WORLD HISTORY 101

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BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Falaise 1944 Death of an Army

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9781112223348

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BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Tarawa 1943 The Turning of the Tide

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9781112223378

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BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; Iraq 1941 The Anglo-Iraqi War

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9781112223354

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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…

Pertunjukan di Awan dan cerita-cerita lain

Buku ini berisi 17 cerpen dari 17 penulis: Pertunjukan di Awan – Daniel Alarcón Picasso – César Aira Malam-Malam Penghabisan di Bumi – Roberto Bolaño Pagar dari Kata-Kata – Patricio Pron Bukti Kepolosan – Andrés Neuman Henri Simon Leprince – Roberto Bolaño Sebuah Tulisan tentang Iman – Juan Villoro Faulkner – Edmundo Paz Soldán Enrique Martin – Roberto Bolaño …

Atlas Indonesia, Dunia, dan Budayanya

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9789793697406

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The Guns of August

The Pulitzer Prize-winning classic about the outbreak of World War I Historian & Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to WWI. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, she reveals just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't. A classic h…