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American Fighter Aircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all the fighter aircraft types deployed by the USAAF and US Navy from 1941 to 1945. Organized chronologically, this book includes all-time greats, such as the highly-adaptable P-51 Mustang bomber escort, the carrier-based F6F Hellcat--which outperformed the legendary Japanese A6M Zero fighter; as well as lesser-known types, such as the Boeing P-26 Peashooter and the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, the USAAF's only operational jet fighter during the war.

Paris, 1940: As the German soldiers march down the Champs-Élysées, the Bélanger twins know there is no escape - their lives are about to change forever.

The story of the most infamous massacre of American soldiers in World War Two. An ideal book for people interested in the works of Alex Kershaw, Ben Macintyre and Jonathan Freedland. 'Drive on recklessly, give no quarter and to take no prisoners', these are the words that SS-Obersturmbannführer Joachim Peiper gave to his men on the eve of this notorious event. In December 1944 the German counteroffensive in the Ardennes was in full swing, spearheaded by the armor of the Kampfgruppe Peiper. When they met a U.S. Army convoy of the 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion they swiftly surprised the Americans and immobilized the convoy. Realizing that they were out-numbered and out-gunned the soldiers of the 285th Field Artillery surrendered to the Waffen-SS, little did they know that they would be mown down by Nazi machine guns in cold blood shortly afterwards. Charles Whiting reconstructs Kamfgruppe Peiper's drive into the Ardennes during the Battle of Bulge and the subsequent slaughter of eight-four American soldiers in remarkable detail. Through in-depth research and interviews with many who were alive on this fateful day, including Jochen Peiper himself, Whiting uncovers the traumatic sequence of events and its aftermath. 'a good tactical study ... Various interesting personalities appear.' Military Affairs Massacre at Malmedy: The Story of Jochen Peiper's Battle Group Ardennes, December, 1944 should be essential reading for all who wish to learn more about one of the most heart-breaking events of the Second World War.

How did the homesteads and reservations of the Prairies of Western North America influence German colonization, ethnic cleansing and genocide in Eastern Europe? Max Sering, a world-famous agrarian settlement expert, stood on the Great Plains in 1883 and saw Germany's future in Eastern Europe: a grand scheme of frontier settlement. Sering was a key figure in the evolution of Germany's relationship with its eastern frontier, as well as in the overall transformation of the German Right from the Bismarckian 1880s to the Hitlerian 1930s. 'Inner colonization' was the settlement of farmers in threatened borderland areas within the nation's boundaries. Focusing on this phenomenon, Frontiers of Empire complicates the standard thesis of separation between the colonizing country and the colonized space, and blurs the typical boundaries between colonizer and colonized subjects. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Some Murders in Berlin by Karen Robards will be available May 07, 2024. Preorder your copy today!

This second volume of Solomons Air War chronicles aerial warfare in the Solomon Islands theatre during the critical month of October 1942. It can be read alone or as part of the ongoing Solomons Air War series.

Never before has the USAAF Fifth Air Force Mustang and its colorful markings been illustrated with such breadth, accuracy and detail.The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of Allied and Japanese aircraft which served throughout the South and Southwest Pacific theaters. This Volume 12 covers the P-51 and F-6 Mustang series which served in New Guinea, the Philippines and then the Japanese islands, serving with a total of ten USAAF Fifth Air Force fighter and reconnaissance squadrons, and also with New Guinea's Combat Replacement Training Center. The book includes a final chapter of post-war transition markings for the three years until 1948.Most profiles are presented for the first time, alongside markings derivations, including squadron heraldry and codes. Until now there has been a paucity of markings material about Fifth Air Force Mustang units, especially the tactical reconnaissance and air commando squadrons. Each profile is supported by photos and/or documentation, along with a brief history of each aircraft. Wide-ranging primary reference material is cited including assignment data, squadron records, color photography, maintenance logs, diaries and factory specifications. A brief history of each unit and the rationale of its associated markings accompanies the text.The author is world-renowned for his expertise on the Pacific air war. Never before has the USAAF Fifth Air Force Mustang and its colorful markings been illustrated with such breadth, accuracy and detail.

