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The Holocaust and Its Religious Impact - A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Jack... The Holocaust and Its Religious Impact - A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Jack Fischel, Susan M. Ortmann
R2,227 Discovery Miles 22 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to provide a comprehensive survey of writings about the Holocaust. The authors present an overview of topics including Christian anti-judentum, anti-semitism, the moral and religious response to the Nazi persecution and genocide of the Jews, and post-World War II responses to the Holocaust as they have appeared in the thousands of books and articles published on the Holocaust. The bibliography is divided into four topics with introductory comments that frame the theories put forward in the books and articles. A broad array of past and recent scholarship from a variety of venues and points of view are represented.

The Memoirs of Kenneth Loren Chard (Hardcover): Kenneth Loren Chard The Memoirs of Kenneth Loren Chard (Hardcover)
Kenneth Loren Chard; Edited by Thea Chard; Introduction by Thea Chard
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Gallant Ship, Brave Men (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Herman E Rosen Gallant Ship, Brave Men (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Herman E Rosen
R733 Discovery Miles 7 330 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A spellbinding war memoir of a torpedoing and the fight for survival of 24 men in a lifeboat. Hank Rosen, Cadet-Midshipman aboard a Liberty ship, tells the dramatic story of 30 days adrift in the Indian Ocean."Gallant Ship, Brave Men" is an epic tale of heroism and sacrifice that builds suspense and proudly records the role of the Merchant Marine in World War II. "What an amazing story! I found it completely engrossing. Couldn't stop reading it, until I finished." Rear Admiral Joseph Stewart USMS, Superintendent United States Merchant Marine Academy

A Dangerous Assignment - An Artillery Forward Observer in World War II (Paperback): William B. Hanford A Dangerous Assignment - An Artillery Forward Observer in World War II (Paperback)
William B. Hanford
R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

  • Rare memoir of a risky job performed by relatively few troops
  • Honest and observant narrative describes the good, bad, and ugly of the war
  • Covers World War II's closing months in eastern France and Germany

Cpl. Bill Hanford had one of the U.S. Army's most dangerous jobs in World War II: artillery forward observer (FO). Tasked with calling in heavy fire on the enemy, FOs accompanied infantrymen into combat, crawled into no-man's-land, and ascended observation posts like hills and ridges to find their targets. But beyond the usual perils of ground combat, FOs were specially targeted by the enemy because of their crucial role in directing artillery fire. Hanford spent much of his time fighting in the Vosges Mountains in eastern France and then in Germany in late 1944 and early 1945.

British Christianity and the Second World War (Hardcover): Michael Snape, Stuart Bell British Christianity and the Second World War (Hardcover)
Michael Snape, Stuart Bell; Contributions by Michael Snape, Philip Williamson, Hannah Elias, …
R3,021 Discovery Miles 30 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Examines the role of Christianity in British statecraft, politics, media, the armed forces and in the education and socialization of the young during the Second World War. This volume presents a major reappraisal of the role of Christianity in Great Britain between 1939 and 1945, examining the influence of Christianity on British society, statecraft, politics, the media, the armed forces, and on the education and socialization of the young. Its chapters address themes such as the spiritual mobilization of nation and empire; the limitations of Mass Observation's commentary on wartime religious life; Catholic responses to strategic bombing; servicemen and the dilemma of killing; the development of Christian-Jewish relations, and the predicament of British military chaplains in Germany in the summer of 1945. By demonstrating the enduring -even renewed- importance of Christianity in British national life, British Christianity and the Second World War also sets the scene for some major post-war developments. Though the war years triggered a 'resacralization' of British society and culture, inherent racism meant that the exalted self-image of Christian Britain proved sadly deceptive for post-war immigrants from the Caribbean. Wartime confidence in the prospective role of the state in religious education soon transpired to be ill-founded, while the profound upheavals of war -and even the bromides of 'BBC Religion'- were, in the longer term, corrosive of conventional religious practice and traditional denominational loyalties. This volume will be of interest to historians of British society and the Second World War, twentieth-century British religion, and the perennial interplay of religion and conflict.

