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    Jules Verne's "Ultimate Collection: Science Fiction Classics, Action & Adventure Novels, Historical Works (Illustrated)" is an anthology that encapsulates the author's seminal contributions to the realms of science fiction and adventure literature. This compilation showcases Verne's characteristic blend of scientific rigor and imaginative storytelling, underscoring his visionary approach to the ... Read more

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  • The League Of Nations And The Second World War

    All states of the League of Nations, established in June 1919, were required to submit complaints to arbitration or judicial inquiry before entering into war. At the last session of the League of Nations Assembly in 1946, one of the speeches noted: "We know that the World War began in Manchuria 15 years ago... Manchuria, Abyssinia, and Munich have killed another great illusion, the belief that ... Read more

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  • CHRISTMAS TALES OF FLANDERS - 23 Illustrated Children's Christmas Stories

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  • The First World Empire

    Portugal, War and Military Revolution

    Series series Warfare and History
    This book offers a comprehensive overview of the early modern military history of Portugal and its possessions in Africa, the Americas, and Asia from the perspective of the military revolution historiographical debate. The existence of a military revolution in the early modern period has been much debated in international historiography, and this volume fills a significant gap in its relation to ... Read more

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  • Suez Campaign, 1973

    Operation Badr was the code name for the Egyptian military operation to cross the Suez Canal and take the Israeli fortifications of the Bar Lev Line on October 6, 1973. Sadat was politically pressured to push the offensive towards the great passes of the Sinai, but it remained adamant, maintaining the original aim of waging limited war. However, appeals from the Syrians, whose situation was ... Read more

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  • Galicia Campaign, 1914

    In March 1916, general Alexey Alexeyevich Brusilov was appointed to the command of the Southwest Front, replacing general Ivanov. As an illustration of originality in military thinking and large-scale improvisation, Brusilov s offensive deserves to be studied. Its importance has been obscured by the events that followed it in Russia and the general collapse of Russian society, taking with it many ... Read more

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  • The Axis And The Second World War

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    The Senate of Rome planned no war against Parthia, arguing that the Parthians were protected by peace treaties validated by Rome and thus any betrayal of Roman attack would be set up. But relentless or insatiable, Crassus crossed the Euphrates River and offered battle to a Parthian army in the Carrhae region. Cassius, one of the aides, suggested that the infantry enter the battle line, dividing ... Read more

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  • Jutland, 1916

    Jutland was the largest naval battle in World War I and the third historic action between battleships (steel-armored battleships) following the battles of the Yellow Sea (1904) and Tsushima in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War. It was also the last major battle in which two squadrons exchanged direct fire between their line ships. In the analysis we will study whether it would have been possible ... Read more

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  • East Prussia Campaign, 1914

    In the outbreak of war, the Russian commander-in-chief, grand duke Nicolay, sought to accelerate the invasion of East Prussia in order to ease German pressure on the French allies. At the beginning of the campaign the Germans were outnumbered by each of the Russian armies. If Rennenkampf and Samsonov could be coordinated by Jilinski, they would surely be in a position to crush the Eighth Army, ... Read more

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