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With startling revelations, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa rewrites the standard history of the end of World War II in the Pacific. By fully integrating the three key actors in the story--the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan--Hasegawa for the first time puts the last months of the war into international perspective. From April 1945, when Stalin broke the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact and Harry Truman assumed the presidency, to the final Soviet military actions against Japan, Hasegawa brings to light the real reasons Japan surrendered. From Washington to Moscow to Tokyo and back again, he shows us a high-stakes diplomatic game as Truman and Stalin sought to outmaneuver each other in forcing Japan's surrender; as Stalin dangled mediation offers to Japan while secretly preparing to fight in the Pacific; as Tokyo peace advocates desperately tried to stave off a war party determined to mount a last-ditch defense; and as the Americans struggled to balance their competing interests of ending the war with Japan and preventing the Soviets from expanding into the Pacific. Authoritative and engrossing, Racing the Enemy puts the final days of World War II into a whole new light.
World War, 1939-1945 --- World politics --- Armistices. --- World history --- anno 1940-1949 --- United States --- Russia --- Japan --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Armistices --- Soviet Union --- 1933-1945 --- United States of America
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During the Second World War, Australia maintained a super-secret organisation, the Diplomatic (or `D’) Special Section, dedicated to breaking Japanese diplomatic codes. The Section has remained officially secret as successive Australian Governments have consistently refused to admit that Australia ever intercepted diplomatic communications, even in war-time. This book recounts the history of the Special Section and describes its code-breaking activities.
History - General --- History & Archaeology --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Cryptography. --- Secret service --- Electronic intelligence --- Military intelligence --- Sissons, D. C. S. --- Allied Forces. --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Indian code talkers --- Communications
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Seit 1945 ist das Schicksal von etwa einer Million deutscher Soldaten ungeklärt. Der Annahme, der größte Teil dieser Wehrmachtsangehörigen sei an der Ostfront gefallen oder in sowjetischen Lagern zugrunde gegangen, hat der kanadische Journalist James Bacque die Behauptung entgegengesetzt, die "vermisste Million" sei im Westen umgekommen, und zwar in der Gefangenschaft als Ergebnis zielbewusster Politik und Vernachlässigung vor allem seitens der Amerikaner. Arthur L. Smith kann diese Behauptung eindeutig widerlegen. Zwar zeigt er, dass die Behandlung der deutschen Kriegsgefangenen ein schändliches Kapitel in der Geschichte der amerikanischen Streitkräfte ist - einige Zehntausende gingen vor allem in den berüchtigten "Rheinwiesenlagern" zugrunde. Ebenso deutlich geht aus der Studie jedoch hervor, dass die Antwort auf die Frage nach dem Geschick der "vermissten Million" nicht im Westen, sondern im Osten zu finden ist, Die überwältigende Mehrheit der Vermissten war zuletzt an der Ostfront.
World War, 1939-1945 --- -European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Prisoners and prisons, German --- Germany --- History --- -World War, 1939-1945 --- -Prisoners and prisons, German --- Prisoners and prisons, German.
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Millionen Deutsche waren im Zweiten Weltkrieg vor den alliierten Bombern auf der Flucht aus den Städten. Pläne für die Evakuierung gab es nicht, das NS-Regime nahm die Gefährdung der Zivilbevölkerung billigend in Kauf. Als die Reichsführung im Frühjahr 1943 endlich aktiv wurde, war es zu spät: Das ganze Reichsgebiet war inzwischen Luftkriegsgebiet. Was nur als vorübergehende Notlösung geplant war, wurde für viele Evakuierte zum jahrelangen Dauerzustand: Leben in einem fremden Umfeld, in primitiven Verhältnissen, getrennt von der Familie. Eine Lösung bahnte sich erst im Jahre 1953 mit dem Erlass des Bundesevakuiertengesetzes an. In der Studie werden politische Entscheidungsprozesse und Wirkungen der Evakuierungen auf zentraler Ebene und vor Ort untersucht sowie die Erfahrungen der Betroffenen, Einheimischer wie Evakuierter, am Beispiel Bayerns aufgezeigt.
World War, 1939-1945 --- -World War, 1939-1945 --- -European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Evacuation of civilians --- -Refugees --- -Bavaria (Germany) --- -History --- -Evacuation of civilians --- Refugees --- Bavaria (Germany) --- History. --- European War, 1939-1945
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Die deutsche Besatzungspolitik in der Sowjetunion während des Zweiten Weltkrieges ist in zahlreichen Untersuchungen analysiert und ebenso die Rolle der verschiedenen sowjetischen Nationalitäten unter deutscher Besetzung aus unterschiedlichen Richtungen durchleuchtet worden. Allein das Schicksal der deutschen Minderheit der Sowjetunion in dieser Zeit wurde in der internationalen Literatur weithin ausgespart. Von vornherein der Kollaboration verdächtig, schien die deutsche Volksgruppe als privilegierteste der nationalen Minderheiten in der UdSSR unter deutscher Besetzung wenig Stoff zu einer breiteren Studie zu bieten. Gestützt auf umfassende Quellen zeigt nun aber Ingeborg Fleischhauer, dass die Deutschen in der Sowjetunion nicht nur zu Opfern der Stalinistischen Deportationspolitik, sondern auch zu Objekten der Himmlerschen Germanisierungsmanie wurden. Die Autorin führt den Beweis, dass sich die Mittäterschaft und der Kollaborationseifer der deutschen Minderheit in Grenzen hielt, und schildert, wie sie dennoch, in längerfristiger historischer Perspektive betrachtet, für den Expansionismus des NS-Staates mit dem permanenten Verlust ihrer historischen Heimat büßen musste.
