This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers, while suc...
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Storm Clouds Over the Pacific 1931–41
Peter Harmsen · ISBN 9781612004808
Julkaistu 2018 Kieli englanti sidottu
War in the Asia Pacific is a trilogy of books comprising a general history of the war against Japan; unlike other histories it expands the narrative beginning long before Pearl...
In early 1942, the Japanese Army and Navy were advancing on all fronts, humiliating their US, British and Dutch foes throughout the Asia Pacific. In a matter of just months, the...
The last instalment of the War in the Far East trilogy, Asian Armageddon 1944-1945, continues and completes the narrative of the first two volumes, describing how a US-led coali...
The infamous Rape of Nanjing looms like a dark shadow over the history of Asia in the 20th century, and is among the most widely recognized chapters of World War II in China. By...
December 1942 saw the bloodiest Christmas in the history of mankind. From the islands in the Pacific to the China front, from the trenches in Russia to the battle lines in North...
Storm Clouds Over the Pacific
Peter Harmsen · ISBN 9781636243016
Julkaistu 2023 Kieli englanti nidottu
Storm Clouds over the Pacific begins the story long before Pearl Harbor, showing how the war can only be understood if ancient hatreds and long-standing geopolitics are taken in...
In December 1937, the Chinese capital, Nanjing, falls and the Japanese army unleash an orgy of torture, murder, and rape. Over the course of six weeks, hundreds of thousands of...
The wartime interest in Greenland was a direct result of its vital strategic position—if you wanted to predict the weather in Europe, you had to have men in place on the vast, f...
A comprehensive view of World War Two in the Asia Pacific. In early 1942, the Japanese Army and Navy were advancing on all fronts, humiliating their US, British and Dutch foes t...
Greenland at War: The United States, Germany and the Struggle for the Arctic, 1939-45
Peter Harmsen · ISBN 9781636246130
Julkaistu 2025 Kieli englanti nidottu
"Harmsen makes a convincing argument that the occupation of Greenland fits within the broader narrative of the war, and is just as important to remember and understand as 'bigge...
Storm over Stillehavet - Anden Verdenskrig i Asien
Peter Harmsen · ISBN 9788711564370
Julkaistu 2021 Kieli tanska sidottu
Historien om Anden Verdenskrig i Asien begynder længe før angrebet på Pearl Harbor i 1941 og kan kun forstås, hvis man kender forhistorien om regionens konflikter. Det ældgamle...
Laurits Andersen - Kinafarer, entreprenør og mæcen
Peter Harmsen · ISBN 9788711991220
Julkaistu 2020 Kieli tanska sidottu
Laurits Andersen var en dansk-kinesisk tobakskonge og en fremtrædende erhvervsmand i Kina fra 1884 og til sin død i 1928. Han blev direktør for det amerikanske handelsfirma Must...
Den mørkeste vinter - December 1942 og en verden i krig
Peter Harmsen · ISBN 9788727008042
Julkaistu 2022 Kieli tanska sidottu
I december 1942 var det meste af verden i krig. Millioner af unge mænd og kvinder var sendt i kamp i afsides egne, og hele befolkningsgrupper flygtet, fordrevet eller taget til...
Grønland i krig - Spillet om Arktis 1939-45
Peter Harmsen · ISBN 9788727024158
Julkaistu 2024 Kieli tanska sidottu
Da Anden Verdenskrig brød ud, blev Grønland pludselig del af en global konflikt. Øen var en vital mellemstation for de allierede, når militært materiel skulle transporteres over...
I Vesten har vi for vane at sige, at Anden Verdenskrig begyndte i 1939 med Hitlers overfald på Polen. I Østasien ved de bedre: De første skud faldt allerede to år tidligere. Kin...
This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers, while suc...
What was it like to be a citizen in the Third Reich? What were the concerns and hopes of Germans who lived through the insanity of the years under Hitler? How much of their time...
Da Anden Verdenskrig brød ud, blev Grønland pludselig del af en global konflikt. Øen var en vital mellemstation for de allierede, når militært materiel skulle transporteres over...
Det Tredje Riges øjne og ører
Peter Harmsen · ISBN 9788727225395
Julkaistu 2025 Kieli tanska sidottu
Den berygtede sikkerheds- og terrororganisation SS indsamlede fra 1939 til 1945 rapporter fra hele Tyskland om, hvad befolkningen tænkte, mente og følte. De endte hos propaganda...