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Author : Hans Onderwater
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Operation Manna/Chowhound written by Hans Onderwater and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Dando-Collins
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466879157
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Operation Chowhound written by Stephen Dando-Collins and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a little-known, yet remarkable World War II operation, which had all the hallmarks of a suicide mission. Beginning with a crazy plan hatched by a suspect prince, and an even crazier reliance on the word of the Nazis, Operation Chowhound was devised. Between May 1 and May 8, 1945, 2,268 military units flown by the USAAF, dropped food to 3.5 million starving Dutch civilians in German-occupied Holland. It took raw courage to fly on Operation Chowhound, as American aircrews never knew when the German AAA might open fire on them or if Luftwaffe fighters might jump them. Flying at 400 feet, barely above the tree tops, with guns pointed directly at them, they would have no chance to bail out if their B-17s were hit—and yet, over eight days, 120,000 German troops kept their word, and never fired on the American bombers. As they flew, grateful Dutch civilians spelled out "Thanks Boys" in the tulip fields below. Many Americans who flew in Operation Chowhound would claim it was the best thing they did in the war. In this gripping narrative, author Stephen Dando-Collins takes the reader into the rooms where Operation Chowhound was born, into the aircraft flying the mission, and onto the ground in the Netherlands with the civilians who so desperately needed help. James Bond creator Ian Fleming, Hollywood actress Audrey Hepburn, as well as Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Churchill all play a part in this story, creating a compelling, narrative read.
Author : Ingrid de Zwarte
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108836801
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)
Download or read book The Hunger Winter written by Ingrid de Zwarte and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-23 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering study on the causes and consequences of the Dutch famine of 1944-1945.
Author : Vic Jay
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781523252893
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (528 download)
Download or read book The Mallon Crew written by Vic Jay and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Mallon crew' is the extraordinary result of four years of research. My decision in 2012 to write a blog about my father's war-time experiences as the Flight Engineer of a Lancaster bomber, took me on an incredible voyage of discovery, and unearthed some remarkable stories of courage, sacrifice and betrayal. As a child growing up in the 1950s, I never tired of asking my dad about what he did in the war. I wanted to know all about his role, what flak was like, and even how aircraft were able to fly. By the time I left primary school, my interest had started to wane and, when he died in 1974 at the age of just 55, I thought I had lost any chance of discovering more about his life. I couldn't have been more mistaken. Nearly forty years later, with just a handful of photographs, his flying log book and the name of his New Zealand pilot, Bill Mallon, my modest research project into 'Bob Jay's war' uncovered more tragedies than I could have imagined possible, and connected me with the families of all but one of my dad's crew. It even gave me the opportunity to talk to a man of 94 who had flown with my dad, and to find a photograph of my dad's aircraft flying to his last target. This book is not about a squadron, nor is it about individual acts of heroism, it is about the Mallon crew, a small group of unremarkable men thrown together briefly during the last few months of the war, and the amazing way in which their stories have unfolded seventy years later. I defy anyone not to be moved by their experiences, nor to marvel at the power of the internet to bring people together.
Author : Stephen Dando-Collins
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 113727963X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)
Download or read book Operation Chowhound written by Stephen Dando-Collins and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with a crazy plan, and an even crazier reliance on the word of the Nazis, Operation Chowhound dropped food to 3.5 million starving Dutch civilians in German-occupied Holland. Between May 1 and May 8, 1945, it took raw courage to fly on Operation Chowhound, as American aircrews never knew when the German AAA might open fire on them or if Luftwaffe fighters might jump them. Dando-Collins takes the reader into the rooms where Operation Chowhound was born, into the aircraft flying the mission, and onto the ground in the Netherlands with the civilians who so desperately needed help.
Author : Peter Firkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781876439842
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)
Download or read book Strike and Return written by Peter Firkins and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reprint tells the WW2 exploits of the Australian 460 RAAF Squadron, flying from Britain. During the air war, thousands of Australian airmen paid the ultimate price and this unit had its own high casualty rate. Their operations over Europe faced heavy anti-aircraft concentrations as well as the highly skilled German night-fighter pilots.
