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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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Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
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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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40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy
directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010, originally published 2010), 1 hour 27 mins
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy tells the story of one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th century. In 1965-66, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were secretly killed when General Suharto began a bloody purge of suspected communists throughout Indonesia. For decades, the Indonesian g...
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directed by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016; produced by Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2010, originally published 2010), 1 hour 27 mins
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40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy tells the story of one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th century. In 1965-66, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were secretly killed when General Suharto began a bloody purge of suspected communists throughout Indonesia. For decades, the Indonesian government repressed all memory of this event, and the world looked away.
Based on the research of prominent anthropologist Robert Leme...
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy tells the story of one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th century. In 1965-66, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were secretly killed when General Suharto began a bloody purge of suspected communists throughout Indonesia. For decades, the Indonesian government repressed all memory of this event, and the world looked away.
Based on the research of prominent anthropologist Robert Lemelson and edited by two-time Academy Award winner Pietro Scalia, this film follows the compelling testimonies of four individuals and their families from Central Java and Bali, as they break their silence for the first time. Told in understated detail, the cumulative effect of their stories is heartbreaking, profound and ultimately redemptive.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016
Author / Creator
Robert Lemelson, fl. 1999-2016
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Person Discussed
Sukarno, 1901-1970
Topic / Theme
Emotions and feelings, Family, Human rights, Massacres, Armed forces, Physical abuse, Political parties, Propaganda, Religious beliefs, Violence, Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966, Religion and Belief Systems, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2008 by Elemental Productions
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60 Minutes, Friendly Fire, Part 1
presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by Howard L. Rosenberg, 1951-; interview by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2017), 15 mins
An interview with three former U.S. soldiers: Brandon Branch, Army Paramedic; Henry Montalbano, Sergeant, Green Beret; and Derrick Anderson, team commander, Green Beret -- who dispute a classified report that blames human error for the death of six others, including two Green Berets in Afghanistan. On June 9th, 20...
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presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by Howard L. Rosenberg, 1951-; interview by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2017), 15 mins
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An interview with three former U.S. soldiers: Brandon Branch, Army Paramedic; Henry Montalbano, Sergeant, Green Beret; and Derrick Anderson, team commander, Green Beret -- who dispute a classified report that blames human error for the death of six others, including two Green Berets in Afghanistan. On June 9th, 2014, an American B-1 bomber plane incapable of detecting soldier’s strobes killed its own forces after misidentifying them as Taliban....
An interview with three former U.S. soldiers: Brandon Branch, Army Paramedic; Henry Montalbano, Sergeant, Green Beret; and Derrick Anderson, team commander, Green Beret -- who dispute a classified report that blames human error for the death of six others, including two Green Berets in Afghanistan. On June 9th, 2014, an American B-1 bomber plane incapable of detecting soldier’s strobes killed its own forces after misidentifying them as Taliban. The surviving U.S. soldiers maintain that this faulty targeting system was responsible for the incident. Also includes interviews with: Woody Studenmund, father of Scott Studenmund, a Green Beret Staff Sergeant who was killed in the friendly fire attack; and Jeffrey Harrigian, former Air Force Major General.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Howard L. Rosenberg, 1951-
Author / Creator
Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Derrick Anderson, fl. 2000, Henry Montalbano, fl. 2014, Brandon Branch, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Armed forces, Friendly fire, Military personnel, Military casualties, Bombings, United States Intervention in Afghanistan, December 22, 2001-2021, War and Violence, Early 21st Century United States (2001– ), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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60 Minutes, Friendly Fire, Part 2
presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by Julie Holstein, fl. 2011 and Howard L. Rosenberg, 1951-; interview by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2017), 11 mins
An interview with three former U.S. soldiers: Brandon Branch, Army Paramedic; Henry Montalbano, Sergeant, Green Beret; and Derrick Anderson, team commander, Green Beret -- who dispute a classified report that blames human error for the death of six others, including two Green Berets in Afghanistan. On June 9th, 20...
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presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by Julie Holstein, fl. 2011 and Howard L. Rosenberg, 1951-; interview by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2017), 11 mins
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An interview with three former U.S. soldiers: Brandon Branch, Army Paramedic; Henry Montalbano, Sergeant, Green Beret; and Derrick Anderson, team commander, Green Beret -- who dispute a classified report that blames human error for the death of six others, including two Green Berets in Afghanistan. On June 9th, 2014, an American B-1 bomber plane incapable of detecting soldier’s strobes killed its own forces after misidentifying them as Taliban....
