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German Women for Empire, 1884-1945

by Lora Wildenthal, Julia Adams, George Steinmetz
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2001

When Germany annexed colonies in Africa and the Pacific beginning in the 1880s, many German women were enthusiastic. At the same time, however, they found themselves excluded from what they saw as a great nationalistic endeavor. In German Women for Empire, 1884–1945 Lora Wildenthal untangles the...

Behemoth

The Structure and Practice of National Socialism, 1933-1944

by Franze Neumann
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2009

Franz Neumann's classic account of the governmental workings of Nazi Germany, first published in 1942, is reprinted in a new paperback edition with an introduction by the distinguished historian Peter Hayes. Neumann was one of the only early Frankfurt School thinkers to examine seriously the problem...

Munich Playground

The Nazi Leadership at Rest and Play

by Ernest R. Pope
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2017

As senior correspondent for Reuters in Munich from 1936-1941, American Ernest Pope saw the cruel and outrageous behavior of Nazis in their native habitat. In Munich they ran wild, let their hair down, and indulged in every fantasy money and power could avail them. Pope has all the gossip...and the...

Falling From Grace: The German Airborne In World War II

by Chris Mason
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

In the late 1930’s, an aggressive and innovative rearmament program in Nazi Germany gave rise to the tactics of vertical envelopment. Pioneering the use of gliders as troop carriers, parachutists, and the air landing of reinforcements to exploit tactical success, the German Wehrmacht used the new...

Fulda Gap

Battlefield of the Cold War Alliances

by Volker Bausch, Roger Cirillo, Torsten Diedrich
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017

This edited collection examines the role of the Fulda Gap—located at the border between East and West Germany—in Cold War politics and military strategy. The contributors analyze the strategic deliberations of the Warsaw Pact and NATO, the balance of forces, the role of the local peace movement,...

Martin Luther's Travel Guide

500 Years of the 95 Theses: On the Trail of the Reformation in Germany

by Cornelia Dömer, Robert Kolb
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016

Offering a chance to visit key places connected to Martin Luther, this guide brings readers to each town, castle, and church where the famed German preached, spoke, or fought. Travelers will find information on the historic towns of Dresden, Eisleben, Erfurt, Gotha, Leipzig, Lutherstadt Wittenberg,...

The Mediterranean and Middle East: Volume I The Early Successes Against Italy (To May 1941) [Illustrated Edition]

by Major-General I.S.O. Playfair C.B. D.S.O. M.C., Commander G.M.S. Stitt R.N., Brigadier C. J. C. Molony
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

Illustrated with 30 maps and 40 photos. “Britain defeats Italy on land and sea in Africa and the Mediterranean in 1940. “The first of eight volumes in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War covering the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres. After setting the political...

Calculated Risk: Military Theory And The Allies Campaign In Italy, 1943-1944

by Major Daniel W. Krueger
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015

In September 1943 allied armies of the United States and Great Britain landed on the European mainland in its “soft underbelly” taking another step toward the defeat of Nazi Germany. Expecting to be in Rome by the end of that year, the Allies instead found themselves embroiled in a prolonged struggle...

The Axis Alliance and Japanese-American Relations, 1941

by Dr. Paul W. Schroeder
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 is remembered by Americans as something like a bolt out of the blue, a sneak attack from an irrational enemy. The truth, however, is that the Japanese attack was preceded by six months of intense diplomatic negotiations between the Japanese and...

The Modernity of Others

Jewish Anti-Catholicism in Germany and France

by Ari Joskowicz
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013

The most prominent story of nineteenth-century German and French Jewry has focused on Jewish adoption of liberal middle-class values. The Modernity of Others points to an equally powerful but largely unexplored aspect of modern Jewish history: the extent to which German and French Jews sought to become...

Das Reich

The March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Through France, June 1944

by Sir Max Hastings
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013

World-renowned British historian Sir Max Hastings recounts one of the most horrific months of World War II. June 1944, the month of the D-Day landings carried out by Allied forces in Normandy, France.Germany’s 2nd SS Panzer Division, one of Adolf Hitler’s most elite armor units, had recently...

One Screaming Eagle

From a Farm Boy to the German Pow Camps and Home Again

by Rhonda Hanson
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013

A detailed account of Earnest Hanson's experiences. He was born in 1920 and was raised on a homestead in southeastern Colorado. Drafted into the army in 1943, he was trained to fight in WWII in the 101st Airborne division, making the storming of Normandy and fighting there for a month before being readied...

Panzer 38(t)

by Steven J. Zaloga
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014

This title offers a detailed study of a successful but little-known German tank of World War II, the Panzer 38(t). Germany's annexation of Czech provinces in 1938 gave it control of the large Czech armament industry, one of the jewels of which was the very modern LT 38 tank. The type was fully integrated...

Schweinfurt Raids And The Pause In Daylight Strategic Bombing

by Major Greg A. Grabow
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

Avid readers of WWII air combat will find the Eighth AAF’s strategic bombing mission #84 (the Schweinfurt-Regensburg raid on Aug. 17th, 1943) and mission #115 (the Schweinfurt raid on Oct. 14th, 1943) to be tremendous setbacks to the daylight strategic bombing campaign of Germany. As a result of...