Animals of the British Isles, Beevor Lucy

Автор: Beevor Antony
Название: Ardennes 1944
ISBN: 0241975158 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241975152
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: From the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day, Antony Beevor's Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble tells the story of the German's ill-fated final stand. On 16 December, 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes. He believed he could split the Allies by driving all the way to Antwerp, then force the Canadians and the British out of the war.

Although his generals were doubtful of success, younger officers and NCOs were desperate to believe that their homes and families could be saved from the vengeful Red Army approaching from the east. Many were exultant at the prospect of striking back. The Ardennes offensive, with more than a million men involved, became the greatest battle of the war in western Europe.

American troops, taken by surprise, found themselves fighting two panzer armies. Belgian civilians fled, justifiably afraid of German revenge. Panic spread even to Paris.

While many American soldiers fled or surrendered, others held on heroically, creating breakwaters which slowed the German advance. The harsh winter conditions and the savagery of the battle became comparable to the eastern front. And after massacres by the Waffen-SS, even American generals approved when their men shot down surrendering Germans.

The Ardennes was the battle which finally broke the back of the Wehrmacht.

Автор: Beevor Antony
Название: Arnhem
ISBN: 0670918679 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780670918676
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: The Sunday Times #1 BestsellerThe great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad'Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War . . .

his fans will love it' - Robert Fox, Evening Standard'The eye for telling detail which we have come to expect from Antony Beevor. . .

this time, though, he turns his brilliance as a military historian to a subject not just of defeat, but dunderhead stupidity' Daily Mail On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aeroplane engines. He went out on to his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders carrying the British 1st Airborne and the American 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions. He gazed up in envy at this massive demonstration of paratroop power.

Operation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, was a bold concept: the Americans thought it unusually bold for Field Marshal Montgomery. But could it ever have worked? The cost of failure was horrendous, above all for the Dutch, who risked everything to help. German reprisals were pitiless and cruel, and lasted until the end of the war.

The British fascination with heroic failure has clouded the story of Arnhem in myths. Antony Beevor, using often overlooked sources from Dutch, British, American, Polish and German archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which General Student himself called 'The Last German Victory'. Yet this book, written in Beevor's inimitable and gripping narrative style, is about much more than a single, dramatic battle.

It looks into the very heart of war. 'In Beevor's hands, Arnhem becomes a study of national character' - Ben Macintyre, The Times'Superb book, tirelessly researched and beautifully written' - Saul David, Daily Telegraph'Complete mastery of both the story and the sources' - Keith Lowe, Literary Review'Another masterwork from the most feted military historian of our time' - Jay Elwes, Prospect Magazine'The analysis he has produced of the disaster is forensic' - Giles Milton, Sunday Times'He is a master of his craft . .

. we have here a definitive account' - Piers Paul Read, The Tablet

Автор: Beevor Lucy
Название: Invention of the television the
ISBN: 1474752977 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474752978
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Цена: 9490.00 T
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Описание: Provides an introduction to the history and development of the television and explains how a television works. Includes information on some of the inventors who were influential in the invention of the television.

Автор: Beevor Lucy
Название: Invention of the telephone the
ISBN: 1474752969 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474752961
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Описание: Provides an introduction to the history and development of the telephone and explains how a telephone works. Includes information on Alexander Graham Bell and some of the other inventors who were influential in the invention of the telephone.

Автор: Beevor Lucy
Название: Invention of the Computer
ISBN: 1474752950 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474752954
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Цена: 11070.00 T
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Описание: Presents renowned cartoonist Zapiro`s account of the Zuma years in 400 brilliant cartoons and the stories behind them. This is much more than a collection of cartoons, it`s also a definitive personal record from a man uniquely positioned to reflect the serious craziness and the crazy seriousness of this bewildering time in South Africa`s history.

Автор: Beevor Lucy
Название: Invention of the Aeroplane
ISBN: 1474752942 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474752947
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Описание: Provides an introduction to the history and development of the aeroplane and explains how an aeroplane works. Includes information on Orville and Wilbur Wright and other inventors who helped influence the invention of the aeroplane.

Автор: Beevor Antony
Название: Battle for spain
ISBN: 0753821656 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780753821657
Издательство: Orion
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Описание: The bestselling author of STALINGRAD and BERLIN: THE DOWNFALL on the Spanish Civil War, drawing on masses of newly discovered material from the Spanish, Russian and German archives.