Author : Heritage House Group Limited
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780904597790
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (977 download)
Download or read book Operation Manna/Chowhound written by Heritage House Group Limited and published by . This book was released on 1994-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Laurie Woods
Publisher : Boolarong Press
ISBN 13 : 1925046753
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (25 download)
Download or read book The Hell Series written by Laurie Woods and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Laurie Wood's books in one package. 1. Flying into the Mouth of Hell The story of Royal Australian Air Force service culminating in a tour of operations against the enemy, whilst an aircrew member on the Australian Lancaster 460 squadron immediately following the invasion of Europe by the allied forces. Dedicated to the aircrew of Bomber Command, and to all those who did not return. 2. Halfway to Hell The content of this book are based on personal interviews, personal service stories among my mates, members of the Royal Australian Air Force, and with historic records of airmen who were mainly trained in the Empire Air Training scheme. The scheme was set up to keep up a supply of trained aircrew to replace the immense numbers who were giving their lives. 3. To Hell and Back To Hell and Back is the story of some of the other Australian airmen who flew with Bomber Command. Laurie Woods either knew these men personally or had heard of them during the campaign. These stories have been verified by conversations with the men or their relatives and in some cases historical records. 4. Back from Hell The adrenaline that pumps through the veins of men flying Lancaster bombers over Germany while ack-ack explodes around them is only matched by the gut-wrenching nervousness in their stomach. “Will I be the next statistic?” Shortly after the war the memories keep flooding back through nightmares that are distorted from the reality but even more frightening.
Author : Nicholas Best
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429941359
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Five Days That Shocked the World written by Nicholas Best and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the momentous days from April 28 to May 2, 1945, the world witnessed the death of two Fascist dictators and the fall of Berlin. Mussolini's capture and execution by Italian partisans, the suicide of Adolf Hitler, and the fall of the German capital signaled the end of the four-year war in the European Theater. In Five Days That Shocked the World, Nicholas Best thrills readers with the first-person accounts of those who lived through this dramatic time. In this valuable work of history, the author's special achievement is weaving together the reports of famous and soon-to-be-famous individuals who experienced the war up close. We follow a young Walter Cronkite as he parachutes into Holland with a Canadian troop; photographer Lee Miller capturing the evidence of Nazi atrocities; the future Pope Benedict returning home and hoping not to get caught and shot after deserting his infantry unit; Audrey Hepburn no longer having to fear conscription into a Wehrmacht brothel; and even an SS doctor's descriptions of a decadent sex orgy in Hitler's bunker. In skillfully synthesizing these personal narratives, Best creates a compelling chronicle of the five earth-shaking days when Fascism lost it death grip on Europe. With this vivid and fast-paced narrative, the author reaffirms his reputation as an expert on the final days of great wars.
Author : Ingrid Kohlstadt
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 142006763X
Total Pages : 683 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Food and Nutrients in Disease Management written by Ingrid Kohlstadt and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food and nutrients are the original medicine and the shoulders on which modern medicine stands. But in recent decades, food and medicine have taken divergent paths and the natural healing properties of food have been diminished in the wake of modern technical progress. With contributions from highly regarded experts who work on the frontlines of di
Author : Ian L. Hawkins
Publisher : Memories of War
ISBN 13 : 9781574888423
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (884 download)
Download or read book B-17s Over Berlin written by Ian L. Hawkins and published by Memories of War. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The best collection of firsthand battle stories I have read." -Air Power History
Author : Gordon Stooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780958669320
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (693 download)
Download or read book Flak and Barbed Wire written by Gordon Stooke and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barry Turner
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1444764861
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)
Download or read book Countdown to Victory written by Barry Turner and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In standard histories of the Second World War, the last six months in the western European arena invariably make a short epilogue. After the German failure in the Battle of the Bulge, Hitler's bold counter attack across the Ardennes, the war is often assumed to have been all over bar sporadic shooting. This was far from the truth; it was certainly not how those soldiers and civilians at the front saw it. Drawing on American, British, Canadian, German, Dutch and Scandinavian sources, most of them previously unpublished, and starting with the Battle of the Bulge, COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY tells the little known story of those final months through the eyes of ordinary people who had to live the trauma.
Author : Mark Felton
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 125007374X
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Zero Night written by Mark Felton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Non-fiction that reads like a novel! A thrilling, moment by moment account of an epic escape and the real-life adventures that followed.
