The Finest Hours of The Second World War

From the beginning of the Second World War the sea became a vitally important scene of conflict. Great Britain relied on receiving supplies by sea and, therefore, a total blockade of the United Kingdom was one the main objectives of Hitler’s Germany. The British government was forced to maintain a strategy of antisubmarine warfare throughout the conflict, while the Royal Navy sought to interrupt the Third Reich’s maritime traffic. In these circumstances the submarine became an important weapon of war. Headed by Karl Dönitz, who would later succeed Hitler as Head of State, the German...

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En el nombre de Dios nuestro señor Amén. Notorio y manifiesto sea a todos los que el presente vieren, como nosotros doña Anna María Guerra, viuda de don Nicolás de los Santos Coy, y doña María Josepha de los Santos Coy; hija legítima de dicho don Nicolás, y de la expresada doña Anna María, vecinos ambos de esta villa de señora Santa Anna de Camargo; estando en nuestro entero juicio, memoria, y entendimiento natural, decimos: que en nombre, y con poder de don Nicolás de los Santos Coy, otorgado en la villa de san Gregorio de Cerralvo, a los diez días del mes de septiembre de mil...

Historia de la conquista del Perú a través de la biografía de su figura más emblemática; desde su nacimiento como hijo bastardo en Trujillo hacia 1478, hasta su asesinato en Lima en 1541 cuando ya era gobernador de Perú.Bernard Lavallé es profesor de Civilización Hispanoamericana Colonial en la Universidad de París III-Nueva Sorbona, y especialista en la historia social e intelectual de los países andinos. Publica artículos en revistas de estudios hipanistas como La Revista de Indias o Nuevo Mundo. Sus otras obras son: Las promesas ambiguas. Ensayos sobre el criollismo colonial en...

First hand accounts, in their own words, of twenty-four women activists in South Africa. Includes leaders as well as ordinary wives and mothers, black and white, Indian and Colored, young and old. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR