Resultados para "La Lista" en Militar

The following is the audio track for "Here Is Germany," a 1945 American propaganda documentary directed by Frank Capra, produced by the Office of War Information, and written by historian William L. Shirer, film directors Gottfried Reinhardt and Ernst Lubitsch, Georg Ziomer and screenwriter Anthony Veiller.

T. E. Lawrence’s memoir of his involvement in leading a portion of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire during the first World War. The Ottomans had joined the side of Germany and the Central Powers in the war, and Britain hoped that a successful revolt would take them out of the war effort. Britain had also promised the Arabs that England would recognize a single Arab state. With the support of Emir Faisal and his tribesmen, T. E. Lawrence helped organize and carry out attacks on the Ottoman forces from Aqaba in the south to Damascus in the north.

The crimes of Hitler and the Nazis are well known—from orchestrating the Holocaust to launching the most destructive war in history, their evil deeds shaped the course of the 20th century. Yet some chose to profit off the misery they caused, making themselves extraordinarily wealthy and setting up business dynasties that lasted long after the Nazis themselves were gone.

Esta nueva edición del diario del Che Guevara del último año de su vida describe los esfuerzos que hace el Che para lanzar una rebelión guerrillera en contra del gobierno militar de Bolivia. Fue encontrado en su mochila cuando el ejercito boliviano lo capturo en octubre de 1967. Nuevamente revisado, ahora incluye "Una introducción necesaria" de Fidel Castro, revelando las mentiras de una edición anterior, preventiva preparada por la C.I.A. para descreditar al Che y la expedición boliviana, así como también la Revolución Cubana en si.

These are the combat experiences of the first Marine to command a special operations task force, recounted against a backdrop of his journey from raw Second Lieutenant to seasoned Colonel and Task Force Commander; from leading Marines through the streets of Mogadishu, Baghdad, Fallujah and Mosul to directing multi-national special operations forces in a dauntingly complex fight against a formidable foe.

Rather than celebrating warfare, 50 Battles That Changed the World looks at clashes the author believes have had the most profound impact on world history. Listed in order of their relevance to the modern world, they range from the ancient past to the present day and span the globe many times over.

In the early 1930s in Berlin, Germany, a group of leading Eastern European Jewish intellectuals embarked upon a project to transform the lives of millions of Yiddish-speaking Jews around the world. Their goal was to publish a popular and comprehensive Yiddish-language encyclopedia of general knowledge that would serve as a bridge to the modern world and as a guide to help its readers navigate their way within it.

First published in 1907, The Defense of Duffer's Drift is a classic essay on small unit tactics based on author Ernest Dunlop Swinton's experiences in the Boer War in South Africa.

The Allied invasion of Europe during summer 1944 was widely expected, and it fell to the Axis intelligence services to provide High Command with advance warning of the precise date and place of the landings. Using cryptanalysis of Allied signals, undercover agents and ships, and photographic evidence, Axis intelligence was pitted directly against their Allied counterparts, who actively tried to create a decoy and aim their enemies at the wrong location.

Der Erste Weltkrieg wurde von 1914 bis 1918 in Europa, dem Nahen Osten, in Afrika, Ostasien und auf den Weltmeeren geführt und forderte rund 17 Millionen Menschenleben. Annähernd 70 Millionen Menschen standen unter Waffen, etwa 40 Staaten waren am Krieg direkt oder indirekt beteiligt. Nach der Ermordung des österreichischen Thronfolgers Franz Ferdinand am 28. Juni 1914 richtete richtete Österreich-Ungarn in der sogenannten Julikrise am 23. Juli ein Ultimatum an Serbien, was schließlich den Weltkrieg auslöste. 

With the development of the B-29 “Superfortress” in summer 1944, strategic bombing, a central component of the Allied war effort against Germany, arrived in the Pacific theater. In 1945 Japan experienced the three most deadly bombing attacks of the war. The firebombing of Tokyo in March burned the city’s most densely populated sector, killed some 85,000 residents, and left more than one million homeless. The attack was part of a months-long campaign of incendiary bombing that destroyed almost two-thirds of Japan’s cities.

The Tragedy of American Science explores how the US economy’s addiction to military spending distorts and deforms science by making it overwhelmingly subservient to military interests. The primary motive driving American science and technology has become the search for new and more efficient ways to kill people. This transforms science from the classic ideal of a creative force for the advancement of humankind into its destructive and antihuman opposite.

From the author of Plain Speaking and Lyndon comes an intimate and unconventional portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower, America’s most beloved warrior. Bringing together thousands of hours of interviews with the men and women who were closest to him, Merle Miller has constructed a revealing and personal biography of the man who would become the supreme commander. Miller has crafted the defining biography on the life of the 34th president, bringing more depth to the man many thought they knew.

The Civil War, the most dramatic moment in this nation's history, also produced some of our greatest literature. From tragic charges to prison escapes to the desolation wrought on those who stayed behind, Blood is an extraordinary collection of reminiscences, fiction, and excerpts from diaries and letters by an array of soldiers, writers, and observers.

L'exploit d'Oskar Schindler est connu, celui de Felix Kersten l'est beaucoup moins. Pourtant, un mémorandum du Congrès juif mondial établissait dès 1947 que cet homme avait sauvé en Allemagne « 100 000 personnes de diverses nationalités, dont environ 60 000 juifs ». Pour reconstituer cette dernière au travers des archives, des mémoires, des journaux, des notes et des dépositions des principaux protagonistes, il fallait un historien spécialiste de la Seconde Guerre mondiale qui soit également polyglotte.

The following is the audio track for the 1945 propaganda film released by the US Army Air Forces to highlight the victories of the Allied air forces over Europe prior to the Normandy invasion and narrated by future-president Ronald Reagan.

2000. C'est le nombre de juifs, artistes et intellectuels, que Varian Fry a sauvés de la barbarie nazie en leur permettant de rejoindre les États-Unis. 13. C'est le nombre de mois, entre août 1940 et septembre 1941, qu'il lui a fallu pour réaliser sa mission depuis Marseille. Pourquoi un brillant journaliste new-yorkais de 32 ans laisse-t-il derrière lui femme et pays pour organiser cette opération de sauvetage ? Comment s'y est-il pris ?

The following is the audio track for the 1946 propaganda film released by the US War Department discussing how the atomic bomb destroyed the people and cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II, including eyewitness testimony from a priest living just outside the blast zone.

The following is the audio track for the 1944 propaganda film released by the US War Relocation Authority explaining the internment of more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans in relocation camps during World War II.

Willy Blum war sechzehn Jahre alt, als er in Auschwitz-Birkenau ermordet wurde. Von ihm blieb nur ein Name auf einer Liste, neben dem durchgestrichenen Namen Jerzy Zweigs, der durch Bruno Apitz' Roman "Nackt unter Wölfen" weltberühmt wurde. Über Willy Blum und seine Familie wusste man bislang nichts. Annette Leo hat sich auf die Suche gemacht und erzählt die Geschichte der Familie Blum und zugleich auch die Geschichte des Verschweigens einer Opfergruppe in der Nachkriegszeit: die der Sinti und Roma.