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In far-flung locations around the globe, an unparalleled sequence of international events took place between December 1 and December 12, 1941. In this riveting book, historian Evan Mawdsley explores how the story unfolded....

Robert Forczyk covers the development of armored warfare in North Africa from the earliest Anglo-Italian engagements in 1940 to the British victory over the German Afrikakorps in Operation Crusader in 1941. The war in the North African desert was pure mechanized warfare, and in many respects the most technologically advanced theatre of World War II. It was also the only theatre where for three years British and Commonwealth, and later United States, troops were in constant contact with Axis forces.

George Bush was a throwback to a different era. A patrician figure not known for his eloquence, Bush readily dismissed ideology as "the vision thing." Yet, as Timothy Naftali argues, there was no person of his generation better prepared for the challenges facing the United States as the Cold War...

notélé a recueilli les témoignages de citoyens de Wallonie picarde qui ont connu la Seconde guerre mondiale. Tous ces témoignages sont à retrouver en vidéos sur notélé.be.

All'inizio del '600 metà dell'Italia era dominata dagli spagnoli. Gli unici Stati indipendenti erano quello Pontificio, la Repubblica di Venezia e il Ducato di Savoia. Le condizioni sociali, economiche e politiche della penisola ebbero un tracollo che si protrasse fino all'Unità nazionale del 1861. L'audiolibro fa una panoramica di questa situazione con escursioni anche nella vita quotidiana del popolo, nelle corti dei principi, nelle arti e nelle scienze.

American news broadcaster Edward R. Murrow became famous for these eyewitness radio reports during World War II. His reporting greatly influenced broadcast journalism in the following decades.