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The Katyn Forest Massacre: The History of the Notorious Slaughter of Polish Prisoners by the Soviets During World War II , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 110min

During the late 1930s the Soviet Union under Josef Stalin and the Third Reich under Adolf Hitler reached a secret alliance, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. By the terms of this agreement, the two dictators divided up Eastern Europe between them, and for a time Stalin even sought Axis membership. Though the alliance forged between the fascist and communist states could not survive their diametrically opposed views, they cooperated long enough to conquer Poland together in 1939. Of course, as most people now know, the invasion of Poland was merely the preface to the Nazi blitzkrieg of most of Western Europe, which would include Denmark, Belgium, and France by the summer of 1940. The resistance put up by these countries is often portrayed as weak, and the narrative is that the British stood alone in 1940 against the Nazi onslaught, defending the British Isles during the Battle of Britain and preventing a potential German invasion. In particular, the campaign in Poland is remembered as one in which an antiquated Polish army was quickly pummeled by the world's most modern army. Polish lancers charging in a valiant yet idiotic attack against German tanks is the only image from the 1939 Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland remaining in the popular imagination today. Originating as a piece of Nazi propaganda, paradoxically adopted by the Poles as a patriotic myth, the fictional charge obscures the actual events of September 1939. Outnumbered, outgunned, and under-equipped, the Polish army nevertheless inflicted heavy losses on the invading Wehrmacht. In fact, only the unexpected advance of Soviet forces from the east put a quick end to the struggle and saw the Polish republic partitioned again after just 20 years of independence. Nonetheless, the campaign that started World War II was a bloody sign of things to come as the conflict engulfed the globe. While the Germans performed the lion's share of military action in defeating Poland – and reaped the choic ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/076288/bk_acx0_076288_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Rise and Fall: The Life and Legacy of Jefferson Davis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 136min

Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) holds a unique place in American history, as the man best remembered for being the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. While other famous Confederates like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are still celebrated across the reunited country, Davis continues to be the object of scorn, derided over his attempt to flee after the Civil War and criticized as ineffective by historians. Among the Confederates still lauded among some Southerners, Davis is well down the list. Given his Civil War legacy, which often obscures his antebellum and postwar life, it's easy to forget why Davis was made president in the first place. As a career civil servant in the United States government during much of his adult life, both as a Senator and Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis was a natural choice to be elected President of the seceding Southern states in early 1861. History has accorded Abraham Lincoln a spot in the pantheon of American politics for the manner in which he steered the Union to victory and into the Reconstruction period after the war. In turn, Davis has been heavily criticized. Davis constantly clashed with Confederate generals like Joseph Johnston, the South's diplomacy failed to obtain foreign intervention, and he was unable to keep the Southern states together cohesively as the Confederate economy began to collapse. Whether the Civil War would have ended any differently with someone else in charge of the Confederacy will never be known, but Davis had a tumultuous presidency. Making matters worse, when Davis was captured by Union troops in May 1865, rumors spread that he was trying to escape in women's clothing. Davis was accused of treason and held prisoner for a few years before he was released, living out the rest of his years in the South. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Alda. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/039543/bk_acx0_039543_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Mémoire sur les perceptions obscures

Mémoire sur les perceptions obscures: ab 5.99 €

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Smoke & Mirrors

Smoke & Mirrors - How Hype Obscures the Future and How to See Past It: ab 3.99 €

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Tchad eloge des lumiEres obscures - du

Tchad eloge des lumiEres obscures - du: ab 16.49 €

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Zu: Patrick Madionao: Rue des Boutiques obscures

Zu: Patrick Madionao: Rue des Boutiques obscures - Findet der Protagonist seine Identiät?: ab 12.99 €

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« W ou le souvenir d'enfance » von Georges Perec und « Rue des boutiques obscures » von Patrick Modiano. Ein Literaturvergleich

« W ou le souvenir d'enfance » von Georges Perec und « Rue des boutiques obscures » von Patrick Modiano. Ein Literaturvergleich - 1. Auflage: ab 12.99 €

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