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The First World War
- A Complete History
- Written by: Martin Gilbert
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 33 hrs and 34 mins
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It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would officially end nearly five years later. Unofficially, however, it has never ended...
Written by: Martin Gilbert
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The Guns of August
- Written by: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I....
Written by: Barbara W. Tuchman
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World War One
- A Short History
- Written by: Norman Stone
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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World War One began on horseback, with generals employing bayonet charges to gain ground, and ended with attacks resembling the Nazi blitzkriegs....
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Too succinct!
- By Srijoy Kanjilal on 03-02-23
Written by: Norman Stone
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A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- Written by: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 27 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken....
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Great one-volume primer on the war. Read slowly.
- By A K. on 03-05-23
Written by: G. J. Meyer
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World War One: History in an Hour
- Written by: Rupert Colley
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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History for busy people. Listen to a concise history of World War One in just one hour....
Written by: Rupert Colley
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace
- Written by: John Maynard Keynes
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) was one of the most important documents to come out of World War I - specifically the period of the Armistice and the subsequent settlement negotiations. And, a century on, it remains of particular relevance to our times....
Written by: John Maynard Keynes
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The First World War
- A Complete History
- Written by: Martin Gilbert
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 33 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would officially end nearly five years later. Unofficially, however, it has never ended...
Written by: Martin Gilbert
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The Guns of August
- Written by: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I....
Written by: Barbara W. Tuchman
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World War One
- A Short History
- Written by: Norman Stone
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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World War One began on horseback, with generals employing bayonet charges to gain ground, and ended with attacks resembling the Nazi blitzkriegs....
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Too succinct!
- By Srijoy Kanjilal on 03-02-23
Written by: Norman Stone
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A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- Written by: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 27 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken....
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Great one-volume primer on the war. Read slowly.
- By A K. on 03-05-23
Written by: G. J. Meyer
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World War One: History in an Hour
- Written by: Rupert Colley
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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History for busy people. Listen to a concise history of World War One in just one hour....
Written by: Rupert Colley
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace
- Written by: John Maynard Keynes
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) was one of the most important documents to come out of World War I - specifically the period of the Armistice and the subsequent settlement negotiations. And, a century on, it remains of particular relevance to our times....
Written by: John Maynard Keynes
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The First World War Adventures of Nariman Karkaria
- A Memoir
- Written by: Murali Ranganathan, Nariman Karkaria
- Narrated by: Ranjit Madgavkar
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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Nariman Karkaria, a young Parsi from Gujarat, had always wanted to see the world. So he left home as a teenager with fifty rupees in his pocket to do just that. After working in Hong Kong and Peking for a few years, in 1914, when war was in the air, he decided to volunteer for the British Army.
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Brilliant
- By Amazon Customer on 25-08-22
Written by: Murali Ranganathan,
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How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
- The Syrian Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance
- Written by: Elizabeth F. Thompson
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
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The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when representative democracy became a political option for Arabs - and how the West denied the opportunity....
Written by: Elizabeth F. Thompson
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The World Crisis, Vol. 1
- 1911-1914
- Written by: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
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This, the first in Sir Winston Churchill's five-volume history examining the events and context leading up to the outbreak of World War I from a true insider's point of view, is unsurpassed as both a historical and personal account of the earth-shaking events leading up to The Great War....
Written by: Winston Churchill
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July 1914: Countdown to War
- Written by: Sean McMeekin
- Narrated by: Steve Coulter
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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July 1914 tells the gripping story of Europe’s countdown to war from the bloody opening act on June 28th to Britain’s final plunge on August 4th....
Written by: Sean McMeekin
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Blood and Power
- The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism
- Written by: John Foot
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
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A dark tale of violence, ideals and a country at war, in Blood and Power, historian John Foot draws on decades of research to chart the turbulent years between 1915 and 1945, and beyond....
Written by: John Foot
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Minds at War
- How Great Artists and Their Work Were Shaped by the First World War
- Written by: Fintan O'Toole, Ruth Padel, Heather Jones,
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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The complete BBC Radio 3 series explores how great creative minds responded to the First World War in individual works of art and scholarship....
