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German policy in occupied France during the Second World War was in many ways a story of bitter internal conflict between the variousGerman agencies in charge of the occupation. After the Fall provides a detailed analysis of the struggle between these different...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-11-05
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German policy in occupied France during the Second World War was in many ways a story of bitter internal conflict between the variousGerman agencies in charge of the occupation. After the Fall provides a detailed analysis of the struggle between these different...
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OUP Oxford
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2009-11-05
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From the beginning of his mission as a British agent against the Nazis, Ronald Seth was a hunted man. Shot at as he parachuted down to the Estonian coast, he suffered extremes of deprivation before being captured and sentenced to death by hanging. And then the real hunt...
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Review
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2009-09-03
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In this masterly new work, acclaimed historian Giles MacDonogh explores the moment when Hitler gambled everything. Until 1938, Hitler could be dismissed as a ruthless but efficient dictator, a problem to Germany alone; after 1938 he was clearly a threat to the entire...
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Constable
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2009-06-25
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The night broke open in a storm of explosions and fire.The sound of shells whizzing overhead, screeching through the night like wounded pheasants, was terrifying. When the shells exploded prematurely overhead, a rain of shrapnel fell on the men below -- better than when...
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Basic Books
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2009-05-12
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The last member of Operation Valkyrie - the daring July 20 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler - tells his remarkable story.'The last of its kind ... celebrates a long-since vanished generation ... as idealistic as they were brave' Daily Mail'A remarkable and honest...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2009-04-16
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"Their submarine was dead, one hundred and eighty feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Somehow they survived. They were tortured and beaten. Somehow they survived. Alex Kershaw has done it again as he brings to life World War II's greatest submarine...
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Grand Central Publishing
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2009-04-14
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Irish neutrality during the Second World War presented Britain with significant challenges to its security. Exploring how British agencies identified and addressed these problems, this book reveals how Britain simultaneously planned sabotage in and spied on Ireland, and...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-04-17
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The book explores the critical importance of Pan-Asianism in Japanese imperialism. Pan-Asianism was a cultural as well as political ideology that promoted Asian unity and recognition.The focus is on Pan-Asianism as a propeller behind Japan's expansionist policies from...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2007-12-25
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Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series
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This book examines the lost voices of returning World War II veterans in the immediate postwar years and shows how the developing Cold War silenced or altered dissenting opinions that many vets expressed upon their return.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2007-12-09
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The epic story of the vastly outnumbered platoon that stopped Germany's leading assault in the Ardennes forest and prevented Hitler's most fearsome tanks from overtaking American positions On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of...
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Grand Central Publishing
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2007-04-02
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This volume offers the first comprehensive history of the Security Section of the Special Operations Executive and its relationship with MI5 during the Second World War. The book makes extensive use of recently declassified files in order to examine the development of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2006-10-10
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The 1940s was probably the most dramatic and decisive decade of the 20th century. This volume explores the Second World War and the origins of the Cold War from the vantage point of two of the great powers of that era, Britain and the USA, and of their wartime leaders,...
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OUP Oxford
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2006-02-23
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The 1940s was probably the most dramatic and decisive decade of the 20th century. This volume explores the Second World War and the origins of the Cold War from the vantage point of two of the great powers of that era, Britain and the USA, and of their wartime leaders,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2006-02-23
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The First World War continues to fascinate. Its profound effect on politics and society is still felt today. Yet it remains a greatly misunderstood conflict, shrouded in myths and misperceptions. InThe Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the First World War Philpott...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2005-03-29
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What Hitler Knew is a fascinating study of how the climate of fear in Nazi Germany affected Hitler's advisers and shaped the decision making process. It explores the key foreign policy decisions from the Nazi seizure of power up to the hours before the outbreak of World...
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Oxford University Press
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2005-02-24
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The Japanese railway soldiers, who built the notorious Burma-Thailand railway in 1942-43, earned an unenviable reputation for brutality, but they have not hitherto told their own story. This is the first book to bring to light the testimonies of the soldiers of the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2004-11-30
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On 16 May 1940 an emergency meeting of the French High Command was called at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris. The German army had broken through the French lines on the River Meuse at Sedan and elsewhere, only five days after launching their attack. Churchill, who had been...
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OUP Oxford
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2004-04-22
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On 16 May 1940 an emergency meeting of the French High Command was called at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris. The German army had broken through the French lines on the River Meuse at Sedan and elsewhere, only five days after launching their attack. Churchill, who had been...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2003-03-27
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The Second World War is a compact but comprehensive and absorbing history of the war. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and its far-reaching consequences for humanity. In tracing the key events of both the European and the Far Eastern wars, R....
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2001-09-27
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