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Collectie : > Periode 1942-1945 > Documenten en verslagen betreffende het Britse leger en Britse militairen vanaf de Britse capitulatie in Malaya (Malakka en Singapore) tot aan de bevrijding uit krijgsgevangenschap, 15 februari 1942 - september 1945.

Collection of documents from documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Kirovograd region, 1944-1946
 
 The collection includes documentation from the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Kirovograd region during 1944-1946, regarding the murder of the local population, including Jews and Soviet POWs; documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission ...

The return of Allied forces to the Philippines in the fall of 1944 further throttled Japan's already tenuous pipe line to the rich resources of Malaya and the Netherlands Indies, and with it the last vestige of her ability to meet the logistical requirements of a continuing war. The Battle for Leyte Gulf marked the end of Japan as a naval power, forcing her to adopt the desperation kamikaze tactic ...

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 ...

"In this volume a number of friends and colleagues pay tribute to Nicholas Tarling, a distinguished scholar who has spent a career illuminating the impact and legacy of European power on Southeast Asia. The contributions range widely, from the early modern societies of Borneo, to the rise and decline of European imperialism, to twentieth century expressions of nationhood and nationalism. In his own ...

The Second World War saw extraordinary movements of people, before, during and afterwards. Civilian internees are rarely considered part of this, and especially not those in South and Southeast Asia. Between December 1941 and May 1946, nearly 2700 Japanese civilians and colonial subjects from across Japan's empire were interned in camps in British India. Mainly residents of Singapore and Malaya, these ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Kurt Eduard, Emil, Paul Freiwald Geboren am 29.10.1906 in Berlin 04.1913 - 03.1916 Volksschule 04.1916 - 03.1925 Humanistisches Gymnasium Geschieden seit 10.03.1957 Beförderungen : 16.11.1925 - Seekadett 01.04.1927 - Fähnrich zur See 01.06.1928 - Obermaat 01.06.1929 - Oberfähnrich zur See 01.10.1929 - Leutnant zur See 01.07.1931 - Oberleutnant zur See 01.07.1935 - Kapitänleutnant ...