The Obscure Heroes Of Liberty The Belgian People Who Aided Escaped Allied Soldiers During The Great War 1914 1918

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The Obscure Heroes of Liberty - The Belgian People who Aided Escaped Allied Soldiers During the Great War 1914-1918

Author : Kenneth M. Baker
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0473451875
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book The Obscure Heroes of Liberty - The Belgian People who Aided Escaped Allied Soldiers During the Great War 1914-1918 written by Kenneth M. Baker and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most have heard of the French Resistance during World War Two. Few are aware of the Belgian Resistance movements during the First World War and the enormous role they played in the defeat of the enemy. This book tells the story of those underground organisations in Belgium during the Great War and in particular the ÔPrisoner Help NetworkÕ. A very large proportion of the network were women. Other resistance organisations were lÕAssistance Discr te (The Discreet Assistance) and La Dame Blanche (The White Lady). The author's in-depth research using as a base, the recollections of New Zealand soldier Bert Hansen in particular and other Allied soldiers, allowed the details to be revealed for the first time. Learn who were those brave resistance people, what they did, how they did it and where they lived. They hid and cared for escaped allied soldiers in the face of a brutal occupation and saw the soldiers across the frontier into Holland to fight again. They were the true Obscure Heroes of Liberty.

I Am Not Afraid of Looking into the Rifles

Author : Rick Stroud
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1398507075
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book I Am Not Afraid of Looking into the Rifles written by Rick Stroud and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-02-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Fascinating’ Kavita Puri, BBC History Magazine ‘A fierce, intense picture of this aspect of the war . . . it will stay with me’ Elizabeth Buchan, author of Two Women in Rome On the evening of 31 March 1916, a 23-year-old woman was led from her prison cell in occupied Brussels. She wore a long blue coat and walked ‘like a soldier’. The chaplain asked if she would like a blindfold before her execution. ‘I am not afraid of looking into the rifles,’ she replied. ‘I have been expecting this for a long time.’ This is not a traditional history of the First World War. It is the untold story of the women of the resistance in Belgium and occupied France during that conflict. Rick Stroud describes how the actions of eight exceptionally brave women affected the course of the war. Before the Germans invaded, they were ordinary people: some, like Gabrielle Petit, were working-class; some, like Edith Cavell, were from the bourgeoisie; and some. like the Princess de Croÿ, were from the upper echelons of society. The youngest was only twenty-one. The women took enormous risks and produced extraordinary results: they established underground networks, transmitted coded information, carried out sabotage attacks and helped to repatriate Allied soldiers. What they did was dangerous and exhausting and the penalties were severe: three faced the firing squad. Recounting their heroism and their inevitable tragedies, I Am Not Afraid of Looking into the Rifles is an enthralling story, beautifully told. In revealing the inspiring work of these remarkable women, Rick Stroud will introduce you to an entirely new version of the ‘war to end all wars’.

In the Prison City, Brussels, 1914-1918

Author : Julia Helen Twells
Publisher : London, A. Melrose, Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book In the Prison City, Brussels, 1914-1918 written by Julia Helen Twells and published by London, A. Melrose, Limited. This book was released on 1919 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Brave Belgians (1918)

Author : Camille Buffin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781436792011
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Brave Belgians (1918) written by Camille Buffin and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

An English Governess in the Great War

Author : Mary Thorp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190276703
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book An English Governess in the Great War written by Mary Thorp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Thorp, an English governess working for a Belgian-Russian family in German-occupied Brussels, kept a secret war diary from September 1916 to January 1919. This long-forgotten diary sheds light on an important aspect of the First World War: civilian life under military occupation in a transnational conflict.

