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Author : David Marley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Story of the War: January-December 1943 written by David Marley and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Marley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Story of the War: January-December 1944 written by David Marley and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Marley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Story of the War: January 1st-September 9th, 1945 written by David Marley and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gary A. Best
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Silent Invaders written by Gary A. Best and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The guys would come into the glider like a bunch of piss-ants, skittering around, real cocky like. But they settled down in the glider. Some got airsick and they began thinking about what was ahead. One time we were fired on just as we were landing and exiting the glider and one of the boys was hit. His friends dragged him to cover beneath a tree. He looked up at me and said, “Take my rifle, I’m dying.” I reached down and took his weapon, and he slumped back and died. That was pretty tough...’ Combat gliders were called by some as ‘Death Crates’, ‘Purple Heart Boxes’, ‘Flying Coffins’ and ‘Tow Targets’. They were not pretty and had no graceful lines. Viewed from the front, they had a pug nose and a sloping Neanderthal forehead. Their wings looked like the heavily-starched ears of a jackrabbit placed at right angles on a canvas-covered frame. Twice the length of the body, these wings were eighty-four feet in length, 70 per cent as long as the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight at Kitty Hawk. They could not become airborne, let alone fly, unless assisted by an engine-powered tow plane. And for those riding in the back, it was like flying ‘through the gates of hell’. The men who were trained and assigned to guide gliders into battle were said to be the only pilots who had no motors, armament, parachutes and no second chances. Like the aircraft they commanded, they were called inglorious names such as The Bastards Nobody Wanted, Glider Gladiators in Wooden Chariots; Hybrid Jackasses and Glory Boys. Beautifully written, profoundly illustrated and researched, Silent Invaders: Combat Gliders of the Second World War is a work that is dedicated to those brave men under impossible odds from the British and American servicemen on D-Day, the doomed Operation Market Garden in Holland and Hitler’s radical commando raid to rescue Mussolini. Illustrations: 80 black-and-white photographs
Author : Sheila Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Academic Monographs
ISBN 13 : 0522855334
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (228 download)
Download or read book Political Tourists written by Sheila Fitzpatrick and published by Academic Monographs. This book was released on 2008 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Socialists and many liberals, the Soviet Union of the 1920s-1940s was the site of the great Socialist Experiment. Most Australians who travelled there wrote about their extraordinary experiences, and the recent opening of the Soviet archives gave access to the Soviets' reactions to their visitors. Collecting the research of leading historians and writers, Political Tourists explores Soviet tourism through figures such as Eric Ashby, RM Crawford, Reg Ellery, Neill Greenwood, Esmonde Higgins, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Betty Roland and Jessie Street. Drawing on both Australian and Soviet archives, this is a unique insight into the Soviet experience in the 1920s-1940s.
Author : Gary Yee
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1636240992
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (362 download)
Download or read book World War II Snipers written by Gary Yee and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2022-05-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gary Yee takes what is already a well-researched deep dive into the specifics of sniper training, employment and equipment to a new level." - American Rifleman Magazine Thousands of volumes have been published about World War II but relatively little attention has been given to the sniper. Drawing from memoirs, government documents and interviews, World War II Snipers incorporates eyewitness accounts to weave a comprehensive narrative of snipers in World War II. While certain common traits were shared among belligerents, each had its unique methodology for selecting and training snipers and, as casualties were high, their replacements. Drawn from hunters, competitive shooters, natural marksmen, outdoorsmen, city dwellers, farmers and veteran soldiers, they fought to assert local battlefield dominance and instill among their enemy a paralyzing fear. Sometimes admired and other times reviled by their own comrades because of the retaliation they drew, they were always too few in number. Their battlefield role, their victories and their defeats are retold here from neglected or forgotten sources. The scope of World War II Snipers is extensive with three chapters each on the major theaters of the war including Western Europe, Eastern Europe and the Pacific. This is supported by a lengthy chapter on the sniper rifles used by the snipers and their equipment.
Author : Robert J. Hanyok
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486481271
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Eavesdropping on Hell written by Robert J. Hanyok and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This official government publication investigates the impact of the Holocaust on the Western powers' intelligence-gathering community. It explains the archival organization of wartime records accumulated by the U.S. Army's Signal Intelligence Service and Britain's Government Code and Cypher School. It also summarizes Holocaust-related information intercepted during the war years.
