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The Faithful Executioner
Random House 2013; US$ 26.69Welcome to the world of Frantz Schmidt: citizen of Nuremberg, executioner of 394 unfortunates, and torturer of many hundreds more. Most unusually for his times, Frantz was also a diarist. Drawing deeply on this exceptional and overlooked record that he kept for over forty-five years, The Faithful Executioner takes us deep inside his world... more...
The German Army 1939-45 (1)
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 13.95On 1 September 1939, when Germany attacked Poland, the Wehrmacht numbered 3,180,000 men. It eventually expanded to 9,500,000, and on 8-9 May 1945, the date of its unconditional surrender on the Western and Eastern Fronts, it still numbered 7,800,000. The Blitzkrieg period, from 1 September 1939 to 25 June 1940, was 10 months of almost total triumph... more...
Urangeheimnisse
Ch. Links Verlag 2012; US$ 18.33Hauptbeschreibung Die Entwicklung der Atombombe war das größte geheime Unternehmen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Als der deutsche Physiker Otto Hahn Anfang 1939 die Entdeckung der Kernspaltung bekannt gab, stand der Beginn des Zweiten Weltkrieges kurz bevor. So war die weitere Atomforschung von dem Ziel geprägt, eine kriegsentscheidende Waffe zu entwickeln.... more...
The Berlin Wall and the Intra-German Border 1961-89
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 13.95The border between East and West Germany was closed on 26 May 1953. On 13 August 1961 crude fences and walls were erected around West Berlin: the Berlin Wall had been created. The Wall encircled West Berlin for a distance of 155km, and its barriers and surveillance systems evolved over the years into an advanced obstacle network. The Intra-German... more...
R?ckzug
The University Press of Kentucky 2012; US$ 40.00The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, marked a critical turning point in the European theater of World War II. The massive landing on France's coast had been meticulously planned for three years, and the Allies anticipated a quick and decisive defeat of the German forces. Many of the planners were surprised, however, by the length of time... more...
Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank 1979-98
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 13.95In 1963 West Germany and the United States signed an agreement to develop the best tank in the world - the MBT/KPz-70. Though by 1970 this project was stopped, West Germany used the components created for the MBT/KPz-70 to develop a new main battle tank - the Leopard 2. Since 1979, when the first Leopard 2 rolled off the production line, the Leopard... more...
Frederick the Great's Allies 1756-63
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 13.95The Seven Years? War in Germany was characterised by an increasing use of ?light? troops in conjunction with regular infantry and cavalry as part of an ongoing evolution in military tactics. This book draws attention to these tactical developments and also provides an analysis of the allied army that fought alongside Frederick the Great in Germany.... more...
German Colonial Empire
The University of North Carolina Press 1978; US$ 45.00Although Germany's short-lived colonial empire (1884-1918) was neither large nor successful, it is historically significant. The establishment of German colonies and attempts to expand them affected international politics in a period of extreme tension. Smith focuses on the interaction between Germany's colonial empire and German politics and,... more...
Hitler's Rival
The University Press of Kentucky 2013; US$ 50.00Throughout the 1920s, German politician and activist Ernst Th?lmann (1886--1944) was the leader of the largest Communist Party organization outside the Soviet Union. Th?lmann was the most prominent left-wing politician in the country's 1932 election and ran third in the presidential race after Hitler and von Hindenberg. After the Nazi Party's victory... more...









