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Russia at war
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Werth, Alexander,A. Werth,Alexander Werth |
"In 1941, Russian-born British journalist Alexander Werth observed the unfolding of the Soviet-German conflict with his own eyes. What followed was the widely acclaimed book, Russia at War, first pri… |
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Lleisiau'r Rhyfel Mawr
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Ifor ap Glyn |
World War I letters, extracts from diaries, etc. Text in Welsh. |
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Citizens of London
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Lynne Olson |
In Citizens of London, Lynne Olson has written a work of World War II history even more relevant and revealing than her acclaimed Troublesome Young Men. Here is the behind-the-scenes story of how the… |
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Forgotten Voices of the Secret War
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Roderick Bailey |
The definitive oral history of a unique and extraordinary organisation tasked to 'set Europe ablaze' in the Second World War.The Gestapo kept me three days in this interrogation house. They especiall… |
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World War I
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Norman Stone |
World War One began on horseback, with generals employing bayonet charges to gain ground, and ended with attacks resembling the Nazi blitzkriegs. The scale of devastation was unlike anything the worl… |
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An album of memories
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Tom Brokaw |
A seventeen-year-old who enlisted in the army in 1941 writes to describe the Bataan Death March. Other members of the greatest generation describe their war -- in such historic episodes as Guadalcan… |
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Life under occupation
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Charlie Samuels |
"Describes life for people in countries under occupation by German and Japanese soldiers during World War II"--Provided by publisher. |
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The real Tenko
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Mark Felton |
"This book details the treatment of Allied service-women, female civilians and local women by the Japanese occupation forces. While a number of memoirs have been published there is no dedicated volum… |
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Twenty-five yards of war
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Ronald J. Drez |
"This work of history grew out of Drez's research during those ten years. The men in these pages represent all branches of the military and were sent out on impossible missions, where they witnessed … |
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1944
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Jay Winik |
It was not inevitable that World War II would end as it did, or that it would even end well. 1944 was a year that could have stymied the Allies and cemented Hitler's waning power. Instead, it saved t… |
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The First World War
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Robson, Stuart. |
Examines the historical and cultural events preceding, during, and following the First World War. |
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A storm in Flanders
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Winston Groom |
"The Ypres Salient in Belgian Flanders was the most notorious and dreaded place in all of World War I - probably of any war in history. It was said that you could smell the battlefield miles before y… |
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Testament of youth
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Vera Brittain |
A vivid and passionate record of the years 1900 to 1925, this is Vera Brittain's haunting autobiography - a portrait of a young girl's life in prewar England and a heartbreaking document of the holoc… |
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World War II in American Art
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Robert Henkes |
"From the attack on Pearl Harbor, through the bitter years of combat, to V-E Day and V-J Day, the events of World War II inspired American artists. Working in many styles and media, they sought to ca… |
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Year zero
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Ian Buruma |
Ian Buruma examines the seven months (in Europe) and four months (in Asia) that followed surrender of the Axis powers, from the fate of Holocaust survivors liberated from the concetration camps, and … |
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Headlines of World War I
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SHARMAN,Patience Coster,Ken Hills |
In the form of newspaper headlines accompanied by short blurbs, presents important events that occurred around the world from 1910 to 1919. |
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A war in words
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Svetlana Palmer,Sarah Wallis |
"Departing from traditional histories, A War in Words tells the story of the First World War entirely through the diaries and letters of its combatants, eyewitnesses and victims. Powerful individual … |
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The First World War
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Paul Cornish |
Revisits World War I, drawing on the archives of the Imperial War Museum, including oral histories, photographs, works of art, personal correspondence and diaries, and artifacts from machine guns to … |
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The World War II reader
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Robert Leckie |
The World War II Reader presents in one extraordinary book the thrilling story of the greatest generation in its finest hour in the best essays from the world's most distinguished historians compiled… |
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Le Cameroun et la Grande Guerre (1914-1916)
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Cameroon) Colloque national d'histoire militaire (1st 2014 Douala |
"La genèse de ce travail tire sa source non seulement de la nécessité de rattraper un devoir historique, celui de l'ouverture des débats sur l'identité camerounaise à travers les travaux en groupe re… |
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