Kiedy w maju 1945 kończyła się druga wojna światowa, rozpoczynało się już kolejne starcie o dominację nad światem, toczona pomiędzy supermocarstwami, zimna wojna. Wydarzenia tej wojny należą do najwa

A graphic account of this long-running global drama, The Compact Guide: The Cold War is published in a new era of fear and uncertainty. It encompasses moments of high tension, such as the Berlin Cris

The overriding image of the First World War is the bloody stalemate of the Western Front, but although much of the action did occur on land, the overall shape of the war even the inevitability of Bri

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