Generals of the Ardennes - American Leadership in the Battle of the Bulge (Hardcover): Jerry D. Morelock Generals of the Ardennes - American Leadership in the Battle of the Bulge (Hardcover)
Jerry D. Morelock
R1,426 Discovery Miles 14 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Hitler's Scandinavian Legacy (Hardcover, New): Jill Stephenson, John Gilmour Hitler's Scandinavian Legacy (Hardcover, New)
Jill Stephenson, John Gilmour
R4,636 Discovery Miles 46 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Scandinavian [Nordic] countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland experienced the effects of the German invasion in April 1940 in very different ways. Collaboration, resistance, and co-belligerency were only some of the short-term consequences. Each country's historiography has undergone enormous changes in the seventy years since the invasion, and this collection by leading historians examines the immediate effects of Hitler's aggression as well as the long-term legacies for each country's self-image and national identity. The Scandinavian countries' war experience fundamentally changed how each nation functioned in the post-war world by altering political structures, the dynamics of their societies, the inter-relationships between the countries and the popular view of the wartime political and social responses to totalitarian threats. Hitler was no respecter of the rights of the Scandinavian nations but he and his associates dealt surprisingly differently with each of them. In the post-war period, this has caused problems of interpretation for political and cultural historians alike. Drawing on the latest research, this volume will be a welcome addition to the comparative histories of Scandinavia and the Second World War.

Memory and Massacre - Revisiting Sant' Anna di Stazzema (Hardcover): Noor Giovanni Mazhar Memory and Massacre - Revisiting Sant' Anna di Stazzema (Hardcover)
Noor Giovanni Mazhar; P. Pezzino
R1,402 Discovery Miles 14 020 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This title recounts the massacre at Sant'Anna di Stazzema and examines its after effects. During the Nazi occupation of Italy, SS officers were charged with destroying anti-Fascist and anti-Nazi partisans. Paolo Pezzino not only reconstructs the events, but deals with the 'forgetting' of the massacre.

Battle for Norway (Hardcover): John Grehan, Martin Mace Battle for Norway (Hardcover)
John Grehan, Martin Mace
R575 R283 Discovery Miles 2 830 Save R292 (51%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Despatches in this volume include that on the first and second battles of Narvik in 1940; the despatch on operations in central Norway 1940, by Lieutenant General H.R.S. Massy, Commander-in-Chief, North West Expeditionary Force; Despatch on operations in Northern Norway between April and June 1940; the despatch on carrier-borne aircraft attacks on Kirkenes (Norway) and Petsamo (Finland) in 1941, by Admiral Sir John C. Tovey; the despatch on the raid on military and economic objectives in the Lofoten Islands (Norway) in March 1941, by Admiral Sir John C. Tovey, Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet; and the despatch on the raid on military and economic objectives in the vicinity of Vaagso Island (Norway) in December 1941, by Admiral Sir John C. Tovey. This unique collection of original documents will prove to be an invaluable resource for historians, students and all those interested in what was one of the most significant periods in British military history.

35 Missions to Hell and Back - A Mighty 8th Air Force, 390th Bomb Group (H) History (Hardcover): Charles J "Chuck" Richardson 35 Missions to Hell and Back - A Mighty 8th Air Force, 390th Bomb Group (H) History (Hardcover)
Charles J "Chuck" Richardson
R1,122 Discovery Miles 11 220 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Gi Ingenuity - Improvisation, Technology, and Winning World War II (Paperback): James Jay Carafano Gi Ingenuity - Improvisation, Technology, and Winning World War II (Paperback)
James Jay Carafano
R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

One-of-a-kind retelling of the Normandy campaign Places the 1944 battle for France in its social, economic, scientific, and technological context

GI Ingenuity is in large part an old-fashioned combat narrative, with mayhem and mass slaughter at center stage. But the book goes farther, combining military history with the history of science, technology, and culture to show how the American soldier improvised, innovated, and adapted on the battlefield. Among the improvisations and technologies covered are tanks equipped with hedgerow cutters, the coordination of air and ground attacks, and the use of radios and aircraft to direct artillery fire--all of which contributed to American success on D-Day and afterwards.