A Belgian Mission to the Boers

Author : Eugène H. G. Standaert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book A Belgian Mission to the Boers written by Eugène H. G. Standaert and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Yankee Major Invades Belgium

Author : George Taggart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book A Yankee Major Invades Belgium written by George Taggart and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Liége on the line of march

Author : Glenna Lindsley Bigelow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Liége on the line of march written by Glenna Lindsley Bigelow and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Journal of Impressions in Belgium

Author : May Sinclair
Publisher : London, Hutchinson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Journal of Impressions in Belgium written by May Sinclair and published by London, Hutchinson. This book was released on 1915 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair, first published in 1915, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Fighting in Flanders

Author : Edward Alexander Powell
Publisher : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Fighting in Flanders written by Edward Alexander Powell and published by McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart. This book was released on 1914 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Temporary Heroes

Author : Cecil Sommers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Temporary Heroes written by Cecil Sommers and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Golden Lads

Author : Arthur Gleason
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Golden Lads written by Arthur Gleason and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an account of the happenings in Belgium during World War I. The author was a member of the Hector Munro Ambulance Corps, and worked at the front. The book also includes chapters written by the author's wife, and focuses on the role of women during World War I.

Americans in Occupied Belgium, 1914-1918

Author : Ed Klekowski
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476614873
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Americans in Occupied Belgium, 1914-1918 written by Ed Klekowski and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belgium in the First World War--the first country invaded, the longest occupied, and when the war finally ended, the first forgotten. In 1914, Belgium was home to a large American colony which included representatives of American companies, artists, writers and diplomats with the American Legation. After the invasion, American journalists and adventurers flocked there to follow the action; military restrictions on travel were less stringent than in England or France. As the most industrialized country in Europe, Belgium depended upon trade and food imports to support its economy. The war isolated Belgium and wholesale starvation was imminent by the fall of 1914. Herbert Hoover and his Commission for Relief in Belgium raised funds to purchase and import food to sustain Belgium and, eventually, Occupied France as well. Idealistic American volunteers (including some Rhodes scholars) supervised food distribution in the occupation zone. Along the Western Front in Belgium, hundreds of Americans served (illegally) in the British and Canadian armies. This book tells the story of the German invasion, occupation and retreat from the perspective of Americans who were there.

The Liberation of Belgium

Author : Belgian Information Center (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Liberation of Belgium written by Belgian Information Center (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Belgian Mission to the Boers (Classic Reprint)

Author : Eugene H. G. Standaert
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330628638
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (286 download)

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Download or read book A Belgian Mission to the Boers (Classic Reprint) written by Eugene H. G. Standaert and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Belgian Mission to the Boers The lapse of time will reveal more clearly, in all its greatness, the part played by Belgium in the World War. The glorious part played by the King draws to itself the admiration of the world by its beauty of action and simple valour; and assures, by its quiet majesty, the permanence of regnant Belgium. The heroic struggles of our dear, valiant soldiers, of militant Belgium, from Liege to the Yser, repeat, in the pages of history, the epic combat of David against Goliath. The high-spirited attitude of suffering Belgium, indomitable beneath the German jack-boot, justifies the bold words of the Chief Minister of Broqueville at the outset of the invasion: "Vanquished, perhaps; subdued - never!" Cardinal Mercier and Burgomaster Max will ever remain typical examples of civic courage. The sublime and modest dignity of homeless Belgium, stimulates everywhere prodigies of generosity and a better comprehension - in England above all - of German culture and atrocity. Legions of Belgian refugees have given their sons as precious recruits to the army, and to munition factories, - a crowd of improvised workers, all the more eager to labour because their bourgeois hands were unskilled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

At the Sign of the Sword

Author : William Le Queux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book At the Sign of the Sword written by William Le Queux and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Return to Belgium

Author : Bernard O'Connor
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 190281035X
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Return to Belgium written by Bernard O'Connor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the German occupation of Belgium and the evacuation from Dunkirk, many wounded soldiers were left behind and captured. Those who escaped and downed Allied pilots and crews were helped to get back to Britain by some remarkable men and women in the Comète escape line. As well as telling the story of Andrée de Jongh, one of its founders, using recently released documents from the National Archives, this book provides details about Elaine Madden, Frédérique Dupuich, Olga Jackson and an anonymous blonde, women who had got out of Belgium and yet volunteered to be flown back from RAF Tempsford: 'Churchill's Most Secret Airfield' and parachuted into occupied Belgium with vital missions to undertake prior to liberation.