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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"May 1945"”.
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Taking Control, Women of Lorient, France Direct Their Lives Despite the German Occupation (June 1940-May 1945)
… German soldiers occupied Lorient, France until May 8, 1945 when the Lorient "Pocket" surrendered, although the women of this port city faced drastic changes, they took control of their everyday lives. They did what it took to feed and clothe their families, working, standing in lines, buying on …
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Cleansing Czechland : the Prague Uprising and the end of a multiethnic Bohemia
This thesis seeks to illuminate the events of May 5-9, 1945, in the city of Prague and its environs. These were the last days of the Nazi regime, days of confusion and retaliation, of previously quiet resistance groups springing into bloody action, of unlikely heroes and unspeakable acts of …
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The friction of war: A study of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, 1940-1945
… in 1940 until the end of the hostilities in May 1945. The relationship between the soldier, the military organization with which he could best identify and the field of battle is the central theme of this study. Through the use of both archival and oral evidence, this study examines what Carl …
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Victory's Foundation: US Logistical Support of the Allied Mediterranean Campaign, 1942-1945
<p>From November 1942 until May 1945, the Allied nations fought a series of campaigns across the Mediterranean. Ever since, historians have debated the role and impact of the Mediterranean theater upon the greater war in Europe. Through analysis of official archival documents, unit histories from …
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British attitudes towards German prisoners of war and their treatment: 1939-48
… and the unconditional surrender of Germany in May 1945. The effect of the disclosure of atrocities committed by Nazi Germany on discussion of captivity is explored. Breaking from the chronological structure, chapter four takes up the theme of employment. Chapter five then considers the debates …
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"Sometimes I thinking about home.....seems like magic y'know": Stories from the displaced: Stories of identity, meaning and real learning.
… in enormous numbers of people being displaced by May 1945 – the eminent British historian Eric Hobsbawm (1995) quotes one estimate which put the figure at a staggering 40.5million (p. 51). Undoubtedly then, we know that displacement and migration are historical facts, part of the collective …
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'For a better Spain and a fairer Europe': A re-examination of the Spanish Blue Division in its Social, Cultural and Policital context 1941-2005
… the conclusion of the Russo-German War in May 1945. But in this brutal war of extermination, Germany did not fight alone. Various countries within the sphere of German political influence helped sustain and assist in the war effort by sending forces to fight in the East. Spain, whose …
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Nazis into Germans : re-education and democratisation in the British and French occupation zones, 1945-1949
In May 1945, the Allied powers embarked on an enterprise that was unprecedented both in scope and ambition: they set out to change the collective perceptions of an entire population. Through a broad set of cultural and educational policies, Germany was to become democratic, and democratic ideas …
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The Polish community in Scotland
… in Scotland. When the war in Europe ended in May, 1945, the Corps comprised the First Armoured Division, the First Independent Paratroop Brigade, the Fourth Infantry Division (incomplete), the Sixteenth Independent Armoured Brigade (also incomplete) and administrative and training centres. …