Author : Public Affairs Information Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bulletin of the Public Affairs Information Service written by Public Affairs Information Service and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Cesarani
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415318716
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (187 download)
Download or read book Holocaust: Responses to the persecution and mass murder of the Jews written by David Cesarani and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander Joffe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350132896
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Operation Crusader and the Desert War in British History and Memory written by Alexander Joffe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the 2021 Society for Army Historical Research's Templer Medal Operation Crusader, launched in November 1941, was the third and final British attempt to relieve the siege of Tobruk and break the German and Italian forces in North Africa. After tough initial fighting, the British made important gains, only to be countered by a stunning breakthrough overseen personally by Lt. General Erwin Rommel. As the British situation teetered, the commander of the 8th Army, Lt. General Alan Cunningham, was relieved of duty by his superior, General Claude Auchinleck. This decision changed the direction of the battle and perhaps the war itself. Why and how Cunningham was relieved has been the subject of commentary and speculation since it occurred. Using newly discovered evidence, Alexander Joffe rethinks the events that brought about the sudden relief of the operation's commanding officer, including insubordination. The book then discusses how narratives regarding the operation were created, were incorporated into British and Commonwealth official and unofficial historical writing about the war, and contributed to British historical memory. Based on a decade of archival work, the book presents a new and detailed analysis of a consequential battle and, importantly, of how its history was written and received in the context of post-war Britain.
Author : Edward Corse
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 144114336X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book A Battle for Neutral Europe written by Edward Corse and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Battle for Neutral Europe describes and analyses the forgotten story of the British government's cultural propaganda organization, the British Council, in its campaign to win the hearts and minds of people in neutral Europe during the Second World War. The book draws on a range of previously unused material from archives from across Europe and private memoirs to provide a unique insight into the work of the leading British artists, scientists, musicians and other cultural figures who travelled to Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Turkey at great personal risk to promote British life and thought in a time of war. Edward Corse shows how the British Council played a subtle but crucial role in Britain's war effort and draws together the lessons of the British Council experience to produce a new model of cultural propaganda.
Author : David C. Tucker
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476641749
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book S. Sylvan Simon, Moviemaker written by David C. Tucker and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was Red Skelton's favorite director, and mentored Lucille Ball in the art of physical comedy. In his 15-year Hollywood career, S. Sylvan Simon (1910-1951) directed and/or produced more than 40 films, with stars like Lana Turner, Abbott and Costello, and Wallace Beery. Though he loved to make moviegoers laugh, he demonstrated his versatility with murder mysteries, war stories, and musicals. After a decade at MGM, he moved to Columbia, where he produced his own projects, including the Western melodrama Lust for Gold, and popular slapstick comedies like The Fuller Brush Girl. As head of production, reporting to irascible Harry Cohn, he produced the award-winning Born Yesterday, and was working on From Here to Eternity when his life ended tragically at the age of 41. This first-ever account of Simon's life and career draws on interviews with family and colleagues, genealogical records, archival materials, and his own annotated scripts to tell the story of a stage-struck boy from Pittsburgh whose talent and tenacity made him a Hollywood success. The filmography provides production histories, critical commentary, and excerpts from published reviews. An appendix covers books written or edited by Simon, including his anthologized plays for amateur groups.
