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6 Battle for the Gulf, 4 of 6, The 19th Province
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 4 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 51 mins
The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds....
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The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds. The Geneva conference. The air war, the retaliatory Scud missile attacks on Israel and the ground offensive to the moment of Iraq’s s...
The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds. The Geneva conference. The air war, the retaliatory Scud missile attacks on Israel and the ground offensive to the moment of Iraq’s surrender.
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Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 1944-2012, Ebraheem M. H. Behbahani, fl. 1990, Abdullah Al-Khandari, fl. 1990, Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, 1926-, Salem Al-Dayed, fl. 1990, Mahmoud Al-Doussari, fl. 1990, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Barbara Bodine, 1948-, Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah, fl. 1990, Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, No...
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 1944-2012, Ebraheem M. H. Behbahani, fl. 1990, Abdullah Al-Khandari, fl. 1990, Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, 1926-, Salem Al-Dayed, fl. 1990, Mahmoud Al-Doussari, fl. 1990, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Barbara Bodine, 1948-, Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah, fl. 1990, Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 1929-
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Iraq (1970s - Present), International sanctions, Diplomatic missions, Air raids, Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, British, Americans, Iraqis, Kuwaitis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6, A Different Kind of War
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb h...
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The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb hit the headquarters controlling Baghdad’s air defences. Other pilots destroyed government ministries and a key communications tower....
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb hit the headquarters controlling Baghdad’s air defences. Other pilots destroyed government ministries and a key communications tower. With Baghdad’s air defence headquarters destroyed and its radar system in chaos, hundreds of Iraq’s fighters couldn’t operate. Only a few struggled into the air. With hundreds of allied aircraft flying, AWACS planes packed with computer equipment helped control the battle. On the first night the coalition armada systematically attacked Iraq’s war machine. The factories that made chemical and biological weapons, the Scud missile plants – in all over 200 different targets were hit. It was a new benchmark in the history of warfare, the first time the world had seen precision bombing on a vast scale. And defying all expectations, only one allied pilot, an American, had been killed. With air superiority established over the Iraqis, the coalition air planners were now confident enough to launch conventional aircraft on massive daylight raids. When Saddam met with his ministers after the first night’s bombing, he had already ordered action he believed would shatter the coalition of Western and Arab countries attacking Iraq. Scud missile launchers hidden in the desert fired at Israel. The Scuds were fired indiscriminately at Israel’s largest city. Saddam calculated the Israelis would retaliate and join the conflict. The Arabs in the coalition would then refuse to fight alongside Israel. The coalition would collapse and so would the war. Soon more Scuds were on the way. Israel’s nuclear forces now went on full alert. Sixty Israeli jets took to the skies. Early warning radar appeared to show Iraqi bombers headed for Israel. In the Pentagon, the defence secretary picked up the hotline to Tel Aviv. Israeli retaliation seemed inevitable. The Israeli Army reported nerve gas in the debris of one of the missiles. Israelis prepared for the worst. Ultimately, none of the eight Scuds that landed proved to have chemical warheads. After some discussion, Baghdad had decided the Israelis might retaliate against a chemical attack with nuclear weapons. The man who would decide what happened next was Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. He and George Bush disliked each other and when Bush telephoned him, Shamir angrily told the president that if America couldn’t stop the Scuds, the Israeli Air Force would. The Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Arens, told us that Bush said to Shamir, pleaded with Shamir, tried to cajole Shamir that Israel not take any military action, that this would be injurious to the allied cause, that in the final analysis, that this would also be injurious to Israel’s cause. Shamir told us what he said to Bush – “It’s very difficult, Mr. President. It’s very difficult. I don’t know what the day of tomorrow will bring, but at this moment, we will act accordingly, accordingly with your concepts.” On February 21st, forty-eight hours before the ground attack was due, Iraq’s foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, arrived in Moscow. Saddam’s admission that he was willing to withdraw from Kuwait had led to some frantic Soviet diplomacy to save their old ally from defeat. Aziz went straight to the Kremlin. The Soviet president was waiting. Aziz told Gorbachev Saddam wouldn’t accept the U.N. resolutions that called for Iraq to recognize Kuwait’s independence and pay it compensation. But, he said, Iraq would withdraw from Kuwait. Gorbachev thought this was good enough. He called the White House. The president summoned his key advisors to discuss the Soviet offer. If Iraq withdrew, it would mean no bloody ground war, but Saddam would walk away unpunished, his war machine undefeated. At dawn the president called Gorbachev to tell him the deal was unacceptable. Bush’s carefully crafted international coalition was fragmenting. The French president, Francois Mitterrand, called to demand more time for diplomacy. As hundreds of oil wells blazed across Kuwait, the president issued a final ultimatum. Saddam ignored the warning. To obey, he believed, would have humiliated him in the eyes of the Arab world. Within a month of the air war, the ground war by the Allies began to force Iraqi troops out of Kuwait. It was a very short and comprehensive victory.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, Anatoly S. Chernyaev, 1921-2017, James Taylor, fl. 1991, Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, 0049-, Adi Al-Mutairi, fl. 1991, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Hadhim Ahmad al-Tai, 1942-, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Mudar Badran, 1934-, Charles A. Horner, 1936-, Neged Al-Bora'i, fl. 1991, Mustafa Hamarneh, 1953-, Mustafa Khalil, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Mahm...
Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, Anatoly S. Chernyaev, 1921-2017, James Taylor, fl. 1991, Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, 0049-, Adi Al-Mutairi, fl. 1991, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Hadhim Ahmad al-Tai, 1942-, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Mudar Badran, 1934-, Charles A. Horner, 1936-, Neged Al-Bora'i, fl. 1991, Mustafa Hamarneh, 1953-, Mustafa Khalil, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Mahmoud Hadary, fl. 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, Bernard Shaw, 1940-, Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006
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Iraq (1970s - Present), Escalation (Conflict), Military alliances, Air raids, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Russians, Arabs, Israelis, Iraqis, Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Activities in Northern Burma, August 6, 1956
in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Subject Files 1949-1958 - Border Incursions, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (06 August 1956), Box 1, 320.0024 Border Incursion 1956 , 2 page(s)
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in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Subject Files 1949-1958 - Border Incursions, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (06 August 1956), Box 1, 320.0024 Border Incursion 1956 , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
06 August 1956, 1956
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Burma and Thailand Border, Military encampments, Military maneuvers, Military units, Political boundaries, Politics & Policy, French, Chinese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Balkan Files, 1947-1950, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1947), Box 32, Border , 6 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1947
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Bulgaria, Macedonia, and the Balkans Borders, Lines of defense, Police surveillance, Political boundaries, Politics & Policy, Bulgarians, Greeks, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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America in the 20th Century, World War II: The Road To War
in America in the 20th Century (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2019), 30 mins
“The Road to War” chronicles the world events that ultimately led to World War II. Included are the rise of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party in post-World War I Europe; the rise of communism, fascism, and National Socialism; American isolationism, including the lend-lease program; fighting in Europe, including...
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in America in the 20th Century (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2019), 30 mins
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“The Road to War” chronicles the world events that ultimately led to World War II. Included are the rise of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party in post-World War I Europe; the rise of communism, fascism, and National Socialism; American isolationism, including the lend-lease program; fighting in Europe, including the German blitzkrieg; and the Holocaust. The program culminates with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and Amer...
“The Road to War” chronicles the world events that ultimately led to World War II. Included are the rise of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party in post-World War I Europe; the rise of communism, fascism, and National Socialism; American isolationism, including the lend-lease program; fighting in Europe, including the German blitzkrieg; and the Holocaust. The program culminates with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and America’s declaration of war. In the tradition of America in the 20th Century, “The Road to War” provides a visually rich, compelling survey of these important events.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Media Rich Learning
Series
America in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Benito Mussolini, 1883-1945, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
Attacks (Battles), Political violence, War, World War II, 1939-1945, World War I, 1914-1918, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, Russians, Americans, Japanese, Germans
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America in the 20th Century, World War II: The World At War
in America in the 20th Century (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2019), 37 mins
“The World at War” begins with the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. From there, viewers follow the United States through its mobilization for war and into the battles of Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific. The voices and images of the major players of Wor...
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in America in the 20th Century (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2019), 37 mins
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“The World at War” begins with the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. From there, viewers follow the United States through its mobilization for war and into the battles of Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific. The voices and images of the major players of World War II are brought to life through powerful primary source material. This program endeavors to be evenhanded and comprehensive witho...
“The World at War” begins with the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. From there, viewers follow the United States through its mobilization for war and into the battles of Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific. The voices and images of the major players of World War II are brought to life through powerful primary source material. This program endeavors to be evenhanded and comprehensive without becoming mired in the chronology of battle and casualty statistics. In the tradition of America in the 20th Century, what is conveyed is a remarkable time in the history of our nation, and indeed, the world.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Media Rich Learning
Series
America in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945
Topic / Theme
War, Revenge, Battle preparations, World War II, 1939-1945, Japanese Americans
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American Expatriate in Canada, Amex-Canada, Vol. 2 no. 8, Whole Number 24, March-April 1971
edited by Stan Pietlock, in American Expatriate in Canada (Toronto, ON: Amex-Canada Enterprises, 1971), 40 page(s)
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edited by Stan Pietlock, in American Expatriate in Canada (Toronto, ON: Amex-Canada Enterprises, 1971), 40 page(s)
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Periodical issue
Contributor
Stan Pietlock
Date Published / Released
1971
Publisher
Amex-Canada Enterprises
Series
American Expatriate in Canada
Topic / Theme
Expatriates, War, Draft evasion, Military draft, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, Left and radical left movements, Vietnam War
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Copyright owner is unknown. Alexander Street Press is eager to hear from any rights owners who are not properly identified so that appropriate information may be provided in the future. Any information concerning rights to this work can be sent to the editor at the address below.
