Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Die Heeresgruppe H (11.11.1944-6.4.1945) Die Heeresgruppe H wurde am 11. November 1944 in den Niederlanden gebildet. Ihr unterstanden ab Dezember 1944 die 1. Fallschirm-Armee und die 15. Armee. Oberbefehlshaber der Heeresgruppe war bereits seit dem 7. November Generaloberst (Luftwaffe) Kurt Student. Das Oberkommando der 15. Armee wurde im Januar 1945 an die Heeresgruppe ...

Piece of barbed wire from the site of a German prisoner of war camp in Rzhev, Soviet Union (now Russia). The camp operated from 1941-1943 and this piece was excavated in 2014 by the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs. Rzhev was located on the Volga River along the Moscow-Riga railway. Nazi Germany launched a surprise attack on its former ally, the Soviet Union, in June 1941. Rzhev, a city of ...

"General, minister of war, prime minister, and unrepentant ultranationalist, Hideki Tojo (1884-1948) was the most powerful leader in the Japanese government during World War II. From October 1941 to July 1944 he held unquestioned control, advocating and setting in motion the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as pushing forward the Japanese offensives in China, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. The author ...

This collection contains : the compilation box “La Guerre et l'Occupation vues par Oscar Liedel”, consisting of 32 unbound pages with 30 reproductions of anti-Nazi cartoons created during the war by Oscar Liedel, whose watercolour drawings bear witness to the various stages of the war, from the invasion of Belgium on 10 May 1940 to the Ardennes offensive on 22 December 1944 ; the compilation box “Vier ...

Chronicles the experiences of the men serving in the African-American 369th Infantry during World War I, discussing how they overcame segregation, poor training, and racial harassment to serve with French soldiers and play a key role in the Allies' Meuse-Argonne offensive. 1st ed. xviii, 302 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm

Currently there is a basic inventory and a card file inventory. A detailed digital inventory is currently (February 2015) in preparation and will be published on the archives website finding aid.

Fleeing the German offensive in late 1943 and early 1944, when Germany occupied Dalmatia, a large number of civilians (over 30,000), fearing reprisals, took refuge on the island of Vis. As Vis already housed the General Staff of the Partisan army and the allied British army, it was not able to accept and feed so many people. Therefore it was decided that the non-combatant population of the island be ...

Dutch Racism is the first comprehensive study of its kind. The approach is unique, not comparative but relational, in unraveling the legacy of racism in the Netherlands and the (former) colonies. Authors contribute to identifying the complex ways in which racism operates in and beyond the national borders, shaped by European and global influences, and intersecting with other systems of domination. ...

On 22 June 1941, German tanks rolled into the Soviet Union in an offensive which was to claim the lives of nearly 49 million people. Until the opening of Soviet archives, however, and the easing of their ideological grip, 'Operation Barbarossa' remained shrouded in mystery. Now, through the distinguished contributions of people like President Yeltsin's adviser, Colonel-General Dmitri Volkogonov, and ...

News documentary with intertitles produced for the home movie market by Castle Films Productions. "The News Parade of the Year 1945" "Now it can be seen! British Battleship Bombed!" "Nazi U-Boat scores direct hit on HMS Barham" "Hitler’s V-2 bomb exposed by Allies" "Millions mourn the death of President Roosevelt, Truman succeeds as President" "Soviets last offensive in the heart of Berlin" "Prime ...

Washington papers > 30. Infanterie- Division (30th Infantry Division) > Ia, Tätigkeitsbericht. Enemy operations and unit identification during the eastern campaign from the German-Lithuanian to the Russian-Latvian borders, Jun. 22- Jul.7, 1941; advance into Russia via Opochka, Novorzhev and Staraya Russa to Lovat, Jul.8- Aug. 25, 1941; offensives in the Lovat, Pola and Polomet river areas, Aug. 26- ...

Washington papers > 30. Infanterie- Division (30th Infantry Division) > Ia, Kriegstagebuch 5, Teil A-D. Defensive operations in the Polomet river area, int he Valdai Heights, along the Rob'ya river and near Staraya Russa; offensive battles in the Belyy Bor, Ushaki, Demyansk, Ysoche, Pustynya and Luzhno areas. The division was subordinate to teh Xe and Iia AK and Korpsgrüppe Hohne, succesively, under ...

