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Book Synopsis From Commandant to Captive by : Marilyn Walton
Download or read book From Commandant to Captive written by Marilyn Walton and published by Lulu Publishing Services. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 6:30 a.m. on 27 January 1945, Col. Friedrich von Lindeiner, the court martialed and exiled "gentleman" ex-Commandant of Stalag Luft III, sat in the waiting room of the Gorlitz train station hoping to return to Sagan, Germany, to fight the approaching Russians. The distance from Gorlitz to Sagan was 28.5 miles. He arrived fifteen hours later as 10,000 Allied prisoners of war were evacuating his former camp. Like them, he would soon view the war from both inside and outside the barbed wire. Later, as a prisoner of war, he was held by the British for two years before returning to a devastated and divided Germany."
Book Synopsis Jewish Soldiers in Nazi Captivity by : Yorai Linenberg
Download or read book Jewish Soldiers in Nazi Captivity written by Yorai Linenberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-02 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the extraordinary story of Jewish POWs in German captivity during the Second World War - extraordinary because of the contrast between Germany's genocidal policy towards Jews on one hand, and its relatively non-discriminatory treatment of Jewish POWs from western countries on the other. The radicalisation of Germany's anti-Semitic policies entered its last phase in June 1941 with the invasion of the Soviet Union; during the following four years, nearly six million Jews were murdered. In parallel, Germany's POW policies had gone through a radicalisation process of their own, resulting in the murder of millions of Soviet POWs, of Allied commando soldiers, and of POW escapees, with Adolf Hitler eventually transferring in July 1944 the responsibility for POWs from the Wehrmacht to Heinrich Himmler, in his role as head of the Replacement Army. And yet, despite all this, Jewish POWs from western countries were usually not discriminated against and were treated, in most cases, according to the 1929 Geneva Convention. Jewish Soldiers in Nazi Captivity combines memoirs, letters, and oral histories with Red Cross camp visit reports and other archival material to challenge the accepted view of the Holocaust as an indiscriminate murder of all Jews in Europe and will help to reshape our understanding of the Holocaust and of Nazi Germany.
Download or read book The Captive written by Annette Gee Ford and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stanford Tuck written by Helen Doe and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full reappraisal of one of Britain’s great fighter aces, this book examines the truth behind Tuck’s 1956 biography, Fly for Your Life. It looks at the evidence behind the myths, checks out some of the exaggerated stories and reveals the real Stanford Tuck. In January 1942 Bob Tuck was the top-scoring British fighter ace with an official score of 29 enemy aircraft destroyed. With film-star looks he was the glamorous role model for the RAF publicity machine and an eager press and public wanting wartime heroes. He had joined the RAF in 1935 and quickly showed his excellent flying skills. In 1940 his Spitfire squadron was fighting over Dunkirk where he proved himself an expert shot. During the Battle of Britain his legendary prowess grew and he was posted to command a leaderless and demoralized squadron, this time flying Hurricanes. He continued to prove he was an outstanding fighter ace, gaining the rare distinction of three DFCs and then the DSO for his leadership. He was shot down over France in January 1942. Imprisoned in Stalag Luft III. His room-mate was Roger Bushell, the mastermind of the Great Escape and Tuck worked with him on the committee and was to be his partner in the escape. In January 1944 however, around 20 POWs, including Tuck, were purged to a new camp. Still determined to escape, when his camp was moved out on the Long March westwards, Tuck and a Polish officer took a risky chance and made their way east to Russian forces and thence to England. This book reveals a more complex man than the one-dimensional hero of the previous biography. Post war, he became good friends with the Luftwaffe ace, Adolf Galland, and was a key advisor with him on the film, Battle of Britain, and, often with his other friend, Douglas Bader, made many media appearances. His health suffered in later years from the impact of his war service and his imprisonment and he died aged 70 in 1987.
Book Synopsis THE AMAZON AND THE YOUNG COMMANDANT by : AHMED WAHAB OBENG
Download or read book THE AMAZON AND THE YOUNG COMMANDANT written by AHMED WAHAB OBENG and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young soldier was raised by a King whom he taught was the bonafide father. He embarked on a journey with his troop to find a cure to the King's illness where they ran into a young, stunning amazon. Soon after saving the King, the village faced a tremendouns drought and they had to consult an oracle. The oracle made him aware that the King is the killer of his parents and thus the cause of their predicament and has to die before it starts raining. He challenged the King and defeated him. He enthroned the King's best ally as their new King. As the story continued, the new King betrayed him by given him to a different Kingdom for a crime he knew nothing about.
