Author: Tanya Zeriga-AlonePublisher:
ISBN: 9780646590134
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The Hindenburg Wall
Author: Tanya Zeriga-AlonePublisher:
ISBN: 9780646590134
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Armageddon's Walls
Author: Peter OldhamPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783033002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The British Army and her commonwealth Allies went to war in 1914 with little knowledge and experience of constructing permanent, shell proof protective structures. Some masonry fortifications, such as defensive blockhouses in South Africa, had been built but the Royal Engineers of the Army were more versed in simple temporary defences suitable for mobile warfare. Home defences were a limited number of forts around naval ports, and Martello Towers on the east coast. It was considered that the Navy was quite able to defend Britain's coasts.??The Germans, on the other hand, as with the other continental countries such as France, Belgium, Italy, Holland, Poland, Austria, etc. had been constantly renewing and updating border forts for several centuries. They had also maintained fortification and siege elements of their armies, who were experienced in designing and constructing strong shelters. Both German and French armies began the war with a degree of expertise in what was to become a static war with little movement. However, by 1918 the British were to surpass both enemy and her allies in the design and construction, with supply and logistics, of such shell proof cover for troops and defensive positions.??This book gives the history of development and innovation of concrete bunkers, pill boxes, blockhouses and general concrete constructions during the First World War. Many of these structures _ some showing obvious signs of war damage - still exist in France and Belgium today.??All the existing structures, with photograph (except for some which are impractical, because of dense vegetation,) are shown within. Many entries have contemporary maps showing how they fitted into a defensive system, whilst for others the location can be identified from the text. GPS coordinates are given for each entry, except for a few which are on private land and where privacy has been requested.
Hindenburg, 1937
Author: Cameron DokeyPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671036017
Category : Aircraft accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
From her dying grandfather, Anna Becker mistakenly takes the tickets for a trip aboard the ill-fated Hindenburg believing it offers her an escape to America.
The Zeppelin airship LZ 129 Hindenburg
Author: Barbara WaibelPublisher: Sutton Verlag GmbH
ISBN: 3954003015
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Hindenburg
Author: Margaret L. GoldsmithPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 178720930X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
1930 biography of Prussian World War I General and Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, who went on to become President of the Weimar Republic, written by journalist husband-and-wife team Margaret Goldsmith and Frederick Voigt. Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934) was a German military officer, statesman, and politician who largely controlled German policy in the second half of World War I and served as the elected President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934. He played the key role in the Nazi “Seizure of Power” in January 1933 by appointing Adolf Hitler chancellor of a “Government of National Concentration.” Hindenburg first came to national attention during World War I at the age of 66 as the victor of the decisive Battle of Tannenberg in August 1914. As Germany’s Chief of the General Staff from August 1916, Hindenburg’s reputation rose greatly in German public esteem. He and his deputy Erich Ludendorff then led Germany in a de facto military dictatorship throughout the remainder of the war, marginalizing German Emperor Wilhelm II as well as the German Reichstag. Hindenburg was elected the second President of Germany in 1925 and, considered the only candidate who could defeat Hitler, ran for re-election in 1932. He became a major player in the increasing political instability in the Weimar Republic that ended with Hitler’s rise to power, dissolved the Reichstag twice in 1932, and, finally, under pressure, agreed to appoint Hitler Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. In March he signed the Enabling Act of 1933, which gave Hitler’s regime arbitrary powers. Hindenburg died the following year, after which Hitler declared the office of President vacant and made himself head of state.
The Legacy of Afekan
Author: Wilson G. WheatcroftPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
The Hindenburg
Author: Marc Tyler NoblemanPublisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780756512668
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Discusses the history of the Hindenburg and its demise.
Hindenburg
Author: Anna von der GoltzPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199570329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Hindenburg: Power, Myth, and the Rise of the Nazis investigates the various political and cultural manifestations of the myth surrounding German Chief of Staff and Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, from the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914 to his death in the 'Third Reich' and beyond. How this little-known General, whose career to normal retirement age had provided no real foretaste of his heroic status, became a national icon and living myth, and what this phenomenon tells us about one of the most crucial periods in German history, is the subject of this book. The book charts the origins of the Hindenburg myth during the First World War, looks at how it survived the revolution, and explains why Hindenburg's name on the ballot mesmerized voters in the presidential elections of 1925 and 1932. The only two times in German history that the people could elect their head of state directly and secretly, they chose this national icon; Hindenburg even managed to defeat Hitler in 1932, making him the Nazi leader's ultimate arbiter. The book examines the complex role of the Hindenburg myth in fashioning the Führer cult, while also emphasizing its more wide-ranging appeal prior to 1933. The Hindenburg myth, in fact, caught the imagination of an exceptionally broad social and political coalition of Germans, turning it into one of the most potent forces in German politics in a period otherwise characterised by rupture and fragmentation. Crucially, it managed to survive military failures and political disappointments. As the author shows, the mythical narrative was constantly evolving, but the belief in Hindenburg's mythical qualities was more enduring than a narrow application of Weber's model of 'charismatic authority' -- which defines projection as key -- would suggest.
We Interrupt this Broadcast
Author: Joe GarnerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781570713286
Category : Disasters
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Hindenburg's March Into London
Author: Paul Georg MünchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fantasy fiction, German
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description