An analysis of data from various sources, both Russian and international, helps to evaluate the contribution of the Russian corps to the republican cause and to understand the ambiguities of its brief existence. Despite the founders’... more
An analysis of data from various sources, both Russian and international, helps to evaluate the contribution of the Russian corps to the republican cause and to understand the ambiguities of its brief existence. Despite the founders’ intentions, the unit failed to ‘set an example of proper organisation for the Boers’. Yet the Russian corps was not an embarrassment but a missed opportunity.
‘The Russian corps in the Anglo-Boer War: two months of misfortune’, Military History Journal (South African Military History Society), 2020, vol 19, no 1, pp 10–17 (ISSN 0026-4016).
"Русский отряд на англо-бурской войне: два злополучных месяца".
Questo volume offre una riflessione sulla lunga e complessa relazione tra il movimento libertario italiano e il fenomeno del volontariato in armi, andando oltre il ruolo universalmente noto degli anarchici durante la guerra civile... more
Questo volume offre una riflessione sulla lunga e complessa relazione tra il movimento libertario italiano e il fenomeno del volontariato in armi, andando oltre il ruolo universalmente noto degli anarchici durante la guerra civile spagnola o le resistenze europee, e collocando queste esperienze in una prospettiva di lunga durata che parte dalla seconda metà dell’Ottocento e passa dalle evoluzioni del garibaldinismo, dal passaggio della Prima guerra mondiale e dagli anni della lotta antifascista. Viene così offerta al lettore una innovativa chiave di interpretazione di un nodo storiografico ancora non del tutto risolto: quello del rapporto tra anarchismo e violenza.
Sovyetler Birliği’nin Afganistan’a yönelik müdahalesi, Soğuk Savaş döneminin bölgesel ve küresel politik etkileri açısından en önemli krizlerinden birisidir. On yıl süre ile devam eden çatışma yalnızca savaşın tarafları üzerinde değil... more
Sovyetler Birliği’nin Afganistan’a yönelik müdahalesi, Soğuk Savaş döneminin bölgesel ve küresel politik etkileri açısından en önemli krizlerinden birisidir. On yıl süre ile devam eden çatışma yalnızca savaşın tarafları üzerinde değil daha geniş anlamda ulusaşırı dayanışma ağının oluşmasına etki etmiş ve toplumsal bir hafızanın zeminini de hazırlamıştır. Bu durum, kendisini gerek yazılı basında gelişmelerin takibi ve edebi metinlerin üretimi gerekse de fiziki olarak bireylerin savaşa gönüllü olarak katılmaları şeklinde göstermiştir. Bu süre zarfında coğrafyaya seyahat eden ve savaşın bitimini takip eden süreçte bölgeyi kendi faaliyetleri için merkez edinen terör örgütlerinin ortaya çıkması bu dönemde gerçekleşen katılımların önemli ölçüde güvenlik perspektifinden incelenmesi sonucunu doğurmuştur. Mevcut literatürün Arapça konuşan ülkelerden Afganistan’a gerçekleşen seferberliğe odaklanmasına karşın Sovyetler Birliği’nin Afganistan’a müdahalesinin farklı ülkelerde nasıl yankı uyandırdığı üzerine yapılacak bir inceleme, olgunun bütüncül bir şekilde anlaşılmasına da imkân sağlayacaktır. Bu bilgiler ışığında, çalışmada Türkiye’de krizin meydana getirdiği etkilerden hareketle özellikle dönemin İslamcı dergi ve gazetelerinde oluşan ulusaşırı dayanışma olgusu ve bunun bir uzantısı olarak savaş gönüllülüğü analiz edilecektir. Gönüllülerin savaşa dair kaleme aldıkları eserlerin de incelenmeye dâhil edilmesi kurgulanan ideal ile karşılaşılan gerçeklik arasında ortaya çıkan karşıtlığa dikkat çekmesi açısından önemli bir husustur.
Dado el interés científico de la reseña de António Horta Fernandes (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) para los incipientes debates sobre los estudios de la guerra en España y Portugal hemos decidido compartir con vosotros y vosotras la reseña... more
Dado el interés científico de la reseña de António Horta Fernandes (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) para los incipientes debates sobre los estudios de la guerra en España y Portugal hemos decidido compartir con vosotros y vosotras la reseña de nuestra obra colectiva, "Europa desgarrada: guerra, ocupación y violencia 1900-1950".
School of History, University of Leeds, Michael Sadler Building, room 3.11 29 June 2017 9:30 – 16:00 Program: 9:30 – 12:00: Panel I • Nir Arielli and Enrico Acciai (University of Leeds) – Introduction • Richard Baxell (London School of... more
School of History, University of Leeds, Michael Sadler Building, room 3.11 29 June 2017 9:30 – 16:00
Program:
9:30 – 12:00: Panel I
• Nir Arielli and Enrico Acciai (University of Leeds) – Introduction • Richard Baxell (London School of Economics) – “Changing the fronts and the weapons; former British and Irish International Brigaders in the Second World War” • Fraser Raeburn (University of Edinburgh) – “An enemy within? The boundaries of International Brigade veterans' participation in the British war effort” • Jorge Marco (University of Bath) – “I want your ideas: US International Brigaders in the OSS during WWII”
Chair: Nir Arielli (University of Leeds)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break 13:00 – 14:00: Panel II
• Enrico Acciai (University of Leeds) – “Albanian antifascist fighters: from the Spanish Civil War to the European resistance movements” • Erica Grossi and Andrea Torre (Insmli - Aicvas) – “Oggi in Spagna, domani in Italia. Italian antifascists between the Spanish Civil War and the European Resistance. A digital database”
Chair: Carl-Henrik Bjerstrom (University of Leeds)
14:00 – 14:15 Coffee break
14:15 – 16:00: Panel III
• Morten Heiberg (University of Copenhagen) – “Nordic visions of the Spanish Civil War: Why Scandinavians sacrificed their lives for the sake of the Second Spanish Republic” • Samuel Kruzinga (University of Amsterdam) – “A trans-national army. Dutch International Brigaders from the Spanish Civil War to the Second World War, and beyond” • Jens Spath (Universitat des Saarlandes) – “The Spanish experience and resistance: German antifascists 1939-1945”
El libro es el resultado de una investigación de varios años centrada en los voluntarios argentinos que prestaron servicios en la Segunda Guerra Mundial en la Royal Navy, historia casi desconocida en nuestro país. Desde 1939, los... more
El libro es el resultado de una investigación de varios años centrada en los voluntarios argentinos que prestaron servicios en la Segunda Guerra Mundial en la Royal Navy, historia casi desconocida en nuestro país.
Desde 1939, los voluntarios partieron desde Argentina y estuvieron en todos los teatros de operaciones navales, tripulando todo tipo de buques, desde submarinos hasta portaaviones. Varios de los voluntarios también participaron en arriesgadas operaciones detrás de las líneas enemigas.
Durante los combates, muchos hicieron el máximo sacrificio y perdieron la vida.
The book is the result of a research focused on the Argentine volunteers who served in World War II in the Royal Navy, history almost unknown in our country.
Since 1939, volunteers set out from Argentina and were in all theaters of naval operations, manning all types of vessels, from submarines to aircraft carriers. Several volunteers also participated in risky operations behind enemy lines.
During the fighting, many have made the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives.
La historia detrás de un memorial en un cementerio de una pequeña ciudad de Argentina - The story behind a memorial in a cemetery in a small town of Argentina.
Desde el último asalto sobre Moscú hasta la batalla de Berlín, pasando por las operaciones antipartisanas en el corazón de Bielorrusia o el derrumbamiento final de la Wehrmacht en el verano de 1944, las unidades de voluntarios franceses... more
Desde el último asalto sobre Moscú hasta la batalla de Berlín, pasando por las operaciones antipartisanas en el corazón de Bielorrusia o el derrumbamiento final de la Wehrmacht en el verano de 1944, las unidades de voluntarios franceses integrados en la maquinaria de guerra alemana en el Frente del Este siempre entraron en combate en medio de situaciones extremas. Este hecho justificaría el estudio de una experiencia que pone de manifiesto la naturaleza tremendamente compleja y cruel de lo bélico en el que sin duda alguna fue el teatro decisivo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. No por nada, tratar de comprender la participación activa de un grupo minoritario de franceses en el esfuerzo de guerra alemán exige una intensa labor de contextualización que, paralelamente, haga afrontar algunas dimensiones fundamentales del periodo de entreguerras. En este sentido, esta obra pretende ofrecer una vuelta al combatiente como sujeto histórico de unos acontecimientos que cobraron forma a través de sus decisiones y sus actos sobre el campo de batalla. Al fin y al cabo, la profusión de experiencias de guerra de decenas de miles de voluntarios y conscriptos procedentes de todo el continente nos plantea toda una serie de problemas historiográficos fundamentales, de ahí que lo que ofrecemos aquí sea forzosamente un pequeño esbozo de lo que no es sino un vastísimo panorama.
Combatant perceptions of the landscape in which soldiers fight constitute a central element of their memory, especially in the frame of military invasions and occupations. This article addresses the war experience of the Spanish, French,... more
Combatant perceptions of the landscape in which soldiers fight constitute a central element of their memory, especially in the frame of military invasions and occupations. This article addresses the war experience of the Spanish, French, and Walloon volunteers who enlisted in the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS. Their views of the Eastern Front were heavily influenced by the close, dense forests that covered much of Eastern Europe. Fear of autochthonous nature was fed by a very specific image of Soviet civilians and soldiers, which ended up conditioning the modus operandi on the front lines and in the rearguard.
Historiography rarely concerns itself with investigating the capacity that war volunteering has to endure and persist across time; that is, not only the continuation of memories passed down from one generation of fighters to another, but... more
Historiography rarely concerns itself with investigating the capacity that war volunteering has to endure and persist across time; that is, not only the continuation of memories passed down from one generation of fighters to another, but also its ability to reactivate itself as soon as a new movement of volunteers begins. Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there were successive generations of volunteers who, as well as wearing the Garibaldian red shirt and aligning themselves with that tradition, were also political activists belonging to extreme left-wing organizations. In these cases, it was not only that Garibaldinism was considered to be an important part of the political horizon, but also – and this is what will be explored in this article – that there was a tradition of war volunteering that was passed down through generations and that was clearly linked to the Garibaldian red-shirt tradition. The article will follow Amilcare Cipriani’s biography. A young Garibaldi volunteer, he soon moved towards internationalism (he was one of the defenders of the Paris commune) and lived a good part of his life moving continuously between Europe and Northern Africa. At the end of the century, in 1897, he was amongst the principle actors in a Garibaldian campaign that would pave the way for the next steps in the red-shirt volunteering tradition.