Book Synopsis Australian Perspectives on Global Air and Space Power by : Nicole Townsend
Download or read book Australian Perspectives on Global Air and Space Power written by Nicole Townsend and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys historical and emerging global air and space power issues and provides a multidisciplinary understanding of the application of air and space power in the past and present, while exploring potential future challenges that global air forces may face. Bringing together leading and emerging academics, professionals, and military personnel from Australia within the field of air and space power, this edited collection traces the evolution of technological innovations, as well as the ethical and cultural frameworks which have informed the development of air and space power in the 20th and 21st centuries, and contemplates the future. It covers topics such as the insurgents' use of drones, the ethics of air strikes, the privatisation of air power, the historical trajectory of air power strategy, and the sociological implications of an ‘air force’ identity. While many of the chapters use Australian-based case studies for their analysis, they have broader applicability to a global readership, and several chapters examine other nations’ experiences, including those of the United States and the United Kingdom. This accessible, illuminating book is an important addition to contemporary air and space power literature, and will be of great interest to students and scholars of air and space power, air warfare, military and international history, defence studies, and contemporary strategic studies, as well as military professionals.
Book Synopsis Escape from Stalag Luft III by : Bram Vanderstok
Download or read book Escape from Stalag Luft III written by Bram Vanderstok and published by Greenhill Books. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Quickly, I climbed up to the surface and immediately found the rope… I felt no signal, so it was not safe yet. Then I felt three distinct tugs and slowly popped my head up. The nearest 'Goonbox' was at least 200 feet away; but, indeed, I was twenty feet from the edge of the woods.” - Bram Vanderstok "A born raconteur. His escapes, his operations as a Spitfire pilot, his experiences as a prisoner of war, and his incredible escape crossing the Pyrenees - all are described in a breathtaking manner which made me read his book through in one sitting' - Prof. Dr. L de Jong, Founder/Director of the Dutch Institute for War Documentation “Such a modest man, such a dramatic story – you’ll be pulled into this absorbing account” - Jonathan Vance, The True Story of the Great Escape On the night of 24 March 1944, Bram Vanderstok was number 18 of 76 men who crawled beyond the barbed wire fence of Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland. The 1963 film The Great Escape, was largely based on this autobiography but - with Vanderstok's agreement - filmmakers chose to turn his story into an Australian character name Sedgwick, played by James Coburn.His memoir sets down his wartime adventures before being incarcerated in Stalag Luft III and then in extraordinary detail describes various escape attempts which culminated with the famous March breakout. After escaping, Vanderstok roamed Europe for weeks, passing through Leipzig, Utrecht, Brussels, Paris, Dijon and Madrid, before making it back to England. He reported to the Air Ministry and two months after escaping, on 30 May 1944 he returned to the British no.91 Squadron. In the following months he flew almost every day to France escorting bombers and knocking down V1 rockets.In August 1944 he finally returned to his home. He learned that his two brothers had been killed in concentration camps after being arrested for resistance work. His father had been tortured and blinded by the Gestapo during interrogation. He had never betrayed his son.
Book Synopsis The White Captive by : Richard Clyde Ford
Download or read book The White Captive written by Richard Clyde Ford and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Setting All the Captives Free by : Ian K. Steele
Download or read book Setting All the Captives Free written by Ian K. Steele and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the many upheavals in North America caused by the French and Indian War was a commonplace practice that affected the lives of thousands of men, women, and children: being taken captive by rival forces. Most previous studies of captivity in early America are content to generalize from a small selection of sources, often centuries apart. In Setting All the Captives Free, Ian Steele presents, from a mountain of data, the differences rather than generalities as well as how these differences show the variety of circumstances that affected captives’ experiences. The product of a herculean effort to identify and analyze the captives taken on the Allegheny frontier during the era of the French and Indian War, Setting All the Captives Free is the most complete study of this topic. Steele explores genuine, doctored, and fictitious accounts in an innovative challenge to many prevailing assumptions and arguments, revealing that Indians demonstrated humanity and compassion by continuing to take numerous captives when their opponents took none, by adopting and converting captives into kin during the war, and by returning captives even though doing so was a humiliating act that betrayed their societies' values. A fascinating and comprehensive work by an acclaimed scholar, Setting All the Captives Free takes the study of the French and Indian War in America to an exciting new level.
