BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Patton's Race for the Seine

In July 1944, Operation Cobra broke the stalemate in Normandy and sent the Allies racing across France. The Allied commanders ignored Paris in their planning for this campaign, considering that the risk of intense street fighting and heavy casualties outweighed the city's strategic importance. However, Charles de Gaulle persuaded the Allied commanders to take direct action to liberate his natio…

BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Libya 1940 The Allies' First Victory

The first battle of the desert war, Operation Compass was originally envisaged as a spoiling attack, combined with a reconnaissance in force to disrupt the Italian forces that had advanced into Egypt in September 1940, Lt Gen, Richard O’Connor launched what amounted to a British ‘Blitzkrieg’. In Less than two months the British forces swept 500 miles along the coast of North Africa. 7th A…

BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Caen 1944 Montgomery's Break-out Attempt

One of the key objectives of British forces on D-Day was the capture of the strategically vital city of Caen. General Montgomery saw Caen as the key to Normandy and the springboard for the Allied breakout, but so did the Germans and the city did not fall. It took three major offensives and more than 30 bloody days of struggle to finally take Caen. In the process the city was controversially dev…

The History Book

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9781782098423

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909 ADA t

Kecantikan perempuan timur

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ISBN/ISSN

9786020367804

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TIL k

Pop-Up Shakespeare

Interactive spreads with dramatic pop-ups and lift-the-flaps bring to life each of Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, Romances and Tragedies. Packed with hilarious jokes and funny facts, this is the Bard’s complete works as they’ve never been seen before.

Babad Dipanegara

Buku Babad Dipanegara ini ditulis sendiri oleh Pangeran Dipanegara atau Kanjeng Sultan Abdul Hamid saat diasingkan di Manado, Sulawesi Utara. Naskah aslinya berbentuk tembaga, puisinya menggunakan bahasa Jawa. Penulisan naskah ini tidak hanya semata-mata untuk menghibur diri selama di pengasingan, namun demikian secara cerdik, sesungguhnya merupakan rangkuman pengetahuan serta kepekaanya akan k…

Merebut ruang kota : aksi rakyat miskin kota Surabaya 1900-1960an

Penulisan sejarah di Indonesia selama ini lebih menitikberatkan pada kelompok-kelompok kelas bawah pedesaan dengan fokus utama pada pemberontakan petani. Rakyat miskin kota dengan ini seakan-akan terlupakan, padahal sejak awal abad ke-20, kota-kota di Indonesia telah beranjak menjadi kekuatan tersendiri yang turut andil dalam menggerakan sejarah Indonesia.

National Geographic Indonesia: Cheng Ho Laksamana Agung dari Cina

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Juli 2005

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128 pages; ill.

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500 NAT c

Sticky History of the World

Learn about the history of the world, stickering this inventive new format as you learn! Sticky History of the World includes a large-format, eight-page sticker booklet and an intricately illustrated, eight-panel fold-out card carousel. Each of the panels of the carousel is based upon an era of the history of the world, from the Big Bang and the age of the dinosaurs, via the Romans and th…