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Author : Daniel George Dancocks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The D-Day Dodgers written by Daniel George Dancocks and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lance Goddard
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 155002728X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Hell & High Water written by Lance Goddard and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2007-10-22 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pictorial history examines Canada's significant role in the Italian Campaign, 1943?45, from the view of the soldiers serving there.
Author : Mark Zuehlke
Publisher : D & M Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1926685814
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (266 download)
Download or read book The Gothic Line written by Mark Zuehlke and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like an armor-toothed belt across Italy’s upper thigh, the Gothic Line was the most fortified and fiercely defended position the German army had yet thrown in the path of the Allied forces. On August 25, 1944, it fell to I Canadian Corps to spearhead the famed Eighth Army’s major offensive, intended to rip through it. The 1st Infantry and 5th Armored Divisions advanced into a killing ground covered by thousands of machine-gun, antitank gun positions, and pillboxes expertly sited behind minefields and dense thickets of barbed wire. Never had the Germans in Italy brought so much artillery to bear or deployed such a great number of tanks. For 28 days, the battle raged as the Allied troops slugged an ever deeper hole into the German defences. The Metauro River, the Foglia River, Point 204, Tomba Di Pesaro, Coriano Ridge, San Martino, and San Fortunato became place names seared into the memories of those who fought there. They fought in a dust-choked land under a searing sun which by battle's end was reduced to a guagmire by rain. But they prevailed and on September 22 won the ground overlooking the Po River Valley, opening the way for the next phase of the Allied advance.
Author : Olimpio Guidi
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480875082
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book My Life Story of a Grateful Immigrant Who Lived the American Dream written by Olimpio Guidi and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite growing up amid the horrors of World War II as a boy in the Republic of San Marino, Olimpio Guidi considers himself lucky. He grew up with great parents, great siblings, and great friends and neighbors. Although everyone he knew was poor, they all stuck together—a lesson he’d carry with him throughout his life in the U.S. Navy and over a career spanning almost forty years as a civil servant. In recalling his life story, he shares an unlikely tale of survival that included immigrating with his family to his adopted home country of the United States of America. He shares his appreciation for everyone who has assisted him on his journey, including U.S. Navy Cmdr. Toby Haynsworth, who was instrumental in helping him become a lifelong civil servant, culminating with an assignment to the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, where he represented the U.S. Department of Defense. Join the author as he celebrates his love of family, his passion for service, and his love for his adopted country.
Author : Charles Glass
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143125486
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book The Deserters written by Charles Glass and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A]n impressive achievement: a boot-level take on the conflict that is fresh without being cynically revisionist." --The New Republic A groundbreaking history of ordinary soldiers struggling on the front lines, The Deserters offers a completely new perspective on the Second World War. Charles Glass—renowned journalist and author of the critically acclaimed Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation—delves deep into army archives, personal diaries, court-martial records, and self-published memoirs to produce this dramatic and heartbreaking portrait of men overlooked by their commanders and ignored by history. Surveying the 150,000 American and British soldiers known to have deserted in the European Theater, The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II tells the life stories of three soldiers who abandoned their posts in France, Italy, and Africa. Their deeds form the backbone of Glass’s arresting portrait of soldiers pushed to the breaking point, a sweeping reexamination of the conditions for ordinary soldiers. With the grace and pace of a novel, The Deserters moves beyond the false extremes of courage and cowardice to reveal the true experience of the frontline soldier. Glass shares the story of men like Private Alfred Whitehead, a Tennessee farm boy who earned Silver and Bronze Stars for bravery in Normandy—yet became a gangster in liberated Paris, robbing Allied supply depots along with ordinary citizens. Here also is the story of British men like Private John Bain, who deserted three times but never fled from combat—and who endured battles in North Africa and northern France before German machine guns cut his legs from under him. The heart of The Deserters resides with men like Private Steve Weiss, an idealistic teenage volunteer from Brooklyn who forced his father—a disillusioned First World War veteran—to sign his enlistment papers because he was not yet eighteen. On the Anzio beachhead and in the Ardennes forest, as an infantryman with the 36th Division and as an accidental partisan in the French Resistance, Weiss lost his illusions about the nobility of conflict and the infallibility of American commanders. Far from the bright picture found in propaganda and nostalgia, the Second World War was a grim and brutal affair, a long and lonely effort that has never been fully reported—to the detriment of those who served and the danger of those nurtured on false tales today. Revealing the true costs of conflict on those forced to fight, The Deserters is an elegant and unforgettable story of ordinary men desperately struggling in extraordinary times.