Author : Palmiro Campagna
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459753186
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)
Download or read book The Avro Arrow written by Palmiro Campagna and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “No one has done more than Palmiro Campagna to document the story of Canada’s extraordinary Avro Arrow ... This latest work sheds new light on the Arrow’s fascinating saga.” — ANDREW CHAIKIN, author of A Man on the Moon An expanded edition of the bestselling book, including newly discovered American records that shed further light on the disastrous cancellation of the Avro Arrow. The controversial cancellation of the Avro Arrow — an extraordinary achievement of Canadian military aviation — continues to inspire debate today. When the program was scrapped in 1959, all completed aircraft and those awaiting assembly were destroyed, along with tooling and technical information. Was abandoning the program the right decision? Did Canada lose more than it gained? Brimming with information to fill the gaps in the Arrow’s troubled history, this new edition also brings to light recently discovered documents that answer whether the United States government wished Canada to continue the development of what was considered the world’s most advanced interceptor aircraft.
Author : Dieter Rudolph
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781515119623
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)
Download or read book Farewell to Hamburg written by Dieter Rudolph and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A refreshing and new outlook on war torn Germany as experienced and told by a young German boy from Hamburg. The reader is able to re-live his experiences of the highs and lows of life during the blitz. Cry with Dieter as he sees his first dead person, laugh with him as he and his brother Hans together with their friends play often dangerous games on the German soldiers at the local barracks, then on the British soldiers after the surrender of Hamburg. Wonder at the extraordinary experiences as these young boys enter and exit a local POW Camp at will, mixing freely with the French POW who treated the boys with kindness. Feel his fear of the bombs being dropped over his beloved Hamburg and the excitement of the long train journeys to his evacuation village, the horror of the train being attacked and strafed and the terror of spending a night in the pitch dark forest whilst being machine gunned from the attacking planes waiting for help. Go through the great joy of seeing his father home on leave, then the utter sadness at his departures. The family receive the devastating news that his father was missing in action on the Eastern Front and presumed dead, as the reports indicate his panzer unit being destroyed. What did his young mother do? How did she cope? Initially she was devastated then she was kept busy running her parent's greengrocers after her father was taken ill, then during the occupation by allied forces we can be happy that she was able to befriend a British soldier; this Welshman who worked in the British Army kitchens was able to "supply" the necessary food to keep this family from going hungry, often via difficult and extraordinary means to ensure his own position is not damaged. The sudden death of both his Grandparents and the hardship caused to his mother but her inheritance enables life in Wales to be easier but isolates the young mother even more from her family in Hamburg. Dieter tells all of this in a heart wrenching tale and takes us with him on his journey from the destruction of Hamburg to peace time on the Welsh coast. As with all good stories there is a twist to the tale, which again sees Dieter going through yet more emotional upheaval, but with the ever present guiding hand of his older brother Hans, Dieter is able to face up to all the trials that war had thrown at him and the utter devastation he felt as a young boy in a strange land, when the family moved to Wales - once again he felt isolated, not able to speak the language but he takes the reader through his adventures in this strange country and shows the resilience of the young. Follow Hans and Dieter on their numerous money making ventures and Dieter's return to Hamburg with the Sea Cadets and the reaction of his family when they see him in the uniform of the allied forces.
Author : Peter Gluckman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521542357
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (423 download)
Download or read book The Fetal Matrix: Evolution, Development and Disease written by Peter Gluckman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New discoveries reveal how crucial interactions which determine our destiny occur before birth, when our genes interact with their environment as the embryo and fetus develop. These processes - in the matrix of the womb - are evolutionary echoes of mechanisms which allowed our hunter-gatherer ancestors to survive. These exciting insights into predictive adaptive responses suggest new ways of protecting the health of the fetus, infant and adult. If inappropriate they can trigger obesity, diabetes and heart disease, formerly thought to result solely from adult lifestyle. The new concepts in this book are crucial to understanding the daunting public health burden in societies undergoing rapid transition from poverty to affluence. They add an important new dimension to evolutionary theory. Synthesising developmental biology, evolutionary history, medical science, public health and social policy, this is a ground-breaking and fascinating account by two of the world's leading pioneers in this important emerging field.