Written by: Fintan O'Toole,
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Germany, 1923
- Hyperinflation, Hitler's Pusch and Democracy in Crisis
- Written by: Volker Ullrich, Jefferson Chase - translator
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
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From a New York Times bestselling historian comes a gripping account of the crisis that threatened to unravel the Weimar Republic....
Written by: Volker Ullrich,
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The Arms of Krupp
- 1587-1968
- Written by: William Manchester
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 48 hrs and 14 mins
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In this narrative of extraordinary richness, depth, and authority, America's preeminent biographer/historian explored the German national character as no other writer has done....
Written by: William Manchester
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Tolkien and the Great War
- The Threshold of Middle-earth
- Written by: John Garth
- Narrated by: John Garth
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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A new biography exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Lord of The Rings....
Written by: John Garth
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Lawrence of Arabia on War
- The Campaign in the Desert 1916-18
- Written by: Robert Johnson
- Narrated by: Robert Johnson
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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While Lawrence of Arabia himself has been the subject of many biographies and an award-winning film, the context of his war in the desert, and his ideas on war itself, are less well-known....
Written by: Robert Johnson
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Der erste Weltkrieg
- Wikipedia Geschichte
- Written by: div.
- Narrated by: Jan Bischof
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Der Erste Weltkrieg wurde von 1914 bis 1918 in Europa, dem Nahen Osten, in Afrika, Ostasien und auf den Weltmeeren geführt und forderte rund 17...
Written by: div.
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Red October
- Written by: Douglas Boyd
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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The October Revolution happened in November 1917. Later Soviet propaganda 'proved' it was 'the will of the people'....
Written by: Douglas Boyd
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The Righteous and People of Conscience of the Armenian Genocide
- Written by: Gérard Dédéyan, Ago Demirdjian, Nabil Saleh
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
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This book tells the stories of the Muslims, Christians, Jews and others who made a courageous stand against the mass slaughter of Ottoman Armenians in 1915, the first modern genocide. Foreigners and Ottomans alike ran considerable risks to bear witness and rescue victims....
Written by: Gérard Dédéyan,
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The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
- Written by: T. E. Lawrence
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 27 hrs and 42 mins
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The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is T. E. Lawrence’s memoir of his involvement in leading a portion of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire during the first World War....
Written by: T. E. Lawrence
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Women in Intelligence
- The Hidden History of Two World Wars
- Written by: Helen Fry
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, Women in Intelligence reveals their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century....
Written by: Helen Fry
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The Best Gallipoli Yarns and Forgotten Stories
- Written by: Jim Haynes
- Narrated by: Jim Haynes
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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A unique collection of poignant, horrific, sad and sometimes dryly humorous stories and yarns from the bloody battlefield of Gallipoli....
Written by: Jim Haynes
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And We Go On
- A Memoir of the Great War
- Written by: Will R. Bird
- Narrated by: Nick Allan
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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And We Go On is a nuanced response to the trauma of war, suffused with an interest in the spiritual and the paranormal not found in other war literature. Long out of print, it is a true lost classic that arguably influenced numerous works in the Canadian literary canon....
Written by: Will R. Bird
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Rites of Spring
- The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
- Written by: Modris Eksteins
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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Rites of Spring probes the origins, impact, and aftermath of World War I from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet "The Rite of Spring" in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945....
Written by: Modris Eksteins
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The Escape Artists
- A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War
- Written by: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Neal Bascomb, a New York Times best-selling author, delivers the spellbinding story of the downed Allied airmen who masterminded the remarkably courageous - and ingenious - breakout from Germany's most devilish POW camp....
Written by: Neal Bascomb
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Winston Churchill - Der späte Held
- Written by: Thomas Kielinger
- Narrated by: Gert Heidenreich
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill - ein Jahrhundertpolitiker. Und eine "Marke", die der Meister der Selbstinszenierung gekonnt in Szene setzte...
