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Book Synopsis The Legendary Lieutenant by : Steve Plummer
Download or read book The Legendary Lieutenant written by Steve Plummer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Legendary Lieutenant is the tale of a young man, schooled in the science of warfare and sent reluctantly to India to defend Victoria's Empire. Poorly suited for life as a soldier and wounded early in his career, he finds solace in an unsuitable romance. When tragedy strikes, his only comfort is the medication prescribed by his military surgeons and the rum ration issued by his employer. Can his story, confused and embellished by generations of descendants, now be unravelled?
Download or read book Pershing's Lieutenants written by and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War I had a profound impact on the United States of America, which was forced to 'grow' an army almost overnight. The day the United States declared war on Germany, the US Army was only the 17th largest in the world, ranking behind Portugal – the Regular Army had only 128,00 troops, backed up by the National Guard with some 182,000 troops. By the end of the war it had grown to 3,700,000, with slightly more than half that number in Europe. Until the United States did so, no country in all history had tried to deploy a 2-million-man force 3,000 miles from its own borders, a force led by American Expeditionary Forces Commander-in-Chief General John J. Pershing. This was America's first truly modern war and rising from its ranks was a new generation of leaders who would control the fate of the United States armed forces during the interwar period and into World War II. This book reveals the history of the key leaders working for and with John J. Pershing during this tumultuous period, including George S. Patton (tank commander and future commander of the US Third Army during World War II); Douglas MacArthur (42nd Division commander and future General of the Army) and Harry S. Truman (artillery battery commander and future President of the United States). Edited by Major General David T. Zabecki (US Army, Retired) and Colonel Douglas V. Mastriano (US Army, Retired), this fascinating title comprises chapters on individual leaders from subject experts across the US, including faculty members of the US Army War College.
Book Synopsis Captain John Smith by : Charles Dudley Warner
Download or read book Captain John Smith written by Charles Dudley Warner and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of an English soldier who, after many adventures including fighting in the Crusades against the Turks, was sent to establish a colony in Virginia along with 3 ships and a large number of colonists. The settlement was called Jamestown. Many believe that Smith's exploits were highly embroidered by the man himself and that he was indeed a very unpleasant person, but this is still a very interesting slice of Early American history.
Book Synopsis The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott by : Dr. David M. Wilson
Download or read book The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott written by Dr. David M. Wilson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-01-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The myth of Scott of the Antarctic, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, icon of fortitude and courage who perished with his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole on March 29th, 1912, is an enduring one, elevated, dismantled and restored during the turbulence of the succeeding century. Until now, the legend of the doomed Terra Nova expedition has been constructed out of Scott's own diaries and those of his companions, the sketches of 'Uncle Bill' Wilson and the celebrated photographs of Herbert Ponting. Yet for the final, fateful months of their journey, the systematic imaging of this extraordinary scientific endeavor was left to Scott himself, trained by Ponting. In the face of extreme climactic conditions and technical challenges at the dawn of photography, Scott achieved an iconic series of images; breathtaking polar panoramas, geographical and geological formations, and action photographs of the explorers and their animals, remarkable for their technical mastery as well as for their poignancy. Lost, fought over, neglected and finally resurrected, Scott's final photographs are here collected, accurately attributed and catalogued for the first time: a new dimension to the last great expedition of the Heroic Age and a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.
Book Synopsis Who's who in Naval History by : Alastair Wilson
Download or read book Who's who in Naval History written by Alastair Wilson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This A-Z guide covers the life and careers of over 600 key figures in naval history, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Featuring influential figures from the UK, US and around the world, from the great admirals such as Nelson, to minesweepers, designers and administrators, it is an invaluable guide to those who have shaped naval history.
Book Synopsis Rise to Victory by : R. Cameron Cooke
Download or read book Rise to Victory written by R. Cameron Cooke and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-01-31 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author of the USA Today bestseller Pride Runs Deep returns to the pulse-pounding depths of international suspense as an undersea war is waged… Returning from deployment in the Middle East, attack sub USS Providence has received emergency tasking orders only miles from homeport. The mission: head for Indonesia and evacuate U.S. citizens endangered by a violent rebellion. Positioned on the front lines of the war on terrorism, the hunters of the USS Providence are now the hunted as they become engaged with a rebel sub in an epic undersea duel. And only the victor can surface alive.
Book Synopsis American Knights by : Victor Failmezger
Download or read book American Knights written by Victor Failmezger and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-20 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exhilarating combat history of the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, the very first pure Tank Destroyer force. As the war began to swing in favour of the Allies, it became clear that no final defeat of the Third Reich would be possible until the armoured monsters of the Panzerwaffe were defeated. But who would, or even could, take on the mighty Tigers and Panthers, just a handful of which could stop entire formations in their tracks? The answer lay with the formation of a new type of unit, the Tank Destroyer Battalion. This is the story of the men and machines that made up the very first Tank Destroyer Battalion, the 601st, from their unique training and formation, to the final, desperate battles in the heart of Nazi Germany. Packed with rare material, letters, diaries and previously unpublished photographs, and now available in paperback, this is an intense and intimate chronicle of the men who fought the Panzers in an astonishing 10 campaigns and 546 days of lethal combat.