An interview with three former U.S. soldiers: Brandon Branch, Army Paramedic; Henry Montalbano, Sergeant, Green Beret; and Derrick Anderson, team commander, Green Beret -- who dispute a classified report that blames human error for the death of six others, including two Green Berets in Afghanistan. On June 9th, 2014, an American B-1 bomber plane incapable of detecting soldier’s strobes killed its own forces after misidentifying them as Taliban. The surviving U.S. soldiers maintain that this faulty targeting system was responsible for the incident. Also includes interviews with: Woody Studenmund, father of Scott Studenmund, a Green Beret Staff Sergeant who was killed in the friendly fire attack; and Jeffrey Harrigian, former Air Force Major General.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Julie Holstein, fl. 2011, Howard L. Rosenberg, 1951-
Author / Creator
Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Speaker / Narrator
Woody Studenmund
Person Discussed
Woody Studenmund, Henry Montalbano, fl. 2014, Derrick Anderson, fl. 2000, Brandon Branch, fl. 2010, Jeffrey L. Harrigian, fl. 1985
Topic / Theme
Armed forces, Military personnel, Bombings, Military casualties, Friendly fire, United States Intervention in Afghanistan, December 22, 2001-2021, War and Violence, Early 21st Century United States (2001– ), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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60 Minutes, Kabul Under Siege
presented by Lara Logan, 1971-; produced by Andrew Bast, fl. 2005, Guy Campanile, fl. 2009 and Richard Butler; interview by Lara Logan, 1971-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2018), 15 mins
A report on Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan that is still under the siege of war. Kabul receives billions of dollars in US aid, yet the city remains vulnerable to terrorist attacks and is now more dangerous than ever, with casualties reaching undisclosed numbers. Includes interviews with: General John Nicholson,...
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presented by Lara Logan, 1971-; produced by Andrew Bast, fl. 2005, Guy Campanile, fl. 2009 and Richard Butler; interview by Lara Logan, 1971-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2018), 15 mins
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A report on Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan that is still under the siege of war. Kabul receives billions of dollars in US aid, yet the city remains vulnerable to terrorist attacks and is now more dangerous than ever, with casualties reaching undisclosed numbers. Includes interviews with: General John Nicholson, commander of American forces in Afghanistan; Ashraf Ghani, Afghan President; unidentified former lieutenant of the Afghan counter-terr...
A report on Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan that is still under the siege of war. Kabul receives billions of dollars in US aid, yet the city remains vulnerable to terrorist attacks and is now more dangerous than ever, with casualties reaching undisclosed numbers. Includes interviews with: General John Nicholson, commander of American forces in Afghanistan; Ashraf Ghani, Afghan President; unidentified former lieutenant of the Afghan counter-terrorism unit; Dr. Alberto Cairo, orthopedic clinic in Afghanistan, International Committee of the Red Cross.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Andrew Bast, fl. 2005, Guy Campanile, fl. 2009, Richard Butler
Author / Creator
Lara Logan, 1971-
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, 1949-, John William Nicholson, Jr., 1957-
Topic / Theme
Terrorism, Armed forces, War, Bombings, Military strategy, United States Intervention in Afghanistan, December 22, 2001-2021, War and Violence, Afghans, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2018 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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60 Minutes, President Zelenskyy, Part 2
presented by Scott Pelley, 1957-; produced by Maria Gavrilovic, fl. 2011-2015; interview by Scott Pelley, 1957-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2022), 11 mins
An interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy discusses the civilian casualties in Bucha and the challenges he faces leading a country under attack. Includes interviews with Valeriy Matvienko, and Tetyana Dmitriivna, residents of Bucha; and Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff and bus...
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presented by Scott Pelley, 1957-; produced by Maria Gavrilovic, fl. 2011-2015; interview by Scott Pelley, 1957-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2022), 11 mins
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An interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy discusses the civilian casualties in Bucha and the challenges he faces leading a country under attack. Includes interviews with Valeriy Matvienko, and Tetyana Dmitriivna, residents of Bucha; and Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff and business partner.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Maria Gavrilovic, fl. 2011-2015
Author / Creator
Scott Pelley, 1957-
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 1978-, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., 1942-
Topic / Theme
Military aid, Military maneuvers, Civilian war casualties, Invasions, Atrocities, Death tolls (Casualties), Russo-Ukrainian War, 20 February 2014 to present, War and Violence, Ukrainians, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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An Accidental Soldier: Memoirs of A Mestizo In Vietnam
written by Manuel Garcia (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2003), 277 page(s)
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written by Manuel Garcia (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2003), 277 page(s)
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Manuel Garcia
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Person Discussed
Manny Garcia
Topic / Theme
Armed forces, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, War and Violence, Vietnam War
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Copyright © 2003 by University of New Mexico Press
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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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Actualites Mondiales, August 14, 1940
produced by Les Actualites Mondiales, in Actualites Mondiales (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1940, originally published 1940), 15 mins
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produced by Les Actualites Mondiales, in Actualites Mondiales (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1940, originally published 1940), 15 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1940-08-14, 1940
Series
Actualites Mondiales
Person Discussed
Benito Mussolini, 1883-1945, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Railroad building, Postwar reconstruction, Opera, Military alliances, Horse racing, Circuses, Art exhibitions, German Invasion of Norway, April 9-June 10, 1940, Battle of Britain, July-October 1940, Blitz, September 1940-May 1941, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of INA.
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Actualites Mondiales, August 21, 1940
produced by Les Actualites Mondiales, in Actualites Mondiales (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1940, originally published 1940), 15 mins
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produced by Les Actualites Mondiales, in Actualites Mondiales (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1940, originally published 1940), 15 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Les Actualites Mondiales
Date Published / Released
1940-08-21, 1940
Series
Actualites Mondiales
Person Discussed
Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
Blockades, Bombardment, Naval battles, Military strategy, Navy bases, Athletic events, Political alliances, Military alliances, Italy Attacks Egypt, September 13, 1940, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of INA.
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