Showing 8 items matching "balkan wars - history"
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Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Suzanne Brooks-Pinćević, Britain and the Bleiburg tragedy : an artist's impression, 1998
... ...Balkan wars - History...Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Croatia - History Balkan wars - History Outlines the significance of the Bleiburg tragedy to Croatia's independence ... combines contemporary history with art, prose and poetry Ill, p.76. ...Outlines the significance of the Bleiburg tragedy to Croatia's independence ... combines contemporary history with art, prose and poetryIll, p.76.Outlines the significance of the Bleiburg tragedy to Croatia's independence ... combines contemporary history with art, prose and poetrycroatia - history, balkan wars - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Picador, Eight days at Yalta : how Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin shaped the post-war world, 2019
... war 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history Yalta conference - Crimea- 1945 In the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of Yalta. Over eight days of bargaining, bombast and intermittent bonhomie they decided on the conduct of the final stages of the war against Germany, on how a defeated and occupied Germany should be governed, on the constitution of the nascent United Nations and on spheres of influence in Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Greece. ...In the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of Yalta. Over eight days of bargaining, bombast and intermittent bonhomie they decided on the conduct of the final stages of the war against Germany, on how a defeated and occupied Germany should be governed, on the constitution of the nascent United Nations and on spheres of influence in Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Greece. Only three months later, less than a week after the German surrender, Roosevelt was dead and Churchill was writing to the new President, Harry S. Truman, of 'an iron curtain' that was now 'drawn down upon [the Soviets'] front'. Diana Preston chronicles eight days that created the post-war world, revealing Roosevelt's determination to bring about the dissolution of the British Empire and Churchill’s conviction that he and the dying President would run rings round the Soviet premier. But Stalin monitored everything they said and made only paper concessions, while his territorial ambitions would soon result in the imposition of Communism throughout Eastern Europe.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.398.non-fictionIn the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of Yalta. Over eight days of bargaining, bombast and intermittent bonhomie they decided on the conduct of the final stages of the war against Germany, on how a defeated and occupied Germany should be governed, on the constitution of the nascent United Nations and on spheres of influence in Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Greece. Only three months later, less than a week after the German surrender, Roosevelt was dead and Churchill was writing to the new President, Harry S. Truman, of 'an iron curtain' that was now 'drawn down upon [the Soviets'] front'. Diana Preston chronicles eight days that created the post-war world, revealing Roosevelt's determination to bring about the dissolution of the British Empire and Churchill’s conviction that he and the dying President would run rings round the Soviet premier. But Stalin monitored everything they said and made only paper concessions, while his territorial ambitions would soon result in the imposition of Communism throughout Eastern Europe.world war 1939-1945 - diplomatic history, yalta conference - crimea- 1945 -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Time Life Books, Conquest of the Balkans, 1990
... history - 1939-1945...World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Balkan peninsula and Greece...Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Germany - history - 1939-1945 World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Balkan peninsula and Greece Chronicles the rinvasion of Yugoslavia and Greece by Germany during World War II Index, bib, ill, maps, p.185. ...Chronicles the rinvasion of Yugoslavia and Greece by Germany during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionChronicles the rinvasion of Yugoslavia and Greece by Germany during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - balkan peninsula and greece -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Time-Life Books, Partisans and Guerrillas, 1978
... Balkan peninsula - History...World War...Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Balkan peninsula - History World War 1939-1945 - Partisans - Balkan peninsula Discusses the guerrillas of the Balkans who fought against the Nazis during World War II. ...Discusses the guerrillas of the Balkans who fought against the Nazis during World War II.Index, bib, ill, p.203.non-fictionDiscusses the guerrillas of the Balkans who fought against the Nazis during World War II.balkan peninsula - history, world war 1939-1945 - partisans - balkan peninsula -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - Molassine Blotter, 1910