Author : Dr. Michael Greenberg, Imagetripping LLC,
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1644621991
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (446 download)
Download or read book Tables Turned on Them written by Dr. Michael Greenberg, Imagetripping LLC, and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the systematic murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators was taking place, Jewish soldiers in the United States Army participated in guarding, healing, and reeducating of some of the four hundred thousand German prisoners of war (PW) held in camps scattered across the United States. History has paid little attention to the participation of Jewish GIs at these camps and the role they played in preparing PWs to return and participate in a postwar democratic Germany. Very little is known about the experiences of these Jewish soldiers that prepared them to go face-to-face with German PWs, some of which were hardened Nazi party members. In addition, little is known about how the tour of duty in these camps affected the GIs’ postwar lives. It was fifty years after the German PWs returned home that I found an unexpected gift my late parents left me that became a portal to discover stories of individual Jewish men whose deeds should inspire future generations on confronting anti-Semitism and racism. These men did not feel sorry for themselves being assigned to PW camps, did not request transfers, and embraced the change and focused on the things they could control. They viewed their roles not as custodians or babysitters of prisoners but as role models of Jewish men who were fit, trim, educated, held rank, and wanted to do more than just “ride out the war” in the zone of the interior. Their stories are about affecting positive change in the PWs’ thinking and behaviors. Their mission of tikkun olam—“repair of the world¬”—is the subject of this book. How, where, and when they started and completed this mission is unique to each Jewish GI despite them having common basic training in Jewish upbringing and values. It is hoped that this book will inspire other Jewish soldiers who served at PW camps or their family members knowledgeable about their service to step forward and share their experiences. This could lead to a future updated edition of this book.
Author : Joe Moran
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847650651
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)
Download or read book Queuing for Beginners written by Joe Moran and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-08-06 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do so many people go on about queuing? Have we always been obsessed with traffic? And why do so many of us now eat lunch at our computers - al desko? We spend our days catching buses and trains, writing emails, shopping, queuing...But we know almost nothing about these activities. Exploring the history of these subjects as they come up during a typical day, starting with eating breakfast and ending with sleeping, Joe Moran tells a story about hidden social and cultural changes in Britain since the Second World War. Drawing on his academic research on everyday life, but writing with wit and lucidity for a popular audience, he shows that we know less about ourselves than we think...
Author : Amy Helen Bell
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030028022X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Under Cover of Darkness written by Amy Helen Bell and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping new history of London during the Blackout—revealing the violent crime that spread across the capital under the cover of darkness Fear was the unacknowledged spectre haunting the streets of London during the Second World War; fear not only of death from the German bombers circling above, but of violence at the hands of fellow Londoners in the streets below. Mass displacement, the anonymity of shelters, and the bomb-scarred landscape offered unprecedented opportunities for violent crime. In this absorbing, sometimes shocking account, Amy Helen Bell uncovers the hidden stories of murder and violence that were rife in wartime London. Bell moves through the city, examining the crimes in their various locations, from domestic violence in the home to robberies in the blacked-out streets and fights in pubs and clubs. She reveals the experiences of women, children, and the elderly, and focuses on the lives of the victims, as well as their deaths. This groundbreaking study transforms our understanding of the ways in which war made people vulnerable—not just to the enemy, but to each other.
Author : Nicholas John Wilkinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134052545
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Secrecy and the Media written by Nicholas John Wilkinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrecy and the Media is the first book to examine the development of the D-Notice system, which regulates the UK media's publication of British national security secrets. It is based on official documents, many of which have not previously been available to a general audience, as well as on media sources. From Victorian times, British governments have consistently seen the need, in the public interest, to prevent the media publishing secret information which would endanger national security. The UK media have meanwhile continuously resisted official attempts to impose any form of censorship, arguing that a free press is in the public interest. Both sides have normally seen the pitfalls of attempting to resolve this sometimes acrimonious conflict of interests by litigation, and have together evolved a system of editorial self-regulation, assisted by day-to-day independent expert advice, known colloquially as the D-Notice System. The book traces the development of this system from nineteenth-century colonial campaigns, through two world wars, to modern operations and counter-terrorism in the post-Cold War era, up to the beginning of the Labour government in 1997. Examples are drawn from media, political and official sources (some not yet open), and cover not only defence issues (including Special Forces), but also the activities of the secret intelligence services MI5, MI6 and GCHQ. These cases relate principally to the UK, but also to American and other allies' interests. The story of how this sometimes controversial institution now operates in the modern world will be essential reading for those in the media and government departments, and for academics and students in the fields of security, defence and intelligence, as well as being an accessible expos for the general reader. Nicholas Wilkinson served in the Royal Navy 1959-98, and from 1999 to 2004 he ran the independent Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee. He was a Press Complaints Commissioner from 2005 to 2008, and is a Cabinet Office Historian.
Author : Bernard O'Connor
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445673614
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book SOE Heroines written by Bernard O'Connor and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The amazing stories of 38 female spies who operated in occupied France and Vichy France, many told for the very first time.
