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From Normandy To The Weser The War History Of The Fourth Battalion The Dorset Regiment June 1944 May 1945
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Book Synopsis From Normandy to the Weser the War History of the Fourth Battalion the Dorset Regiment June, 1944 - May 1945 by : G. J. B. Watkins
Download or read book From Normandy to the Weser the War History of the Fourth Battalion the Dorset Regiment June, 1944 - May 1945 written by G. J. B. Watkins and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 4th Battalion of the Dorset Regiment was originally a first line Territorial Army unit and on the outbreak of war in 1939, raised a 2nd Line duplicate, the 5th Battalion when the TA doubled in size. The 4th and 5th Battalions were both in the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division which took part in the fighting in Normandy, at Arnhem and in the Rhine crossing. They both served in the 129th Infantry Brigade. This unit history is complete with awards, full citations, maps and photos.
Book Synopsis From Normandy to the Weser by : G. J. B. Watkins
Download or read book From Normandy to the Weser written by G. J. B. Watkins and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis 56th Infantry Brigade and D-Day by : Andrew Holborn
Download or read book 56th Infantry Brigade and D-Day written by Andrew Holborn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trained as an assault brigade, the 56th landed on D-Day and successfully liberated Bayeux the following day. It was then employed in the crossing of the River Seine and the assault on Le Havre, before fighting across Belgium and Holland culminating in the final assault on Arnhem in April 1945, by which time the brigade had served in four different divisions. No previous study has sought to explain how an infantry brigade is used in battle, let alone one holding the title 'Independent'. Holborn considers the styles of war as carried out by British forces and casts new light on the effectiveness of British infantry units and their contribution to war effort. Extensive use has been made of new primary evidence from The National Archives, Imperial War Museum Archive and Regimental Museums. The evidence is used to explore issues pertinent to life in the Army at home during the war, training for war and the Campaign in North West Europe, as well as the role of the battalion.
Book Synopsis A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army by : Arthur S. White
Download or read book A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army written by Arthur S. White and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.
Book Synopsis The D-Day Landing on Gold Beach by : Andrew Holborn
Download or read book The D-Day Landing on Gold Beach written by Andrew Holborn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Normandy landings of 6 June 1944, across five sectors of the French coast - Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword - constituted the largest amphibious invasion in history. This study analyses in depth the preparations and implementation of the D-Day landing on Gold Beach by XXX Corps. Historians have tended to dismiss the landing on Gold Beach as straightforward but the evidence points to a different reality. Armour supported the infantry landing and prior bombing was intended to weaken German defences; however, the bulk of the bombing landed too far inland, and many craft foundered in difficult conditions at sea. It was the tenacity of the assault units and the flexibility of the follow up units which enabled the Gold landing to secure the right flank of the British Army in Normandy. Using detailed primary evidence from The National Archives and the Imperial War Museum, this volume provides a substantial assessment of the background to the landing on Gold, and analyses the events of D-Day in the wider context of the Normandy Campaign.
Book Synopsis The Story of the 5th Battalion the Dorsetshire Regiment in North-West Europe 23rd June 1944 to 5th May 1945 by : G. R. M. F. Hartwell
Download or read book The Story of the 5th Battalion the Dorsetshire Regiment in North-West Europe 23rd June 1944 to 5th May 1945 written by G. R. M. F. Hartwell and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of one battalion's part in the 1944 Normandy campaign until the end of the Second World War. The 4th and 5th battalions of the Dorsetshires were both in the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division and fought its way from Normandy, Arnhem and the Rhine Crossing. Illustrated with photographs, Roll of Honour, Honours and Awards complete this history.
Download or read book Monty's Men written by John Buckley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain’s fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler’s Germany. Following Britain’s military commanders and troops across the battlefields of Europe, from D-Day to VE-Day, from the Normandy beaches to Arnhem and the Rhine, and, ultimately, to the Baltic, Buckley’s provocative history demonstrates that the British Army was more than a match for the vaunted Nazi war machine. This fascinating revisionist study of the campaign to liberate Northern Europe in the war’s final years features a large cast of colorful unknowns and grand historical personages alike, including Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and the prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill. By integrating detailed military history with personal accounts, it evokes the vivid reality of men at war while putting long-held misconceptions finally to rest.
Download or read book Assault on Germany written by Ken Ford and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of A Luftwaffe General gives a detailed history of the Allied forces’ brutal Operation Clipper during World War II. The Anglo-American battle for the Geilenkirchen salient in November, 1944, was infantry warfare at its worst, and it is described in vivid detail in this new edition of Ken Ford’s classic study. The onset of winter saw the Allied advance from the Normandy beaches forced to a halt on Germany’s doorstep. The clock had been put back to the days of the Great War—the Allies had arrived at the Siegfried Line and were forced to attack the fortifications from the hell of the trenches. Geilenkirchen was the first battle on German soil to be fought by the British since Minden in 1759. For them, it was just one more battle on the way to Berlin, but for the American 84th Division, it was a first faltering step into war and a bitter lesson in the attrition and savagery of combat. The story is told by the men who were there—the British, the Americans, and the Germans who were fighting desperately for their homeland. Neither side was victorious—both lost more men than they could afford and paid a heavy price in young lives for a few miles of ground.