Written by: Thomas Kielinger
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Charisma
- An Exploration of that Elusive Quality
- Written by: Francine Stock
- Narrated by: Francine Stock
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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Moving from St Paul’s coining of the word in the first century of the Christian Era right up to the present day, charisma continues to be a powerful influence, not always for the good....
Written by: Francine Stock
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Vera Brittain and the First World War
- The Story of Testament of Youth
- Written by: Mark Bostridge
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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In the midst of her studies at Oxford, when war broke out across Europe, Vera Brittain left university in 1915 to become a VAD (voluntary aid detachment) nurse....
Written by: Mark Bostridge
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My Fellow Soldiers
- General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
- Written by: Andrew Carroll
- Narrated by: Andrew Carroll
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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Andrew Carroll's intimate portrait of General Pershing, who led all of the American troops in Europe during World War I, is a revelation....
Written by: Andrew Carroll
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Die Schlafwandler
- Wie Europa in den Ersten Weltkrieg zog
- Written by: Christopher Clark, Norbert Juraschitz - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Frank Arnold
- Length: 29 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Lange Zeit galt es als ausgemacht, dass das deutsche Kaiserreich wegen seiner Großmachtträume die Hauptverantwortung am Ausbruch des...
Written by: Christopher Clark,
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Atrocity on the Atlantic
- Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War
- Written by: Nate Hendley
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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On the evening of June 27, 1918, the Llandovery Castle—an unarmed, clearly marked hospital ship used by the Canadian military—was torpedoed off the Irish Coast by U-Boat 86, a German submarine. Sinking hospital ships violated international law. To conceal his actions, the U-86 commander had the submarine deck guns fire on survivors. One lifeboat escaped with witnesses to the atrocity. Global outrage over the attack ensued.
Written by: Nate Hendley
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Sagittarius Rising
- Written by: Cecil Lewis
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Sent to France with the Royal Flying Corps at just 17, and later a member of the famous 56 Squadron, Cecil Lewis was an illustrious and passionate fighter pilot of the First World War, described by Bernard Shaw in 1935 as 'a thinker, a master of words, and a bit of a poet'. In this vivid and spirited account the author evocatively sets his love of the skies and flying against his bitter experience of the horrors of war. We then follow his progress from France and the battlefields of the Somme to his pioneering defence of London against deadly nighttime raids.
Written by: Cecil Lewis
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The Eastern Front
- A History of the First World War
- Written by: Nick Lloyd
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In the second volume of his landmark First World War trilogy, Professor Nick Lloyd tells the story for the first time of what Winston Churchill once called the 'unknown war': the vast conflict in Eastern Europe and the Balkans that brought about the collapse of three empires. Lloyd reconstructs the full story of a war that began in the Balkans as a local struggle between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, and which sucked in Russia, Germany and Italy, right through to the final collapse of the Habsburg Empire in 1918.
Written by: Nick Lloyd
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The World War I Book
- Big Ideas Simply Explained
- Written by: DK
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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With authoritative, exciting text, The World War I Book explores the historical background to the war, its causes, all of key events across the major theatres of conflict, and its aftermath. Using the original approach of the series, entries profile more than 90 of the key events during and surrounding the conflict - from tensions between Europe's major powers to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the German invasion of Belgium, the endless slaughter in the trenches, the American entry into the war, the Russian Revolution, the Armistice, and the creation of the League of Nations.
Written by: DK
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Lettere dalla grande guerra
- Messaggi, diari e memorie dall’Italia e dal mondo
- Written by: Lorenzo Renzi
- Narrated by: Gaetano Lizzio
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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"Moglie mia, ti dico che sto bene e sono vivo, e vedo morire e morire ogni giorno." Tra il 1914 e il 1918 un’unica trincea divide e unisce l’Europa e il mondo: per la prima volta nella storia moderna, infatti, dalla Francia al Medio Oriente uomini di ogni estrazione culturale e sociale si trovano a condividere – gli uni contro gli altri, gli uni come gli altri – le medesime misere condizioni di vita sui campi di battaglia, le medesime paure, la medesima vicinanza con la violenza e la morte.
