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Il generale Rupnik, insieme a Anton Kokalj, Ernest Peterlin e Janko Kregar, costituirono il 24 settembre 1943 la Slovenska Domobranska Legija (Legione Slovena delle Guardie), sostenuta dai rappresentanti dei partiti politici esistenti prima della guerra nella regione di Lubiana ed organizzata su 3 Battaglioni. Bisogna però sottolineare che, mentre Rupnik era propenso a collaborare con i tedeschi ed era convinto della vittoria del Terzo Reich, Peterlin desiderava formare un'unità pesantemente armata, con mitragliatrici pesanti, mortai e cannoni di vario calibro (con l'obiettivo segreto di avere una forza armata pronta per compiere una rivolta nazionalista ed indipendentista), ma i tedeschi non approvarono mai un tale progetto. Per richiamare i giovani all'arruolamento, lo stesso giorno fu pubblicato un vibrante appello, firmato dallo stesso Rupnik, sul principale quotidiano cattolico sloveno, "Slovenec". Il 30 settembre, in seguito all'occupazione tedesca della provincia di Lubiana i tedeschi ribattezzarono la Legione in Guardia Territoriale Slovena (Slovensko Domobranstvo in tedesco Slowenische Landwehr), assumendone di fatto il controllo.

Fighting to Kill explores the significance of infantry units for those who fought the Second World War. It describes the evolution of the infantry rifle section of the British Army and brings together the history of their weaponry, their small-unit tactics and the soldiers' personal experiences.

The B-24 Liberator served as the workhorse of the US armed forces and was used in every theater of war. Under the command of Colonel Halverson, a US task force known as HALPRO was sent to attack Japan, but was diverted en route and instead became embroiled in the Mediterranean theater, carrying out bombing raids to arrest the progress of Axis forces.Images of the early days of the RAF, HALPRO and the US's 9th and 12th Air Forces illustrate the difficult sandy and dusty conditions in the North African desert, as well as the less sophisticated early model B-24s. The 15th Air Force, operating from Southern Italy, lived in tents through the particularly cold winter of 1944-45, and the sight of the snowy Alps that they crossed daily must have made crews wonder just how they would fare if their aircraft was brought down there. Crossing the Adriatic would have brought different challenges: the B-24 was not best regarded as a ditching platform, and so the Isle of Vis off Croatia beckoned to crews dealing with fuel shortages and battle damage once they left the Croatian coast and were bound for Italy. Unit photographers captured dramatic scenes as bombers were struck with flak and control was lost and many are included in this illustrated volume. With more than 150 images, this book presents a graphic account of the B-24 Liberator, its missions and crews against the backdrop of the Mediterranean theater of war.

On 9 August 1918, on high ground overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen, for no gain. Meanwhile, two Australian sergeants, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn't end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers, chronicling their return home and years after service, through a pandemic, the Great Depression, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service.

Love at War begins halfway through World War Two when Anna Christensen has almost completed her business training. The daughter of a handsome Norwegian seafarer and his beautiful wife, Anna's looks attract much attention, especially from two army officers. Charismatic Captain Charles Milburn and his aide, 2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Chandler are both attracted to the depot's new shorthand-typist, but it is Charles, although engaged to be married, who Anna finds irresistible.The seaside town of Barry avoids the ruthless bombing affecting South Wales's cities and Charles revels in his comparatively 'cushy' number. Out of office hours, he's playing tennis, pursuing lady friends, and arranging a morale-boosting dance. After he is injured in a nightclub bombing, Anna and Geoffrey become closer, yet after Charles recovers, he makes a move on Anna.

