Germany list 45

The German Family (Routledge Revivals)

Essays on the Social History of the Family in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Germany

by Richard J. Evans, W. R. Lee
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015

This book surveys the history of the German family in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The contributions deal with the influence of industrialisation on family life in town and country, with rural families and communities under the impact of social and economic change, and with the role and...

Rethinking German History (Routledge Revivals)

Nineteenth-Century Germany and the Origins of the Third Reich

by Richard J. Evans
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015

In Rethinking German History, first published in 1987, Richard J. Evans argues for a social-historical approach to the German past that pays equal attention to objective social structures and subjective values and experiences. If German history has been seen as an exception to the ‘normal’ development...

For Kaiser and Hitler: From Military Aviator to High Command - The Memoirs of Luftwaffe General Alfred Mahncke 1910-1945

From Military Aviator to High Command - The Memoirs of Luftwaffe General Alfred Mahncke 1910-1945

by Mahncke, Jochen
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2011

The memoirs of General der Flieger a.D. Alfred Mahncke are the first from a former General of the German Luftwaffe to be published in the English language since those of Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring in 1953. Since then, thousands of books have been written on every aspect of the Luftwaffes...

Government by Assassination

by Hugh Byas
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018

HERE IS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PATRIOTIC MURDER SOCIETIES, THE ARMY GANGSTERS, THE ARMY’S IDEA OF JAPAN’S DESTINY, AND THE STRANGE ROLE OF THE EMPEROR. In Japan the army possesses a kind of autonomy which immunizes it from control by any other agency. Long ago, Mr. Byas saw that the intoxication...

Names and Naming in Early Modern Germany

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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2019

Throughout the many political and social upheavals of the early modern era, names were words to conjure by, articulating significant historical trends and helping individuals and societies make sense of often dramatic periods of change. Centered on onomastics—the study of names—in the German-speaking...

48 Million Tons To Eisenhower: The Role Of The SOS In The Defeat Of Germany [Illustrated Edition]

by Lt.-Col. Randolph Leigh
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015

This book is not intended as a definitive history of this phase of the American effort in Europe, but to record the highlights of that great project. Obviously no one person could gather and evaluate all the material for a book on the Services of Supply of the United States Army in the European...

Kettenhund!

The German Military Police in the Second World War

by Gordon Williamson
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2017

In almost every army in the World, the Military Police rank amongst those who are least liked by other soldiers despite the essential duties that they carry out, often being amongst the first in and last out in any theatre of war. In the German armed forces, however, opinions of the military police...

The German Empire

A Short History

by Michael Sturmer
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007

In The German Empire, one of Europe's great historians and men of letters chronicles one of history's most fateful transformations--Germany's rise from new nation to prime mover in the chain of events that sent it hurtling into two world wars. In 1871, Otto von Bismarck fused with...

Speak German Now! The Go-To Guide for Essential German Basics

by Kevin Marx
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015

Traveling to Germany? Curious about the German language? Want to learn the essential German basics in no time? Look no further! Speak German Now is THE go-to guide for essential German basics, and contains everything necessary to get around Germany and have conversations with new friends! The content...

Hitler's Secret Army: A Hidden History of Spies, Saboteurs, and Traitors

by Tim Tate
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019

This dramatic exposé of Allied subterfuge and betrayal uncovers the treachery of undercover fascists and American Nazi spy rings during the height of World War II. Between 1939 and 1945, more than seventy Allied men and women were convicted—mostly in secret trials—of working to help Nazi...

The Rhine Cycle Route

From source to sea through Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands

by Mike Wells
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018

This comprehensive guidebook to EuroVelo route 15 offers a detailed stage-by-stage description of the 1370km route along the Rhine, one of Europe's great rivers, passing through six countries on its way from Switzerland to the North Sea. The cycling is easy, downhill and along dedicated cycle lanes,...

Dresden, Leipzig & Saxony Travel Adventures

by Henrik Bekker
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014

The author, a travel journalist, was born and lives in Germany. Saxony (Sachsen) is one of the most densely populated states in Germany, but has natural beauty especially in the Saxon Switzerland area south of Dresden. Its two major cities, Dresden and Leipzig, are tourist magnets. Dresden is restoring...

Black Forest Travel Guide

Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights

by Joshua Arnold
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015

The forest where Little Red Riding Hood would wander, the woods where Hansel and Gretel fought the evil witch, home to the cuckoo clock, and one of the most popular forest destinations in the world – this is the Black Forest in Germany. Located in the southwest of Germany, this mystical, wild, and...

History of Germany

by George Priest
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018

The German Empire of 1740 was established on Christmas Day 800 when the Pope placed the imperial crown on the head of Charlemagne in Rome. From that time until far down the Middle Ages the Empire stood forth as the great power in western Europe. Conjointly with the Papacy it was the acknowledged head...