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Operation Gomorrah (aka the Battle of Hamburg or Hamburg Air Offensive) was a sustained area bombing campaign of the German port of Hamburg in four night attacks by the Royal Air Force and two daytime attacks by the United States Air Force...

The Reichstag fire of 27 February 1933 was a possible arson attack on the German parliament building. The fire was blamed on a communist anarchist Marinus van der Lubbe (1909-1934), but it may have been the work of the Nazi party's paramilitary...

The Library of Pergamon was established in the city of Pergamon (also Pergamum) by the Attalid King Eumenes II (r. 197-159 BCE) and became the most famous and well-respected center of learning after the Library at Alexandria, Egypt. The library...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) was a German conductor and composer of both innovative late-Romantic and Modernist music. He is best known for his symphonic poems and operas like Salome and Elektra, both of which caused a sensation. Strauss gained...

Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (l. 1749-1791) was a French orator and nobleman who rose to prominence as a leader during the early stages of the French Revolution (1789-1799). From the disgraced and scandalized son of a distinguished...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) was a Finnish composer famous for his symphonies, the symphonic poem Finlandia, and the Karelia Suite. Although Sibelius inspired a music revival in his native country, became a figurehead for the Finnish nationalist...

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 - 1. Mars, the Bringer of War · Berliner Philharmoniker · Herbert von Karajan · Gustav Holst Holst: The Planets ℗ 1981 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin Released...

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B - The Ride of the Valkyries · Berliner Philharmoniker · Igor Markevitch Wagner: Orchestral Works ℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin Released on: 2003-01-01...

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - I. Morning Mood · Berliner Philharmoniker · Herbert von Karajan · Edvard Grieg Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites / Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande ℗ 1983 Deutsche...

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176 - Prelude (Sonnenaufgang) · Berliner Philharmoniker · Herbert von Karajan · Richard Strauss Strauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra; Till...