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Crash landing in San Sabestián, Spain in 1945, SS-Standartenführer Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle (1906-1994) narrowly escaped death from his native Belgium and the Allied forces. Stripped of his Belgian citizenship and sentenced to death in absentia for his part in the German side of WWII, Degrelle lived the rest of his life in exile in Spain, harbored unofficially by Franco's government. During these forty-nine years in exile, Degrelle never expressed any regret for his place in the war, nor did he remain silent as fantastic narratives were woven about the events of the war and the...

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Este volumen estudia, desde la perspectiva de la historia económica, el proceso de expansión del transporte ferroviario que tuvo lugar en América Latina y el Caribe entre 1870 y 1930. La obra se concentra en el estudio de la era dorada del ferrocarril, en la cual la vida económica de estos países se vio súbitamente transformada por un medio de transporte que superaba las barreras del tiempo y la distancia, ofreciendo un traslado seguro, rápido y barato a lugares lejanos del propio terruño.

En Junio de 1944, las tropas aliadas desembarcaron en las playas de Normandía, sorprendieron a los alemanes y sellaron el resultado de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en la mayor operación anfibia de toda la historia. Pero esta no hubiera sido posible sin una batalla anterior que, sin disparar un tiro, solo con ingenio y audacia, abrió el camino hacia la Europa Continental. Esta es la historia de esa apasionante batalla. Cavando defensas en el sitio equivocado, Hitler mordió el anzuelo.