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Baderâs Spitfire Wing
"Whether you have feelings about Bader or not, this is an excellent book to gain insight into the summer of 1941 when, ready or not, the RAF went on the offensive."âThe Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation On 30 August 1940, at the height of the Battle of Britain, the pilots of RAF Fighter Commandâs No.12 Group were requested to reinforce 11 Group and intercept a Luftwaffe raid on an aircraft factory at Hatfield. The events that day led the swashbuckling, legless, fighter pilot Douglas Bader to submit a report arguing that the more fighters he had at his disposal, the greater would be the execution of the enemy that could be achieved. It was a concept that received suppor...
The Final Few
The extraordinary personal stories of five surviving Battle of Britain pilots
Defending the Swedish Model
Across Europe, the prospect of a rapidly shrinking workforce has put increased labor migration back on the political agenda. However, for many on the left, concerns exist that less restrictive labor migration policies threaten core features of the social democratic project. This is perhaps clearest in Sweden, which in late 2008 adopted a liberal approach to third-country national labor migration, allowing employers to hire freely from outside the European Union. Defending the Swedish Model explores the debate leading up to this reform, focusing on the preferences of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO). While generally positive to the econo...
The Biggin Hill Wing, 1941
An in-depth study of England’s most famous fighter station during the year of the Battle of Britain. The Biggin Hill Wing, 1941 looks at the political upheaval within Fighter Command that saw the removal of Sir Hugh Dowding and Keith Park and their replacement by Sir William Sholto Douglas and Trafford Leigh-Mallory. The ongoing Big Wing controversy and the resulting change in tactics during 1941 are examined. The main part of the book is a chronological account of the squadrons of the Biggin Hill Wing, with particular emphasis on the pilots. The units covered include No.s 66, 72, 74, 92, 124, and 609 Spitfire Squadrons and 264 Defiant Night Fighter Squadron. The author’s research is based on combat reports and squadron Operation Record Books as well as firsthand accounts written by the participant pilots in the battles over southern England and northern France. Extensive appendices include Air Combat Claims of the Wing, Operational Aircraft Losses, Details of Selected Operations, and The Great Escape, which recounts the marked influence of ex-Biggin Hill pilots on the escape from Stalag Luft III in 1944.
Luftwaffe Aces in the Battle of Britain
“An extraordinary analysis of the ‘scores’ chalked up by individual fighter pilots serving in the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. So much detail!” —Books Monthly The term “fighter ace” grew in prominence with the introduction and development of aerial combat in the First World War. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an “ace” has varied but is usually considered to be five or more. For the Luftwaffe, a number of its fighter pilots, many of whom had fought with the Legion Condor in Spain, had already gained their Experte, or ace, status in the Battle of France. However, many more would achieve that status in the hectic dogfights ov...
Kunst des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts in deutschen Ausstellungen. Teil 1
Eine kommentierte Bibliographie. Bearbeitet von Martin Papenbrock und Anette Sohn. Die Bibliographie dokumentiert ca. 400 Gruppenausstellungen zur deutschen Gegenwartskunst aus den Jahren 1933 bis 1944 anhand von in deutschen Bibliotheken nachgewiesenen Katalogen. In einem Register werden die an diesen Ausstellungen beteiligten ca. 12.000 KünstlerInnen namentlich erfaßt. Ein umfangreicher Anhang listet darüber hinaus alle Ausstellungen auf, die im "Mitteilungsblatt der Reichskammer der bildenden Künste" angekündigt wurden, zu denen aber kein Katalog nachweisbar ist.
Die Kapitalisierung des Krieges
Die Beiträge des Bandes widmen sich der Verbindung von kriegerischem und unternehmerischem Handeln im Spätmittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit. Das Kriegsunternehmertum wird dabei als eine langlebige, Raum und Epochen übergreifende Erscheinung betrachtet, die keineswegs nur ein "Übergangsphänomen" im Rahmen einer linearen Entwicklung von "mittelalterlichen Gefolgschaftsheeren" zu "frühstaatlichen Dienst- und Berufsheeren" war. Untersucht wird, unter welchen politischen, sozialen, technologischen und ökonomischen Bedingungen es entstehen, sich etablieren und entfalten, sodann aber auch wieder an Bedeutung verlieren konnte - ohne freilich je ganz verschwunden zu sein. Als gemeinsame analytische Kategorie wird dafür der Begriff der Kapitalisierung in einem weiten Bedeutungsspektrum herangezogen.
Göteborgs universitets årsskrift
Vol. 1-60 include "Göteborgs Högskolas årsredogörelse" 1894/95-1952/53.
Neuroendocrinology
70 years after the discovery of secretory neurons, internationally leading experts gathered to discuss the latest developments in neuropeptide research and endocrinology, concentrating on the molecular, cellular, supracellular and systemic aspects. A variety of neuropeptidergic systems are considered under comparative and evolutionary aspects.
Miss Sin
I'm so sick of watching the world spin by. Of letting people think I'm plain and boring, too afraid to just be myself. Then I see him. John. He's strength and fury and unapologetic. He's everything I want. And everything I wish I was. He won't want me, but that doesn't matter. The sight of him is all the inspiration I need to finally shatter this glass house I've built around myself. Only he does want me. And when our worlds collide, details we can't see become entwined, twisting together, trapping us in an invisible trap. But when it all goes wrong, I don't know if I'll be able to break free of the chains binding us, or if I'll suffocate in the process.
