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iMinds instructs listeners on the history of Armistice Day, observed globally on November 11th, though in the United States it is called Veteran's Day while nations in the Commonwealth celebrate Remembrance Day. Armistice Day commemorates the ceasefire of November 11, 1918, which marked the victory of the Allied Forces over the Central Powers that ended the Great War. Elouise Rothwell details the events that led to the armistice agreement, and her respectful tone projects a great dignity that fits this holiday that celebrates the end of the world's first large-scale conflict.
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Learn about Armistice Day with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series. Armistice Day is a day put aside to commemorate the ceasefire which effectively ended the "Great War", as World War One was previously known. It happened at 11 am on 11 November 1918. The Allied Forces - made up of the United Kingdom, the Russian empire, France, Belgium, Canada, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Japan, Portugal, and the US - were the victorious against the Central Powers. The Central Powers - made up of the German empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria - appealed for an armistice as their resources and manpower were being run down by the onslaught of the Allied Forces.
The word "armistice" signifies only a temporary ceasefire. However, the armistice that took place on 11 November 1918 ended the fighting of World War One for good, with the necessary negotiations for peace taking place soon afterwards.
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History for busy people. Listen to a concise history of World War One in just one hour. World War One brought with it the world’s first experience of Total War, involving all of the world’s great powers, polarized between the Triple Entente, led by Britain, France and Russia, and the Central Powers, dominated by Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary. Around nine million men lost their lives in a conflict that introduced the horrors of trench warfare, machine guns, and toxic gas attacks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Concise review
- De Sean en 09-06-12
De: Rupert Colley
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What If? Part 1
- Reshaping the 20th Century
- De: Stephen E. Ambrose, John Keegan, more
- Narrado por: John Cunningham, Janet Zarish
- Duración: 4 h y 45 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 162
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What if Hitler had won the war, if Japan had another sneak attack, or if the cold war turned hot? What If? provides a fascinating new perspective on history's most pivotal events. Featuring today's foremost historians speculating on what could have happened, we discover where we might be if history had not unfolded the way it did.
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2 out of 5 stars
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For history buffs
- De Charles Elmore en 05-11-04
De: Stephen E. Ambrose, y otros
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Nazi Germany: History in an Hour
- De: Rupert Colley
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 1 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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History for busy people. Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party. Hitler was intent on the supremacy of the Aryan race and persecution of the Jews, which affected every citizen living in Germany at the time. Learn just how and why the Nazi’s rose to power in just one hour.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Nazi for beginners
- De Jon W Burris en 08-07-12
De: Rupert Colley
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1917
- Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder
- De: Arthur Herman
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 16 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 296
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In this incisive, fast-paced history, New York Times best-selling author Arthur Herman brilliantly reveals how Lenin and Wilson rewrote the rules of modern geopolitics. Through the end of World War I, countries marched into war only to increase or protect their national interests. After World War I, countries began going to war over ideas. Together, Lenin and Wilson unleashed the disruptive ideologies that would sweep the world, from nationalism and globalism to Communism and terrorism, and that continue to shape our world today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another book you wish was part of every university world history curriculum
- De BeZot en 11-26-18
De: Arthur Herman
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Israel
- A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
- De: Daniel Gordis
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 16 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,287
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Israel is a tiny state, and yet it has captured the world's attention, aroused its imagination, and, lately, been the object of its opprobrium. Why does such a small country speak to so many global concerns? More pressingly: Why does Israel make the decisions it does? And what lies in its future? We cannot answer these questions until we understand Israel's people and the questions and conflicts, the hopes and desires, that have animated their conversations and actions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, mildly but honestly biased, terrible narration
- De Schaq en 04-01-17
De: Daniel Gordis
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No Simple Victory
- World War II in Europe, 1939-1945
- De: Norman Davies
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 20 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 525
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 296
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If history really belongs to the victor, what happens when there's more than one side declaring victory? That's the conundrum Norman Davies unravels in his groundbreaking book No Simple Victory. Far from being a revisionist history, No Simple Victory instead offers a clear-eyed reappraisal, untangling and setting right the disparate claims made by America, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union in order to get at the startling truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best Account of WWII in Europe
- De Nikoli Gogol en 12-27-07
De: Norman Davies
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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
- De: Herbert P. Bix
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 29 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 114
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In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose 63-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. Never before has the full life of this controversial figure been revealed with such clarity and vividness. Bix describes what it was like to be trained from birth for a lone position at the apex of the nation's political hierarchy and as a revered symbol of divine status.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not what I bargained for
- De Alexander Crowell en 08-21-20
De: Herbert P. Bix
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The Partition of Ireland and the Troubles: The History of Northern Ireland from the Irish Civil War to the Good Friday Agreement
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 1 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
The Partition of Ireland and the Troubles: The History of Northern Ireland from the Irish Civil War to the Good Friday Agreement analyzes the tumultuous events that marked the creation of Northern Ireland, and the conflicts fueled by the partition. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Northern Ireland like never before.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Partition and the Troubles, slightly biased
- De J. Dalton en 05-19-19
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Vietnam War: A Captivating Guide to the Second Indochina War
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 2 h y 5 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
