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Título: Todo lo que debe saber sobre la 1 Guerra Mundial [Everything you need to know about the 1st World War]

Autor: Jesús Hernández

Narrador: Eduardo Wasveiler

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 9 hrs and 22 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 01-23-18

Editor: Audible Studios

Categorías: History, 20th Century

Resumen del editor:

En Junio de 1914 el asesinato del archiduque Francisco Fernando de Austria provocó la primera "guerra total" de la historia: un conflicto que cambiará el destino del mundo.

Normalmente no se presta a la Primera Guerra Mundial la debida atención, las estanterías, rebosantes de libros sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial, no tienen mucho sitio para su predecesora. Esta fantástica obra de Jesús Hernández viene a arrojar luz sobre este conflicto fundamental para entender gran parte de los enfrentamientos políticos del S.XX, como la propia Segunda Guerra Mundial, y algunos de los que aún siguen abiertos en pleno S.XXI, por ejemplo, los combates entre israelíes y palestinos. En Todo lo que debe saber sobre la Primera Guerra Mundial conoceremos no sólo los datos más importantes de la contienda, también misterios que aún no han sido resueltos, leyendas y mitos, curiosidades históricas, y una descripción de la dureza de la vida en las trincheras.

Pone Jesús Hernández sus abundantes conocimientos a disposición de un estilo narrativo impecable, ágil y exacto, y consigue recrear las escenas más sobresalientes del resurgimiento milagroso del ejército francés que salvó París en 1914, o la espontánea tregua navideña del frente oriental, o el fracaso de las batallas de Chemin des Dammes y de Passchendeale donde unos oficiales engreídos enviaron a una muerte segura a miles de soldados. Además de aclararnos misterios como la desaparición del regimiento de Norfolk en Turquía y explicarnos el origen de leyendas como la de que un ejército de arqueros fantasmas ayudaron a los aliados.

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Title: History in 30: The Life of General George S. Patton

Author: Percy Bennington

Narrator: Scott Clem

Format: Unabridged

Length: 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-02-18

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

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Rommel, Guderian, Liddell-Hart, and J. F. C. Fuller were all early exponents and practitioners of armored warfare, tactics that were to break the stalemate that had characterized World War I. Advocates of the tank and, above all, speed, it was their ideas which decimated Saddam Hussein's forces in the 1990 Gulf War. But among the proponents and practitioners of armored warfare, the brash, bold, arrogant, and eccentric George S. Patton remains the world's greatest armored commander by the one yardstick that really counts: the battlefield. In 1944-1945, Patton's Third Army raced across northern Europe, covering more ground and destroying more enemy resources than any other equivalent force in history.

Patton is one of America's most celebrated, but his story has its origins in the form of a shy, dyslexic boy who could cry uncontrollably and who viewed his own emotional intelligence as unmanly. Patton was a fascinating, complicated and controversial man whose life story ranges between genius, folly, and tragedy, with absolute determination the one constant theme.

He was also a man constantly on the move, whether it was as an Olympic athlete or as one of the first American soldiers to work with tanks in World War I, but his life's work truly went toward revolutionizing warfare on and off the battlefield. Between the two World Wars, he wrote at length about mechanized warfare and tactics, and during the Second World War, he worked his way up colorfully, controversially, and capably, all of which made him more conspicuous during the war. Patton's shocking death just a few months after the war ended ensured that the general died at the height of his fame and would always be remembered for his legendary attitude and exploits.

Few other Americans did as much for the freedom of millions as Patton did during the last century. Without Patton, the armored divisions of the American Army would have been behind the Germans in both World Wars, but this brilliant man became a foremost expert in tank warfare and became the greatest American cavalry commander of the 20th century.

History in 30: The Life of General George S. Patton provides a quick but comprehensive look at the life of the general.

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Title: We Were Soldiers Too

Subtitle: The Second Korean War; The DMZ Conflict

Author: Bob Kern

Narrator: Wayne F Perkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: Bob Kern

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Snipers in the guard towers would fire at them. North Korean patrols would shoot at them from across the MDL. The North Koreans would even cross the MDL to assault a patrol. They then hightailed it back across to avoid return fire. The rules of engagement allowed Dennis to return fire inside the DMZ. He had to cease fire once they crossed back over the MDL. There were provisions that did allow engaging combatants across the border. All that was needed was permission from higher up. By the time it took to get permission, it was too late. The North Koreans knew the firing rules that patrols had to follow. They would use them against our forces every opportunity they could.