Book Synopsis Steamboat Seasons and Backwater Battles by : Kendall Gott
Download or read book Steamboat Seasons and Backwater Battles written by Kendall Gott and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a young man with the ambition to crawl his way up in Victorian society by leaving the farm and signing onto a steamboat. After becoming a certified pilot, he is quickly swept up in the war he does not understand that divides the country and threatens his goals. He witnesses the militarization of the steamboat trade and the coming rise of the railroads. When the boat is acquired by the War Department for conversion to a "tinclad" gunboat, he and other skilled men are contracted to the Navy and find themselves in the thick of the fighting on the western rivers. There, they must grapple with the moral complexities and the human and economic consequences of the war. The battles and locations are real, and the tale reveals the trials and tribulations of forming a navy on the western rivers. Such topics as boat acquisition, manning, and arming are presented in detail. Others such as leadership and race relations of the era are as well. This story is a unique and colorful over-the-shoulder look at steamboat life and the war on the rivers.
Book Synopsis The Story of Black Military Officers, 1861-1948 by : Krewasky A. Salter I
Download or read book The Story of Black Military Officers, 1861-1948 written by Krewasky A. Salter I and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black members of the military served in every war, conflict and military engagement between 1861 and 1948. Beyond serving only as enlisted soldiers and non-commissioned officers, many also served as commissioned officers in positions of leadership and authority. This book offers the first complete and conclusive work to specifically examine the history of black commissioned officers.
Book Synopsis Frogs and Toads Forever: The War at Sea by :
Download or read book Frogs and Toads Forever: The War at Sea written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Seals Strategic Warfare by : Mike Martell
Download or read book Seals Strategic Warfare written by Mike Martell and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mission to the dirtiest of little wars The Briefing: Six SEALs have a covert meet with their CIA contact in the middle of a D.C. slum. Twenty-four hours later, they're parachuting into Kosovo. The Preparations: Everything is top secret, strictly "need-to-know." The weapons are already stowed when the warriors board the plane. And their first op is outlined in detail only moments before they leap out into the darkness. The Plan: To help bring a nasty genocidal war to a permanent end, by any means possible. The Mission: Rescue a downed U.S. flier. Cut off a massive drugs-for-guns deal. Find the one Serbian leader who is blocking the peace process--and take him off the board. But someone on their own side is blowing the SEALs cover. And a successful escape may impossible.
Download or read book At All Costs written by Bryan Perrett and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the jaws of defeat, incredible victories. AT ALL COSTS! transports you to the battlefront for over two centuries of astonishing military confrontations. From the Battle of Minden in 1795 to dramatic second world war stories and the Battle for Goose Green in the Falklands, Bryan Perrett gives astoundingly vivid accounts of international forces in daring actions, achieving victory against the odds. These real-life military adventures are meticulously, accurately described, giving a true flavour of some of the most important moments in world history.
Download or read book The Phoenix Rising written by Gary Caplan and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first of the Alliance of Worlds Novels. The Phoenix Rising won 2010 Indie Excellence Award Finalist in Science Fiction A huge battle is about to explode. Composed of 250 assorted civilizations, the Alliance of Worlds is an impressive conglomeration of space-faring races with extraordinary array of resources. However, the Alliance will soon face its biggest threat-one that might lead to their fall. As two evil forces attempt to eliminate them, a seasoned leader is called to take on this deadly threat at the helm of his new starship, Phoenix. Witness a time of change and war in The Phoenix Rising, the first in a series of science fiction novels set in a distant future.
Book Synopsis The Marines in World War II by : Michael E. Haskew
Download or read book The Marines in World War II written by Michael E. Haskew and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2016 will mark the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that pushed the United States into World War II and sent thousands of US Marines to fight and die on tiny islands half a world away. Today, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Tarawa are household names that hold legendary status on the Marines’ roll of honor. But in 1941, the Marine Corps was a small expeditionary force with outdated equipment and an unproven new mission—amphibious assault. Michael E. Haskew's The Marines in World War II charts the rapid development of this famous fighting force from two brigades, totaling fewer than 20,000 servicemen, to two full corps with six divisions, five air wings, 21 battalions and as many as 475,000 Marines. In addition to chronicling the hard fought battles at places like Midway, Guadalcanal and Guam, the book also addresses the important role played by Navajo code talkers during combat, as well as the changes that took place within the Marines during the war, such as the admission of its first black members and the gradual desegregation of the Corps.
Book Synopsis Captain Cool, Paratrooper Legend by : William B. Breuer
Download or read book Captain Cool, Paratrooper Legend written by William B. Breuer and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Elizabeth Postuma Simcoe, 1762-1850 by : Mary Beacock Fryer
Download or read book Elizabeth Postuma Simcoe, 1762-1850 written by Mary Beacock Fryer and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1989-09 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diaries, letters, and sketches of Elizabeth Simcoe portray the remarkable woman who came to Upper Canada when her husband was appointed lieutenant-governor.
Book Synopsis A Political and General History of the District of Tinnevelly, in the Presidency of Madras, from the Earliest Period to Its Cession to the English Government in A.D. 1801 by : Robert Caldwell
Download or read book A Political and General History of the District of Tinnevelly, in the Presidency of Madras, from the Earliest Period to Its Cession to the English Government in A.D. 1801 written by Robert Caldwell and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
