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The defeat of the Ottoman Army outside the gates of Vienna 300 years ago is usually regarded as the beginning of the decline of the Ottoman Empire. But Walter Leitsch ask whether it was such a turning point in the history of Europe? |
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Stauss' 'musical comedy' was first performed in Dresden on January 26th, 1911. It was a sensation. Published in History Today, Volume: 61 Issue: 1, 2011
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A right-wing Catholic who crushed all his rivals, Engelbert Dollfuss fought hard to maintain his young republic’s independence. A.D. Harvey looks at the life of the tiny patriot of peasant stock who stood up to Hitler and asks what might have happened had he not been assassinated during the early days of the Nazi era. Published in History Today, Volume: 59 Issue: 7
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Joannes Chrisostomus Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart was born in Salzburg on January 27th, 1756. |
Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of an important victory for the Habsburg empire, on July 25th, 1848. |
Frank McDonough looks at a lively introduction to the Fuhrer. |
What did ordinary people in Nazi-controlled Austria really think about their native-born Führer, Adolf Hitler? Tim Kirk opens a window on a unique record of public opinion – a Gestapo equivalent of 'Mass Observation' in 30s Britain. Published in History Today, Volume: 46 Issue: 7
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Elizabeth Manning looks at how an Enlightenment ruler enlisted opera in his struggle to homogenise and reinforce the Habsburg empire. |
Alan Sked looks at the sensational leaking of Austrian military secrets to Russia on the eve of the First World War. Published in History Today, Volume: 36 Issue: 7
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The defeat of the Ottoman Army outside the gates of Vienna 300 years ago is usually regarded as the beginning of the decline of the Ottoman Empire. But Walter Leitsch ask whether it was such a turning point in the history of Europe? |
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