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Operation Chastise the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II Max Hastings

Author:
Hastings, Max  Search this
Subject:
Great Britain Royal Air Force Squadron, 617 History  Search this
Physical description:
xxxv, 364 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps 24 cm
Type:
Books
Informational works
History
Place:
Germany
Ruhr (Region)
Allemagne
Ruhr (Région)
Europe
Great Britain
Ruhr (Germany : Region)
Ruhr (Allemagne : Région)
Ruhr Region.)
Date:
2020
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Operation Chastise, 1943  Search this
Dams--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British  Search this
Barrages--Histoire  Search this
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Destruction et pillage  Search this
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Opérations aériennes britanniques  Search this
HISTORY--Military--World War II  Search this
HISTORY--General  Search this
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Military Science  Search this
Military operations, Aerial--British  Search this
Destruction and pillage  Search this
Dams  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations  Search this
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1117322
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Sensai tō ni yoru shōshitsu bunkazai / [henshūsha Bunkazai Hogo Iinkai]

Title:
戦災等による焼失文化財 / [編集者文化財保護委員会]
Author:
Bunkazai Hogo Iinkai  Search this
Physical description:
v. : ill. ; 30 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Art and the war
Place:
Japan
Date:
1964
Shōwa 39 [1964]-
To 1868
Topic:
Art, Japanese  Search this
Architecture--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
Art--Mutilation, defacement, etc  Search this
Call number:
709.52 .B912
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_885592
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Plundered and rebuilt : the Polish Military Museum during the Second World War and after / Roman Matuszewski, Jolanta Kozimor

Title:
Ograbione Muzeum : Straty wojenne muzeum Wojska w okresie II Wojny światowej
Author:
Matuszewski, Roman  Search this
Kozimor, Jolanta  Search this
Subject:
Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie History  Search this
Physical description:
256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. + 1 CD Rom (4 3/4 in.)
Type:
Books
Place:
Poland
Warsaw
Europe
Date:
2007
20th century
Topic:
Military museums  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions  Search this
Art thefts--History  Search this
Art treasures in war--History  Search this
Call number:
U13.P72 W374 2007
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_911271
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The monuments men : Allied heros, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history / Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter

Author:
Edsel, Robert M  Search this
Witter, Bret  Search this
Subject:
Allied Forces Supreme Headquarters Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section History  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 473 p., [16] p. of plates : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Art and the war
Place:
Germany
Europe
Date:
2009
20th century
Topic:
Art thefts--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
Art treasures in war--History  Search this
Cultural property--Protection--History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_921338
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The great ingratitude : Bomber Command in World War II / James Fyfe

Author:
Fyfe, James  Search this
Subject:
Great Britain Royal Air Force Bomber Command History  Search this
Physical description:
379 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Germany
Date:
1993
C1993
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
Call number:
D786 .F99 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_456176
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The dambusters raid / John Sweetman

Author:
Sweetman, John  Search this
Sweetman, John 1935- Operation Chastise  Search this
Subject:
Great Britain Royal Air Force Squadron, 617  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 219 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Germany
Date:
1990
20th century
1933-1945
Topic:
Operation Chastise  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
Dams--History  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
D786 .S93 1990Y
D786.S93 1990Y
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_403053
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Lost treasures of Europe; 427 photographs, edited by Henry La Farge

Author:
La Farge, Henry Adams 1902-  Search this
Physical description:
39, [352] p. of illus. 26 cm
Type:
Art and the war
Place:
Europe
Date:
1946
[1946]
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Architecture  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
Art treasures in war  Search this
Art  Search this
Art and war  Search this
Call number:
N9160 .L15 1946
N9160.L15 1946
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_413086
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The night blitz : 1940-1941 / John Ray

Author:
Ray, John Philip 1929-  Search this
Physical description:
288 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1996
20th century
Bombardment, 1940-1945
Topic:
Bombardment--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
D759 .R39 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_497770
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City area of Krefeld

Author:
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Physical Damage Division  Search this
Physical description:
143 leaves in various foliations : ill., maps, plans ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Germany
Krefeld
Krefeld (Germany)
Date:
1947
[1947]
Bombardment, 1939-1945
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
D757.9.K92 U58 1947
D757.9.K92U58 1947
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_338853
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A report on physical damage in Japan / United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division

Author:
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Physical Damage Division  Search this
Physical description:
v, 225 p. : ill., maps (some folded) ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Japan
Date:
1946
Bombardment, 1941-1945
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
Buildings--War damage  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
D810.D6 U582 1942
D810.D6U582 1942
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_336647
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Friedrich Krupp, A.G., Essen, Germany : dates of survey, May 4- 5 1945 / Physical Damage Division

Author:
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Physical Damage Division  Search this
Subject:
Friedrich Krupp Grusonwerk  Search this
Physical description:
iv, 8, [18] leaves (some folded) : ill., maps ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Germany
Essen
Essen (Germany)
Date:
1947
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
War damage, Industrial  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
D785.U58 M923f 1947
D785.U58M923f 1947
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_337759
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A detailed study of the effects of area bombing on Wuppertal / Area Studies Division, United States Strategic Bombing Survey

Author:
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Area Studies Division  Search this
Physical description:
iii, 100, 5 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Germany
Wuppertal
Wuppertal (Germany)
Date:
1947
1945
1947]
Bombardment, 1939-1945
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
History  Search this
Industries  Search this
Call number:
D757.9.W96 U58 1947
D757.9.W96U58 1947
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_338299
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America and the return of Nazi contraband : the recovery of Europe's cultural treasures / Michael J. Kurtz

Author:
Kurtz, Michael J. 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 278 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Europe
Germany
Date:
2006
20th century
Topic:
Cultural property--Repatriation  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
Art thefts  Search this
Military government--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_805288
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The missing house : the museum / Christian Boltanski, Christine [sic] Büchner, Andreas Fischer ; Herausgeber, Berline Künstlerprogramm des DAAD

Author:
Boltanski, Christian 1944-  Search this
Fischer, Andreas 1962-  Search this
Buchner, Christiane  Search this
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Berliner Künstlerprogramm  Search this
Subject:
Boltanski, Christian 1944-  Search this
Physical description:
31 p. : ill. ; 17 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Germany
Berlin
Berlin (Germany)
Date:
1992
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
Grosse Hamburger Strasse 15/16 (Berlin, Germany)  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_806521
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Sensai tō ni yoru shōshitsu bunkazai : 20-seiki no bunkazai kakochō / Bunkachō hen

Title:
戦災等による燒失文化財 : 20世紀の文化財過去帳 / 文化庁編
Shōshitsu bunkazai
燒失文化財
List of registered important cultural properties which were removed from the official file because of the damages caused by fires and other causes
Author:
Japan Bunkachō  Search this
Physical description:
491, xvi p. : ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Art and the war
Place:
Japan
Date:
2003
To 1868
Topic:
Art, Japanese  Search this
Architecture--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
Art--Mutilation, defacement, etc  Search this
Call number:
N7353 .S445 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_865514
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Effects of air attack on Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto [by] the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Urban Areas Division. Dates of survey: Nov.- Dec. 1945

Author:
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Urban Areas Division  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 275 p. illus., maps (part fold.) 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Japan
Osaka (Japan)
Kōbe-shi (Japan)
Kyoto (Japan)
Date:
1947
Bombardment, 1945
Bombardment, 1941-1945
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
D767.25.O8 U582 1947
D767.25.O8U582 1947
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_336645
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A detailed study of the effects of area bombing on Solingen / Area Studies Division, United States Strategic Bombing Survey

Author:
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Area Studies Division  Search this
Physical description:
iii, 34, 5 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Germany
Solingen
Solingen (Germany)
Date:
1947
1945
1947]
Bombardment, 1941-1945
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
D757.9.S68 U58 1947
D757.9.S68U58 1947
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_338339
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The jackdaw of Linz; the story of Hitler's art thefts, by David Roxan and Ken Wanstall

Author:
Roxan, David  Search this
Wanstall, Ken  Search this
Subject:
Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 195 p. illus., map, ports. 22 cm
Type:
Art and the war
Place:
Europe
Date:
1964
[1964]
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
Art  Search this
Call number:
N9150 .R88
N9150.R88
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_34983
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Area Studies Division report ; Dates of survey: 19 Sept. 1945

Author:
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Area Studies Division  Search this
Physical description:
[69] p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Germany
Date:
1947
1945
1947]
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects  Search this
Call number:
D787 .U58 1947
D787.U58 1947
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_338851
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Ruhroel hydrogenation plant, Bottrop-Boy, Germany. Dates of survey: 15 April-30 May, 1945

Author:
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Oil Division  Search this
Subject:
Ruhroel GmbH  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. illus., diagrs. 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Germany
Bottrop
Date:
1947
[1947]
Topic:
Synthetic lubricants  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage  Search this
War damage, Industrial  Search this
Call number:
D785.U58 S995 1947
D785.U58S995 1947
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_338359

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