The Kuban 1943: The Wehrmacht's Last Stand in the Caucasus, Paperback

In the summer of 1942, the Wehrmacht invaded the Caucasus in order to overrun critical oil production facilities at Maikop, Grozny, and Baku. Howev...

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The memoir of a granddaughter of Azerbaijani peasants who struck oil and watched their lives change, carrying a personally-charged sense of the ove...

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The Caucasus has an extremely rich folk literature, almost unknown among English speakers, which includes myths, legends, magical tales, anecdotes,...

Publisher: SteinerBooks, IncAuthor(s): Peter SelgIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsTranslator: Rory BradleyNumber of pages: 182Publicatio...

On 1 January 1943, with German Sixth Army about to be destroyed in the Stalingrad pocket, the Stavka (Soviet High Command) launched Operation Don, ...

This volume emphasizes the movements of ideas in both directions--from Europe to the Caucasus and from the Caucasus to Europe. This illuminates a v...

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The first book devoted exclusively to the Holocaust in the North Caucasus, exploring mass killings, Jewish responses, collaboration, and memory in ...

-This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.- With these words, Lieutenan...

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After China's November 1950 intervention in the war and the subsequent battle of the Chosin Reservoir, UN forces faced a new onslaught in the sprin...

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The Third Samnite War was a crucial turning point in the early history of the Rome, with her very survival on the line.

A complete documentary record of the experiences of Brigade 191 from 1940-1945.Publisher: Greenhill BooksAuthor(s): Bruno BorkIllustration(s): More...

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A tour d'horizon of the role Islam plays in politics and the private sphere in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

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