For Valour: The Complete History of the Victoria Cross is the first definitive reference detailing every winner of the Victoria Cross, the highest award in the British military honor system, awarded for gallantry in the face of the enemy....Lasīt vairāk
Wellingtons Men Remembered is a reference work which has been compiled on behalf of the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee and contains over 3,000 memorials to soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo between 1808 and...Lasīt vairāk
Every gravestone in every graveyard has the potential to frame a story far more complex than the dates found upon its surface. Its common for spouses to be memorialized together as a final affirmation of the vows and commitments made in life, or fo...Lasīt vairāk
Stichting Fields of Honor, Amsterdam University Press b.V.
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Jan-2023, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Amsterdam University Press, ISBN-13: 9789463729574)
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In the rolling hills of Limburg, near Margraten, they slowly loom up, row after row: the thousands of white marble crosses and Stars of David. They mark the final resting place of nearly 8,300 American soldiers who died during World War II. While the...Lasīt vairāk
Wellingtons Men Remembered is a reference work which has been compiled on behalf of the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee and contains over 3,000 memorials to soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo between 1808 and 1...Lasīt vairāk
This is one of the most remarkable untold stories of the Second World war. At 11.02 am on an August morning in 1945 America dropped the worlds most powerful atomic bomb on the Japanese port city of Nagasaki. The most European city in Japan was fl...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 16-Dec-2021, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781557822)
This series tells the story of all 7,364 men who were awarded the Knights Cross including the disputed awards. This second volume deals with 1942-43 (numbers 1268-3685). The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross, to give it its full name, owes it...Lasīt vairāk
It was the events of the Crimean War that changed everything. Until that time, those serving in Britains army or navy had been expected to do their duty without thought of recognition or reward, particularly the men in the lower ranks.Fuelled by rep...Lasīt vairāk
British state-supported Holocaust remembrance has dramatically grown in prominence since the 1990s. This monograph provides the first substantial discussion of the interface between public Holocaust memory in contemporary Britain and the nations...Lasīt vairāk
Through case studies from Europe and Russia, this volume analyses memorials as a means for the present to make claims on the past in the aftermath of armed conflict. The central contention is that memorials are not backward-looking, inert reminders o...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 29-Apr-2021, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781557815)
This series tells the story of all 7,364 men who were awarded the Knights Cross, including the disputed awards. The series has over 200 photos of holders of the medal and over 100 photos of their graves. The recipients are listed in the order of the...Lasīt vairāk
The Thiepval Memorial commemorates over 72,000 men who have no known grave; all went missing in the Somme sector during the three years of conflict that finally ended on 20 March 1918.The book is not a military history of the Battle of the Somme, it...Lasīt vairāk
The Victoria Cross is the most exclusive and prestigious of all gallantry awards. In order to retain this exclusivity, the standard of courage, endeavor or sacrifice required for a recommendation to be accepted for the award of the VC must be of the...Lasīt vairāk
