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Diesel motor History Diesel, Rudolf 1858-1913 Disappearance at sea HISTORY / Europe / Eastern HISTORY / Russia / General HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I Inventors Germany 20th century Biography Missing persons Case studies Personnes disparues Études de cas World War, 1914-1918Reid, Anna
Summary: Overlapping with and overshadowed by the First World War, the Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War was one of the most ambitious military ventures of the twentieth century. Launched in the summer of 1918, it drew in 180,000 troops from sixteen different countries in theaters ranging from the Caspian Sea to the Arctic and from Poland to the Pacific. Though little remembered today, it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basics Books 2024
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Summary: September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023