Download or read book Mont Pincon written by Eric Hunt and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2004-02-19 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late July 1944 the Allies began their breakout from the Normandy beachheads. The Americans in Operation COBRA and the British in Operation BLUECOAT. VIII and XXX British Corps were to seize the dominating ground running north west from Mont Pincon and exploit towards Vire. Mont Pincon is the highest hill in Normandy and is a formidable obstacle as well as magnificent observation post. The Germans saw it as essential to their defensive plans for Normandy. Three armored and three infantry divisions, together with two armored brigades, were hurriedly regrouped for the BLUECOAT advance into the bocage, in which determined German resistance meant that it was 5 August before the 'mountain' itself could be tackled. The Guide outlines the principal actions of BLUECOAT, but concentrates on the key players in the assault on Mont Pincon: 43rd Wessex Division and 8th Armoured Brigade. Contemporary accounts, including personal diaries, as well as more recent personal interviews are also covered.
Book Synopsis A Bristol Soldier in the Second World War by : Ian Haddrell
Download or read book A Bristol Soldier in the Second World War written by Ian Haddrell and published by History Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbert Haddrell's son has weaved together his father's and fellow soldiers' diary extracts and letters to provide a unique, personal account of the fighting in the Second World War.
Download or read book Dorset written by Dorset County Library and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971 by : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971 written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of the 4th Battalion: The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) in the Campaign in North-West Europe June 1944 - May 1945 by : Anon
Download or read book History of the 4th Battalion: The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) in the Campaign in North-West Europe June 1944 - May 1945 written by Anon and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a typical infantry battalion of a county regiment as they fought their way from the beaches of Normandy to the River Elbe. In the proud words of Lt. Gen. G.I. Thomas, their divisional commander, the 4th Somersets 'Never had a failure and never lost an inch of ground.... they knew they were better men than the Germans and never ceased to show it'.Unusually for an official history of this kind, the book has no single author, but includes contributions from all ranks to build a picture of such hard-fought actions as Hill 112 and Mount PIncon in the Normandy campaign; the heavily contested crossing of the RIver Seine, the 'taking out' of the ancient German town of Cleve, and finally the taking of the north German port city of Bremen. This is the story of the final months of the Second World War in Europe seen through the eyes of the men who won it.
Book Synopsis The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints by : Library of Congress
Download or read book The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Story of the 5th Battalion the Dorsetshire Regiment in North-west Europe, 23rd June 1944 to 5th May 1945 by : G. R. Hartwell
Download or read book The Story of the 5th Battalion the Dorsetshire Regiment in North-west Europe, 23rd June 1944 to 5th May 1945 written by G. R. Hartwell and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis With the 8th Rifle Brigade from Normandy to the Baltic by : Don Gillate
Download or read book With the 8th Rifle Brigade from Normandy to the Baltic written by Don Gillate and published by tredition. This book was released on 2019-03-18 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Gillate landed on the beaches of Normandy on 13 June 1944. From then on until 8 May 1945 he saw almost continuous action. Don was one out of only three in his platoon of over 40 men to remain with the platoon right to the end without getting killed or seriously injured. As a member of 13 'Scout' Platoon, 8th Rifle Brigade, part of the famous 11th Armoured Division, Don Gillate took part in major operations in Normandy (Epsom, Goodwood and Bluecoat) and in the liberation of Amiens and Antwerp, the watch on the river Maas, the Battle of the Bulge and in the final advance through Germany. Don recorded his experiences in the early 1990s with vivid and personal descriptions of events including bearing witness to the loss of some 30 of his friends and comrades. In this book Don Gillate's story is illustrated by well over 100 photos and contemporary maps. Both the text and many of the photos used have not been published before.
Book Synopsis History of the 4th Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) by : Lt.-Col. C. G. Lipscomb
Download or read book History of the 4th Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) written by Lt.-Col. C. G. Lipscomb and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a typical infantry battalion of a county regiment as they fought their way from the beaches of Normandy to the River Elbe. In the proud words of Lt. Gen. G.I. Thomas, their divisional commander, the 4th Somersets ‘Never had a failure and never lost an inch of ground… they knew they were better men than the Germans and never ceased to show it'. Unusually for an official history of this kind, the book has no single author, but includes contributions from all ranks to build a picture of such hard-fought actions as Hill 112 and Mount PIncon in the Normandy campaign; the heavily contested crossing of the RIver Seine, the ‘taking out' of the ancient German town of Cleve, and finally the taking of the north German port city of Bremen. This is the story of the final months of the Second World War in Europe seen through the eyes of the men who won it.
