The Story of the Only African-American WACS Stationed Overseas During World War II
Drawing on the testimony of former members of the (WAC) unit, Brenda Moore recounts its formation, training and service in the European theater of operations in 1945-46, highlighting the discrimination women faced because of their race and gender. . . . An important contribution to African American and gender studies.--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. 34 ......
Chronicling the last five months of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich from the viewpoints of those who were there, a detailed narrative draws on interviews, letters, and eyewitness accounts of Allied and Axis soldiers and citizens.
The Holocaust stands as a focal event in modern Western history. With a vast array of literature, film, and historical work dedicated to the subject, it is increasingly difficult for educators to sift through the materials available and incorporate them into their curricula. New Perspectives on the Holocaust offers guidance to those in the ......
The Holocaust stands as a focal event in modern Western history. With a vast array of literature, film, and historical work dedicated to the subject, it is increasingly difficult for educators to sift through the materials available and incorporate them into their curricula. New Perspectives on the Holocaust offers guidance to those in the ......
Details the revival of the German armed forces after World War I and the assistance given to them by the Soviet Union. The authors aim to reveal the contents of uncovered secret documents that prove that German forces trained and built new equipment, including tanks and airplanes, in a shroud of secrecy on Russian soil.
What was life like in occupied Holland during World War II? What was it like for a nation to find itself overwhelmed by a foreign power? This title chronicles the steady deterioration of normal, everyday life; the loss of freedom and security; and, the role of the law as food and many of life's amenities became scarce.
Analyses claims made by historian Trevor Ravenscroft and others that the Holy Lance, which is said to have pierced the side of Jesus Christ, took centre stage in Hitler's life and was the focal point of Hitler's ambitions to conquer the world.
Lucie Aubrac (1912-2007), of Catholic and peasant background, was teaching history in a Lyon girls' school and newly married to Raymond, a Jewish engineer, when World War II broke out and divided France. The couple, living in the Vichy zone, soon joined the Resistance movement in opposition to the Nazis and their collaborators. Outwitting the ......