Germans --- -World War, 1939-1945 --- -European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Ethnology --- Diplomatic history --- Soviet Union --- -Germany --- Foreign relations --- -Foreign relations --- -Germans --- -Diplomatic history --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Diplomatic history. --- Germany --- Historiography
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Study and history of how World War II transformed the lives and towns of Texas.
World War, 1939-1945 --- History - General --- History & Archaeology --- Texas --- History --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern
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This book represents volume one of the writings of David Sissons, who for most of his career pioneered research on the history of relations between Australia and Japan. Much of what he wrote remained unpublished at the time of his death in 2006, and so the editors have included a selection of his hitherto unpublished work along with some of his published writings. Breaking Japanese Diplomatic Codes, edited by Desmond Ball and Keiko Tamura, was published in 2013 and forms a part of the series that reproduces many of Sissons’ writings. In the current volume, the topics covered are wide. They range from contacts between the two countries as far back as the early 19th century, Japanese pearl divers in northern Australia, Japanese prostitutes in Australia, the wool trade, the notorious ‘trade diversion episode’ of 1936, and a study of the Japan historian James Murdoch. Sissons was an extraordinarily meticulous researcher, leaving no stone unturned in his search for accuracy and completeness of understanding, and should be considered one of Australia’s major historians. His writings deal with not only diplomatic negotiations and decision-making, but also the lives of ordinary and often nameless people and their engagements with their host society. His warm humanity in recording ordinary people’s lives as well as his balanced examination of historical incidents and issues from both Australian and Japanese perspectives are a hallmark of his scholarship.
World War, 1939-1945 --- Military intelligence --- Sissons, D. C. S. --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Sissons, David --- australia --- history --- biography --- japan --- international relations --- Melbourne --- Tokyo
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In summer and fall 1941, as German armies advanced with shocking speed across the Soviet Union, the Soviet leadership embarked on a desperate attempt to safeguard the country's industrial and human resources. Their success helped determine the outcome of the war in Europe. To the Tashkent Station brilliantly reconstructs the evacuation of over sixteen million Soviet civilians in one of the most dramatic episodes of World War II. Rebecca Manley paints a vivid picture of this epic wartime saga: the chaos that erupted in towns large and small as German troops approached, the overcrowded trains that trundled eastward, and the desperate search for sustenance and shelter in Tashkent, one of the most sought-after sites of refuge in the rear. Her story ends in the shadow of victory, as evacuees journeyed back to their ruined cities and broken homes. Based on previously unexploited archival collections in Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, To the Tashkent Station offers a novel look at a war that transformed the lives of several generations of Soviet citizens. The evacuation touched men, women, and children from all walks of life: writers as well as workers, scientists along with government officials, party bosses, and peasants. Manley weaves their harrowing stories into a probing analysis of how the Soviet Union responded to and was transformed by World War II. Over the course of the war, the Soviet state was challenged as never before. Popular loyalties were tested, social hierarchies were recast, and the multiethnic fabric of the country was subjected to new strains. Even as the evacuation saved countless Soviet Jews from almost certain death, it spawned a new and virulent wave of anti-Semitism. This magisterial work is the first in-depth study of this crucial but neglected episode in the history of twentieth-century population displacement, World War II, and the Soviet Union.
Refugees --- World War, 1939-1945 --- History. --- Evacuation of civilians --- Soviet Union --- Tashkent (Uzbekistan) --- History --- Displaced persons --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- Persons --- Aliens --- Deportees --- Exiles --- History, Modern
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Kein militärischer Konflikt hat so viele Menschen mobilisiert wie der Zweite Weltkrieg. Schon allein deshalb fällt es nicht leicht, einzelne Personen im Blick zu behalten, ihre Schicksale nachzuzeichnen und ihre Handlungsspielräume auszuloten, seien sie nun militärischer, politischer oder ethischer Natur. Der zweite Band der Reihe "Zeitgeschichte im Gespräch" konzentriert sich auf die Akteure des Kriegsgeschehens. Die Autorinnen und Autoren untersuchen typische Karrieren, individuelle Erfahrungen oder gruppenspezifisches Verhalten und stellen dabei verschiedene Ansätze der Biographieforschung an konkreten Beispielen auf den Prüfstand. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes fassen aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse zum Verhältnis von Biographie, Ereignis und Struktur zusammen und geben neue Einblicke in die Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkriegs.
Soldiers --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Germany --- Armed forces --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern
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Men of Capital examines British-ruled Palestine in the 1930's and 1940's through a focus on economy. In a departure from the expected histories of Palestine, this book illuminates dynamic class constructions that aimed to shape a pan-Arab utopia in terms of free trade, profit accumulation, and private property. And in so doing, it positions Palestine and Palestinians in the larger world of Arab thought and social life, moving attention away from the limiting debates of Zionist–Palestinian conflict. Reading Palestinian business periodicals, records, and correspondence, Sherene Seikaly reveals how capital accumulation was central to the conception of the ideal "social man." Here we meet a diverse set of characters—the man of capital, the frugal wife, the law-abiding Bedouin, the unemployed youth, and the abundant farmer—in new spaces like the black market, cafes and cinemas, and the idyllic Arab home. Seikaly also traces how British colonial institutions and policies regulated wartime austerity regimes, mapping the shortages of basic goods—such as the vegetable crisis of 1940—to the broader material disparities among Palestinians and European Jews. Ultimately, she shows that the economic is as central to social management as the political, and that an exclusive focus on national claims and conflicts hides the more complex changes of social life in Palestine.
E-books --- Palestinian Arabs --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Economic conditions --- Economic aspects --- Palestine --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Arab Palestinians --- Arabs --- Arabs in Palestine --- Palestinians --- Ethnology
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