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A gripping story of endurance and the will to survive while facing the menace of a vile regime.The Soviet Union is approaching its endgame, when a couple make the bold decision to seek a better and safer life in the west. Doubts arise and are argued away until the groundwork is complete and seemingly foolproof. A minor and unforeseen flaw along the way throws panic and uncertainty into the planned journey, but there is no going back. Unexpected and truly surprising encounters make the attempted flight to freedom a fascinating and nail-biting drama.

This publication is a complete collection of the papers presented at the workshop, "Pan-European Co-operation towards Strong Inland Waterway Transport: On the Move" held in Paris on 22 and 23 September 2005.

2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Global Shipbuilding Industry Handbook. Volume 4.Russia and Eastern Europe

The invasion of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany in March 1939 helped to precipitate Europe's descent into World War II sis months later. The move, supposedly to protect the Sudeten Germans, shocked many in Europe, who saw it as a clear statement of intent by Hitler. Here, Patrick Crowhurst argues that occupation of the Sudetenland and the Czech lands was also crucial to the Nazi war machine. The armaments, factories and raw materials that Hitler seized accelerated Germany's capabilities; Czech tanks would prove crucial in the Ardennes and, as the Wehrmacht fought at Stalingrad, Armaments Minister Albert Speer was corralling Czech industrial machinery to produce engines, aircraft and equipment in support. In addition, new Slovakian and Czech primary material are used to give a new in-depth account of the German reaction to the assassination of Reinhardt Heydrich on the streets of Prague in June 1942. The recriminations were brutal, and dovetailed with Hitler's plans for the genocide of Czech Jewry. This is a new side of the History of Nazi Europe, and argues for the centrality of the Czech occupation in the overall narrative of World War II.