Author : Muriel Whitaker
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 9780888643834
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Great Canadian War Stories written by Muriel Whitaker and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada is renowned today for its role as a world peacekeeper. However, the country also played an important role in the wars of the twentieth century. Great Canadian War Stories shows how Canada at war captured the imagination of fiction writers across the country. The stories in this collection chronicle the scope of the Canadian war efforts in the twentieth century, from Vimy Ridge to the plains of the Spanish Civil War to the skies over North Africa during World War II. This collection includes selections from Timothy Findley, Henry Kreisel, Colin McDougall, Thomas Raddell, Joy Kogawa, Earle Birney and 16 others At once terrible and uplifting, memorable and harrowing, the stories in this collection describe a seminal period in Canadian history. Great Canadian War Stories show us how Canada became a nation in the twentieth century.
Author : Denis Healey
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1448209722
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (482 download)
Download or read book My Secret Planet written by Denis Healey and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this autobiography, Denis Healey reveals the breadth of his interests and his knowledge of the arts. In this book, he takes time to look at the literary influences that have shaped his life - his comments are interlaced with quotations from poetry, fiction, philosophy and history, providing a guide to help readers rediscover books he or she may once have read, following onto new authors.
Author : John Sadler
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612003370
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Ghost Patrol written by John Sadler and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of D-Day: “an amazing tale of how the world’s very first special force was created specifically for North Africa during WWII” (Books Monthly). The origins of most of the West’s Special Forces can be traced back to the Long Range Desert Group, which operated across the limitless expanses of the Libyan Desert, an area the size of India, during the whole of the Desert War from 1940 to 1943. After the defeat of the Axis in North Africa, they adapted to serve in the Mediterranean, the Greek islands, Albania, Yugoslavia, and Greece. In the process, they became the stuff of legend. The brainchild of Ralph Bagnold, a prewar desert explorer featured in fictional terms in The English Patient, the LRDG used specially adapted vehicles and recruited only men of the right temperament and high levels of fitness and endurance. Their work was often dangerous, always taxing, exhausting, and uncomfortable. They were a new breed of soldier, and the Axis never managed to field a similar unit. Once the desert war was won, they transferred their skills to the Mediterranean sector, retraining as mountain guerrillas, serving in the ill-fated Dodecanese campaign, then in strife-torn Albania, Yugoslavia, and Greece, fighting alongside the mercurial partisans. In addition, the LRDG worked alongside the fledgling SAS and established, beyond all doubt, the value of highly trained Special Forces, a legacy which resonates today. “Genuinely gripping, a tale of eccentrics and their high adventures during very dangerous times.” —Classic Military Vehicle
Author : Eric Fawbert
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1425154190
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (251 download)
Download or read book A Rifleman's Diary written by Eric Fawbert and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2008-02-18 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1940, the author was accepted for RAF flying crew, then changed his mind and opted for the infantry (Why? - see book). As he survived 6 years (4 in the front-lines of N.Africa, Italy and NW Europe) 'without a scratch', he has never regretted the change. Back in Civvy Street after the war, and having voted Churchill out of office, his diaries were relegated to the attic, and brought out only recently as of interest in his old age, and a change from the boredom of TV etc. They did more than relieve boredom however, as they reminded him that his service, although not overtly recognised, was something to be proud of. He decided that an 'easy reading' book would be of interest to his two children and the family name, as well as an opportunity to dispel a number of fallacies of that time, and to give a true insight into the life and thoughts of a ranker 'in the field'. The author believes that most war-books are biased to some extent, occasionally unintended, but often intentionally, so he stresses that this book adheres to the diary entries, written on site at the time, occasionally whilst still 'under fire'. His views tend to be confrontational, but have not been challenged in the course of a private issue. This book is intended for a wider readership.
Author : Liel Leibovitz
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393065848
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (658 download)
Download or read book Lili Marlene written by Liel Leibovitz and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lili Marlene', the unlikely anthem of the Second World War, cut across front lines and ideological divides. This title the stories of arrests and close calls of the three artists' of this song. It also includes recollections of soldiers who sought solace and found hope in 'Lili Marlene.
Author : Rosie Serdiville
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750954892
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Ode to Bully Beef written by Rosie Serdiville and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second World War (1939–45) was not greeted with the same lavish outpouring of patriotic fervour that had attended August 1914. Any rags of glory had long since been drowned in the mud of Flanders. The Great War had been heralded as 'the war to end all wars'; veterans were promised 'a land fit for heroes'. Both of these vain boasts soon began to sound hollow as depression, unemployment, poverty and a rash of new wars followed. The sons and daughters of those who had embarked upon their own patriotic Calvary did so again in an altogether more sombre spirit. One significant difference between the two conflicts is that, whilst both were industrial wars, the Second World War was far nearer the concept of total war. The growth of strategic air power, in its infancy in 1918, had by 1939 become a reality. In this war, even more widespread and terrible than the last, there were to be no civilians. Death sought new victims everywhere; British citizens were now in the front line, there was to be no respite, no hiding place. This is the poetry and prose of those who were there, ordinary people caught in the terrible maelstrom of mass conflict on a scale hitherto unimagined; this is their testimony.
Author : RJJ Hall
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1838596178
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (385 download)
Download or read book Embers of War written by RJJ Hall and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a passion for Italy, Embers of War is set in the dying days of the Second World War. This well-researched novel evokes the spirit and mores of the forgotten Italian campaign.
Author : Peter Caddick-Adams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199974640
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book Monte Cassino written by Peter Caddick-Adams and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an authoritative account of the lesser-known yet devastatingly brutal battle waged by the Italian campaign during World War II.
Author : Francis Mackay
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1844683621
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)
Download or read book SAS Trooper written by Francis Mackay and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A British Army veteran revisits his military career, sharing thrilling stories of Special Forces missions behind enemy lines during World War II. A pre-war Sapper, Charlie Radford served in North Africa until he returned to the UK for parachute training. He volunteered and joined 2SAS in Scotland. His first behind-the-lines operation was in France (Op. Rupert) cutting railway lines, and he then took park in Operation Loyton, now in armed jeeps. His next assignment (Operation Zombie) involved parachuting into the Italian Dolomites to disrupt the vital German link North of Verona between Italy and Austria. This operation ended in failure due to fool hardy leadership, inadequate manning and poor preparation. His OC was captured, tortured and executed, but Charlie escaped to live with the Partisans before being repatriated to the UK. After the war he returned to France to help with the exhumation and reburial of SAS men executed in the Vosges mountains. Postwar he served in Kenya and Somaliland and his experiences there form an interesting epilogue. But SAS Trooper is first and foremost a thrilling account of Special Force soldiering told from the perspective of a young man who more than did his duty under the most testing conditions. Those who imagine that this was a glamorous role in war need only read of the shortcomings of preparation and leadership that led to the disastrous failure of Operation Zombie and the hardships and dangers of fighting with the ruthless Partisans in the Dolomites. Praise for SAS Trooper “This is an interesting autobiography examining the British experience of the Second World War from . . . a pre-war long-service army man rather than the more normal wartime entry, with a mix of special forces and engineer service. Radford and his editor Mackay have produced an interesting book, of special value for those with an interest in the SAS but also of use for those with an interest in the wider British army.” —HistoryOfWar.org
Author : J. T. Copp
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773507746
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Battle Exhaustion written by J. T. Copp and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1990 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Canadian troops cracked mentally, their commanders could not understand that strict discipline and good training were not enough to keep battle exhaustion in check. Some Canadian doctors, using energy and common sense, understood the problem better.
Author : Ralpapajan
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1409208478
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Half a Century in Uniform written by Ralpapajan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-07-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life story of a journeyman pilot who spent his entire working life connected to aviation and the Air Force. Group Captain Ossie Penton helped establish the Rhodesian Air Force and epitomised its spirit and excellence."I commend this story to the reader, not only as the fascinating one of the career of a Service Pilot, but also because it gives a very clear picture of the chronicle of events and politics pertaining to the period of time that it covered." Air Commodore Dickie Bradshaw OLM
Author : Beth Hindle
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 103580557X
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (358 download)
Download or read book Dad's Book written by Beth Hindle and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to know how to live beyond the age of 99 with joy in your heart, then read this book. Share in the wisdom, stories, and adventures of a man living through the 20th century, who fought the Nazis first in Africa and then in Europe, never being able to return home in three years. Born shortly after the First World War when peace was thought to be guaranteed, his exploits throughout his life rival any of today’s adventurers. This is also a story of a romance told in letters, the trials of a working-class family, and how friendships support us through the ups and downs of life. It’s a story of a seemingly ordinary man, the writer’s father, who did amazing things throughout his life. His history is all of our history. Why? Because the 20th Century with both its fantastic achievements and terrible destructive forces has shaped our today. How do we look back to the past to help us prepare for our unpredictable tomorrow? Answering that question is vital to us all. What can we learn from the past and his life to help our futures?
