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The Lamsdorf Clarion
The magazine published by prisoners of war at Stalag VIIIB (344) Lamsdorf during the Second World War
2023 || Hardcover || Philip Baker || Bookmundo
On the last page of the Christmas 1944 edition of The Clarion prisoners of war at Stalag VIIIB (344) Lamsdorf were invited to take part in a competition to design the cover of the Spring 1945 edition, entries to be submitted by 31st March 1945.
On 22nd January 1945 the German guards began evacuating the camp, and indeed most of their POW camps westwards, away from the rapidly advancing Soviet army. Thus began the terrible Long March in extreme winter conditions, that the POWs had to endure w...
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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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I loved my wife
killing children is good for the economy
Hardcover || Dieter De Lathauwer || Uitgeverij Lecturis B.V. || met inkijkexemplaar
De foto's in 'I loved my wife' werden gemaakt op het terrein van 16 Duitse psychiatrische instellingen. In deze instellingen werden gedurende de Tweede Wereldoorlog tienduizenden kinderen vermoord. Om het leven gebracht omdat ze als ongeneeslijk ziek werden aangemerkt. De kosten om hen in leven te houden waren te hoog voor de samenleving, een stellingname die kracht werd bijgezet met films en andere propaganda gericht tegen personen die de maatschappij niets te bieden hadden. Eufemismen voor ...
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De Jodenvervolging in foto's (ENGELSTALIG)
The Netherlands 1940-1945
2019 || Hardcover || René Kok e.a. || Uitgeverij WBOOKS
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Diary of a Nurse in the Battle of Ar nhem
Hendrika van der Vlist
Hardcover || Hendrika van der Vlist || Kontrast, Uitgeverij
During the Battle of Arnhem, Hotel Schoonoord in Oosterbeek, the parental home of primary school teacher Hendrika (Riek) van der Vlist, finds itself in the front line. The British take over the hotel as a field hospital. Together with other volunteers Riek helps hundreds of wounded British, Polish and German soldiers. Even when Schoonoord falls into German hands she continues to care for the wounded.
When the Airbornes are transported from Schoonoord by the Germans, Hendrika goes with them to...