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…
Om den mislykkede operation, der skulle erobre byen Arnhem under 2. verdenskrig, og om de soldater og officerer, der tog del i den
"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 Britis…
Plucked from every background, and led by an N.K.V.D. Major, the new recruits who boarded a train in Moscow on 16th October 1941 to go to war had much in common with millions of others across the world. What made the 586th Fighter Regiment, the 587th Heavy-bomber Regiment and th…
[In this volume, the author] revise[s an] account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the twentieth century. With new material gleaned from the Russian archives and numerous other sources, [he] provides a balanced and penetrating perspective, explaining the tension…
Beskrivelse af forudsætningerne for den spanske borgerkrig (1936-1939), herunder krigsbegivenhederne i og omkring Spanien, det politiske spil på højre- og venstrefløjen, samt den udenlandske indblanding i borgerkrigen
A comprehensive account of the Spanish Civil War that examines the tensions that led to the war, the global consequences of the conflict, the key figures on both sides, and other related topics.