Author : John Sliz
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 18,4 MB
Release : 2010-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0978383826
The field units of the Royal Canadian Engineers were designed to transport technical manpower and engineer equipment to the battlefield to perform a wide variety of tasks, including clearing and laying of minefields, building bridges, removing demolitions, road construction and maintenance. This book examines the structure of every type of field unit of the Royal Canadian Engineers that served in World War II.
Author : John Sliz
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 2018-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1927679796
After their famous evacuation of the 1st British Airborne Division during Operation Berlin the 23rd Field Company, R.C.E., or Storm Boat Kings as they were nicknamed, were given a number of unique tasks. These included everything from helping M.I.9 send agents behind enemy lines to training other units in the use of Storm boats.
Author : John Sliz
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 11,86 MB
Release : 2008
Category :
ISBN : 097838380X
Author : Geoffrey P. Megargee
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,65 MB
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253355997
This volume offers a comprehensive account of how the Nazis conducted the Holocaust throughout the scattered towns and villages of Poland and the Soviet Union. It covers more than 1,150 sites, including both open and closed ghettos. Regional essays outline the patterns of ghettoization in 19 German administrative regions. Each entry discusses key events in the history of the ghetto; living and working conditions; activities of the Jewish Councils; Jewish responses to persecution; demographic changes; and details of the ghetto's liquidation. Personal testimonies help convey the character of each ghetto, while source citations provide a guide to additional information. Documentation of hundreds of smaller sites—previously unknown or overlooked in the historiography of the Holocaust—make this an indispensable reference work on the destroyed Jewish communities of Eastern Europe.
Author : Department of Defense
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 28,43 MB
Release : 2009-12-31
Category :
ISBN : 9781452863467
The Standards of Conduct Office of the Department of Defense General Counsel's Office has assembled an "encyclopedia" of cases of ethical failure for use as a training tool. These are real examples of Federal employees who have intentionally or unwittingly violated standards of conduct. Some cases are humorous, some sad, and all are real. Some will anger you as a Federal employee and some will anger you as an American taxpayer. Note the multiple jail and probation sentences, fines, employment terminations and other sanctions that were taken as a result of these ethical failures. Violations of many ethical standards involve criminal statutes. This updated (end of 2009) edition is organized by type of violations, including conflicts of interest, misuse of Government equipment, violations of post-employment restrictions, and travel.
Author : Marion Eugene Ensminger
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1218 pages
File Size : 19,21 MB
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1000942996
Foods and Nutrition Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition is the updated, expanded version of what has been described as a "monumental, classic work." This new edition contains more than 2,400 pages; 1,692 illustrations, 96 of which are full-color photographs; 2,800 entries (topics); and 462 tables, including a table of 2,500 food compositions. A comprehensive index enables you to find information quickly and easily.
Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1542 pages
File Size : 30,97 MB
Release : 2010-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 185109850X
A multidimensional, multidisciplinary work on one of the least understood but most important conflicts in modern history. A cornerstone work in ABC-CLIO's distinguished list of reference works on military history, The Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History is a comprehensive resource on the confrontation that became the first shooting war of the Cold War, the first limited conflict of the Atomic Age, and the war that led to a dramatic escalation of the national security state while foreshadowing U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Encyclopedia of the Korean War offers complete coverage of strategies, weapon systems, and clashes that marked the course of events on the battlefield. But this authoritative, multidisciplinary work expands beyond the military perspective to portray the overall culture of the era, addressing a variety of political, economic, social, and popular culture topics as well. Incorporating a wealth of recent research, the new edition adds more than 130 entries and updated coverage throughout, plus more bibliographic listings, an expanded historiographical essay, and a documents volume.
Author : Gerald L. Smith
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 49,86 MB
Release : 2015-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0813160669
The story of African Americans in Kentucky is as diverse and vibrant as the state's general history. The work of more than 150 writers, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an essential guide to the black experience in the Commonwealth. The encyclopedia includes biographical sketches of politicians and community leaders as well as pioneers in art, science, and industry. Kentucky's impact on the national scene is registered in an array of notable figures, such as writers William Wells Brown and bell hooks, reformers Bessie Lucas Allen and Shelby Lanier Jr., sports icons Muhammad Ali and Isaac Murphy, civil rights leaders Whitney Young Jr. and Georgia Powers, and entertainers Ernest Hogan, Helen Humes, and the Nappy Roots. Featuring entries on the individuals, events, places, organizations, movements, and institutions that have shaped the state's history since its origins, the volume also includes topical essays on the civil rights movement, Eastern Kentucky coalfields, business, education, and women. For researchers, students, and all who cherish local history, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference that highlights the diversity of the state's culture and history.
Author : Antony Beevor
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 29,88 MB
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0316084077
A masterful and comprehensive chronicle of World War II, by internationally bestselling historian Antony Beevor. Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of WWII. His multi-award winning books have included Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the twentieth century, the Second World War. In this searing narrative that takes us from Hitler's invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 to V-J day on August 14, 1945 and the war's aftermath, Beevor describes the conflict and its global reach -- one that included every major power. The result is a dramatic and breathtaking single-volume history that provides a remarkably intimate account of the war that, more than any other, still commands attention and an audience. Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched, Beevor's grand and provocative account is destined to become the definitive work on this complex, tragic, and endlessly fascinating period in world history, and confirms once more that he is a military historian of the first rank.
Author : Alexander Hopkins McDonnald
Publisher :
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 30,11 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
