Eddie Rickenbacker Fighting the Flying Circus

"Fighting the Flying Circus" is fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker WWI memoir. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was an American World War I pilot. He was the most successful fighter ace in that war and received...

Engels | 10 uur (437 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Richard T. Griffiths History of the European Union

an audio course on the origins and developments of the E.U.

Richard Griffiths invites the listener to look closer at the history and the underlying reasons behind the main developments of European integration. He passionately presents a history that is richer and intellectually more satisfying than much of the elegiac literature on the European union that passes for history. A solid and humorous account on the making of the union. Inhoud College 1 H1. The First Supranational Community. The European Coal and Steel Community H2. A Missed Chance. The European...

Engels | 4 uur | Home Academy Publishers, The Hague | 2008

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Perry Pierik The Red Army stumbles

Russian campaign 1941

The start of operation 'Barbarossa' was the beginning of one of the most dramatic campaigns in World History. Two titans clashed. The summer of 1941 was catastrophic to the Red Army. However, they were able to keep their position. This blood drenched marvel is what this book is about, which shows that heroism and terror go hand in hand when it comes to stopping German attackers at the gates of Moscow. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

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Engels | 136 pagina's (PDF) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2022

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J.A.E. Vermaat Soviet manipulation of 'religious circles', 1975-1986

The term "religious circles" was coined by the World Peace Council (WPC), an organization that during the Cold War was linked to the propaganda apparatus of the Atheist Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). In declassified reports Western intelligence services described the WPC as a Communist Party front organization. The communists of the former Soviet Union are usually referred to as "the Soviets." The Moscow-oriented communists also availed themselves of the Christian Peace Conference (CPC),...

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Engels | 58 pagina's (PDF, 0,6 MB) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2022

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C.E.H.J. Verhoef The battle for Ginkel heath near Ede

17 and 18 September 1944

The heroic and valiant actions by the British and Polish airborne troops at the Arnhem road bridge and in the Oosterbeck perimeter, which latter acted as bridgehead round the headquarters of the 1st British Airborne Division at Hotel Hartenstein, are well known. Less well known is what happened during the first days of Operation Market Garden at Ginkel Heath, east of Ede, where nearly two thousand British parachutists landed on 18 September 1944. To keep the memory of these momentous events on the...

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Engels | 124 pagina's (PDF, 24 MB) | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2019

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Karin van der Wolf Titia Bergsma

Friese charme betovert Japanners

In woord en beeld wordt verteld over Titia Bergsma (1786-1821) die kortstondig op het kunstmatige eilandje Deshima bij Nagasaki in Japan verbleef en over de indruk die zij op de Japanners maakte.

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Nederlands | Engels | 69 pagina's | Wizbone, [West-Terschelling] | 2021

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Maartje M. Abbenhuis The art of staying neutral

the Netherlands in the First World War, 1914-1918

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Engels | 423 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2006

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Adriaan van Berkel The voyages of Adriaan van Berkel to Guiana

Amerindian-Dutch relationships in 17th-century Guyana

Heruitgave van twee reisverslagen uit 1695 naar de Nederlandse koloniën in Rio de Berbice en Suriname. Met wetenschappelijke inleiding over de historische context van de oorspronkelijke uitgave.

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Engels | Nederlands | 279 pagina's | Sidestone Press, Leiden | 2014

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Paul Bijl Emerging memory

photographs of colonial atrocity in Dutch cultural remembrance

Monografie over hoe er in Nederland in verschillende periodes op verschillende manieren betekenis is gegeven aan foto’s van koloniaal geweld, gepleegd door de KNIL (het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger) aan het begin van de twintigste eeuw.

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Engels | 258 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2015

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Ruben Schalk Splitting the bill

matching schooling to Dutch labour markets 1750-1920

Onderzoek naar het aanpassen van scholing aan de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkten, 1750-1920.

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Engels | 220 pagina's | Boom, [Amsterdam] | 2015

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Andris J. Kursietis Imperial High Command

a biographical dictionary of British Field Marshals, Admirals of the Fleet & Marshals of the Royal Air Force 1900-1945

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Engels | 253 pagina's | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2020

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Joost Willink The fateful journey

the expedition of Alexine Tinne and Theodor von Heuglin in Sudan (1863-1864); a study of their travel accounts and ethnographic collections

Bold, headstrong, and fabulously wealthy, Dutch traveller Alexine Tinne (1834–1869) made several excursions into the African interior, often accompanied by her mother, at a time when very few European women traveled. This book follows her trip with German zoologist Theodor von Heuglin, which took them through Egypt and Sudan in search of adventure and unknown regions in Central Africa.. Drawing upon four years of research in the Tinne archives, and including never before published correspondence,...

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Engels | 455 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, [Amsterdam] | 2011

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