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The Battle of the Atlantic
The Longest Campaign of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of the Atlantic in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of the Atlantic. At 9pm on 3 September 1939, the longest campaign of the Second World War began. Germany...
The Battle of Thermopylae
The Heroic Fall of Leonidas I and the 300 Spartans
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of The Battle of Thermopylae in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of The Battle of Thermopylae. In 480 BC, the Persian Empire was preparing to attempt another invasion of Greece. Determined...
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
The Origin of Species
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the essential points of Darwin’s theory of evolution in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Darwin’s theory of evolution. After setting sail aboard the Beagle to carry out a scientific expedition,...
The Six-Day War
The Conflict that Re-Shaped the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Six-Day War in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Six-Day War. In 1967, relations between the State of Israel and its neighbours, which had long been strained,...
The Cold War
The 45-Year Struggle Against Communism
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Cold War in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Cold War. Following the violence and upheaval of the Second World War, the face of Europe had greatly changed,...
Neil Armstrong
The Success of Apollo 11 and the First Man on the Moon
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Neil Armstrong in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Neil Armstrong. “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” – it was with these pivotal words that Neil Armstrong...
9/11
The Attack that Shook the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of 9/11 in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of 9/11. At 8.46am on the morning of September 11th 2001, the first hijacked plane hit the World Trade Center’s North Tower. The hours...
Christopher Columbus
The Discovery of the New World
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Christopher Columbus in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus set out in 1492 to find a new route to Asia and the East Indies. But on 12...
The Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle that Changed the Map of Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
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...
The Battle of Tours
The Turning Point in the Struggle Against Islam
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
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...
The Battle of Waterloo
The Battle That Changed Europe Forever
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
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...
The Normandy Landings
D-Day and Operation Overlord: The First Step to Liberation
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
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...
Operation Desert Storm
The Invasion of Kuwait and the Second Gulf War
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of Operation Desert Storm in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Operation Desert Storm. Iraq’s decision to invade Kuwait, home to one of the largest oil fields in the...
The Eruption of Vesuvius
The Deadly Disaster of Pompeii
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the eruption of Vesuvius in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the eruption of Vesuvius. In the year 79, Pompeii was a lively resort town located on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius....