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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Hundred Years' War in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Hundred Years' War. One of the longest direct conflicts between two countries, the Hundred Years' War marked the culmination of tensions between the French and English over territory and the claim to the throne in France. The war, which saw the appearance of...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Tours in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Tours. In the year 732, Christian Frankish and Burgundian troops under Charles Martel clashed with soldiers from the Muslim Umayyad Caliphate. The Frankish victory turned back the Muslim advance into Europe and ensured that Christianity remained the major...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la batalla de Marignano, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
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• Comprender las reclamaciones territoriales de la época, basadas en los linajes familiares, que permiten que Francisco I reclame el Milanesado y se ponga en camino hacia Italia con sus tropas
• Seguir el rudo avance por los Alpes de Francisco...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Joan of Arc in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Joan of Arc. As the Hundred Years' War raged on, and the possibility of the French reclaiming their territory from the English occupation seemed ever slimmer, one unlikely young woman would set out on a divine mission to restore the French monarchy and free the population from...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Austerlitz in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Austerlitz. On the night of 1st December 1805, the armies of the French Emperor Napoleon I, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Francis II, and the Russian Tsar Alexander I, positioned themselves on the plains of Austerlitz, ready to fight in what...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Verdun in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Verdun. By 1916, the First World War had turned into a bloody stalemate, leaving both sides desperate for a decisive breakthrough. That year, the Germans launched a major offensive in France, which the French soldiers were able to repel at an enormous...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Waterloo in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Waterloo. At the start of the 19th century, the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte won a series of stunning military victories and ruled over a vast empire. This all changed at the Battle of Waterloo, where a coalition including Britain and the Netherlands...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Marie-Antoinette in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and reign of Marie-Antoinette. In 1789, a bloody revolution broke out in France, and four years later the king and queen were executed. A range of factors led to this shocking outcome, from Marie-Antoinette's perceived frivolity and disloyalty to France to the...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Normandy landings in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Normandy landings. By 1944, the Second World War had been raging for five years and German forces occupied much of Europe. On 6 June 1944, D-Day, Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy in the largest seaborne invasion in history. Although the Allies...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Charles de Gaulle, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
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• Profundizar en la biografía de Charles de Gaulle, enmarcada en un contexto histórico convulso condicionado por las dos guerras mundiales, y ver su evolución en el plano militar y político hasta que se convierte en un icono para los franceses
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of the Marne in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of the Marne. After the First World War broke out in 1914, the German army secured a series of early victories and advanced almost as far as Paris. However, a number of mistakes on the German side allowed the Allies to obtain a decisive victory at the...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Napoleon Bonaparte in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Napoleon Bonaparte. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, France was in a state of division and anarchy, and in desperate need of a leader. Napoleon Bonaparte, an unlikely candidate from a humble Corsican background, rose through the ranks to rule not only over France,...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Napoleón Bonaparte, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá:
• Descubrir la vida de Napoleón y el contexto en el que vivió, marcado por la expansión francesa en un mundo dividido en coaliciones
• Entender los momentos clave para la llegada al poder de Napoleón y la formación de su Imperio, tras numerosas...