In this final chapter to The Mistress of Auschwitz, Eleonore struggles with the consequences of her actions at Mrs. Meyers' manor. While in a foreign land, Eleonore begins to hope for what she thought had been lost forever. She begins to find healing through a wonderfully chaotic but passionate family, learning to use her gifts again, and an unsought romance with a man that she once despised. But all is not as it seems, as the fascist ideology which should've been long buried has resurrected itself in the hearts of lesser men. Eleonore must yet again contend with that evil. Still, she persists with the understanding that the darkness will always succumb to the light.Meanwhile, Captain Volker is devastated by what he perceives are a series of personal defeats. To atone for his supposed shortcomings, Hanns presses the search for Rudolph Hoess, the Commandant of Auschwitz, with unrelenting fervor in the hopes that he can finally bring this devil to justice. His ambition, however, leads him down paths where he will stop at nothing, no matter who gets in his way, in his attempt to capture the greatest mass murderer in the history of mankind. Still, his mind lingers on Eleonore and her wellbeing, as Hanns realizes her importance should Rudolph be brought to trial.

Weymouth, England 1939War changes everything. For grandson Martin, coming of age under the backdrop of World War II. For Sonja, the Jewish refugee he's drawn to, who left her family in Germany only to face new dangers in England. And for Martin's friend, Ellis, confronting a war similar to the one that drove his father to alcoholism.Recently widowed, Alice must set aside her long-awaited chance to recreate her life on her own terms, when the war places her two grandchildren in her care. She finds herself revisiting the tragedies she faced as a mother, as she navigates personal aspiration, loss, and the importance of family.Alice's War is not a story of decorated air pilots or daring resistance fighters. It is instead a story of ordinary people facing fear and loss. As outside forces tear Alice's family and community apart, she quietly gathers and reforms their sustaining bonds.Set in the town of Weymouth against the grand backdrop of England's Jurassic Coast and with a front-seat view of the unfolding drama, Alice's War immerses the reader in a time unlike any in modern history.

2013Olivia discovers letters and a painting by her uncle William, an artist and WWII bombardier who vanished after being shot down over France just before D-Day. Inexplicably compelled, Olivia begins a personal quest to discover William's fate.1943William says goodbye to his new wife, Maddie, a concert pianist in New York City, and joins the RAF to battle the Nazis in occupied Europe. He quickly comes to regret the death and devastation wrought by his bombing missions, in sharp contrast to his times on leave, painting landscapes of the English countryside. Unexpectedly, William is recruited as an agent for the Special Operations Executive by a mysterious woman at a manor in the Cotswolds and leaves for the Scottish Highlands. Based on her family connections with the Underground, Maddie embarks on her own treacherous journey that leads her to join the French Resistance in Paris. The Last Vanishing Point is a compelling love story of mystery and intrigue, and of how the power of art and the enduring bonds of family can heal trauma and loss. The reader is transported through historical details and the author's cinematic writing style will take you to another time and place where a heartfelt and timeless story unfolds.

"Londoner Madeleine Grant is studying at the Sorbonne in Paris when she marries charismatic French journalist Giles Martin. As they raise their son, Olivier, they hold on to a tenuous promise for the future. Until the thunder of war sets off alarms in France. Staying behind to join the resistance, Giles sends Madeleine and Olivier to the relative safety of England, where Madeleine secures a job teaching French at a secondary school. Yet nowhere is safe. After a devastating twist of fate resulting in the loss of her son, Madeleine accepts a request from the ministry to aid in the war effort. Seizing the smallest glimmer of hope of finding Giles alive, she returns to France. If Madeleine can stop just one Nazi, it will be the start of a valiant path of revenge. Though her perseverance, defiance, and heart will be tested beyond imagining, no risk is too great for a brave wife and mother determined to fight and survive against inconceivable odds."--

An account of the deadly cat-and-mouse game between Americans and Germans that played out on the world's biggest island as both sides in the war recognized its pivotal strategic role.

In this partially illustrated early chapter book set in 1947, when a young girl's father is away in Europe helping refugees, she is left to deal with a stray peacock who has arrived in her family's yard, much to her mother's dismay. The girl devises a plan to earn the peacock's trust and return it to its home at the zoo.

