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You will play a bloc of nations: the soviet bloc, the western bloc, or the non-aligned bloceach bloc is considered an enemy to each other bloc, even if players decide to cooperate temporarily to preserve the balance of power
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The soviet elite formations alone had a total strength comparable to that of the entire british armed forcesthe elite forces of the soviet union and its warsaw pact allies in the mid-s were undoubtedly the largest in the world, and among the least knownbacked by numerous photographs and illustrations, this book uncovers the history, organization and equipment of both the conventional soviet elite formations and the often ignored security unitsbesides the conventional military elite formations such as airborne and marine forces, most warsaw pact armies also possessed special, 'political' elite, which were used for internal security
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The author lifts the veil on reconnaissance work over the soviet bloc, such as covert operations by u2 aircraft, the so-called black lady of espionageappendices provide complete lists of us airmen in the battle of britain, medal of honour recipients, us aces in ww2 and korea, plus us losses and victories in the gulf warthe book spans the period from the lend-lease act which made american funds available for allied aircraft contracts during world war ii, right through to the present day and america's contribution to relief work throughout the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book details the crucial role played by the us strategic air force in wwii - the 8th and 9th air force in britain, the 12th and 15th in the mediterranean, and the 20th in the far eastthere are alos reports on the gulf war including dramatic accounts from airmen flying f15s, f16s, f111s and stelath fightersit chronicles the pacific war against the japanese, , including the battle of the phillipine sea, nicknamed the marianas turkey shoot because of the high losses inflictedoxfam bookshop cheltenham this is a tribute to american air powerthe book covers the cold war, the korean war and the vietnam war, also publishing a selection of biographies of us airmen still missing in vietnam
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Joseph stalin's history of the communist party of the soviet union, first published in see oxfam website for delivery information read morecorners lightly bumped and a 3cm split of the hinge between the top of the spine and front boardthe gilt titles are fadedoxblood red boards with titles in gilt on front and spineincludes a red ribbon page markerthe contents are clean and the binding is securecolloquially known as "the short course," it was the most widely disseminated book during the reign of joseph stalinoxfam shop darlington hardbackpublished by foreign languages publishing house, moscowit's commonly cited along with "the foundations of leninism" as the most important work expressing the ideology of the ussr under stalin
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Conceptually, a japanese invasion of the soviet union would be in conjunction with the german attack on the ussr (operation barbarossa) on 22 junethe strategic possibilities of this alternative course are incredible; the soviets will be under the pressure of fighting a two-front war
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Oxfam shop hebden bridge the electrification of the soviet union see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Dissident histories in the soviet union from de-stalinization to perestroika by drinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailsbarbara martin (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working days
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A total of 52 soviet pilots scored five or more victories in the korean warchina's involvement in the korean war in late october inevitably drew soviet pilots into the waroxfam bookshop truro the soviet union began assisting the people's republic of china in its establishment of a modern air force in , when soviet air force regiments were sent to train local pilots" this book uncovers soviet combat experiences during the korean war from detailed unit histories and rare first-hand accountsthe history of these covert actions has been a long-buried secret and this book will be the first english publication to detail the only instance when the cold war between russia and the us became "hotwith access to extensive russian archives, the authors offer an enthralling insight into an air war that has been largely covered up and neglected, illustrated with previously unpublished photographs and detailed full-color profilessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop didsbury 24 page pamphlet published in by soviet news in london from the series of illustrated soviet shilling bookletsthe pamphlet is a collection of official documents relating to the electoral system of the soviet union taken from the constitution of the union of soviet socialist republics5cm see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit has also been identified elsewhere that the cover design is by john heartfield, the german dada and political collage artistthe pages have yellowed with age, and there are water stains insidethere is also some rusting to the staples on the spinethe copy is in fair condition
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Almost all the souvenir bloc are sealedthe souvenir bloc shown in the photos are those you will receiveare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetracked shipping
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The disintegration of the regime in is explained in the light of: the chronic weakness of gorbachev's soviet unionlater chapters cover the dramatic episodes of the uprising against soviet dominance and the building of the berlin wall inusing newly available archive material, the early chapters trace the emergence of the gdr out of the soviet zone of occupationoxfam books & music bridport this new book investigates communist rule in east germany from its establishment as a sphere of soviet influence after world war ii to its rapid collapse after the fall of the berlin wallthe subsequent stabilisation of the gdr and the establishment of an uneasy compromise between the ruling elites and the population in the later s and s are explained with reference to a range of internal social, economic and political factorsthere is some slight foxing to the insidethis clear and comprehensive survey marshals secondary and original primary sources in order to give a unique insight into the gdr's struggles and achievementsthere is no spine creasing, the binding is tight and there are no loose pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book has some shelf wear which includes bumping to the corners and creasing to the back coverpolitical pluralismthe bravery of the protestorsthe enduring appeal of west germany's social market economy
