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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 forcesbacked 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 unitsthe 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 knownbesides 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 espionagethe 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 fightersoxfam bookshop cheltenham this is a tribute to american air powersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book covers the cold war, the korean war and the vietnam war, also publishing a selection of biographies of us airmen still missing in vietnamit chronicles the pacific war against the japanese, , including the battle of the phillipine sea, nicknamed the marianas turkey shoot because of the high losses inflictedappendices 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 world
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Joseph stalin's history of the communist party of the soviet union, first published incorners lightly bumped and a 3cm split of the hinge between the top of the spine and front boardit's commonly cited along with "the foundations of leninism" as the most important work expressing the ideology of the ussr under stalinoxfam shop darlington hardbackthe contents are clean and the binding is securepublished by foreign languages publishing house, moscowoxblood red boards with titles in gilt on front and spineincludes a red ribbon page markercolloquially known as "the short course," it was the most widely disseminated book during the reign of joseph stalin see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe gilt titles are faded
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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 drbarbara martin (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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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 accountssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 profiles
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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 morethe pages have yellowed with age, and there are water stains insideit has also been identified elsewhere that the cover design is by john heartfield, the german dada and political collage artistthe copy is in fair conditionthere is also some rusting to the staples on the spine
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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 catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletracked shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 wallthis book has some shelf wear which includes bumping to the corners and creasing to the back coverthe bravery of the protestorsthe enduring appeal of west germany's social market economythis 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 some slight foxing to the insidethere is no spine creasing, the binding is tight and there are no loose pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morepolitical pluralismthe 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 factors
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In this, the first of a two-part third volume of the work, grimsted focuses on soviet ukraine and moldaviasubsequent sections offer directories of institutions now located in kiev, lviv, kharkiv and other oblasts, and in soviet 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 unionthis book is in good conditionsome 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 moreoxfam bookshop victoria road archives and manuscript repositories in the ussr; moscow and leningradthe first section of this book provides an annotated bibliography of basic reference works for those using archival materials
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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 troitskyand prohibited russian music to take the risk of making their own recordsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebut a secret underground subculture of music lovers and pirates opposed the censorshipart appeared in our first bookfeb16(see picture ) pure collectible recording audible but of course not so good!) unique item on catawiki from the pink floyd debut albumpink 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 statethis 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:/07incredibly,they built their own recording devices and used an exceptional means to copy prohibited jazz,rockplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe 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’
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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 societythis 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:-07the author of that book was veteran russian broadcaster,cultural commentator and journalist artemyi troitskyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifeb 16(see picture ) pure collectible recording audible but of course not so good!) read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebut a secret underground subculture of music lovers and pirates opposed the censorshipart appeared in our first bookincredibly,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 recordsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe 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 statethe 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’
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'the soviet pdf and dp-6 series gas mask were made for children, and started production in the sgood condition soviet/russian pdf-d civilian children's gas mask, complete with hose and filterthey were issued to children during the cold war in fear of a nuclear attack' - http://gasmaskandrespiratorthe 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 cultureoxfam 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 nightleslie 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" see oxfam website for delivery information read more"bitles," they whispered, "yeah, yeah, yeahthis 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
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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 sproduct line: blood red skies1 warlord resin pe2 aircraft1 mariya dolina ace card
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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-statethe 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 destructionwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power" 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 morefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtat 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 vietnam"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 leadersin 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 worldoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincenow 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 economyas 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 presidents
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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 homerespected historian oliver clutton-brock and ray crompton have researched the camp and its aftermath in depth, uncovering previously unpublished details and photosthey eventually reached another, much larger, camp near berlin - stalag iiia (luckenwalde) - in the second week of februarymany of their experiences and adventures have never been documented beforesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehaving 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 africathis 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 camppart 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 particularit 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 januaryin 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 fortnight
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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 unionlena and her family fought to stay alive; their city was starving and its citizens were dying in their hundreds of thousandsand 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 historysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 herit offers readers the vivid first-hand testimony of a courageous young woman struggling simply to surviveall too soon, leningrad was besieged and life became a living hellfrom 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 loved
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Around stamps from the soviet union, predominantly in used conditionplease look at the imaged in order to get an impression of the extent and quality of the itemshipment will be insured (dhl)
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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 bookare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimost of the material is without gumour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletake a good look at all the photos, which are an integral part of the descriptionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecertified shipping with tracking, weight: over 2 kg
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It is considered to be the most famous tank of the soviet union in world war iiit was produced in and was mainly used in the german-soviet warthe simple design of t-34 makes mass production possible
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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-sview our categoriesthese vehicles with a carrying capacity of 15 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 perspectivegood binding and no marksgreen cloth covered boards with red lettering to front and a red letter to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morea few black and white illustrations by v shcheglovhardback with no dj
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Oldest part of the soviet union: periodprinted pages in a beautiful leuchtturm 'classic' album with matching slipcaseare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikistamps in crystal-clear mountsplease view the photos for a good impressionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevirtually everything is mh or cancelled; a few mnh stampsregistered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteeverything is depicted
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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 unionas 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 centuryfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morein ""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 horrorthe 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 century5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desertpart 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 history"" the west gradually began to take notice""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experiencebetween and as many as 1oxfam 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 turks
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