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192 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

The story of 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, which was formed early in 1943 for one special job--to breach the Moehne and Eder Dams in Germany. The overwhelming success of the great raid on the dams made the squadron famous, and it was retained as a unit and used for other equally perilous missions. 251 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm

Collection of documents and photographs related to Julius Sussman who was born in Eiself, Germany on September 20, 1910. The family resided in Frankfurt am Main. In 1933 Julius immigrated to Palestine; he was able to bring his parents to Palestine in 1936. On July 8, 1940, Julius enlisted in the British Army, Royal Military Pioneer Corps, 605th Palestinian regiment, Pvt #11621. He fought in the African ...

Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-117). 118 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

1. vyd. 268 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.

Sergeant C.C. Warmer, father of the donor, served in the British army during WWII, in the Durham Light Infantry. As the administrative officer to the Commanding Officer, he went to Belsen on the third day after the British Forces took control of the camp. Whilst there he accumulated a number of documents and photographs which are evidence of the atrocities which were commited there. He also met and ...

The papers consist of five photographs of Miroslav (Fred) Schiller, his friends, and fellow members of a jazz band; identification cards; visas; applications; and a bill passed by the United States House of Representatives for the relief of Fred Schiller.

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 ...

"On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aeroplane engines. He went out on to his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders carrying the British 1st Airborne and the American 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions. He gazed up in envy at this massive demonstration of paratroop ...