Eastern World History

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    • The German Soldier in Russia 1941-1945
    • By: James Lucas, Robert Kershaw - foreword
    • Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
    • Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 222 ratings
    • Dawn on Sunday, June 22, 1941 saw the opening onslaughts of Operation Barbarossa as German forces stormed forward into the Soviet Union. Few of them were to survive the five long years of bitter struggle....

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    • A History of the Great War 1914-1918
    • By: Nick Lloyd
    • Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
    • Length: 22 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 08-27-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Drawing on the latest scholarship as well as eyewitness reports, diary entries, and memoirs, Lloyd moves from the great battles of 1914 to the final collapse of the Central Powers in 1918, showing how a local struggle between Austria-Hungary and Serbia spiraled into a massive conflagration.

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    • By: Sun Tzu
    • Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
    • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41,310 ratings
    • The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu....

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    • By: Sun Tzu
    • Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
    • Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 07-08-04
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 331 ratings
    • Born over 2,400 years ago, warrior, thinker, and leader Sun Tzu lived during a time of great internecine conflict in China....

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    • The War on the Eastern Front in 1914
    • By: Prit Buttar
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Series: Eastern Front Series, Book 1
    • Length: 21 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 12-26-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 326 ratings
    • The fighting that raged in the East during the First World War was every bit as fierce as that on the Western Front, but the titanic clashes between three towering empires....

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    • The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
    • By: Günter K. Koschorrek
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 07-24-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,279 ratings
    • Gunter K. Koschorrek was a machine-gunner on the Russian front in WWII. This book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, over five decades later, the fulfillment of a responsibility he feels to honor the memory of those who perished....

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    • The Book of the Samurai
    • By: Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson - translator
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 12-09-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,414 ratings
    • Living and dying with bravery and honor is at the heart of Hagakure, a series of texts written by an 18th-century samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo....

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    • The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
    • By: David Fromkin
    • Narrated by: David de Vries
    • Length: 23 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 12-25-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 466 ratings
    • The Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts are rooted in the region's political inheritance. David Fromkin reveals how and why the Allies drew lines on an empty map that remade the geography and politics....

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    • A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
    • By: Thomas Buergenthal
    • Narrated by: Thomas Buergenthal, Don Hagen
    • Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 08-03-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 98 ratings
    • Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir....

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    • The Soviet Reconquest of Central Ukraine, 1943-44
    • By: Prit Buttar
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 17 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 136 ratings
    • From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar comes this detailed and engrossing account of the war on the Eastern Front as the German forces were driven back following the Battle of Kursk....

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    • The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai
    • By: Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Alexander Bennett - translator
    • Narrated by: Tim Campbell
    • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 04-16-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 105 ratings
    • The comprehensive and accurate edition of the Hagakure is a must-have for serious martial artists or fans of samurai and the Bushido code....

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    • General Erhard Raus and His Panzer Divisions in Russia 1941-1945
    • By: Peter Tsouras - editor
    • Narrated by: David de Vries
    • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 74 ratings
    • General Erhard Raus was one of the German Army's finest panzer generals and a leading exponent of blitzkrieg in the east. Raus and his panzers were tested in every conceivable tactical situation and, inevitably, Raus became highly versed in all aspects of mobilized warfare....

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    • The Ukraine, November 1942-March 1943
    • By: Prit Buttar
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 22 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 10-29-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 256 ratings
    • Drawing on firsthand accounts, On a Knife's Edge is a story of brilliant generalship, lost opportunities, and survival in the harshest theater of war....

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    • A History of the Caucasus
    • By: Charles King
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 05-23-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 110 ratings
    • A land of astonishing natural beauty and a dizzying array of ancient cultures, the Caucasus for most of the 20th century lay inside the Soviet Union....

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    • The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland
    • By: Jan T. Gross
    • Narrated by: Rory Barnett
    • Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 05-29-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 87 ratings
    • One summer day in 1941, half of the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half, 1,600 men, women, and children, all but seven of the town's Jews. Neighbors tells their story. This is a shocking, brutal story that has never before been told....

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    • And the World He Created
    • By: Michael Schuman
    • Narrated by: Steven Menache
    • Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 60 ratings
    • Touching on philosophy, history, and current affairs, Confucius tells the vivid, dramatic story of the enigmatic philosopher whose ideas remain at the heart of East Asian civilization....

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    • IV. SS-Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw, July - November 1944
    • By: Douglas E. Nash Sr.
    • Narrated by: David de Vries
    • Series: From the Realm of a Dying Sun, Book 1
    • Length: 28 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 07-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
    • The histories of the first three SS corps are well known - the actions of I, II, and III (Germanic) SS-Panzerkorps and their subordinate divisions have been thoroughly documented and publicized. Overlooked in this pantheon is another SS corps....

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    • A Swedish Waffen-SS Volunteer's Experiences with the 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, Eastern Front 1944-45
    • By: Thorolf Hillblad - editor
    • Narrated by: Bruce Mann
    • Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 284 ratings
    • Twilight of the Gods was originally written in Swedish, and published in Buenos Aires shortly after the end of WWII. Erik Wallin, a Swedish soldier who volunteered for service with the Waffen-SS, participated in the climactic battles on the Eastern Front during late 1944 and 1945....

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    • The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama
    • By: Nigel Cliff
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 06-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • Historian Nigel Cliff delivers a sweeping reinterpretation of Vasco da Gama's pioneering voyages, revealing their significance as a decisive turning point in the struggle between Christianity and Islam - a series of events which forever altered the relationship between East and West....

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    • Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads
    • By: David Rundell
    • Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
    • Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • David Rundell - one of America's foremost experts on Saudi Arabia - explains how the country has been stable for so long, why it is less so today, and what is most likely to happen in the future....

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