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American Expatriate in Canada, Amex-Canada, Vol. 3 no. 6, Whole Number 31, November 1972
edited by Stan Pietlock, in American Expatriate in Canada (Ontario: Amex-Canada Enterprises, 1972), 71 page(s)
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edited by Stan Pietlock, in American Expatriate in Canada (Ontario: Amex-Canada Enterprises, 1972), 71 page(s)
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Periodical issue
Contributor
Stan Pietlock
Date Published / Released
1972
Publisher
Amex-Canada Enterprises
Series
American Expatriate in Canada
Topic / Theme
Citizenship, Military desertion, Exile, Expatriates, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, Left and radical left movements, Vietnam War
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Ataturk, Founder of Modern Turkey
directed by Zelfa Olivier, fl. 2001; produced by Tarquin Olivier, 1936- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 58 mins
This is the colorful story of Mustafa Kemal, later known as Ataturk, the controversial and charismatic leader of Turkey after the first World War. The documentary traces the rise of modern Turkey, which acts as a bridge between Europe and the Middle East. Ataturk was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize even though...
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directed by Zelfa Olivier, fl. 2001; produced by Tarquin Olivier, 1936- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 58 mins
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This is the colorful story of Mustafa Kemal, later known as Ataturk, the controversial and charismatic leader of Turkey after the first World War. The documentary traces the rise of modern Turkey, which acts as a bridge between Europe and the Middle East. Ataturk was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize even though his rise to power came from his role in the First World War. He established peace on the borders of Turkey in marked contrast to the e...
This is the colorful story of Mustafa Kemal, later known as Ataturk, the controversial and charismatic leader of Turkey after the first World War. The documentary traces the rise of modern Turkey, which acts as a bridge between Europe and the Middle East. Ataturk was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize even though his rise to power came from his role in the First World War. He established peace on the borders of Turkey in marked contrast to the expansionist old Ottoman Empire. His first and greatest reform was to secularize the country in order to bring it into the modern world. Under his leadership, women were emancipated, certain minorities were guaranteed equal rights, and the Latin alphabet replaced of Arabic script. Along with rare archival footage there are commentaries from experts such as Prof. Vamik Volkan and Prof. Geoffrey Lewis, and interviews with his adopted daughter, Ulku, with Suleyman Demirel, President of the Turkish Republic, and with the Patriach of the Orthodox church. Turkey holds a key role in the mid Eastern affairs, and this film will enlighten students about its history. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tarquin Olivier, 1936-
Author / Creator
Zelfa Olivier, fl. 2001
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Tarquin Olivier, 1936-
Person Discussed
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1881-1938
Topic / Theme
Battles, Church and state relations, Democracy, International relations, Military strategy, Revolutions, Women's rights, Gallipoli Campaign, 1915-1916, Political and Social Movements, Religion and Belief Systems, War and Violence, World History
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Australia, 2, Australia Will Be There
produced by Richard Taylor, in Australia, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1987, originally published 1987), 55 mins
Five distinguished Australians present colourful and entertaining views on different aspects of their country. Thomas Keneally (author of Schindler's Ark) covers the early days; historian Patsy Adam-Smith looks at the birth of nationhood during and after the world wars; leading arts figure Philip Adams examines th...
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produced by Richard Taylor, in Australia, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1987, originally published 1987), 55 mins
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Five distinguished Australians present colourful and entertaining views on different aspects of their country. Thomas Keneally (author of Schindler's Ark) covers the early days; historian Patsy Adam-Smith looks at the birth of nationhood during and after the world wars; leading arts figure Philip Adams examines the modern era; entrepreneur Dick Smith makes an expedition to the outback; and comedian Spike Milligan goes in search of the true Austra...
Five distinguished Australians present colourful and entertaining views on different aspects of their country. Thomas Keneally (author of Schindler's Ark) covers the early days; historian Patsy Adam-Smith looks at the birth of nationhood during and after the world wars; leading arts figure Philip Adams examines the modern era; entrepreneur Dick Smith makes an expedition to the outback; and comedian Spike Milligan goes in search of the true Australian and his humour.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Richard Taylor, Patsy Adam-Smith, 1924-2001
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Australia
Speaker / Narrator
Patsy Adam-Smith, 1924-2001
Topic / Theme
Battles, Cultural identity, Economics, Labor and unions, Nationalism, Railroads, War, Cricket (Game), Great Depression, 1929-1941, World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945, Gallipoli Campaign, 1915-1916, Family and Culture, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, World History, Australians
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Copyright © 1987 BBC Worldwide
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