeuge waren eine Baureihe von leichten Aufklärungsfahrzeugen der Deutschen Wehrmacht. Der……続きを見る

"This book tells what should have been known and isn'tーthat Israel's hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength." ー Israeli President Shimon Peres For decades, Israel's reno……続きを見る

As German troops entered Paris following their victory in June 1940, the American journalist William L. Shirer observed that they carried cameras and behaved as "naïve tourists." One of the first th……続きを見る

Civilians into soldiers is an examination of body cultures in the British Army during the Second World War. Drawing on a wealth of official records and servicemen’s personal testimonies, it explores……続きを見る

AIR WAR EUROPA: Chronology by Eric Hammel -- Follow the great Amerian aerial crusade of World War II over North Africa and Europe. This exhaustive chronology sheds a fascinating light on the course ……続きを見る

Comprendere il capitolo più buio della Storia d'Europa: come è stato possibile assistere all'ascesa del Nazismo? Queste biografie ripercorrono la storia e le convinzioni dei tanti gerarchi che hanno……続きを見る

"Psycho-Analysis and the War Neuroses" is a seminal work co-authored by Sigmund Freud, Sándor Ferenczi, Karl Abraham, Ernest Jones, and Ernst Simmel. This collaborative effort delves into the applic……続きを見る

On Tuesday, October 24, 1944, nearly three years after the United States entered World War II, over 2,600 Americans perishedーmore than on any other single day of the conflictーyet the day remains o……続きを見る

Why has the ‘people’s war’ been such a durable and attractive myth? Creating the people’s war examines how civil defence personnel engaged with this narrative during the war and in the following dec……続きを見る

DIE WRACKS DER CORON BAY Der Seekrieg im Pazifik im 2. Weltkrieg Im Zweiten Weltkrieg war der philippinische Archipel Schauplatz mehrerer erbitterter Kämpfe zwischen den amerikanischen und japanisch……続きを見る

Celebrate the wit and wisdom of Winston Churchill with this collection of inspiring quotes Sir Winston Churchill had a wonderful way with words, motivating the masses with his quips, statements and ……続きを見る

KRIEGSFISCHKUTTER Spezialschiffe der Deutschen Kriegsmarine 1939 – 1945 Kriegsfischkutter (kurz KFK) waren Boote nach einem Entwurf für kleine Hilfskriegsschiffe der deutschen Kriegsmarine im Zweite……続きを見る

ARTILLERIE-SCHULSCHIFFE Spezialschiffe der Deutschen Kriegsmarine 1939 - 1945 Artillerieschulschiffe gehören zu den Schul- bzw. Hilfsschiffen. Mit der schnell fortschreitenden Entwicklung der Schiff……続きを見る