Tevens verschenen als: Diss. Bochum 1981. 358 blz. ; .. cm.

Originally published in Great Britain by Longmans in 1959. 363 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates ; 19 cm

"In this brilliant reconstruction of that momentous year, courage is the highlight: courage in victory as in the Battle of Britain, in defeat as at Dunkirk and in the streets as flames raged round St. Paul's Cathedral in Christmas week. Hitler's mounting triumphs provide the sombre background, the darkness lifting only faintly towards the end of the year when the United States, still far from direct ...

This is the first full-length study in English of the political and strategic influence of one of France's most controversial military leaders, General Maurice Gamelin (1872-1958). Gamelin was reviled by many of his contemporaries and denigrated by two generations of historians as 'the man who lost the Battle of France' in 1940. Here Gamelin is reappraised in the context of the unstable civil-military ...

Amschel Rothschild (Erich Ponto) in Frankfurt and his sons Nathan (Karl Kuhlmann) in London and James (Albert Lippert) in Paris are part of an international network of Jewish bankers lending money to powerful people in their respective countries at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Due to their international contacts and ruthless materialistic attitude, the Rothschilds earn money every time ...

Amschel Rothschild (Erich Ponto) in Frankfurt and his sons Nathan (Karl Kuhlmann) in London and James (Albert Lippert) in Paris are part of an international network of Jewish bankers lending money to powerful people in their respective countries at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Due to their international contacts and ruthless materialistic attitude, the Rothschilds earn money every time ...

Filmdoosnummer: 57

A Castle Films showcase of news events for the year 1941 with English titles: "War-Five Years! China fights on as tension in Pacific grows!" "Siege of Tobruk! British guns repel year-long Axis attack!" 01:01:04 "Balkan crisis! Nazis overwhelm heroic Greeks!" Ruins, shocked civilians, wounded. Crowds of troops. 01:01:25 "Germans halted! Capture of Iraq stops Hitler's march toward Suez!" Air warfare, ...

This is the first book to present an analysis of Arab response to fascism and Nazism from the perspectives of both individual countries and the Arab world at large. This collection problematizes and ultimately deconstructs the established narratives that assume most Arabs supported fascism and Nazism leading up to and during World War II. Using new source materials taken largely from Arab memoirs, ...

Raymond (Ray) Buch (1920-2010) was born in New York City to Ukrainian immigrants, Ludwig (1893-1962) and Mary (nee Straub, 1896-1939) Buch, and was raised on a farm in New Jersey. Ray had four siblings: June (1925-c. 2005), Mary (b.1930), Gloria (1932-2002), and Francis (1934-2011). After completing high school, Ray worked as a construction carpenter until he was drafted into the United States Army ...

"Dagelijks leven met de vijand in Nederland en België, de collaboratie, het opkomende verzet tegen de grimmiger wordende Duitse overheersing en het begin van de jodenvervolging. The Battle of Britain, de strijd in de Pacific, de Japanse inval in Nederlands-Indië, Operatie Barbarossa en de overige strijdtonelen van de volledig ontvlamde wereldoorlog. Met literatuuropgave. 240 pagina's : illustraties ...

He was born in Pentre in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales, in 1920. He started working in Lloyds Bank in Bristol in 1938 and around that time he joined the Territoria! Army (Reserves). He initially joined the Gloucestershire Regiment which then became a Searchlight unit of the Royal Artillery after WW2 started. He spend the first years of the war in S. E England operating searchlights defending London ...

Een vorm van lijdzaam verzet was het vervaardigen van tal van sieraden uit Nederlandse munten, die al snel uit de roulatie werden gehaald tijdens de bezetting. Het was natuurlijk ook een teken van koningsgezindheid. Manchetknoop vervaardigd van 1 dubbeltje en 1 kwartje met de beeltenis van Koningin Wilhelmina. Afkomstig van Evan Jones (1920 - 2000) He was born in Pentre in the Rhondda Valley, South ...

Zilveren armband gemaakt van dubbeltjes (10 cent) met beeltenis van Koningin Wilhelmina. Als teken van verzet tegen de bezetter en uit loyaliteit naar het Koningshuis. Afkomstig van Evan Jones (1920 - 2000) He was born in Pentre in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales, in 1920. He started working in Lloyds Bank in Bristol in 1938 and around that time he joined the Territoria! Army (Reserves). He initially ...