The Vietnam War represented a watershed not only in American and Vietnamese history but also internationally. It wasn’t just a battle between two nations, but between two ideologies, two military strategies, and a fight for the hearts and minds of two vastly different national populations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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quick and accurate
- De BDG-ALPHA en 07-31-20
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Ben-Gurion
- A Political Life
- De: Shimon Peres, David Landau
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 7 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Shimon Peres was in his early 20s when he first met David Ben-Gurion. Although the state that Ben-Gurion would lead through war and peace had not yet declared its precarious independence, the "Old Man", as he was called even then, was already a mythic figure. Peres, who came of age in the cabinets of Ben-Gurion, is uniquely placed to evoke this figure of stirring contradictions - a prophetic visionary and a canny pragmatist who early grasped the necessity of compromise for national survival.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Perfomance, Less than Stellar Story
- De Alexander en 01-02-12
De: Shimon Peres, y otros
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History of Germany
- A Captivating Guide to German History, Starting from 1871 through the First World War, Weimar Republic, and World War II to the Present
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Jason Zenobia
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Germany is one of the richest and most influential countries in the world, which is amazing when you consider that the nation is only about the size of the US states of Oregon and Washington combined. It’s even more astounding when you consider that at the end of World War II, every major German city (and many minor ones) had been flattened by the Allied bombing campaign. Still more amazing is that the country has gone from international pariah and home of the Holocaust to one of the most well-regarded and humanitarian nations on Earth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Concise
- De J Stewart en 04-09-24
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George Washington: History in an Hour
- De: David B. McCoy
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 1 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.George Washington – a figure synonymous with American history. His image is known worldwide, marked on American currency, postage stamps – even a state is named after him. George Washington in an Hour explores the man beneath the symbol. This is the essential chronicle of Washington’s life – his rise from middle class Virginian upbringing to America’s first President, elected unanimously twice.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great information packed into one hour
- De Jerry en 04-08-22
De: David B. McCoy
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Hitler
- A Biography
- De: Ian Kershaw
- Narrado por: Alan Robertson
- Duración: 46 h y 15 m
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Hailed as the most compelling biography of the German dictator yet written, Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the heart of its subject's immense darkness. From his illegitimate birth in a small Austrian village to his fiery death in a bunker under the Reich chancellery in Berlin, Adolf Hitler left a murky trail, strewn with contradictory tales and overgrown with self-created myths. One truth prevails: the sheer scale of the evils that he unleashed on the world has made him a demonic figure without equal in the 20th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Excellent Read
- De Rodney en 09-19-13
De: Ian Kershaw
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The Korean War
- A History
- De: Bruce Cumings
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 8 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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In sobering detail, The Korean War chronicles a US home front agitated by Joseph McCarthy, where absolutist conformity discouraged open inquiry and citizen dissent. Cumings incisively ties our current foreign policy back to Korea: an America with hundreds of permanent military bases abroad, a large standing army, and a permanent national security state at home, the ultimate result of a judicious and limited policy of containment evolving into an ongoing and seemingly endless global crusade.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A real eye-opener
- De Bookworm en 10-09-19
De: Bruce Cumings
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A Savage War of Peace
- Algeria 1954-1962
- De: Alistair Horne
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 29 h y 56 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 286
The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused the fall of six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict, and as many European settlers were driven into exile. From the perspective of half a century, it looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent history of France's Viet Nam
- De David en 04-10-16
De: Alistair Horne
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Forgotten Ally
- China's World War II, 1937 - 1945
- De: Rana Mitter
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 15 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 352
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For decades, a major piece of World War II history has gone virtually unwritten. The war began in China two full years before Hitler invaded Poland, and China eventually became the fourth great ally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain. Yet its drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue remains little known in the West.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bland
- De Rodney en 01-23-14
De: Rana Mitter
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Winston Churchill
- De: John Keegan
- Narrado por: Richard Matthews
- Duración: 5 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 127
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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The eminent historian John Keegan charts Churchill's career, following his steadfast leadership during the catastrophic events of World War II while England was dangerously poised on the brink of collapse. With wonderful eloquence, Keegan illuminates Churchill's incredible strength during this crucial moment in history and his unshakable belief that democracy would always prevail.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good intro/summary
- De Sabrina en 01-07-06
De: John Keegan
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Darkest Hour
- How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink
- De: Anthony McCarten
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 6 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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May 1940. Britain is at war, Winston Churchill has unexpectedly been promoted to prime minister, and the horrors of Blitzkrieg witness one Western European democracy fall after another in rapid succession. Facing this horror, with pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready, Churchill wonders what words could capture the public mood when the invasion of Britain seems mere hours away. It is this fascinating period that Anthony McCarten captures in this deeply researched and wonderfully written new book, The Darkest Hour.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping
- De Jean en 12-06-17
De: Anthony McCarten
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Armistice Day
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- Kayla Nun
- 09-19-21
Short little gems
Wow I had no idea where the well known holiday came from. I just enjoy having the day off but know I have some knowledge to share with my colleagues.
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- Debbie
- 11-07-21
Veterans Day/Remembrance Day/November 11
Great iMinds short on the history of Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, which commemorates the ceasefire between the Allies and Germany at the end of the Great War (World War I). Some say that the actual shelling continued up until the evening hours that day. And the actual formal peace agreement was not signed until the Treaty of Versailles the next year. The first official Armistice Day was celebrated in Buckingham Palace November 11, 2019. Excellent introduction to what Armistice Day actually stands for and the changes made throughout history.
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