Therein lies the dilemma in North Korea. US and ROK soldiers had to follow strict rules against an enemy that ignored the rules. A patrol comes under fire and takes casualties. Several dead and several wounded friends. The cowardly North Koreans that did this simply put their tail between their legs and ran back across the border. It was over. No retaliation. No pursuit. The Armistice Agreement says neither side could cross the MDL. They did it anyway. All the time. With no consequences. Sure, the UNC would call a MAC meeting. Both sides would travel to the JSA and gather at the peace table. Complaints would be made and the North Koreans would deny it. Four to five times a month these meetings were called. North Korea would be accused and they would deny it. It was like a never-ending movie from hell. The storyline changed every day but the ending was always the same. This is exactly why the North Koreans continue to do what they want 60-plus years later. They're never held accountable.

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Title: Fall of Singapore: The Undefeatable British Fortress Conquered

Author: Sally Ma, Mark Witzke, Mei Mei Chun-Moy

Narrator: Alexander Doddy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-03-17

Publisher: Pacific Atrocities Education

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The fall of Singapore is the greatest defeat of the British empire in the Pacific.

On February 15, 1942, the British surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army and handed over Singapore and surrounding Malaya countries. The conflict began on December 8, 1941, when Japanese forces bombed Singapore and continued to make their way through the treacherous Malayan jungle. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill stated during the attack, the worst disaster and the largest capitulation in British history. Singaporeans were immediately ordered to come in for questioning after the Imperial Japanese Army took over. During the interview, their homes were looted and destroyed by the Kempeitai, the secret Japanese police.

During the occupation, there were many tragedies. An example is the Sook Ching Massacre. Sook Ching Massacre, literally meaning purge through cleansing, began on February 21, 1942. The mass murder of Singapore residents ages 18 to 50, was targeted at eradicating anti-Japanese sentiments. Victims of the massacre were either Chinese, suspected of being pro-Chinese, anti-Japanese, or Communist. Men and women were questioned and if found guilty, they were taken to one of Singapores beaches and murdered. The death toll shows less than 5,000 according to the official Japanese record, while Singaporean officials claim the number of victims was at least 50,000.

"Fall of Singapore makes a laudable effort to shine a spotlight on the gruesome details of the Japanese military conquest of British Singapore in 1942 and the ensuing atrocities against the local Chinese population. It makes captivating use of survivor memoirs that bear witness to unspeakable suffering." (Dr. Franziska Seraphim, Associate Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies, Boston College)

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Title: The Tanks of World War I

Subtitle: The History and Legacy of Tank Warfare during the Great War

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Colin Fluxman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-25-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

World War I, also known in its time as the "Great War" or the "War to End all Wars", was an unprecedented holocaust in terms of its sheer scale. Fought by men who hailed from all corners of the globe, it saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of attrition which dragged on for months with little to no respite. Tens of millions of artillery shells and untold hundreds of millions of rifle and machine gun bullets were fired in a conflict that demonstrated man's capacity to kill each other on a heretofore unprecedented scale, and as always, such a war brought about technological innovation at a rate that made the boom of the Industrial Revolution seem stagnant.

One of the most important breakthroughs in military technology associated with World War I, and certainly the one that continues to capture the public imagination, was the introduction of a war machine that came to dominate the face of land battles throughout most of the 20th century: the tank. As a concept, it was not revolutionary; in fact, it harkened back to classical antiquity and to the Middle Ages, such as the covered battering rams and testudos which had made frequent appearances on ancient battlefields.

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Title: The North African Campaign of World War II: The History and Legacy of the Decisive Allied Victory in North Africa

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Colin Fluxman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Includes contemporary accounts of the fighting Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading

"It may almost be said, 'Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.'" - Winston Churchill

The fighting in North Africa during World War II is commonly overlooked, aside from the famous battle at El Alamein that pitted the British under General Bernard Montgomery against the legendary "Desert Fox", Erwin Rommel. But while the Second Battle of El Alamein would be the pivotal action in North Africa, the conflict in North Africa began all the way back in the summer of 1940 when Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared Italy's entrance into the war. From his perspective, the fact that the British and French had their hands full with the Germans created an opportunity for Italy to enlarge its colonial holdings in Africa by seizing portions of the British Empire. However, British troops in the colony of Egypt responded to Italy's declaration of war by driving through the Egyptian-Ethiopian border and attacking Italian troops stationed in the Italian colony of Ethiopia. By September 13, 1940, Italian commanders in Ethiopia were finally ready to put Mussolini's plan into action and attack British colonial holdings, but British troops had already attacked a series of Italian frontier posts and had inflicted 3,500 casualties among Italy's North African troops.

