A Bridge Too Far |
 Cornelius Ryan
ISBN: 0684803305
Reviews the individuals, tactics, and events involved in Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery's plan to end World War II. |
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Ajax, the Dutch, the War |
 Simon Kuper
ISBN: 0752842749
Football in Europe During the Second World War. The Dutch club Ajax is the vehicle through which Simon Kuper recounts the stories of both survival and persecution of members of Amsterdam's Jewish population - with almost 80 per cent of Amsterdam's...(read more) |
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Battle for the Hague 1940 |
 E.H. Brongers
ISBN: 9059113071
This is the story of the first great air landing operation in history. The plan conceived by Adolf Hitler to capture The Hague by surprise, was carried out as part of the Blitzkrieg offensive in western Europe in May 1940. It became a dismal failure. It...(read more) |
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Eastern Troops in Zeeland the Netherlands 1943-1945 |
 Hans Houterman
ISBN: 1891227009
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From Leningrad to Berlin |
 Perry Pierik
ISBN: 9059110048
Dutch Volunteers in The German Waffen SS 1941-1945. In February 1945 the German front at Stettin made one final offensive. What make this extraordinary is the fact that the last desperate push was mounted by non-German volunteers serving in the Waffen-SS. |
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Holland - The History Of Netherlands |
 Thomas Colley Grattan
ISBN: 1594627487
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Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History |
 Giles Milton
ISBN: 0340696761
Consider the humble jar of nutmeg pushed to the back of your kitchen cupboard, among all the other spices that you hardly ever use. Would you believe that nutmeg formed the basis for one of the most bitter international conflicts of the 17th century,...(read more) |
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The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall |
 Jonathan Israel
ISBN: 0198207344
The Dutch Golden Age, the age of Grotius, Spinoza, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and a host of other renowned artists and writers was also remarkable for its immense impact in the spheres of commerce, finance, shipping, and technology. It was in fact one of the...(read more) |
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The Road to Arnhem: A Screaming Eagle in Holland |
 Donald R. Burgett
ISBN: 0440236339
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Tulipomania |
 Mike Dash
ISBN: 0575402504
The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused. In 1630s' Holland thousands of people, from the wealthiest merchants to the lowest street traders, were caught up in a frenzy of buying and selling. The object of...(read more) |
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Vermeer and the Delft School |
 Walter Liedtke, Michiel C. Plomp, Axel Ruger
ISBN: 0300088485
Seventeenth-century Delft has traditionally been viewed as a quaint town whose artists painted scenes of domestic life. This important book revises that image, showing that the small but vibrant Dutch city produced fine examples of all the major arts,...(read more) |
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