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Author : Hamilton Tyler
Publisher : Hyperion Books
ISBN 13 : 9780721207223
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (72 download)
Download or read book One of the D-day Dodgers written by Hamilton Tyler and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 : J. M. Lee Harvey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780718302863
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (28 download)
Download or read book D-Day Dodger written by J. M. Lee Harvey and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lance Goddard
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550029150
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Hell and High Water written by Lance Goddard and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2007-10-22 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it has been overshadowed by other events of the Second World War, Canada’s role in the Italian Campaign, from 1943 to 1945, was significant. Canadian forces played a major role in this campaign, whose goal was to open a second front in order to ease the pressure on Russian forces in the east. Canada fought under British command alongside British and American units, but our soldiers saw some of the fiercest fighting and achieved glory many times, including at the Battle of Ortona, one of Canada’s greatest military accomplishments. The pictorial history examines the Italian Campaign from the view of the soldiers serving there. Regiments represented in interviews in this book include the Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry, the Perth Regiment, the Governor-General’s Horse Guards, the Ontario Regiment, the 48th Highlanders, the Calgary Regiment, the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, the Royal Canadian Dragoons, and the Royal Canadian Navy.
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191045292
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 : Paul Jackson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773582649
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book One of the Boys written by Paul Jackson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2010 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of a book that has changed the way we think about sexual conduct and combat.
Author : Timothy Neat
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857904868
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book Hamish Henderson: Volume 1 written by Timothy Neat and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-08-25 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hamish Henderson lived one of the great lives of twentieth-century Scotland, a dramatic life of epic European scale, a life of major artistic, political and spiritual achievement. Well-known as a songwriter, a poet and a pioneer in the field of Scottish folksong, Henderson was also a highly original translator of poetry - from Gaelic, French, German, Latin and Greek - much of it into Scots. He also translated the work of the Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci, whose "Prison Letters" he published in English in 1974. Born in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, in 1919, Hamish Henderson spent his early years in Glenshee before moving to Ireland and then Devon. He won a scholarship to Dulwich College and went on to study Modern Languages at Cambridge. During the Second World War he served in North Africa and Italy with the 51st Highland Division. He died in March 2002. This book, a major study of this charismatic and fascinating man, presents both a detailed biography and an assessment of his place in the context of the twentieth century. It is based on first-hand interviews with those who knew Henderson both personally and professionally as well as detailed research of published and unpublished sources.
Author : Garth Ennis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783936068375
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (683 download)
Download or read book War story - D Day dodgers written by Garth Ennis and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stanley Buckmaster
Publisher : CaroleMcT Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book My War and Peace written by Stanley Buckmaster and published by CaroleMcT Books. This book was released on 2021-10-30 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is over sixty years since I was regarded as one of Lady Astor’s D-Day Dodgers in sunny Italy. In Sicily and Italy over 30,000 so called D-Day Dodgers sleep on, victims of a most harsh and fiercely fought campaign which involved troops of many nations whose main task was to draw enemy troops away from the landing areas in France and the Russian Front. Areas like Salerno, Cassino and Anzio were just three of the many battle fields that chewed up thousands of Allied Troops who because of the Normandy landings were never to have their casualties replaced. Germany’s best troops always fought from prepared positions and there is no doubt with every defensive line that was taken there was another one behind in the next range of hills. Regardless of the regime the German man in the sharp end in Italy was a formidable enemy who without air support never admitted defeat. Kesselring was, with his men, a worthy opponent. Being over 80 my family asked me to put pen to paper so that they may further understand why I volunteered in the first place, why I stayed on after the war and then left the country I had fought for. Stanley Buckmaster 2004
Author : Jeffrey A. Keshen
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 077485099X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers written by Jeffrey A. Keshen and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-ever synthesis of both the patriotic and the problematic in wartime Canada, Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers shows how moral and social changes, and the fears they generated, precipitated numerous, and often contradictory, legacies in law and society. From labour conflicts, to the black market, to prostitution, and beyond, Keshen acknowledges the underbelly of Canada’s Second World War, and demonstrates that the “Good War” was a complex tapestry of social forces – not all of which were above reproach.
Author : Francis Mackay
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1844683621
Total Pages : 326 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 326 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 : Lawrence Abrams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351244736
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)
Download or read book Historians Without Borders written by Lawrence Abrams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores a variety of themes developed from successive years of the University of California, Davis, multidisciplinary graduate conference. It draws out connections on a wide array of topics among the arts, humanities, and sciences in history for multidisciplinary study. This text presents a rare forum for multidisciplinary connections researched and presented by junior specialists in their respective fields. It enables both creativity and flexibility in drawing out connections that are frequently overlooked by more specialized senior scholars. This book is a unique exercise in the promotion of junior scholarly achievement and multidisciplinary research.
Author : Rick Atkinson
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1429920106
Total Pages : 814 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book The Day of Battle written by Rick Atkinson and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy In An Army at Dawn—winner of the Pulitzer Prize—Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the strengthening American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then, mile by bloody mile, fight their way north toward Rome. The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, Roosevelt, Churchill, and their military advisers engaged in heated debate about whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even a good idea. But once under way, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizingly high price. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, and Monte Cassino were particularly difficult and lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. Led by Lieutenant General Mark Clark, one of the war's most complex and controversial commanders, American officers and soldiers became increasingly determined and proficient. And with the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory at last began to seem inevitable. Drawing on a wide array of primary source material, written with great drama and flair, this is narrative history of the first rank. With The Day of Battle, Atkinson has once again given us the definitive account of one of history's most compelling military campaigns.
Author : Bryan Perrett
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780470061916
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)
Download or read book British Military History For Dummies written by Bryan Perrett and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-04-04 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A plain-English guide to Britons in battle, from the Roman invasion to the ongoing Iraqi war Charging through the Britain's military past, this accessible guide brings to life the battles and wars that shaped the history of Britain-and the world. The book profiles commanders, explains strategies and tactics, and covers key developments in weaponry and technology.
Author : Megan Williams
Publisher : Second Story Press
ISBN 13 : 1926739639
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Saving Rome written by Megan Williams and published by Second Story Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her debut collection, Rome-based writer and correspondent Megan K. Williams serves up the Eternal City as you've never seen it before, turning an insider's eye on the love, mystery and unholy chaos of Rome. In nine funny and insightful stories, Williams delves into the lives of women searching for meaning (and survival) in an ancient metropolis awhirl in honking Fiats, smouldering cigarettes and teetering high heels. Piercing, quirky, hilarious and heartbreaking, Saving Rome's women are trapped in a new-millennium Roman circus sideshow. One follows her husband to Italy only to become obsessed with an eccentric pet-shop owner. Another, a rattled mother, gives a carabiniere officer the finger over a parking dispute, and is horrified when he trails her home. Not to mention the jilted innamorata who pushes her tour-guide host to the thin edge of sanity.
Author : Edwin Moore
Publisher : Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Lemmings Don't Leap written by Edwin Moore and published by Larousse Kingfisher Chambers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amusing and informative, this book looks at almost 200 urban myths and sets the record straight.