Although British maneuvering in North Africa began successfully against the Italians, the British forces suffered a series of defeats over the next two years, due to several problems the British army faced as a result of inadequate preparation and weaponry. For example, when the war began, junior officers were unprepared for the kind of cooperation between units that was necessary in the battles of North Africa.

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Title: Dispatches from the Pacific

Subtitle: The World War II Reporting of Robert L. Sherrod

Author: Ray E. Boomhower

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

In the fall of 1943, armed with only his notebooks and pencils, Time and Life correspondent Robert L. Sherrod leapt from the safety of a landing craft and waded through neck-deep water and a hail of bullets to reach the shores of the Tarawa atoll with the US Marine Corps.

Living shoulder to shoulder with the marines, Sherrod chronicled combat and the marines' day-to-day struggles as they leapfrogged across the Central Pacific, battling the Japanese on Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. While the marines courageously and doggedly confronted an enemy that at times seemed invincible, those left behind on the American home front desperately scanned Sherrod's columns for news of their loved ones.

After Sherrod's death in 1994, the Washington Post heralded his reporting as "some of the most vivid accounts of men at war ever produced by an American journalist." Now, for the first time, Ray E. Boomhower tells Sherrod's story in this intimate account of the Pacific front war efforts.

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Title: Eddie Rickenbacker

Subtitle: The Life and Legacy of America's Top World War I Fighter Ace

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Jim D Johnston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

"Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared." - Eddie Rickenbacker.

The men and women who won World War II for the Allies have been called "the greatest generation," and rightfully so, for they saved the Western world from destruction and domination by totalitarian dictators. As Winston Churchill so eloquently put it, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." However, even within this glorious group, there was another, perhaps even more superlative generation made up of men and women who fought not only in World War II, but also World War I, which at the time was the deadliest and most destructive war in history.

A few of these fighters were young enough to fight in both wars, and Eddie Rickenbacker was one of them, one of the "best of the best." Though he served only in a civilian capacity during World War II, he remains today a romantic hero of a bygone era, a man who flew airplanes that were little more than hang gliders with engines and guns, and survived to help design jets. His service won him the Medal of Honor, along with more awards for valor than any other person fighting in World War I.

But participating in the wars was not nearly enough time in the air for the ambitious Rickenbacker. When he was not setting new records in the air, he was setting new speed records on the ground, most notably as a first generation race car driver who not only drove cars, but designed them. He also served for decades as the president of one of the world's first major commercial passenger aviation companies, Eastern Airlines, seeing it through the ups and downs of the financial and technological boom and bust in America between the wars.

Eddie Rickenbacker: The Life and Legacy of America's Top World War I Fighter Ace, chronicles the remarkable life of one of America's greatest war heroes. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Rickenbacker like never before.

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Title: Vietnam

Subtitle: A War Lost and Won

Author: Nigel Cawthorne

Narrator: Nick Landrum

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-17

Publisher: Arcturus Digital Limited

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Vietnam was the first war America lost on the ground. In this illustrated account, historian Nigel Cawthorne traces the conflict from its inception to its traumatic end. He looks at the political events that led to the war and examines its impact upon both the Americans and the Vietnamese, whose battle for the independence of their country was to leave lingering scars upon the American psyche. Vietnam: A War Lost and Won, is an even-handed assessment of a conflict whose wounds would take a generation to heal.

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Title: In Enemy Hands

Subtitle: A Prisoner in North Korea

Author: Larry Zellers

Narrator: J Austin Moran II

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-26-17

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

A newly married Methodist minister, Larry Zellers, was serving as a missionary and teacher in a small South Korean town near the 38th parallel when he was captured by the North Koreans on June 25, 1950. Until his release in 1953, Zellers endured brutal conditions and inhumane treatment. Through his story, Zellers shows that, despite the opinion that POWs live only for themselves, many in the camps worked to help others and conducted themselves with honor.

"This harrowing but inspiring account is especially absorbing." Publishers Weekly

"A chilling account of the suffering he and a group of fellow civilians endured during three years as prisoners of Communist North Korea." Retired Officer Magazine

"Provides a fascinating view into the minds of both captors and prisoners." Bowling Green Daily News

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