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In December 1944, as German forces launched their surprise counterattack in the Ardennes, U.S. Army Private Jim Tanzer was carrying a rifle. He didn’t expect to fire it. Jim is an enlisted entertainer in the Army’s Morale Corps (MOS 442)—one of the little-known performers sent to sustain the morale of combat infantry at the front, where the USO could not go. Assigned to a Jeep show unit led by fellow enlisted entertainer Mickey Rooney, Jim performs for weary soldiers just a mile or two from the fighting. It’s risky duty—but still safer than combat. Until it isn’t.

As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, Congress's Cryptographer brings to life the most important Revolutionary War figure you have never heard of — James Lovell, America's first de facto Secretary of Foreign Affairs, master cryptographer, and the man whose code-breaking helped seal victory at Yorktown.

Ike’s public image is frequently overshadowed by more attention-grabbing colleagues. Cases in point: General Patton, his World War II subordinate; and JFK, his successor as President of the United States of America. But we reveal that there is far more to Ike than the myth of his being an uncharismatic conservative in everything he did. We examine his rise from humble origins in Kansas. His loving family relationships - including a pacifist mother - that led to his concern for the well-being of those he was responsible for.

Pacific Media ha reunido a un grupo de expertos historiadores, investigadores y analistas del King's College, una de las instituciones educativas más prestigiosas de Europa continental, para crear este libro y la serie documental History's Verdict. Desde un punto de vista actualizado, y repleto de nuevos descubrimientos históricos, sus guiones ofrecen veredictos justos y sabios sobre las figuras más poderosas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial: Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, Hirohito, Himmler, Montgomery, Patton, De Gaulle, MacArthur, Rommel, Eisenhower.

Sigue siendo el general aliado más famoso de la Segunda Guerra Mundial gracias a la inolvidable actuación de George C. Scott en la película ganadora del Oscar. Pero este audio libro revela que había mucho más en Patton que su llamada lujuria por la gloria.

He remains the most famous Allied general of the Second World War thanks to George C Scott’s unforgettable performance in the Oscar winning movie. But our remarkable documentary reveals there was vastly more to Patton than his so-called lust for glory. We provide a concise and comprehensive overview of the great battlefield commander the Wehrmacht’s generals most feared. The son of a rich, distinguished family, the young Patton loved the classics and history, was an Olympic athlete and “master of the sword”.

Atravesamos la niebla cambiante de la moda que nubla su reputación para dar el veredicto de la historia sobre Dwight Eisenhower.