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The World at War is a 26-episode British documentary television series that chronicles the events of the Second World War. Produced in 1973 at a cost of £900,000 (equivalent to £13,700,000 in 2023), it was the most expensive factual series ever made at the time. [1] It was produced by Jeremy Isaacs, [2] narrated by Laurence Olivier and ...
1973 1988 Armed resistance in Chile (1973–1990) Chile: Revolutionary Left Movement Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front Lautaro Youth Movement: 1973 1973 Yom Kippur War. Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict Israel Egypt Syria Combat support: Iraq Jordan Algeria [42] Cuba [43] [44] Morocco [45] 1973 Ongoing Oromo conflict: Ethiopian Empire (1973 ...
Yom Kippur War. The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, [ 71 ] the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. Most of the fighting occurred in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, territories ...
Stephen E. Ambrose. Stephen Edward Ambrose (January 10, 1936 – October 13, 2002) was an American historian, academic, and author, most noted for his books on World War II and his biographies of U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many ...
The story of Oradour-sur-Glane was featured in the 1973–74 British documentary television series The World at War, narrated by Laurence Olivier. The first and final episodes (1 and 26, entitled "A New Germany" and "Remember" respectively) show helicopter views of the destroyed village, interspersed with pictures of the victims that appear on ...
Born in the East End of London, the son of Dutch-Jewish immigrants, [1] Kops was evacuated from London in 1939, and recounted that experience in episode two of Thames Television's TV series, The World at War, first broadcast in 1973.
Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott. War chronology. The World Is a Ghetto. (1972) Deliver the Word. (1973) War Live. (1973) Deliver the Word is the sixth album by War, released in 1973 on United Artists Records.
October 6, 1973: Syrian troops invade Israel from the east October 6, 1973: Army of Egypt recaptures the Suez Canal after six years as Yom Kippur War starts with invasion of Israel from the south October 10, 1973: Facing criminal indictment, Spiro Agnew becomes first U.S. Vice President in more than 140 years to resign