The Final Solution, first published in 1953, is an authoritative account of the Nazi's systematic plan to exterminate Jews (and other groups) in the 1930s until the end of World War II in 1945. The book traces the beginnings of the Holocaust and the Nazi pogroms against the Jews-the Nuremburg Laws, the Week of Broken Glass, the ghettos and deportations-to the extermination camps and gas chambers of Auschwitz, and Nazi actions throughout Russia, western Europe and the Balkans. Appendices detail Reitlinger's estimates of the final death toll (although some of Reitlinger's figures are considered overly conservative today) and describe the fate of leading participants in "the final solution."Gerald Reitlinger (1900-1978) was an art historian and author of several books on the Nazi period, and served in the British army during the war. Today, The Final Solution remains one of the most objective and best-documented sources on the Holocaust.

Whom Gods Would Destroy: An Occult History of the First World War continues in its second volume, Archangel, chronicling the otherworldly adventures of the Nine Giants through the devastated countryside of Belgium and Germany, and the paranormal fringe of the Great War. Enter a twisted world of supernatural spies and occult lodges across Europe. Survive the chaos of the Russian Revolution and the wolf-haunted wastelands of the Eastern Front. The labyrinthine trenches unearthed terrible evils, and ancient forces rise from the grave to clash with modern and man-made horrors.

Eva: A Novel of the Holocaust, first published in 1959, is a fictionalized account of Ida Loew, a young Jewish girl from Poland who survived the Jewish pogroms of the Nazis and the Auschwitz camp. The book opens with the girl at age 16 leaving her home in southeastern Poland and posing as a gentile from the Ukraine named Katya. The story follows Eva as she works as a maid in the home of a prominent Austrian family in Linz (the husband is an SS officer), and then as an office worker in a German munitions factory. When she is eventually discovered to be a Jew, she is sent to Auschwitz. After the evacuation of the camp she manages to escape, finding refuge with a Polish family. At the end of the novel she is trying to find her family and home, difficult because so many Jewish communities in Eastern Europe had been destroyed. In real life, Ida Loew made her way to Israel after the war where she settled in Tel Aviv.

This gorgeous new paperback edition collects the three volumes of John Dos Passos's acclaimed U.S.A. trilogy, named one of the best books of the twentieth century by the Modern Library, and a "linguistically adventurous national portrait for a precarious age--his, and ours" (The New Yorker). The U.S.A. trilogy, comprised of the novels The 42nd Parallel, 1919, and The Big Money, is a grand, kaleidoscopic portrayal of a nation that buzzes with history and life on every page.The 42nd Parallel unfolds in stories and "newsreels" consisting of front-page headlines and article fragments from the Chicago Tribune, revealing the lives and fortunes of five characters. Mac, Janey, Eleanor, Ward, and Charley are caught on the storm track of this parallel and blown New Yorkward. As their lives cross and double back again, the likes of Eugene Debs, Thomas Edison, and Andrew Carnegie also make appearances.1919 opens to find America and the world at war, and Dos Passos's characters, many of whom we met in the first volume, are thrown into the snarl. We follow the daughter of a Chicago minister, a wide-eyed Texas girl, a young poet, and a radical Jew, as well as the glimpses of the more famous Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Unknown Soldier.The Big Money comes back to America after the war to find a nation on the upswing. Industrialism booms, the stock market surges, Lindbergh takes his solo flight, and Henry Ford makes automobiles. From New York to Hollywood, love affairs to business deals, it is a country taking the turns too fast, speeding toward the crash of 1929.Employing a host of experimental devices that would inspire a whole new generation of writers to follow, Dos Passos captures the many textures, flavors, and background noises of modern life with a cinematic touch and unparalleled nerve.

Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Irvin S. Cobb has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

Passed by the censor: The Experience of an American Newspaper Man in France by Wythe Williams has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

Six-year -old Annie is living a nightmare no one should have to endure alone. World War II is raging in Europe and in the Pacific, and though Annie is far from the front lines, she feels the horror of war on the home front: beloved neighbors are killed in action, her family hears of relatives suffering in Europe, and she sees war's violence and destruction in weekly newsreels. Strict rationing and blackouts challenge her own daily life. Added to this, when Annie contracts rheumatic fever, she has "her own war to win" if she is to survive!But she has a constant companion - the chubby baby doll, a 1942 Christmas gift, --who helps her "fight" to get well and survive the heartaches of war. Everyone loves her doll, even her school-mate, Emile, a "war guest from France," and her aviator pen-pal in the Royal Air Force.Inspired by her own recollections of World War II and the personal accounts of war veterans, Eiler has written a sobering reminder of the sacrifices of war as a tribute to The Greatest Generation, intended for children studying the war and adults alike. The doll opens a gateway to discussing difficult topics with children like hope and perseverance in the face of illness and crisis while the novel's focus on magical play will interest doll and toy enthusiasts.In the novel's "magical ending" Eiler offers a touch of whimsy. The war is over. The celebrations have ended. Not to be "outdone," Annie's doll makes her a promise the reader will hold dear - who said dolls can't talk?

Die vom Gustav Mahler-Experten Prof. Franz Willnauer in einer aktualisierten und um fünf Kapitel erweiterten Neuausgabe vorgelegte Studie "Gustav Mahler und die Wiener Oper" zeichnet, unterstützt von umfangreichem Quellenmaterial und einem reichhaltigen Bildteil, ein eindrucksvolles Porträt des "Gesamtkünstlers" Mahler als Dirigent, Regisseur und Manager.Das Bild des Komponisten Gustav Mahler, dessen sinfonisches Werk längst seinen Siegeszug um die ganze Welt angetreten hat, ist unvollständig ohne die Kenntnis seiner nahezu lebenslangen Theater-Tätigkeit, die ihren Höhepunkt in seinem zehnjährigen Wirken als Direktor der Wiener Hofoper gefunden hat. Willnauers 1993 erschienene Studie "Gustav Mahler und die Wiener Oper" versammelte erstmals die Dokumente und Statistiken dieser Tätigkeit und wurde zu einem Standardwerk der Mahler-Forschung. In einer aktualisierten und um fünf Kapitel erweiterten Neuausgabe vorgelegt, entspricht das Buch nun dem aktuellen Wissensstand und entfaltet das faszinierende Panorama einer Glanzzeit des bedeutendsten europäischen Opernhauses an der Wende vom 19. zum 20. Jahrhundert, die von einem Ausnahmekünstler mit seiner Dreifach-Begabung als Dirigent, Regisseur und Manager geprägt war.

Die Gestapo nahm im NS-Machtgefüge eine zentrale Stellung ein. Nicht nur war sie durch Denunziationen und den Einsatz von V-Leuten eng mit der Gesellschaft verzahnt, auch die aktive Mitarbeit staatlicher und parteiamtlicher Einrichtungen war für die »staatspolizeiliche Praxis« von zentraler Bedeutung. Der Band untersucht diese Themenfelder detailliert aus einer regionalgeschichtlichen Perspektive und leistet einen Beitrag für eine Gesellschaftsgeschichte des Nationalsozialismus. Die Beiträge thematisieren die nationalsozialistische Durchdringung der Kommunalverwaltung in einer Hochburg des katholischen Zentrums und die Praxis der »Schutzhaft« in der Frühphase der NS-Herrschaft ebenso wie den weitgehend unerforschten NS-Rechtswahrerbund und die Biografie eines der Leiter der Staatspolizeistelle Trier und späteren Ministerpräsidenten des Saarlandes. Darüber hinaus enttarnt der Band ein Netzwerk ehemaliger Trierer Gestapo-Beamter im BND und hinterfragt die Selbstdarstellung eines "Judensachbearbeiters" während eines Ermittlungsverfahrens 25 Jahre nach Kriegsende.

