War of Words. Britain, France and Discourses of Empire during the Second World War, Hardback - Rachel (University of Glasgow) Chin

War of Words analyses Franco-British relations during the Second World War through the lens of rhetoric and empire. Through a comparative and trans...

Reducere. Mere months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a volunteer group of American airmen to the Far East, convinced...

The Imperial War Museum open its world-famous archives to celebrate the letters, diaries and spoken words of those who witnessed the key events of ...

This is a major reassessment of the role of the war at sea in Allied victory in the Mediterranean. Richard Hammond demonstrates how the anti-shippi...

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Reducere. DescriptionAs German troops entered Paris following their victory in June 1940, the American journalist William L. Shirer observed that they carrie...

A pioneering study of the experiences and emotional lives of British prisoners of war in Germany and Italy during the Second World War. Clare Makep...

'Arming for Accuracy' examines the early development of dropping aerial ordinance and Bomber Command's undertaking to create a unique member of air...

Reducere. The last campaign of an outstanding Russian Field-MarshalIn the final year of the 18th century the aspirations and fortunes of revolutionary France...

Although nearly 90% of the population of Great Britain remained civilians throughout the war, or for a large part of it, their story has so far lar...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Prof. Peter (Ostasieninstitut, Germany) WetzlerNumber of pages: 256Collection: SOAS Studies in Moder...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. Recent decades have drawn more attention to the United States' treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Few people realize, however, th...

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The 353rd Fighter Group, the `Slybirds', participated in the major WWII aerial battles. 450 photographs provide a unique window on this historic gr...

Writing a War of Words is the first investigation of a valuable archive of war-time notebooks documenting changes to the English language on the Ho...

Civil defence was the most significant voluntary organisation of the Second World War. It involved men and women of every class, generation and loc...

The American theater was not ignorant of the developments brought on by World War II, and actively addressed and debated timely, controversial topi...

Offers an uncommon and intimate account of the lives of two conscientious objectors. In 2013 Suzanne Kesler Rumsey discovered hundreds of letters e...

A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were perma...

Power. Glory. Death. Courage. How well do we know the story of the Second World War?

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An innovative illustrated history of the Second World War, told with the help of personal stories from across the globe.Publisher: Thames & Hudson ...

Reducere. In August of 1942, Great Britain faced a desperate situation. German bombers hammered the nation's industrial cities and towns daily, and the toll ...

Offers detailed and thoroughly researched narrative of the major operations involving Soviet cavalry formations throughout WWII, supported by numer...

This edited collection focuses on the negotiation of national, geographic and cultural identities during the Second World War among the constituent...

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Reducere. Following the horrors of Kristallnacht in November of 1938, frightened parents were forced to find refuge for their children, far from the escalati...

Reducere. Between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. government wrongfully imprisoned thousands of Japanese American citizens and profited from their labor. Japanese Am...

This book, based on comprehensive archival research in official and private papers, offers a new history of the infamous British disaster at Gallip...

Capturing the stories of ordinary women doing extraordinary things through the turbulent years of the Second World WarPublisher: The History Press ...

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Reducere. Numbering 4, 000 select officers and men, Combat Team 370 was part of n Europe during World War II the 92nd Infantry Division, the only all-Negro d...

A timely call for recovering the true meanings of the nineteenth-century terms that are hobbling current political debatesPublisher: Yale Universit...

France under Fire: German Invasion, Civilian Flight and Family Survival during World War II - Nicole Dombrowski Risser

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Reducere. "Roberts'spopulist approach makes for a rollicking good read and never comes at theexpense of accuracy. His mastery of the huge variety of subjects...

During the 1930s Mexico was undergoing a healing process after three decades of revolutionary turmoil and reform. In this climate, the coming of Wo...

This groundbreaking study, sitting at the intersection of cultural and military history, examines the formal and informal uses of music in all thre...

The Second World War lasted for 2, 174 days and claimed the lives of over 50 million people. Why did it take the course that it did? Why did the Ax...

Reducere. One of the worst cases of sex slavery happened during the most violent time in modern history....Japan during the Second World War. The Rape of Nan...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Rachel S. CordascoIllustration(s): 28 black & white photographsNumber of pages: 316Publication da...

John Valentine's letters home from his time in a Prisoner of War camp during World War Two.