Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Starring global superstar Matt Damon & directed by Zhang Yimou (Hero House of Flying Daggers) The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world&s most iconic structure as European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Starring global superstar Matt Damon & directed by Zhang Yimou (Hero House of Flying Daggers) The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world&s most iconic structure as European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures ...

Tracklist 1 Praeludium
- Chorus '1914'1 Praeludium
- Tenor ' Wake Up England'1 Praeludium
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The course of events of the Great War has been told many times spurred by an endless desire to understand 'the war to end all wars' However this book moves beyond military narrative to offer a much fuller analysis of of the conflict's strategic political economic social & cultural impact Starting with the context & origins of the war including assasination misunderstanding & differing national war aims it then covers the treacherous course of the conflict & its social consequences for both soldiers & civilians for science & technology for national politics & for pan-European revolution The war left a long-term legacy for victors & vanquished alike It created new frontiers changed the balance of power & influenced the arts national memory & political thought The reach of this acount is global showing how a conflict among European powers came to involve their colonial empires & embraced Japan China the Ottoman Empire Latin America & the United States ...

Contains 3 pre-assembled & painted 1100th scale Whippet tanks ...

Robert Fisk's bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting & incisive historical analysis The history of the Middle East is an epic story of tragedy betrayal & world-shaking events It is a story that Robert Fisk has been reporting for over thirty years His masterful narrative spans the most volatile regions of the Middle East chronicling with both rage & compassion the death by deceit of tens of thousands of Muslims Christians & Jews Robert Fisk's remarkable history is also the tale of a journalist at war
- learning of the 911 attacks while aboard a passenger jet reporting from a bombed-out Baghdad interviewing Osama bin Laden
- & of the courage & frustration of a life spent writing the first draft of history

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THE GREAT WARJuly 1 1916 The First Day of the Battle of the Somme AN ILLUSTRATED PANORAMA WITH AN ESSAY BY ADAM HOCHSCHILDSacco&s work is the best argument around for comics as a journalistic medium&
- GQLaunched on July 1 1916 the Battle of the Somme has come to epitomize the madness of the First World War Almost 20000 British soldiers were killed & another 40000 were wounded that first day & there were more than one million casualties by the time the offensive halted a few months later In The Great War acclaimed cartoonist Joe Sacco depicts the events of that day in an extraordinary 24-foot-long wordless panorama from the riding exercises of General Douglas Haig to the massive artillery positions & marshalling areas behind the trench lines to the legions of British soldiers going over the top& & being cut down in No-Man&s-Land to the tens of thousands of wounded soldiers retreating & the dead being buried en masse Printed on fine accordion-fold paper & packaged in a deluxe hardcover slipcase with a 16-page accompanying booklet The Great War is a landmark work in Sacco&s illustrious career & makes visceral one of the bloodiest days in history
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Over 130000 Australian horses served in the 1914-1918 war None came home This is their story Known as Walers they were a special kind of horse as they could withstand great heat travel great distances & perform great feats in battle They served their Light Horsemen most significantly in the Desert War Across the inhospitable terrain of the Middle East they carried the first of the victorious Allied forces into Damascus in 1918 With over 70000 succumbing to the horrors of the conflict what happened to 50000 horses who gallantly served Australias forces at wars end? Actors Michael Matthews William Mc Innes Directors Russell Vines Format PALRegion Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

The third in a series of five titles which will cover each year of the war graphically Many thousands of pictures were taken by photographers on all sides during the events of the First World War These pictures appeared in the magazines journals & newspapers of the time Some illustrations went on to become part of post-war archives & have appeared & continue to appear in present-day publications & TV documentary programmes
- many did not The Great War Illustrated series will include in its pages many rarely seen images with individual numbers allocated & subsequently they will be lodged with the Taylor Library Archive for use by editors & authors The Great War Illustrated 1916 covers the Battle of the Somme otherwise known as ' The Big Push' & the many other battles that commenced on the Western Front that year Some images will be familiar
- many will be seen for the first time by a new generation interested in the war that changed the world forever With over 1000 painstakingly restored images this will be a definitive picture reference book on 1916 & will appeal to enthusiasts collectors & students of the period alike

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The shattering experience of the Great War in the trenches took its toll on a generation of men who were called up to fight in the nightmare of the trenches The experience proved so awe inspiring that for many the experience could only be summed up in verse Today their work has become famous for its poignancy & sense of loss Young men such as Wilfred Owen John Mc Crae & Rupert Brooke were cut down in their prime yet their memory lives on in the brief flowering of immortal verse Others such as A E Houseman & Siegfried Sassoon survived the war & were able to add a more reflective aspect This powerful documentary hosted by Emmy Award winning writer & film maker Bob Carruthers revisits the battlefields where the war poets found their inspiration & presents a moving & comprehensive survey of their lives & work ...