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The bombing of Guernica has become a symbol of Nazi involvement in the Spanish Civil War, but the extent of the German commitment is often underestimated. The Luftwaffe sent 20,000 officers and men to

Useful as a text for advanced students of Cold War history, this collection comprises 11 contributed essays. Arrangement is in sections on the beginning of rearmament, the debate within German society

The Campaign for Norway in 1940 was a pivotal moment in modern warfare. It was the first modern joint campaign that featured not only ground and naval operations, but also airpower as an equal element of all operations. Indeed, Norway was the first campaign in history where air superiority, possessed by the Germans, was able to overcome the overwhelming naval superiority, possessed by the British. German success in Norway was not pre-ordained. At several times in the opening weeks of the campaign the Norwegian and Allied forces could have inflicted a major defeat on the Germans if their operations had been effectively supported. It was, in fact, the superior German use of their air force that gave the Germans the decisive margin of victory and ensured the failure of the Allied counteroffensive in central Norway in April and May of 1940. The Norwegian campaign featured some firsts in the use of airpower including the first use of paratroops to seize key objectives and the first sinking

If mentioned at all in histories of World War II, the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are typically identified only as bargaining chips between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Here

In 2018, the world will be commemorating the centenary of World War I. In many ways, 1918 was the most dramatic year of the conflict. After the defeat of Russia in 1917, the Germans were able to conce