Book Synopsis PICCIOLA THE PRISONER OF FENESTRELLA OR CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE by : X.-B. SAINTINE
Download or read book PICCIOLA THE PRISONER OF FENESTRELLA OR CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE written by X.-B. SAINTINE and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-06-03 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the only visit which you made her at Belleville, where was the tomb of her husband, and now, alas! her own, you more than once seemed surprised with what you saw. You were struck with an old, white-haired man, who sat next her at table, whose appearance and manners were coarse, even for his class. You saw him speak familiarly with the daughter of the countess, who, beautiful as her mother had been, answered him with kindness, and even with deference, giving him the name of godfather, which, indeed, was the relation he bore to her. Perhaps you have not forgotten a flower, dried and colourless, in a rich case; and, also, that when you asked her concerning it, a saddened look stole over the countenance of the widow, and your questions remained unanswered. This answer you now have before you...FROM THE BOOK.
Book Synopsis Picciola, the Prisoner of Fenestrella, Or, Captivity Captive by : Xavier (M.)
Download or read book Picciola, the Prisoner of Fenestrella, Or, Captivity Captive written by Xavier (M.) and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Picciola, or, Captivity captive, by m. d Saintine [tr. by C.F. Gore?], 2 vols. by X.Boniface-Saintine by : Joseph Xavier Boniface
Download or read book Picciola, or, Captivity captive, by m. d Saintine [tr. by C.F. Gore?], 2 vols. by X.Boniface-Saintine written by Joseph Xavier Boniface and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Picciola, Or, Captivity Captive by : Xavier (M.)
Download or read book Picciola, Or, Captivity Captive written by Xavier (M.) and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Captive Anzacs written by Kate Ariotti and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captive Anzacs explores the experiences of the 198 Australians who became prisoners of the Ottomans during the First World War. Kate Ariotti intertwines rich detail from letters, diaries and other personal papers with official records to provide a comprehensive, nuanced account of this aspect of Australian war history.
Book Synopsis Picciola; Or, Captivity Captive by : X. B. Saintine (pseud. [i.e. Joseph Xavier Boniface.])
Download or read book Picciola; Or, Captivity Captive written by X. B. Saintine (pseud. [i.e. Joseph Xavier Boniface.]) and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Autonomous Image by : Armando J. Prats
Download or read book The Autonomous Image written by Armando J. Prats and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blowup, says Armando Prats, is one of the necessary movies. It is a "living expression of the transition into the new narrative domains" in terms of man's "new vision of himself as a narrative creature in a world whose very essense is cinematic narration." Prats' work on the new humanism inherent in postwar filmmaking is a rewarding work with implications for the fields of esthetics and axiology as well as film criticism. In his analyses of four films by three directors—Fellini's Director's Notebook and The Clowns, Wertmiller's Seven Beauties, Antonioni's Blowup—Prats shows the contrasts between the conventional, word-bound narrative methods of the past and the new narrative in which images are free to display their energies fully, to lead the eye beyond rational concepts of reality and illusion, truth and falsity, good an evil, beauty and ugliness. The autonomous visual event, Prats finds, offers one of the most direct ways of entering into adventures of ideas, particularly in the realm of human values. Movies have revolutionized art as well as thought about art, and inasmuch as art and life converge, they have revolutionized life itself.
Book Synopsis The Captive Muse; a Collection of Fugitive Poems Written by the Author During His Captivity in France. Interspersed with a Variety of Anecdotes Illustrative of the Cruel Treatment of the British Prisoners of War by the French Government and Its Agents by : Thomas DUTTON (M.A.)
Download or read book The Captive Muse; a Collection of Fugitive Poems Written by the Author During His Captivity in France. Interspersed with a Variety of Anecdotes Illustrative of the Cruel Treatment of the British Prisoners of War by the French Government and Its Agents written by Thomas DUTTON (M.A.) and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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