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9 American Countercultural Books

Operation Barbarossa, German troops in Russia, 1941. Nazi German soldiers in action against the Red Army (Soviet Union) at an along the frontlines in the early days of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941. World War II, WWII

75th Anniversary of Operation Barbarossa

People celebrate in Times Square in New York City, New York on V-E Day (Victory in Europe), May 8, 1945.

70th Anniversary of V-E Day

Landing craft (American) of World War II. Normandy invasion, WWII, D-Day, infographic. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.

Types of Landing Craft of World War II Infographic

Aerial view of Asakusa, Tokyo heavily damaged by the World War II March 1945 US fire bombing raids of Tokyo.Tokyo famous for the Senso-ji a Buddhist temple that survived the air raids. Allied firebombing of Tokyo 1945. Fire bomb Tokyo. WWII, World War II

Anniversary of the Tokyo Firebombing

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pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu

Were the Nazis Socialists?

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)

Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?

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Born	July 30, 1945 (age 79) • France
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (2014) • Prix Goncourt (2014)
Notable Works	“Honeymoon” • “La Place de l’Étoile” • “Missing Person” • “Sleep of Memory”

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Roger Martin du Gard

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Claude Simon

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Marguerite Duras

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William Faulkner

American author

Samuel Beckett

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Günter Grass

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Peter Handke

Austrian writer

John Steinbeck

American novelist

Annie Ernaux

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Gao Xingjian

Chinese author and critic

Saint-John Perse

French poet

Sully Prudhomme

French poet

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

Jean Giraudoux

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Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)

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