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Model was unique in inflicting serious defeats upon Marshal Georgy Zhukov in the Rzhev salient in November 1942, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at Arnhem in September 1944 and Lieutenant-General Omar Bradley in the Hürtgen Forest and the
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Truly an underrated general.
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“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
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“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
― Meditations
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“All forms of literature are dangerous; but in none is the danger more acute than in historical fiction...”
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“Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult”
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“The Patriarch Joseph, after agreeing with the Latins that their formula of the Holy Ghost proceeding FROM the Son meant the same as the Greek formula of the Holy Ghost proceeding THROUGH the Son, fell ill and died. An unkind scholar remarked that after muddling his prepositions what else could he decently do?' (Sir Steven Runciman, The Fall of Constantinople, pp. 17-18).”
― A History of Venice
― A History of Venice
The Military History Group
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THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP
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A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more
The American Civil War
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Focuses on books, discussions, comments, reviews, and questions on the American Revolution. Just kidding.
THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
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A chance to discuss books covering the Napoleonic Wars. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with ...more
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Welcome to the Wholesome History Reads Group! This group is dedicated to finding awesome history books that are entertaining, exciting, and above ...more
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