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Too Serious a Business : European Armed Forces and the Approach to the Second World War (Edition 1) (Paperback)

This title is part of UC Press s Voices Revived program which commemorates University of California Press s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice reach and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893 Voices... more

Scottish Voices from the Second World War (Paperback)

This title presents the experiences of Scottish soldiers during the Second World War in their own words from the brutal hardships suffered by General Slim s forgotten 14th Army to the deprivations of the Siege of Malta. Wherever the British Army... more

Jewish Participation in the Fire Service in the Second World War : Last Voices (Paperback)

Here for the first time is the account of the essential part played by Jewish personnel in Britain s Fire Service during World War II. Ever civic minded British Jews from all social backgrounds were pre-war volunteers to be trained for dealing with... more

Pre-Owned Second to None: A Documentary History of American Women. Volume 1 from the Sixteenth (Paperback 9780803281998) by Ruth B Moynihan Cynthia Russett Laurie Crumpacker

9780803281998. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 404. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 404 p. Tis woman s strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice wrote Anna Julia Cooper a... more

Pre-Owned The Day War Ended : Voices and Memories From 1945 9780753820636 Used

The end of the Second World War is etched on the memories of those who survived. The conclusion of years of hardship sacrifice and bloodshed brought joy and relief for many; for others it heralded a new world of uncertainty. In The Day War Ended... more

Modern War Studies Devil Dogs Chronicle: Voices of the 4th Marine Brigade in World War I (Hardcover)

The 4th Marine Brigade with roughly 10 000 men was the only large Marine unit to see major action in World War I. Dubbed Devil Dogs by the Germans the 4th was part of the 2nd Division of the American Expeditionary Forces nicknamed the Race Horse... more

Doodlebugs Gas Masks & Gum : Children s Voices from the Second World War (Paperback)

Wartime Britain through the eyes of children who were there. more

Pre-Owned Voices from the Second World War: Stories of War as Told to Children of Today Paperback

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Pre-Owned Forgotten Voices Of The Second World War: D-Day and Beyond Paperback

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Too Serious a Business : European Armed Forces and the Approach to the Second World War (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

This title is part of UC Press s Voices Revived program which commemorates University of California Press s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice reach and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893 Voices... more

Pre-Owned Forgotten Voices of the Secret War: An Inside History of Special Operations in the Second World War Paperback

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Pre-Owned Ours to Fight For : American Jewish Voices from the Second World War 9780971685901 Used

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Voices of the Foreign Legion : The History of the World s Most Famous Fighting Corps (Paperback)

The French Foreign Legion has built a reputation as one of the world s most formidable and colorful military institutions. Established as a means of absorbing foreign troublemakers the Legion spearheaded French colonialism in North Africa during the... more

The Illustrated Witness To World War II : A History Of The Greatest Conflict The World Has Known With Eyewitness Accounts And Over 380 Archive Images (Paperback)

A comprehensive account of the history of the Second World War with expert commentary on its political and economic causes every key moment and the impact of new technologies and military strategies - including moving contemporary eyewitness... more

Defending Island Britain in the Second World War: Documentary Sources (Paperback)

Historically one could argue that island nations were presented with a degree of comfort in being surrounded by water (especially so before the invention of flight and submarines); however technological advances in the early part of the 20th century... more

The Cambridge History of Africa (Hardcover)

The eighth and final volume of The Cambridge History of Africa covers the period 1940-75. It begins with a discussion of the role of the Second World War in the political decolonisation of Africa. Its terminal date of 1975 coincides with the retreat... more

American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War (Hardcover)

Winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Religion This groundbreaking history tells the little-known story of how in one of our country s darkest hours Japanese Americans fought to defend their faith and preserve religious freedom. The mass incarceration... more

Endless Empire: Spain s Retreat Europe s Eclipse America s Decline (Paperback)

This concise comparative history looks at politics in the nations collectively known as the Group of Seven the United States Canada Britain France Germany Japan and Italy from the end of the Second World War to the end of the Cold War. Emphasizing... more

24 x36 Gallery Poster Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) France world war i 1916

24 x36 Gallery Poster Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) France world war i 1916 more

World War I Marne 1918. Nfrench Soldiers In A Shell Hole Behind A Smoke Screen At The Second Battle Of The Marne.

