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Mario è un giovane contadino romagnolo, semplice e mite. Non ha sogni né desideri, e accetta con atavica rassegnazione la dura vita di lavoro e fatica che il destino gli ha assegnato. La sua esistenza procede così, nella ciclicità delle stagioni. Al compimento dei diciotto anni Mario riceve la cartolina di leva della Repubblica sociale: è il 1944, e per paura delle armi si sottrae all'arruolamento. Si rifugia prima da alcuni lontani parenti, che aiuta nei lavori più pesanti in cambio dell'ospitalità.

L'Impero che Marco Aurelio ha ereditato è giunto alla sua massima espansione e mantenere la pace che ha regnato sotto Antonino Pio è ormai impossibile: dopo la guerra contro i Parti, ora sono i Germani a minacciare Roma premendo da nord.Nel 167 d.C., l'Imperatore filosofo dà inizio alle guerre marcomanniche sotto auspici infausti e ben presto il suo progetto di stabilizzare i confini settentrionali si scontra con il leggendario furor teutonicus. Ma non è solo la spaventosa forza di quelle popolazioni a sfibrare le legioni romane.

A defeated king stands on top of a pyre. His conqueror, the Persian ruler Cyrus, signals to his guards; they step forward and touch flaming torches to the dry wood. Croesus, once the wealthiest man of the ancient world, is to be burned alive. As he watches the flames catch, Croesus thinks back over his life. He remembers the time he asked the old Athenian philosopher, Solon, who was the happiest man in the world. Croesus used to think it was him. But then all his riches could not remove the spear from his dying elder son's chest; could not bring his mute younger son to speak

Greece 1936. A young British diplomat and his wife have been posted to Athens. Hugh loves the life there but his spirited and unconventional wife, Heavenly, finds it hard to fit into the whirl of endless parties and socialising. When Hugh is sent to Crete to sort out a problem, they stay in a rundown house owned by his family. Heavenly falls in love with the place and the people, and stays on when Hugh returns to his duties.

Western Ocean, 1942... From the bridge of HMS Gladiator, Lieutenant-Commander David Howard’s orders were chillingly clear. There could be no mercy. To the men who fought to protect the vital, threatened Merchant Navy convoys in the Western Approaches, the Battle of the Atlantic was a full-scale war. A relentless, savage war against an ever-present enemy and a violent sea - in an arena known only to its embittered survivors as the killing ground. HMS Gladiator was part of that war.

It takes a special sort of courage to serve in midget submarines, and Lieutenant David Seaton, commanding officer of XE16, needs no reminding of the perils involved. The little X-craft with their four-man crews have been used against heavy enemy surface units and important harbour installations. But in 1944, with the Allies poised for an invasion through France, a new and more hazardous role is given to Seaton's flotilla.

Adriatic, 1940s... Curtis was the pro. He could steer a sub through a saloon and no one would notice. Duncan was the grumbler, more at home in the Aussie Outback than twenty fathoms under the Adriatic. Jervis was the spit-and-polish man, who knew the correct way to die. And George, the Cockney, was the toughest of them all. Four men in the Royal Navy’s smallest sub, preparing the way for history’s largest invasion.

Malta 1941. To most people H.M.S. Saracen is just an ugly, obsolete ship with an equally ugly recent history: her last commander is due for court-martial after shelling the troops he was sent to protect. But to Captain Richard Chesnaye she brings back memories - memories of the First World War when he and the old monitor went through the Gallipoli campaign together. It seems that captain and ship are both past their best. But as the war enters a new phase Chesnaye senses the possibility of a fresh, significant role - for him and the Saracen.

In 1941, when she was turned into an armed merchant cruiser, the SS Benbecula was already old. Yet even she was needed to protect the vital Atlantic sea lanes. Commander Lindsay, her new captain, had to work desperately to mould the ship’s company - raw recruits and old-timers - into a fighting force. And better than anyone, Lindsay knew this could be his last command, his last chance.

There will be days when you wonder at and question some of the risks you had to take, the sacrifices you were forced to offer in the face of death. In Kiel Harbour, 1945, the war in Europe is at an end. But for Lieutenant Vere Marriott and the men of MGB 801, moored amid a nightmare of devastation, it is an uneasy, unsettled peace. New assignments ashore and afloat mean fresh tensions and conflicting emotions. For some, glory now takes second place to profit.

This is the story of a rifleman's resourcefulness in a single-handed war against the forces of Napoleon. Separated from his regiment, he uses a band of undisciplined Portuguese guerrillas to battle his way back to his own lines.