Written by: Lorenzo Renzi
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Nine Desperate Days
- America's Rainbow Division in the Aisne-Marne Offensive
- Written by: Robert Thompson
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Nine Desperate Days: America's Rainbow Division in the Aisne-Marne Offensive, historian Robert Thompson chronicles the hardships and tenacity of the men from the 42nd Division during this pivotal campaign. The Americans did not break despite heavy losses, and were able to drive the Germans back from territory they initially gained. The efforts of the Rainbow Division during Aisne-Marne were key to the ultimate Allied victory and are a symbol of American valor and sacrifice during the "war to end all wars."
Written by: Robert Thompson
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Atrocity on the Atlantic
- Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War
- Written by: Nate Hendley
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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On the evening of June 27, 1918, the Llandovery Castle—an unarmed, clearly marked hospital ship used by the Canadian military—was torpedoed off the Irish Coast by U-Boat 86, a German submarine. Sinking hospital ships violated international law. To conceal his actions, the U-86 commander had the submarine deck guns fire on survivors. One lifeboat escaped with witnesses to the atrocity. Global outrage over the attack ensued.
Written by: Nate Hendley
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Sagittarius Rising
- Written by: Cecil Lewis
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Sent to France with the Royal Flying Corps at just 17, and later a member of the famous 56 Squadron, Cecil Lewis was an illustrious and passionate fighter pilot of the First World War, described by Bernard Shaw in 1935 as 'a thinker, a master of words, and a bit of a poet'. In this vivid and spirited account the author evocatively sets his love of the skies and flying against his bitter experience of the horrors of war. We then follow his progress from France and the battlefields of the Somme to his pioneering defence of London against deadly nighttime raids.
Written by: Cecil Lewis
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The Eastern Front
- A History of the First World War
- Written by: Nick Lloyd
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In the second volume of his landmark First World War trilogy, Professor Nick Lloyd tells the story for the first time of what Winston Churchill once called the 'unknown war': the vast conflict in Eastern Europe and the Balkans that brought about the collapse of three empires. Lloyd reconstructs the full story of a war that began in the Balkans as a local struggle between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, and which sucked in Russia, Germany and Italy, right through to the final collapse of the Habsburg Empire in 1918.
Written by: Nick Lloyd
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The World War I Book
- Big Ideas Simply Explained
- Written by: DK
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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With authoritative, exciting text, The World War I Book explores the historical background to the war, its causes, all of key events across the major theatres of conflict, and its aftermath. Using the original approach of the series, entries profile more than 90 of the key events during and surrounding the conflict - from tensions between Europe's major powers to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the German invasion of Belgium, the endless slaughter in the trenches, the American entry into the war, the Russian Revolution, the Armistice, and the creation of the League of Nations.
Written by: DK
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Lettere dalla grande guerra
- Messaggi, diari e memorie dall’Italia e dal mondo
- Written by: Lorenzo Renzi
- Narrated by: Gaetano Lizzio
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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"Moglie mia, ti dico che sto bene e sono vivo, e vedo morire e morire ogni giorno." Tra il 1914 e il 1918 un’unica trincea divide e unisce l’Europa e il mondo: per la prima volta nella storia moderna, infatti, dalla Francia al Medio Oriente uomini di ogni estrazione culturale e sociale si trovano a condividere – gli uni contro gli altri, gli uni come gli altri – le medesime misere condizioni di vita sui campi di battaglia, le medesime paure, la medesima vicinanza con la violenza e la morte.
Written by: Lorenzo Renzi
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Nine Desperate Days
- America's Rainbow Division in the Aisne-Marne Offensive
- Written by: Robert Thompson
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Nine Desperate Days: America's Rainbow Division in the Aisne-Marne Offensive, historian Robert Thompson chronicles the hardships and tenacity of the men from the 42nd Division during this pivotal campaign. The Americans did not break despite heavy losses, and were able to drive the Germans back from territory they initially gained. The efforts of the Rainbow Division during Aisne-Marne were key to the ultimate Allied victory and are a symbol of American valor and sacrifice during the "war to end all wars."
Written by: Robert Thompson