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Collectie 176 H.J. van Mook > BIJZONDER > Militaire aangelegenheden > Nota's van Ch.O. van der Plas en N.N. inzake de militaire situatie in de strijd tegen Japan en de voor Nederland meest wenselijke strategie.

British made, double sided, color topographical silk escape map, Sheet 43C and D, showing areas of the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Germany, with an ancillary map of the new frontier, Belgium and Germany. The maps were produced by Branch M19, which was created in December 1939 to facilitate escape and evasion strategies for soldiers and prisoners-of-war by helping them find their way to safety ...

For three generations of Americans, World War II has been a touchstone for the understanding of conflict and of America{u2019}s role in global affairs. But if World War II helped shape the perception of war for Americans, American media in turn shape the understanding and memory of World War II. Concentrating on key popular films, television series, and digital games from the last two decades, this ...

In this first in-depth historical study of homosexuality in Fascist Italy, Lorenzo Benadusi brings to light immensely important archival documents regarding the sexual politics of the Italian Fascist regime; he adds new insights to the study of the complex relationships of masculinity, sexuality, and Fascism; he explores the connections between new Fascist values and preexisting Italian traditional ...

"Focusing on events in Rwanda, Armenia, and the former Yugoslavia as well as the Holocaust, Genocide and Gender in the Twentieth Century investigates how historically- and culturally-specific ideas led to genocidal sexual violence. Expert contributors also consider how these ideas, in conjunction with issues relating to femininity, masculinity and understandings of gendered identities, contributed ...

Sheila Allan was just 17 years old when Japanese forces invaded Malaya in late 1941. British leaders surrendered at Singapore in 1942, subjecting hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to Japanese internment for the duration of the war -- including Allan. During that time, she became infatuated with the women's camp commandant, Dr Elinor Hopkins, whom she described as a 'dream mother'. Her ...

The Imperial Japanese Army was a legend in its own time. To the defenders of Singapore and Bataan, its soldiers were demonic supermen. The willingness of Japan consistently to fight to the last man remains a benchmark of courage today. Yet these heroes of Saipan and Iwo Jima were also capable of unparalleled bestiality--the rape of Nanking, the use of slave labor on the Burma-Siam Railway, gross neglect ...

Depicts daily existence in Nazi-occupied Belorussia, with special attention to ordinary persons - be they German servicemen or the indigenous inhabitants. Focuses on the situation and events in the General Commissariat White Ruthenia, which included territories annexed from Poland and the area around Minsk. Ch. 7 (pp. 231-269), "Die Ermordung der weissrussischen Juden", relates how the Nazis organized ...