Die Geheime Staatspolizei ist längst zum Sinnbild der Strafverfolgung in der NS-Zeit geworden. Sie gilt - gemeinsam mit den Sondergerichten und dem Volksgerichtshof - als Inbegriff nationalsozialistischer Rechtsbeugung im Kontext von Terror und Willkür. Nur selten werden hingegen auch die ordentlichen Gerichte auf regionaler Ebene sowie die übrigen Polizeibehörden berücksichtigt. Die Studie beleuchtet an einem regionalen Beispiel, wie sich in der alltäglichen Arbeitspraxis die Zusammenarbeit von Polizei, Gerichten und Staatsanwaltschaft gestaltete. Dabei rückt sie zentrale Tätigkeitsfelder der Regionalbehörden in den Fokus, um die Entwicklung der nationalsozialistischen Strafverfolgungspraxis nachzuzeichnen und mit einem akteurszentrierten Ansatz die Bedeutung von Juristen für das NS-Regime herauszuarbeiten.

Der ländliche Raum galt im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert als harmonisch, politikfern und - mal positiv, mal negativ - als unmodern. Anhand von drei Landgemeinden in Bayern, Brandenburg und dem Elsass analysiert Anette Schlimm Konzepte und Praktiken des Regierens im ländlichen Raum zwischen 1850 und 1945. Sie zeigt auf, wie diese Zuschreibungen in der alltäglichen Regierungspraxis ständig bestärkt und erneuert wurden. Schulhausbau, Zuchtstierhaltung und das alltägliche Verwalten der Bürgermeister werden ebenso untersucht wie der wachsende Einfluss von Verbänden und Parteien, Gesetzesreformen und die Konstruktion von Ländlichkeit. Sowohl die Dorfbewohner:innen als auch staatliche Behörden oder Politiker waren Akteur:innen in diesen oft konflikthaften Geschichten. In unterschiedlicher Weise bezogen sie sich auf Vorstellungen von Tradition, um alltägliche Probleme und grundlegende Transformationen im Dorf zu bewältigen. So zeigt sich: Die ländlichen Räume waren im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert nicht das Gegenteil, sondern integraler Bestandteil der Moderne.

London 1951: At finde selve livets kode er det, der optager videnskaben allermest i disse år, også den brillante, unge kemiker Rosalind Franklin. Som nyansat på King's College kaster hun sig ud i forskningen, men hendes kolleger vil hellere ignorere en kvinde i laboratoriet end at arbejde sammen med hende. De ambitiøse mænd må dog snart indse, at Rosalind er en seriøs konkurrent i kapløbet om at opdage DNA-strukturen. Selvom hun får støtte fra sin assistent Oliver, bliver situationen værre. Bag Rosalinds ryg tyer hendes mandlige kollegaer til stadig mere uretfærdige metoder ...Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) var en brillant, britisk videnskabskvinde, der spillede en afgørende rolle i kortlægningen af selve livets kode, DNA’et, der indeholder alt genetisk information. I begyndelsen af 1950’erne forskede hun ved King’s College i London, hvor hun gjorde den banebrydende opdagelse, at DNA har en spiralformet struktur, en helix. I dag er det almindeligt kendt, at Rosalind Franklins kollegaer, James D. Watson og Francis Crick, indhentede hendes forskningsresultater uden hendes medviden og brugte dem i deres publikation af en model for DNA’s struktur, som de i 1962 modtog Nobelprisen i medicin for. Watson har sidenhen sagt, at Franklin burde have fået prisen.Historiens enestående kvinder er en ny serie fra Gutkind, som i romanform fortæller om en række kvinder, der – udover at være enestående på hvert deres område – har skabt historie, der inspirerer den dag i dag.Om forfatteren:Petra Hucke (f. 1978) bor i München med sin mand og har et hoved fuld af ideer. Hun oversætter fra engelsk og fransk, elsker at læse islandske romaner, på islandsk, arbejder som freelance-redaktør og har udgivet romaner.