"As are the photographs, the illustrations are a treasure trove for modelers. While the academic and technical research is the brain of this book, perhaps the most impressive part is the original color artwork that visually spotlights what the text imparts." -- AeroscaleThe ongoing Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of aircraft which served throughout Australia, New Guinea and the South Pacific. This Volume 11 covers the P-40 Warhawk series, which served with a dozen USAAF Fifth and Thirteenth Air Force fighter and reconnaissance squadrons, service units, combat replacement pools and other miscellaneous units.Most profiles are presented for the first time, alongside markings derivations, including squadron heraldry and codes. Frequent airframe reassignments between units resulted in wide-ranging and oft-changing unit markings and nose art. Until now there has been a paucity of material about several units, particularly those in the Thirteenth Air Force. This volume also rectifies past mistakes which continue to be perpetrated, especially those representing the early Australian theater.Wide ranging primary reference material is cited including official Australian assignment data, squadron records, color slides and movies, maintenance logs, diaries, wreck site inspections and factory specifications. A brief history of each unit and the rationale of its unit markings accompanies the text.The author is world-renowned for his expertise on the Pacific air war. Never before have USAAF Pacific P-40s and their colorful artwork been illustrated with such accuracy and detail.

Originally published under the title Propagandes et persâecutions: La Râesistance et le "probláeme juif" 1940-1944 by Renâee Poznanski, copyright à Librairie Artháeme Fayard, 2008.

During World War II, some two million Jewish refugees relocated from the western regions of the USSR to the Soviet interior. Citizens in the Central Asian territories were at best indifferent--and at worst openly hostile--toward these migrants. Unpopular policies dictated that residents house refugees and share their limited food and essentials with these unwelcome strangers. When the local population began targeting the newcomers, Soviet authorities saw the antisemitic violence as discontentment with the political system itself and came down hard against it. Local authorities, however, were less concerned with the discrimination, focusing instead on absorbing large numbers of displaced people while also managing regional resentment during the most difficult years of the war. Despite the lack of harmonious integration, party officials spread the myth that they had successfully assimilated over ten million evacuees. Albert Kaganovitch reconstructs the conditions that gave rise to this upsurge in antisemitic sentiment and provides new statistical data on the number of Jewish refugees who lived in the Urals, Siberia, and Middle Volga areas. The book's insights into the regional distribution and concentration of these émigrés offer a behind-the-scenes look at the largest and most intensive Jewish migration in history.

From 1917 on, Feder studied financial politics and economics on his own after developing a hostility towards wealthy bankers during World War I and wrote a "manifesto on breaking the shackles of interest" ("Brechung der Zinsknechtschaft") in 1919. This was soon followed by the founding of a "task force" dedicated to those goals that demanded a nationalisation of all banks and an abolition of interest.Feder proposes ideas and solutions to problems which not only affected Germany at the time but could apply to any nation today.Originally published in 1919, this translated manifesto is a must read for anyone interested in history or economics.

New edition of the popular introduction to Paul Gauguin, part of the Flame Tree Masterpieces of Art seriesGauguin began his artistic life as an Impressionist in Paris, but yearning for a wider world view he experimented with decorative art and bright colours to create what some have termed Symbolism. He painted briefly with Van Gogh but was strongly drawn by the “otherness” of the South Pacific to which he travelled frequently, and finally settled far away from his origins and early influences to create a unique and intensely personal body of work. The new edition of this beautiful new book revels in the scenes of Tahiti, the sunlit bodies, the shapes and styles of the South Pacific each of which have secured him a unique place in the history of art.

'Of all the war stories I have read, truth or fiction, this is the best' - Ottawa Journal'...a cracking good story' - Globe & Mail¿¿'Green Beach has blown the lid off one of the Second World War's best-kept secrets' Daily Express'If I had been aware of the orders given to the escort to shoot him rather than let him be captured, I would have cancelled them immediately' Lord Mountbatten'Green Beach is a vivid, moving and at times nerve-racking reconstruction of an act of outstanding but horrific heroism' Sunday ExpressIn 1942 radar expert Jack Nissenthall volunteered for a suicidal mission to join a combat team who were making a surprise landing at Dieppe in occupied France. His assignment was to penetrate a German radar station on a cliff above "Green Beach". Because Nissenthall knew the secrets of British and US radar technology, he was awarded a personal bodyguard of sharpshooters. Their orders were to protect him, but in the event of possible capture lo kill him. .His choice was to succeed or die. The story of what happened to him and his bodyguards in nine hours under fire is one of World War II's most terrifying true stories of personal heroism.