Arnold College, Oxford. When Sir George Kemp returns to his old university to celebrate the launch of a new barge, he can't help noticing a photograph on the wall: the 1939 rowing team, of whom George had been the cox... Sixty years earlier had been a heady, intoxicating time for George and the crew. But with conflict inevitable, the nine friends find the dreaming spires giving way to the nightmare of modern war.

Italy 1944 is the setting of one of the most convincing and quietly magnificent stories about man and war that has ever been written. They were young when they left and sang as they sailed down the Clyde. They didn't know where they were going and they didn't really care. They didn't want to fight and they hardly knew what the war was about. Here, distilled from the experiences and observations of the author, who served in Italy in the British infantry, is the story of those who fought and died at Anzio.

Italia, 1943. Tras participar en el bombardeo aliado de Roma, un avión americano es abatido y cae sobre el viñedo de una bodega. La familia logra salvar la vida del piloto, gravemente herido, rescatando asimismo un diario que llevaba consigo y que relata sus vivencias en su Nueva York natal. La hija de los propietarios, Valeria, verá en ese joven un claro contraste con su prometido, Carlo, alto cargo del régimen fascista. Un régimen que Valeria detesta después de que llamaran a filas a su hermano, que permanece desde entonces luchando en el frente.

È il '94 quando il ragazzo riceve la chiamata per la leva obbligatoria. Nel '96 il tenente Lovoci salpa da Brindisi, a bordo della San Giorgio per la Bosnia, in «missione di pace» convinto di tornare in Italia col suo plotone al completo. L'orrore della guerra, la paura delle bombe, la fame e la morte lo cambieranno per sempre. Terminata la missione i soldati tornano a casa, qualcuno sceglie di ripartire, altri di riprendere le abitudini di un tempo. E Matteo, che da Villari era partito con grandi ideali, lascia Sarajevo con nessuna certezza, tranne una: la pace è un'utopia.

In einer winzigen Wohnung in Beirut leben der 63-jährige Radscha und seine über 80-jährige Mutter Seite an Seite. Als Radscha ein Stipendium in den USA angeboten wird, ist das die ersehnte Gelegenheit zur Flucht – vor der Mutter, dem politischen Chaos im Libanon und vor der eigenen Vergangenheit. Doch was als Neuanfang gedacht war, wird zur Rückschau auf persönliche und politische Katastrophen und bringt Radscha dazu, einen Verrat, den er eigentlich vergessen wollte, noch einmal zu durchleben.

61 n. Chr.: Britannien ist geteilt. Trotz eines ersten Sieges der Römer ist die Glut der Rebellion noch nicht erloschen. Die keltische Herrscherin Boudica und ihre verbliebenen Krieger durchstreifen partisanengleich das Land. Macro und Cato mussten einen hohen Preis in der Schlacht zahlen, unzählige Legionäre sind gefallen, große Städte liegen in Trümmern. Für die beiden kampferprobten Heerführer ist klar: Es kann keinen Frieden geben, solange sie Boudica nicht bezwungen haben.

Nordkoreas Diktator Kim Jong-un ist fest entschlossen, die Vereinigten Staaten mit nuklearen Waffen anzugreifen. Dazu hat er einen Komplott mit dem Iran geschlossen. Um Nordkorea aufzuhalten, wird unter der Anweisung von US-Präsident Dellenbaugh ein gewagter Plan entwickelt: Agent Dewey Andreas soll einen von Kims Militärgenerälen dazu bringen, die Nuklearpläne zu verraten. Dewey soll ihm ein neu entwickeltes Gift injizieren und im Austausch für diese Pläne das Gegenmittel anbieten.

9/11 war erst der Anfang! 20 Jahre nach dem Attentat auf das World Trade Center bereiten sich die Feinde Amerikas auf ihren nächsten Vernichtungsschlag vor: Eine heimtückische Biowaffe soll den kompletten Kontinent entvölkern. Das Perfide an dem Plan: Der unerfahrene neue Präsident der USA soll persönlich den Befehl für die Tötung seiner Landsleute geben. Die Gegner lauern nicht irgendwo auf der Welt, sondern im eigenen Land. Der frühere Navy-SEAL James Reece muss sich ihnen in den Weg stellen.

Quando os alemães invadem os Países Baixos em 1940, Hannie Schaft é uma jovem estudante de Direito cheia de planos para o futuro. À medida que a ameaça nazista avança, colocando em risco a vida de suas melhores amigas, ambas judias, ela sente que não pode ficar parada e se junta à Resistência.