Willem van Paassen Livres

Even Stalin was awed by D-Day, calling it an unprecedented undertaking in the history of war. The massive cross-Channel invasion fleet left an indelible mark on all involved—soldiers, sailors, and airmen alike. The German defenders, caught off guard on the Normandy coasts, were equally impacted by the scale of the operation. While the beachheads were established as planned, the subsequent battles proved far more challenging than anticipated. The thick hedgerows of Normandy favored the defenders, and the Germans, particularly the Waffen-SS divisions, fought with cunning and desperation. As British, Canadian, and American forces advanced inland, they faced savage battles reminiscent of the Eastern Front. Casualties rose, straining relationships among commanders on both sides. French civilians, trapped in the conflict or affected by Allied bombings, suffered greatly. The complexities of Liberation revealed a darker side, marking not just a generation but shaping post-war relations between America and Europe. Drawing from overlooked and new material across thirty archives in various countries, this account of the battle of Normandy stands as the most vivid and well-researched yet. Antony Beevor’s gripping narrative captures the true experience of war, akin to his previous works on Stalingrad and Berlin.

Kiewarra. Petite communauté rurale du sud-est de l'Australie. Ecrasée par le soleil, terrassée par une sécheresse sans précédent. Son bétail émacié. Ses fermiers désespérés. Désespérés au point de tuer femme et enfant, et de retourner l'arme contre soi-même ? C'est ce qui est arrivé à Luke Hadler, et Aaron Falk, son ami d'enfance, n'a aucune raison d'en douter. S'il n'y avait pas ces quelques mots reçus par la poste : Luke a menti. Tu as menti. Sois présent aux funérailles... Les blessures de son départ précipité de Kiewarra sont encore à vif, mais Aaron a une dette, et quelqu'un a décidé que le moment est venu de la payer. Thriller au suspense psychologique torride, Canicule nous enlise dans une communauté à la mentalité aussi aride que la sécheresse qui l'accable. François Lestavel, Paris Match. C'est toute une ambiance, mélange de western et de roman d'initiation, que Jane Harper livre avec doigté. Marianne Payot, L'Express Styles. Traduit de l'anglais (Australie) par Renaud Bombard.

This is the chilling account of how a low-level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world. Handpicked by the "family" surrounding an ailing and increasingly unpopular Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin seemed like a perfect choice for the oligarchy to shape according to its own designs. Suddenly the boy who had stood in the shadows was a public figure, and his popularity soared. Russia and an infatuated West were determined to see the progressive leader of their dreams, even as he seized control of media, sent political rivals and critics into exile or to the grave, and smashed the country's fragile electoral system, concentrating power in the hands of his cronies. As a journalist living in Moscow, Masha Gessen experienced this history firsthand, and she has drawn on sources no other writer has tapped.--From publisher description.

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