Beachheads Secured Volume II (Hardcover): Harold L. Barbin Beachheads Secured Volume II (Hardcover)
Harold L. Barbin
R902 Discovery Miles 9 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
On the Treadmill to Pearl Harbor - The Memoirs of Admiral James O. Richardson (Hardcover): George C. Dyer On the Treadmill to Pearl Harbor - The Memoirs of Admiral James O. Richardson (Hardcover)
George C. Dyer
R1,487 Discovery Miles 14 870 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Nazi Conspiracy And Aggression - Volume II (The Red Series) (Hardcover): United States Government Nazi Conspiracy And Aggression - Volume II (The Red Series) (Hardcover)
United States Government
R1,871 Discovery Miles 18 710 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Other Side Of War (Hardcover): Robert L. Zimmer The Other Side Of War (Hardcover)
Robert L. Zimmer
R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Part I is a compendium of World War II service recollections embracing the unusual, bizarre and humorous, most of which never appeared in the news or any publications. However, I do believe readers will be very interested in the other side of war. Part II is an incisive review of Vietnam, and why we failed or should never have been involved militarily. Part III is a current analysis of terrorism and the Iraq war, including a new proposal to address the global aspects of terrorism and the Palestinian issue.

From Hell To Hollywood - An Encyclopedia of World War II Films Volume 2 (hardback) (Hardcover): Douglas Brode From Hell To Hollywood - An Encyclopedia of World War II Films Volume 2 (hardback) (Hardcover)
Douglas Brode
R1,096 Discovery Miles 10 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz - Fate of a Hubal Soldier in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Postwar England (Hardcover): Aleksandra... Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz - Fate of a Hubal Soldier in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Postwar England (Hardcover)
Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm
R3,012 Discovery Miles 30 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz: Fate of a Hubal Soldier in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Postwar England, Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm traces the remarkable and tragic tale of Roman Rodziewicz, a true Polish hero of the Second World War. Roman s childhood was spent in Manchuria where his father, first deported to Siberia, later worked as an engineer for a Chinese company. Following the loss of his parents early in life after returning to free Poland, Roman was trained to manage a self-sufficient estate farming and producing various livestock, vegetables, and honey. Prior to the German invasion of Poland, Roman attended military school at the Suwalki Cavalry Brigade. After the surrender of the Polish army, the partisan forces of Major Hubal continued to fight the Germans. The brave anti-German activities of the Hubal partisans beckoned Roman and he joined them. About eight months later Major Hubal was killed. Roman escaped and joined the underground as an officer fighting the German occupation forces. Captured and tortured, Roman was subsequently imprisoned in Auschwitz and later Buchenwald. After the American army rescued Roman, he joined the Polish army in Italy. At the end of World War II Roman settled in England. One of the greatest misfortunes of his life was losing contact with his fiance Halinka, and later learning she had married believing him to be dead. Two weeks after her marriage, she received a letter from Roman that he had survived the war. They met many years later, and Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm witnessed the meeting of Halinka and Roman in Warsaw. Roman continues to live in England now having reached the age of 100 years in January 2013. Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz explores the incredible story of one Polish soldier of World War II, and provides an illuminating contribution to the historical record of the period."

Franco and the Axis Stigma (Hardcover): D. Pike Franco and the Axis Stigma (Hardcover)
D. Pike
R1,415 Discovery Miles 14 150 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Examining Franco's relations with Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War, this book makes use of two major sources: the German Admiralty's archives, stunning in their evidence of Franco's support; and the Spanish press, operating under a totalitarian regime and yearning for an Axis victory to the bitter end.

Stalin'S Keys to Victory - The Rebirth of the Red Army in World War II (Paperback): Walter S Dunn Jr Stalin'S Keys to Victory - The Rebirth of the Red Army in World War II (Paperback)
Walter S Dunn Jr
R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

An important reevaluation of World War II on the Eastern Front Detailed look at how the Soviet Union created more new divisions in a few months than the U.S. did during the entire war More than 60 tables list losses, tank and weapon production, and unit formation, with special emphasis on rifle and tank divisions and brigades

When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, the German Army quickly annihilated a major portion of the Red Army. Yet the Red Army rebounded to successfully defend Moscow in late 1941, defeat the Germans at Stalingrad in 1942 and Kursk in 1943, and deliver the deathblow in Belarus in 1944. Dunn examines these 4 battles while explaining how the Soviets lost a third of their prewar army yet returned to beat one of the most highly trained and experienced armies the world has ever seen.

