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Adolf Hitler & Eva Braun
The Escape from Berlin
2023 || Paperback || Luc Vanhixe || Mijnbestseller.nl
After a brief investigation in 1945, a British secret agent concluded that Hitler and Braun committed suicide together in the Führerbunker in Berlin shortly before the fall of the German capital and were cremated immediately afterwards, although he had no concrete evidence to support this hypothesis. Nevertheless, this has been the official version ever since. Between 1945 and 2009, however, testimony and evidence began to emerge that suggested otherwise. Luc Vanhixe, criminologist and retir...
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Lamsdorf
In Their Own Words
2021 || Paperback || Philip Baker || Monbeaulivre.fr || met inkijkexemplaar
LAMSDORF
In Their Own Words
Experiences related by prisoners of war at
Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf
and its working parties
during the Second World War.
In truth the whole picture is really like a vast jigsaw, and each of the many thousands of pieces is an individual, and each of these individuals has a story; and each of these stories is complicated, fascinating, perhaps distressing in parts, and many of the stories demonstrate the strength and goodness of human nature that can emerge in severe...
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The Secret MiGs of Bornholm
the covert intelligence operation to examine the first Soviet Mig-15 fighters in the west
Paperback || Dick van der Aart || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
On 5 March 1953 a young Polish Air Force pilot defected with a brand-new Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter to the Danish island of Bornholm. It was the first MiG-15 in the hands of the West and this incident offered an unique opportunity for a detailed study of the much-feared Soviet combat aircraft. Denmark, afraid of the military power of Moscow, wanted to ship the precious jet back to Poland as soon as possible, but its NATO allies - especially the United States and Great Britain - demanded a ful...
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Onto the Black Shores of Hell
Paperback || Peter Doornekamp || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
On 19 February 1945, thousands of Marines landed on the black shores of a tiny volcanic island in the Pacific. As they struggled to crawl to safety, the Japanese opened fire with everything they had.
The fight that was supposed to take three days lasted well over a month, as the Japanese fought from within the island, and had been instructed to kill at least ten Americans before dying.
The battle for Iwo Jima was the only battle in which the Marine Corps suffered more casualties than the Ja...
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Our Enemies will Vanish
the Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence
2024 || Paperback || Yaroslav Trofimov || Michael Joseph
A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.
‘Reads like a great novel’ SEBASTIAN JUNGER
‘An instant classic’ STEVE COLL
‘An essential first draft’ ANNE APPLEBAUM
‘Essential reading’ CLARISSA WARD
‘Outstanding’ PETER FRANKOPAN
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yaroslav Trofimov has...
November 1942 (Heruitgave)
an Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War
2024 || Paperback || Peter Englund || Vintage UK
A Telegraph Best History Book of 2023*'An astonishing achievement' ANTONY BEEVORAn intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War as experienced by those who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs. At the beginning of November 1942, it looked as if the Axis powers could win the war; at the end of that month, it was obviously just a matter of time before they would lose. In between came el-Alamein, Guadalcanal, the French North Africa lan...
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The propaganda series Captured Arms / Beutewaffen
Paperback || G. de Vries || S.I. Publicaties
Deel IX van de (engelstalige) Propaganda Photo Series is de eerste publicatie waarin het gebruik van buitgemaakte draagbare wapens door het Duitse leger tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog gedetailleerd wordt beschreven en afgebeeld en het belang van de wapenindustrie in de bezette landen wordt aangetoond: niet minder dan de helft van de 40 miljoen draagbare wapens die tijdens Tweede Wereldoorlog aan het Duitse leger, zijn hulptroepen, bondgenoten en de Volkssturm werden geleverd, was van buitenla...
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War is Hell, but Damned Exciting / Druk 2
U.S. Remembrance of WWII in a Post-Veteran Era
Paperback || Sebastiaan Vonk || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
Even 75 years after the end of World War II, Hollywood productions and the war’s battlefield sites continue to draw large audiences. Over the years, representations of the war have changed from a focus on its glory to its suffering though. The ideal “lest we forget” has been extended to “never again.” By drawing on interviews with actors in the field of remembrance and U.S. remembrance tourists, using Band of Brothers (1993 and 2001) as a case study, this thesis will critically disc...
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More than just a Cat
The Knijpkat from Philips is 80 years old
Paperback || Leo Feijten || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
The Knijpkat. 2019 marks 80 years ago that the dynamo torch from Philips Netherlands was developed. In this booklet you will find the bizarre history of this Knijpkat, its production, technical development, use and variations. Despite its 80 years of age most of these cats are still purring! Within these pages can be found comprehensive information of most malfunctions. If nothing else-the cat can be overhauled. Chances are your refridgerator will probably not live as long as the cat. Much re...