In 1939, the 65-year old French political economist Charles Rist was serving as advisor to the French government and consultant to the international banking and business world. As France anxiously awaited a German invasion, Rist traveled to America to negotiate embargo policy. Days after his return to Paris, the German offensive began and with it the infamous season of occupation. Retreating to his ...

Washington papers > 82. Infanterie- Division (82th Infantery Division) > Kriegstagebuch 1. Formation of the division on Dec. 1, 1939, at Kassel, Wehrkreis IX; transfer to Wildflecken and Hammelburg for training in Jan. 1940 and to the Graach-Bitburg area on May 5; march nia Nianden, Hompre, Wiltz, and Neufchâteau to Charleville; offensive operations at the end of May from Charleville to Gray via Rethel, ...

Reel 4 Michael O'Brien, an Irish rebel leader from Dublin, is hanged in 1903 by the British for subversion and high treason. His eighteen-year-old son, also named Michael O'Brien, is sent to St. Edwards College -- a boarding school specifically aimed at making Irish children 'think English' by tight surveillance and ideological education. There, a fellow student collects information for his uncle at ...

Reel 7 Michael O'Brien, an Irish rebel leader from Dublin, is hanged in 1903 by the British for subversion and high treason. His eighteen-year-old son, also named Michael O'Brien, is sent to St. Edwards College -- a boarding school specifically aimed at making Irish children 'think English' by tight surveillance and ideological education. There, a fellow student collects information for his uncle at ...

Reel 5 Michael O'Brien, an Irish rebel leader from Dublin, is hanged in 1903 by the British for subversion and high treason. His eighteen-year-old son, also named Michael O'Brien, is sent to St. Edwards College -- a boarding school specifically aimed at making Irish children 'think English' by tight surveillance and ideological education. There, a fellow student collects information for his uncle at ...

Reel 3 Michael O'Brien, an Irish rebel leader from Dublin, is hanged in 1903 by the British for subversion and high treason. His eighteen-year-old son, also named Michael O'Brien, is sent to St. Edwards College -- a boarding school specifically aimed at making Irish children 'think English' by tight surveillance and ideological education. There, a fellow student collects information for his uncle at ...

Reel 6 Michael O'Brien, an Irish rebel leader from Dublin, is hanged in 1903 by the British for subversion and high treason. His eighteen-year-old son, also named Michael O'Brien, is sent to St. Edwards College -- a boarding school specifically aimed at making Irish children 'think English' by tight surveillance and ideological education. There, a fellow student collects information for his uncle at ...

Reel 2 Michael O'Brien, an Irish rebel leader from Dublin, is hanged in 1903 by the British for subversion and high treason. His eighteen-year-old son, also named Michael O'Brien, is sent to St. Edwards College -- a boarding school specifically aimed at making Irish children 'think English' by tight surveillance and ideological education. There, a fellow student collects information for his uncle at ...

Reel 10 Michael O'Brien, an Irish rebel leader from Dublin, is hanged in 1903 by the British for subversion and high treason. His eighteen-year-old son, also named Michael O'Brien, is sent to St. Edwards College -- a boarding school specifically aimed at making Irish children 'think English' by tight surveillance and ideological education. There, a fellow student collects information for his uncle ...

Reel 8 Michael O'Brien, an Irish rebel leader from Dublin, is hanged in 1903 by the British for subversion and high treason. His eighteen-year-old son, also named Michael O'Brien, is sent to St. Edwards College -- a boarding school specifically aimed at making Irish children 'think English' by tight surveillance and ideological education. There, a fellow student collects information for his uncle at ...

Reel 9 Michael O'Brien, an Irish rebel leader from Dublin, is hanged in 1903 by the British for subversion and high treason. His eighteen-year-old son, also named Michael O'Brien, is sent to St. Edwards College -- a boarding school specifically aimed at making Irish children 'think English' by tight surveillance and ideological education. There, a fellow student collects information for his uncle at ...