... Balkan States’. At first the feed was made up by Henry Tate but in 1908 they began work in Greenwich. The molasses was bought locally from Silvertown and Plaistow refineries and the company built the first steel tanks for molasses bought from Danks, Steam Boiler Manufacturers, between 1910-1914. Their main product was a molasses based feed for horses - this consisted of sphagnum moss mixed with both beet and cane molasses and a ‘soupcon of maganesium calcum carbonate’. In the First World War this feed was considered antiseptic and soldiers used it as a plaster for wounds. history ...Molassine was created in 1900 to exploit a secret formula for animal fed. The formula had been brought to Britain by Arthur Stein ‘a mid European probably hailing from one of the Balkan States’. At first the feed was made up by Henry Tate but in 1908 they began work in Greenwich. The molasses was bought locally from Silvertown and Plaistow refineries and the company built the first steel tanks for molasses bought from Danks, Steam Boiler Manufacturers, between 1910-1914. Their main product was a molasses based feed for horses - this consisted of sphagnum moss mixed with both beet and cane molasses and a ‘soupcon of maganesium calcum carbonate’. In the First World War this feed was considered antiseptic and soldiers used it as a plaster for wounds.Molassine Blotter Book published by the Molassine Company Limited, Tunnel Avenue, East greenwich, London, S.E. Red covered, it contains information Calendar for three years and information on domestic animals - how to keep them when ill, also an English Dictionary, Atlas, ready reckoner, address book, at home days diary etc.history, james lerk collection, molassine blotter -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Reference Book/History, Henry Smith Williams, The Historians History of the World Vol 24 set 1 - Edited by Henry Smith Williams L.L.D. Published by “The Times” 1908, 1908
... Balkan states are covered with their early histories and 19th-century developments. This includes Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Montenegro, focusing on their struggles for independence from Ottoman rule. The history of Greece from the fall of the Byzantine Empire through the Greek War...Balkan states are covered with their early histories and 19th-century developments. This includes Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Montenegro, focusing on their struggles for independence from Ottoman rule. The history of Greece from the fall of the Byzantine Empire through the Greek War ...In the 1908 edition of The Historians' History of the World, Volume 24 acts as the definitive survey of the "Eastern Question" and the peripheral powers of Europe. It shifts focus away from the Western powers of the time to examine the complex histories of the East and the South. The contents cover, Poland, the Balkans, Turkey, and Minor Nations Volume 24 becomes a geographically diverse volume that covers the history of several regions that were, in 1908, centres of intense geopolitical tension.The Book is part of a 25 volume set with red cloth bindings and gold filigree design to rib.non-fictionIn the 1908 edition of The Historians' History of the World, Volume 24 acts as the definitive survey of the "Eastern Question" and the peripheral powers of Europe. It shifts focus away from the Western powers of the time to examine the complex histories of the East and the South. The contents cover, Poland, the Balkans, Turkey, and Minor Nations Volume 24 becomes a geographically diverse volume that covers the history of several regions that were, in 1908, centres of intense geopolitical tension. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, the historians history of the world vol 24 set 1 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, John Murray, The cradle of the war : the Near East and pan-Germanism, 1918
... War 1914-1918 - Causes...Balkan peninsula - 1912-1913 - History...Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library via Monbulk RSL, 48 Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War 1914-1918 - Causes Balkan peninsula - 1912-1913 - History An examination of the origins of the First World War Index, ill, maps, p.360. ...An examination of the origins of the First World WarIndex, ill, maps, p.360.non-fictionAn examination of the origins of the First World Warworld war 1914-1918 - causes, balkan peninsula - 1912-1913 - history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Hutchinson & co. ltd, Storm centres of the Near East : Personal memories 1879-1929, 1933
... Balkan peninsula - History...World War...Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library via Monbulk RSL, 48 Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Balkan peninsula - History World War One - Causes A study of geostrategic issue in the near east and the Balkans Index, ill, p.362. ...A study of geostrategic issue in the near east and the BalkansIndex, ill, p.362.A study of geostrategic issue in the near east and the Balkansbalkan peninsula - history, world war one - causes