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Subsequent sections offer directories of institutions now located in kiev, lviv, kharkiv and other oblasts, and in soviet moldaviain this, the first of a two-part third volume of the work, grimsted focuses on soviet ukraine and moldaviaappendixes contain procedural information about soviet archival organization and access restrictions and a table of geographic names in relevant languagespatricia grimsted's internationally acclaimed reference series provides the only comprehensive information available in any language about the development, holdings, and published reference aids for the rich archives and manuscript collections of the soviet unionoxfam bookshop victoria road archives and manuscript repositories in the ussr; moscow and leningradthis book is in good conditionthe first section of this book provides an annotated bibliography of basic reference works for those using archival materialssome small marks and tears to the outer paper cover nut pages clear with minimal marks and binding in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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We hear some entertaining,comical,tragic,moving and frankly strange stories including tales of the‘stilyagi'soviet hipsters,the first disco in moscow,we ask if counterculture possible in the oppressive,repressive circumstances of the soviet union?and we hear how rock music evolved in secret before breaking into the light as perestroika transformed soviet societythe author of that book was veteran russian broadcaster,cultural commentator and journalist artemyi troitskybut a secret underground subculture of music lovers and pirates opposed the censorshipand prohibited russian music to take the risk of making their own recordsart appeared in our first bookpink floyd/"the gnome" x-ray audio lost culture of bone music -in the ussr during the cold war,the music that people could hear was ruthlessly controlled by the stateare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifeb16(see picture ) pure collectible recording audible but of course not so good!) unique item on catawiki from the pink floyd debut albumthis is the unique/pink floyd/"the gnome"x ray/spine **original packaging from included** i see that two times when i visited the exhibition with my father who,like myself,was thrilled by this peculiar wonderful type of anti-suppression after an exhibition in/the horse hospital,london:/07please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe first time the culture of x-ray records and bone music was written about in the west was in the book’back in the ussr:the true story of russian rock’incredibly,they built their own recording devices and used an exceptional means to copy prohibited jazz,rock
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We hear some entertaining,comical,tragic,moving and frankly strange stories including tales of the‘stilyagi'soviet hipsters,the first disco in moscow,we ask if counterculture possible in the oppressive,repressive circumstances of the soviet union?and we hear how rock music evolved in secret before breaking into the light as perestroika transformed soviet societythe first time the culture of x-ray records and bone music was written about in the west was in the book’back in the ussr:the true story of russian rock’the author of that book was veteran russian broadcaster,cultural commentator and journalist artemyi troitskybut a secret underground subculture of music lovers and pirates opposed the censorshipart appeared in our first bookare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis is the unique/the beatles "she's leaving home" x ray/spine(included original packing from ) **the chain to be seen is unique for the x-ray exposure** i see that two times when i visited the exhibition with my father who,like myself,was thrilled by this peculiar wonderful type of anti-suppression after an exhibition in the horse hospital,london:-07feb 16(see picture ) pure collectible recording audible but of course not so good!) read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe beatles "she's leaving home" lost culture of bone music/ x-ray audio -in the ussr during the cold war,the music that people could hear was ruthlessly controlled by the stateincredibly,they built their own recording devices and used an exceptional means to copy prohibited jazz,rock'n'roll and prohibited russian music to take the risk of making their own records
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'the soviet pdf and dp-6 series gas mask were made for children, and started production in the sthey were issued to children during the cold war in fear of a nuclear attack' - http://gasmaskandrespiratorgood condition soviet/russian pdf-d civilian children's gas mask, complete with hose and filterthe mask features a hose which connects the mask to the filter, and this was used because connecting the filter directly to the mask would make it too heavy for children
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By stealth, by way of whispers, through the illicit late night broadcasts on radio luxembourg, the soviet beatles kids tuned inthe music of john, paul, george, and ringo played a part in waking up an entire generation of soviet youth, opening their eyes to seventy years of bland official culture and rigid authoritarianismsoviet leaders had suppressed most western popular music since the days of jazz, but the beatles and the bands they inspired-both in the west and in russia-battered down the walls of state culturethis was no fantasy world populated by blue meanies but the ussr, where a vast nation of music fans risked repression to hear the defining band of the british invasion"bitles," they whispered, "yeah, yeah, yeahoxfam shop macclesfield imagine a world where beatlemania was against the law-recordings scratched onto medical x-rays, merchant sailors bringing home contraband lps, spotty broadcasts taped from western am radio late in the night" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreleslie woodhead's how the beatles rocked the kremlin tells the unforgettable-and endearingly odd-story of russians who discovered that all you need is beatles
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soviet ace pilot - mariya dolina sw (mint/new)ivanovna survived the war and continued to serve in the soviet air force into the s1 mariya dolina ace cardproduct line: blood red skies1 warlord resin pe2 aircraft
