Index, ill, maps, p.378.non-fictionBased on the notebooks in which Vasily Grossman gathered the raw material for his newspaper articles, A Writer at War depicts the crushing conditions on the Eastern Front during World War II and the lives and deaths of infantrymen, tank drivers, pilots, snipers, and civilians. Deemed unfit for service when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Grossman became a special correspondent for The Red Star, the Red Army newspaper. A portly novelist in his mid-thirties with no military experience, he was given a uniform and hastily taught how to use a pistol. Remarkably, he spent three of the next four years at the front, observing with a writer's eye the most pitiless fighting ever recorded.". "Grossman witnessed almost all the major events on the Eastern Front: the appalling defeats and desperate retreats of 1941, the defense of Moscow, and the fighting in the Ukraine. In August 1942 he was posted to Stalingrad, where he remained during four months of brutal street fighting. Grossman was present at the battle of Kursk (the largest tank engagement in history), and, as the Red Army advanced, he reached Berdichev, where his worst fears for his mother and other relatives were confirmed. A Jew himself, he undertook the faithful recording of Holocaust atrocities as their extent dawned. His report "The Hell of Treblinka" was used in evidence at the Nuremberg tribunalworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - eastern europe, soviet union - german occupation - 1941-1944

Simply put, this book is a masterpiece which explicates as no other work has done the crucial historical event of our generation. Schulzinger has extended his breadth to cover all aspects of the Vietnam war. The military/strategic angle, the experience of soldiers on the ground, the home front and the domestic political fallout. Neither does he slight the North and South Vietnamese sides. He has provided in one volume the complete picture of the war.united states - foreign relations - vietnam, indochinese war, 1946-1954, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975

The 50 Reichspfennig coin was minted by Nazi Germany between 1939 and 1944 during World War II. It is worth 1/2 or .50 of a Reichsmark. Made entirely of aluminium, the 50 Reichspfennig is an emergency issue type, similar to the zinc 1, 5, and 10 Reichspfennig coins from the same period.Obverse: Reichsadler with swastika. Lettering: Deutsches Reich 1940 Reverse: Denomination and two oak leaves. Mintmark below the denomination and between leaves. Lettering: 50 Reichspfennig Abeck, coin, currency, third reich

CD containing 4 photographs of 2 bars of soap. 2 photographs show the back of the bars which have got "Lux Toilet Soap" embedded in the soap. The other 2 photographs show the front of the bars and has "Lux soap Tatura Roll Call" painted on a piece of paper and stuck onto the front. CD, gold coloured, blue and green text. Plastic cover, clear front, black backlux soap, tatura internment camps

Boys were from internees families in Camp 3 on their Confirmation day. Back row (left to right): Brudy Herrmann, Wolfgang Bitzer, Helmut Ruff, Hartmann Trefz, Kurt Beilharz, Kurt Blaich and Erich Dreher. Front row: Walter Scheerle, Friedrich Beilharz, Werner Baldenhofer and Reinhold Orth.Black and white photograph of a group of boys with trees in back ground and flowers directly behind theminternment camp 3 confirmation, reinhold orth, brudy herrmann, wolfgang bitzer, helmut ruff, hartmann trefz, kurt beilharz, kurt blaich, erich dreher, walter scheerle, friedrich beilharz, werner baldenhofer

Fortuna family were internees in Camp 3A during WW2. Photograph is of the Fortuna family outside their hut. Photograph taken in 1942. Second copy of picture in file.Black and white photograph of 2 adults and 3 children standing in a garden in front of a hut. john fortuna, con fortuna, camp 3a rushworth, mafalda fortuna

This microfilm produced in 1988 is a duplicate of the original Microfilmspooled roll of 35mm film in a cardboard boxrutherglen sun, chiltern valley advertiser, newspaper, 4-7-1939 to 28-10-1941

Hard cover book showing details of Aircraft used in the early day of WW2. Large coloured illustrations complete with text by E.Angelucci and P. Matricardi.

Hard cover book 432 pages black and white prints. 240 mm x 160 mm