Für sein letztes Buch stellte Leo N. Tolstoi 1903 bis 1910 - neben eigenen Texten - in freier Bearbeitung viele Gedanken "brahmanischer, konfuzianischer, buddhistischer Weisheit, aus den Evangelien, den Apostelbriefen und sowie den Schriften vieler anderer, alter wie neuer Denker" zusammen (ohne Nennung der Verfassernamen). Nur zwei Jahre nach seinem Tod wurde das Werk einer deutschsprachigen Leserschaft unter dem Titel "Der Lebensweg - Ein Buch für Wahrheitssucher" (1912) dargeboten. Die Übersetzung stammte von Dr. Adolf Heß.In seinem einleitenden Text zur vorliegenden Neuedition dieser Ausgabe schreibt Holger Kuße: "Der Weg des Lebens ist systematisch aufgebaut, aber es ist dennoch bemerkenswert, wie der Text zur Sammlung von Gedanken wird, die im wörtlichen (im Druckbild sichtbare) wie im übertragenen Sinne Freiräume lässt, in die eigene Erfahrungen eingetragen werden können. Weisheit ist hier nicht nur die von allen Weisen aller Zeiten und Religionen übereinstimmend erkannte Wahrheit des wahren Lebens, sondern auch die Weisheit der Beschränkung. Einzelne Worte werden in den Alltag gesprochen. Zusammen bilden sie vielleicht ein System, eine allumfassende Welterklärung und Philosophie, aber vor allem sollen sie jedes für sich im Leben ihrer Leserinnen und Leser wirken. Weisheit ist bei Tolstoi universal und individuell zugleich. Der Gedanke, egal ob Aussage oder Imperativ, muss sich im einzelnen Leben bewähren. Er kann nicht Theorie bleiben, sondern muss individuelle Lebenspraxis sein. Das zeigt (und ermöglicht) die Lücke im Text oder die Lücke zwischen den Texten, die individuelle Füllungen, Weiterdenken und Überdenken, aber auch Pausen im Denken ermöglichen."Die Sammlung erschließt - neben einer heute befremdlichen Abteilung zur "Geschlechtsbegierde" - Tolstois Anschauungen über Religion, die Einheit der menschlichen Familie, die Liebe zu allem Lebendigen, Macht, Gewalt, Straf-Ideologie, Eigentumsverhältnisse und weitere Fragen eines anderen Lebens jenseits der getriebenen Eigensicherung.Tolstoi-FriedensbibliothekReihe A, Band 14 (Signatur TFb_A014)Neu ediert von Peter Bürger und Ingrid von Heiseler,mit einer Hinführung von Holger Kuße

The situation was not uncommon. A teenage boy takes up with the wrong crowd and begins running wild on the streets of New York City. His behavior degenerates from petty thefts and vandalism to much more serious crimes. His frustrated parents believe that the only solution to save their son is to send him to live with his uncle. The only problem is that this is the 1930s and the uncle lives in Germany. Seventeen year old Willie Kuhn is about is about to take up with the wrong crowd again. This crowd, however, wears swastikas.

Une bande d'enfants du nord de l'État de New York vit une série d'aventures sur fond d'après-guerre.Le jeune Jerry Antil a toujours été un citadin. Aussi, lorsqu'en 1948 lui et sa famille - sa mère, son père boulanger le gros Mike et ses frères Mike et Dick - quittent la ville de Cortland, dans l'État de New York, pour s'installer à la campagne, il réalise qu'il va devoir s'adapter. Heureusement, Jerry, comme tous ceux qui ont grandi pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, est un garçon débrouillard qui sait tirer parti de n'importe quelle situation. Et grâce à son père, Jerry sait que, pour peu qu'on y prête attention, beaucoup d'aventures nous attendent, qu'importe où l'on se trouve. Avec un groupe d'enfants sur la même longueur d'ondes, Jerry forme le club de lecture de Pompey Hollow. Ils ne tardent pas à trouver l'aventure partout autour d'eux, qu'ils recherchent un groupe de voleurs entrés par effraction dans les commerces locaux ou tentent de sauver un troupeau de volailles innocentes d'une fin macabre à Thanksgiving. Se présentant comme une série d'histoires distinctes, le flux du récit ressemble davantage à un roman qu'à un recueil de nouvelles. Les personnages sont bien développés, surtout les enfants. Le style est simple mais efficace. L'humour est plus loufoque que spirituel, mais seuls les coeurs endurcis ne riront pas au moins une fois. Le roman se montre parfois un peu mielleux, mais n'en reste pas moins franc et sincère. Les passages les plus touchants décrivent la relation de Jerry avec son incroyable père, qui lui transmet un sens aigu de la morale ainsi que le goût de l'aventure. L'auteur insiste de manière convaincante sur l'idée que grandir en temps de guerre eut un effet profond sur l'attitude des enfants et leur vision des choses, leur permettant entre autres de tirer le meilleur parti de toute situation.Un récit sincère sur l'enfance à l'ombre de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.