German Order of Battle - Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen Ss Divisions in WWII (Paperback): Samuel W. Mitcham Jr German Order of Battle - Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen Ss Divisions in WWII (Paperback)
Samuel W. Mitcham Jr
R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This is the definitive book on the organizational and technical aspects of the German ground forces--the infantry, panzer, panzer grenadier, motorized, Waffen-SS, mountain, parachute, Jaeger, light, Luftwaffe field, and flak divisions--that swept across Europe with such ruthless efficiency in 1939 and 1940 and battled Allied forces until the bloody end. It is the most comprehensive and accessible reference work on the German Army during World War II yet published, unmatched in the information it compiles while tracing each German division from inception to destruction.

D-Day Flip Book (Paperback): The Imperial War Museum D-Day Flip Book (Paperback)
The Imperial War Museum 1
R115 R98 Discovery Miles 980 Save R17 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Beyond Courage - One Regiment Against Japan, 1941-1945 (Hardcover, Newly Revised ed.): Dorothy Cave Beyond Courage - One Regiment Against Japan, 1941-1945 (Hardcover, Newly Revised ed.)
Dorothy Cave
R765 Discovery Miles 7 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Austerity in Britain - Rationing, Controls, and Consumption, 1939-1955 (Hardcover): Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska Austerity in Britain - Rationing, Controls, and Consumption, 1939-1955 (Hardcover)
Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska
R4,120 Discovery Miles 41 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Austerity in Britain is the first book to explore the entire episode of rationing, austerity, and fair shares from 1939 until 1955. These policies were central to the British war effort and to post-war reconstruction. The book analyses the connections between government policy, consumption, gender, and party politics during and after the Second World War.

Home by Christmas - The Illusion of Victory in 1944 (Hardcover, New): Ronald Andidora Home by Christmas - The Illusion of Victory in 1944 (Hardcover, New)
Ronald Andidora
R2,537 Discovery Miles 25 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

By September 1944, Allied forces had broken out from the Normandy beachheads, liberated Paris, and found themselves poised on the German border. As this offensive gained momentum, Patton and Montgomery, hoping to exploit the enemy's temporary weakness in the West, concocted their own alternatives to Eisenhower's broad front strategy. Each proposed a single thrust aimed directly into the German heartland, designed to bring the troops home by Christmas. This study examines this so-called broad front-single thrust controversy and concludes that the idea of early victory was wishful thinking--a product of the erroneous and dangerous assumption that the Nazi regime was already tottering on the brink of collapse.

Precisely because of its lightning pace, the Allied advance resulted in severe logistical problems, limiting Patton's proposed operation to only ten combat divisions, while Montgomery's closer proximity to the coast might have allowed for as many as sixteen. But it should have been obvious that either thrust faced certain destruction against the 250 divisions still fielded by the Wehrmacht on all fronts in September. In light of this substantial German military capacity, despite serious losses and strategic setbacks, the single thrust could not have been a decisive war-ending maneuver. In fact, Andidora argues, it could not even have provided for its own security against the forces that would have coalesced against it. Rather than unnecessarily prolonging the war, as some have argued, Eisenhower's decision to stay the strategic course probably averted a military disaster.

A Soldier in the Cockpit - From Rifles to Typhoons in World War II (Paperback): Ron W. Pottinger A Soldier in the Cockpit - From Rifles to Typhoons in World War II (Paperback)
Ron W. Pottinger
R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"I could see a carpet of twinkling lights from the ack ack all along the rail sidings which bordered the canal. I dove onto these with my cannons going. Then suddenly, when the attention of all the guns turned on me, I realized how foolhardy I was being. I ran the guns along the row of rail trucks--opened the throttle wide and pulled straight up for the clouds--with tracers crossing in front and on all sides of the plane."

Ron Pottinger started the war as a rifleman in the Royal Fusiliers, then transferred to the Royal Air Force, where he began flying the 7.5-ton Hawker Typhoon. He flew dozens of dangerous ground attack missions over occupied Europe through bad weather, heavy flak, and enemy fighters before being shot down and taken prisoner.

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