World War I Marne 1918. Nfrench Soldiers In A Shell Hole Behind A Smoke Screen At The Second Battle Of The Marne. would make the perfect addition to your home or office or gift recipient. This licensed Fine Art Print was reproduced on Premium Heavy... more

Bomber Command At War Vol. 2

CD41 is proud to present another unique archive audiobook CD Bomber Command at War 1939-45 featuring actuality and broadcast recordings from the Second World War. The second volume of Bomber Command at War features 75 minutes of rare audio material... more

Home Front

CD41 is proud to present a new archive audio CD the Home Front a unique collection of restored British actuality and broadcast recordings from the Second World War. An evocative double-disc set the Home Front features 150 minutes of rare material... more

Raf Bomber Command At War 1939-45 Vol. 1

28 tracks. CD41 are proud to announce a 72 minute audio CD collection of rare archive recordings from the Second World War featuring broadcast and actuality recordings made during RAF Bomber Command raids on Essen Stettin Kleve and Berlin in 1943... more

Kokusai-Tsushin No Retreat! - The Russian Front 1941-1945 (2nd Edition) (Japanese Edition) New

No Retreat! is a two-player wargame that retells the story of the titanic struggle between the invading armies of ___ Germany versus Communist Russia during WW2 at a player-friendly and manageable level in scope and difficulty. Each turn is alight... more

Pre-Owned Conflict and Cooperation : Documents on Modern Global History 9780195431292

Designed for first- and second-year undergraduate twentieth-century world history or modern global history courses Conflict and Cooperation is a collection of primary documents for the study of twentieth- and twenty-first-century history. Conflict... more

Pre-Owned MacMillan Dictionary of the Second World War (Paperback) 0333689100 9780333689103

The war s vital statistics are collected into a single volume with 1 600 entries and thirty-seven maps and illustrations. Everything you ever wanted to know about World War II from Germany s invasion of Poland to Japan s surrender. more

Pre-Owned After the War Was Over 9781857939521 Used

This is a special new edition of Michael Foreman s classic sequel to the award-winning War Boy . Life for a young boy is different after the Second World War ends - the country is moving forward again and he is finding his place in the world.... more

Pre-Owned To Serve Canada : A History of the Royal Military College since Second World War 9780776603278 /

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Women in Neoliberal Postfeminist Television Drama: Representing Gendered Experiences of the Second World War (Hardcover)

In this insightful book Cat Mahoney offers a fascinating analysis of contemporary TV dramas such as Home Fires Land Girls and The Bletchley Circle. Developing the idea that history is told through the preoccupations of the present she argues... more

University of Sheffield/Routledge Japane Japan and Britain at War and Peace (Paperback)

Since the events of the Second World War the relationship between Japan and Britain has undergone an extraordinary transformation from bitter conflict to peaceful alliance. Japan and Britain at War and Peace is a multilayered examination of this... more

Between Silk and Wool: A novel of Holland and the Second World War (Paperback)

Once a thread is pulled everything unravels... The seamstress As the Dutch flag is torn down and replaced with Nazi swastikas young Hilde Zontag is compelled to resist the Germans only to discover her beloved father s collaboration. This shocking... more

Variorum Collected Studies: The Ottoman World the Mediterranean and North Africa 1660-1760 (Hardcover)

Dr Heywood s second volume of collected papers in the Variorum series brings together fourteen studies published between 2000 and 2010. They represent two of the main strands of his interests during the past decade: the era of Ottoman history... more

The Second World War and Irish Women : An Oral History (Hardcover)

Based on interviews with over thirty Irish women this book covers their experiences during the Second World War years and how the war impacted on them in terms of their public and private roles. Themes such as class and income employment health and... more

Pre-Owned 1939 - the Making of Second World War 9780233963693

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Moonlight Flyer: Diary of a Second World War Navigator (Hardcover)

One of the many wartime airmen who documented his day to day experiences in a diary was RCAF navigator Jan Gellner. Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War Jan was a lawyer practicing in the Czechoslovak town of Brno. With the outbreak of... more

World War II: The Definitive Visual History: Volume II: From the Invasion of Sicily to Vj Day 1943-45 (Hardcover)

Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (May 2020) and Victory in Japan Day (August 2020) this second of two volumes is an outstanding concise history of WWII from the invasion of Sicily to VJ Day. This second volume... more

Pre-Owned The Daily Telegraph Illustrated History of the Second World War Hardcover

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Pre-Owned How Churchill Saved Civilization: The Epic Story of 13 Years That Almost Destroyed the Civilized World Hardcover John Harte

How Churchill Saved Civilization resolves the lingering mysteries surrounding the causes of the Second World War and what transpired during the war to bring its end result. It proposes answers to such questions as Why were the Allies unprepared? Why... more