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    World Bank Podcasts

    World Bank Podcasts

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    Fighting poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results. http://www.worldbank.org/ ...

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Third Reich Victorious: Alternate Decisions of World War II in Books

Feb 24, 2020  
Third Reich Victorious: Alternate Decisions of World War II
Third Reich Victorious: Alternate Decisions of World War II
Peter G Tsouras | 2002 | History & Politics
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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There's been a certain tension when it comes to military history, pretty much since not long after the Second World War ended: pretty much everyone agrees that the Nazi Party was as close to evil incarnate as we will hopefully ever see, but many academics (amongst others) still harbour a sneaking admiration for the quality of the German war machine and its leadership. That tension is basically at the heart of this book; it's telling that several of the German victory scenarios outlines here are predicated on Hitler either being replaced or being markedly less of a genocidal bigot.

The what-ifs vary: what if Hitler served in the navy in the First World war, what if the Russians pre-empted Barbarossa and attacked Germany first, what if Turkey joined the Axis, what if the Germans got the atom bomb in 1944, what if Rommel defeated the D-day landings, deposed Hitler, and the war devolved into a one-front struggle with the Soviets? Most of these are interesting and seem to have been written with the general reader in mind; a few do suffer from getting bogged down with detail. On the whole it is engaging stuff, if recent military history is your thing, and you do come away with an improved awareness that the Second World War was a closer-run thing than most people realise nowadays.
  
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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Doctor Who: Day of The Doctor in TV

Nov 26, 2019  
Doctor Who: Day of The Doctor
Doctor Who: Day of The Doctor
2013 | Sci-Fi
10
8.6 (40 Ratings)
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Matt Smith (4 more)
David Tennant
John Hurt
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No loch Ness monster (0 more)
Just finished watching again probably one of my favourite new who episodes and the perfect way to celebrate its birthday. Still going strong after 56 years hard to believe it's the longest running sci fi show in the world. Anyway back to the episode what can I say about it besides probably the best who casting of all time in John Hurt as the war doctor no one else could have played him quite like he does. the rest of cast are just as good and too bring the zygons as well brilliant but no loch Ness monster shame
  
    11-11: Memories Retold

    11-11: Memories Retold

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    11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the Western Front in Europe. The same...

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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Lights out Liverpool (Pearl Street #1) in Books

Feb 26, 2023  
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Lights out Liverpool (Pearl Street #1)
Maureen Lee | 2023
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Lights out Liverpool (Pearl Street #1)
By Maureen Lee
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The folk of one small Liverpool street cope with the first year of World War II. They find the war affects each of them in a different way. One woman worries about her twin sons who are called up, another is liberated from a loveless marriage, whilst Jessica Fleming's life is changed irrevocably.

I love a good saga! This one kind of hit home with the start of WW2 and in comparison to what we are dealing with now and it’s quite frightening to think of what they were facing and the loss that was felt. It was a little heartwarming to read and have a break from my usual reads.