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The west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominenceusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary world"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtthe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economy" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The luftwaffe were not to know when they built the camp that it would prove to be directly in the path of the great soviet offensive of januaryalthough their trials were not yet over, food and proper accommodation were not forthcoming for several weeks, the luft 7 pows fought through with surprisingly few casualties until, in the warm sunshine of april and may , with or without the permission of the soviet occupying forces, nearly all of them went homeit is also the complete history of their prisoner of war (pow) camp, luft 7, told in full detail for the first time, a camp that existed for barely thirty-two weeks from its opening in early june to its closure in mid januarypart reference, part gripping narrative it is a unique work not only for the serious raf historian but for ex-pows themselves and their families and anyone with an interest in the raf in general, and captivity in particularrespected historian oliver clutton-brock and ray crompton have researched the camp and its aftermath in depth, uncovering previously unpublished details and photosin one of the harshest winters for many years the hungry pows were forced at gunpoint to walk in the arctic conditions with little or no food for over a fortnightmany of their experiences and adventures have never been documented beforethey eventually reached another, much larger, camp near berlin - stalag iiia (luckenwalde) - in the second week of februarythis book is firstly a testament to those of many nationalities who found themselves imprisoned at stalag luft vii, bankau (luft 7 for short) in upper silesia, the luftwaffe's last prisoner of war camphaving survived the trauma of action against, and capture by, the enemy, some as far back as , they came from france, the low countries, germany, norway, denmark, poland, the balkans, italy, hungary, the mediterranean and other seas, and from north africasee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Like a good soviet schoolgirl, she was also diligently learning german, the language of russia's nazi allythen, on 22 june , hitler broke his pact with stalin and declared war on the soviet unionall too soon, leningrad was besieged and life became a living helland she was keeping a diary, in which she recorded her hopes and dreamsthe diary of lena mukhina is a truly remarkable account of this most terrible era in modern historyoxfam bookshop cheltenham in may lena mukhina was an ordinary teenage girl, living in leningrad, worrying about her homework and whether vova, the boy she liked, liked herfrom day to dreadful day, lena records her experiences: the desperate hunt for food, the bitter cold of the russian winter, the cruel deaths of those she lovedlena and her family fought to stay alive; their city was starving and its citizens were dying in their hundreds of thousandsit offers readers the vivid first-hand testimony of a courageous young woman struggling simply to survivesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Around stamps from the soviet union, predominantly in used conditionshipment will be insured (dhl)please look at the imaged in order to get an impression of the extent and quality of the item
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Germany occupations of the soviet area, thuringia, french and american-british bi-zone, collection in large blocks and single stamps, very many edge/corner of sheet specimens with plate number and captions, high catalogue value, mounted in a large stock bookmost of the material is without gumare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitake a good look at all the photos, which are an integral part of the descriptioncertified shipping with tracking, weight: over 2 kgplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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It is considered to be the most famous tank of the soviet union in world war iithe simple design of t-34 makes mass production possibleit was produced in and was mainly used in the german-soviet war
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The t-34 armored car, introduced into the soviet army in , was manufactured in large numbers and is one of the most famous tanks of world war ii1:35 scale plastic kit by revellthe t- features its new cannon with a caliber of 85 mm
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After the end of the war, they continued to serve in the soviet army until the mid-sthese vehicles with a carrying capacity of 1view our categories5 tons were used both in combat units and in the rear
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Oxfam books & music totnes a series of short stories set in the second world war as seen from the soviet army’s perspectivehardback with no djgreen cloth covered boards with red lettering to front and a red letter to spinea few black and white illustrations by v shcheglovgood binding and no markssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oldest part of the soviet union: periodplease view the photos for a good impressionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivirtually everything is mh or cancelled; a few mnh stampsstamps in crystal-clear mountsregistered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteeverything is depictedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeprinted pages in a beautiful leuchtturm 'classic' album with matching slipcase
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The floating tank pt-76 was a shock to nato in , because with it the soviet army suddenly had a tank that was unrestrictedly buoyant without preparation and with its 76 mm d-56t cannon was very effective in clearing and clearing bridgeheads during amphibious landings could secure1:72 scale plastic kit by revell
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The most common all-wheel drive 6-wheel truck in the soviet army during the s had a diesel engine and a cab-over-engine layoutits serial production began in at a plant in naberezhnye chelny
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The book also addresses the armenian aspirations for an independent republic under american auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when armenia was absorbed into the soviet union"" the west gradually began to take noticebetween and as many as 1part of a generation who were admonished as children to ""remember the starving armenians,"" peterson went to armenia in as a peace corps volunteer and became fascinated by the country's troubled historyfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe extensive research he embarked upon afterwards revealed not only the scope of the people's hardship and amazing resilience; it located in the american effort to help the armenians a unique perspective on our own nation's experience of the twentieth centuryas the new york times carried stories about the ""slow massacre of a race,"" public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by near east relief, an organization rooted in protestant missionary endeavors in the near east and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth century""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experienceoxfam bookshop knutsford the persecution and suffering of the armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the ottoman empire, reached a peak in the era of world war i at the hands of the turks5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desertin ""starving armenians,"" merrill peterson explores the american response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to president wilson from his ambassador to the ottoman empire, henry morgenthau, who described turkey as ""a place of horror
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