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The Sinking of the Blücher

Author : Geirr H. Haarr
Publisher : Greenhill Books
ISBN 13 : 1784388769
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book The Sinking of the Blücher written by Geirr H. Haarr and published by Greenhill Books. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lesser-known event during World War II, the sinking of the Blücher is key part of naval history that marked the beginning of the Norwegian Campaign. The Sinking of the Blücher is a comprehensive investigation into why the German cruiser, named for Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (Prussian victor of the Battle of Waterloo), was approaching Oslo on the night of 9th April 1940, why and how she was sunk and the ramifications and significance of the event. The text also explores the influence of the British government and military on the reasons behind Operation Weserübung, the German invasion of Norway. This book is a methodical, unbiased compilation of primary sources and archival material. It details the sequence of events leading to the sinking of the Blücher, the flagship of the force that was to seize Oslo, from setting sail for Norway, to evading British submarines in the Skagerrak, and finally sinking to the bottom of the Drøbak Narrows after being struck by Oscarsborg fortress gunfire and torpedoes. The text, which connects intricate accounts of the attacks, paints a picture of the sinking and explains the politics behind the military operations, and the result of the sinking which enabled King Haakon and his Government to escape to Britain, join the Allies and continue the resistance from there. Simultaneously, the primary source material individualize the sailors and military personnel involved in the sinking from both sides. The writing is accompanied by multiple maps and upwards of 200 stunning, photographs, many never-before-seen.

Persecution, Collaboration, Resistance

Author : Ina Rupprecht
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3830991304
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Persecution, Collaboration, Resistance written by Ina Rupprecht and published by Waxmann Verlag. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Germany invaded Norway on 9 April 1940, the long lasting bilateral relations changed fundamentally. Immediately, the administration of the ‘Reichskommissariat Norwegen’ responsible for culture and therein music together with the Norwegian puppet regime’s department for culture implemented the adaption to the new, official National Socialist guidelines. The diversity of music in Norway during the occupation is presented in this book by Norwegian and German authors, confronting research on collaboration, persecution, and resistance for the first time as an international endeavour. The different essays illustrate not only examples of exile and persecution and ask for the consequences of Nazi politics on prominent and forgotten fates, but depict how Norwegian artists and their organisations positioned themselves towards collaboration or resistance during and after the war, as well as contrasting it with the impressions of German musicians, both military and civilian, playing in Norway during the occupation. Including Norway into the international discourse on ‘Music and Nazism’, the articles address readers both interested in the German occupation of Norway, and the implications the German administration and its Norwegian counterparts had on the music life.

The "Manchester Guardian", History of the War

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The "Manchester Guardian", History of the War written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nordhausen

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Nordhausen written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

How We Kept the Sea

Author : Edward Hamilton Currey
Publisher : London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons, Limited [1917]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book How We Kept the Sea written by Edward Hamilton Currey and published by London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons, Limited [1917]. This book was released on 1917 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gold Run

Author : Robert Pearson
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612002870
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Gold Run written by Robert Pearson and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The WWII story of Norwegian resistance in the face of Nazi invasion: a daring escape for the Norwegian royal family and fifty tons of gold bullion. Gold Run recounts the thrilling story of the loyal Norwegians who rescued the Norwegian royal family, government, and nearly fifty tons of gold bullion from invading Nazis during World War II. One of the greatest gold snatches in history, it is a tale of loyal citizens who achieved an incredible feat against overwhelming odds through bravery, endurance, and leadership—plus a little good fortune and help from the British Royal Navy. The German invasion on the night of April 9, 1940, took Norway almost completely unawares. But one small coastal battery took swift action to protect the country’s leadership. In desperate haste, the royal family fled Oslo by rail, dodging bombs and strafing. With extraordinary ingenuity, the gold was moved by road, rail, and fishing boat, hotly pursued by the Germans. After several instances of near disaster, the Norwegians managed to get the gold to the coast, where the Royal Navy came to the rescue. It was taken off in three Royal Navy Cruisers, HMS Enterprise, Galatea, and Glasgow. The ships were attacked in port, then constantly harassed and bombed by the Luftwaffe as they made their way back to the United Kingdom. The Germans had gained a country, but lost a king, a government, and a huge amount of bullion that would have financed their war machine.

Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War

Author : Albert Bushnell Hart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War written by Albert Bushnell Hart and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Issues and Events

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Issues and Events written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of the War

Author : Herbert Charles O'Neill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1088 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book A History of the War written by Herbert Charles O'Neill and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hitler’s Imperfect Victories

Author : Rex Bashford
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399070290
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Hitler’s Imperfect Victories written by Rex Bashford and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive analysis of Hitler’s role as the supreme military leader of the Third Reich across all the major campaigns. There have been many books on Adolf Hitler and specific military campaigns and battles during the time of the Third Reich. However, there has never been a comprehensive analysis of Hitler’s role as the supreme military leader of the Third Reich across all the major campaigns. He combined every senior position in government and the armed forces until he was at the same time Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Chancellor, Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Army. He was involved in every aspect of the German war effort including new weapons development. How well did he perform these roles? He called himself a genius and was described as ”the greatest German military leader of all time” by one of his most senior military leaders – was he? What does the evidence show? This book analyses each of the Third Reich’s military campaigns paying special attention to Hitler’s role in them. The book is based entirely on the evidence of the most senior military personnel who were there at the time, from their contemporaneous diaries and subsequent writings. The sources used include the diaries and recollections of three Chiefs of the Army General Staff, Field-Marshals Rommel, von Rundstedt, von Bock, von Kliest, von Manstein, numerous other senior generals, Hitler’s military adjutants, ministers of his government and evidence from the Trial of the Major War Criminals at Nuremberg. Is there a consistent thread in this evidence? The first Volume is called Imperfect Victories and deals with the Polish, Scandinavian and French campaigns.

World War I

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593847539
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book World War I written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the misery of life in the trenches -- and how the Great War devastated Europe. Here is an original and exciting guide to the grim challenge of life or death on the Western Front. Devastating first-hand reports and contemporary photographs of the battles that slaughtered millions, together with a clear account of how nation upon nation sent their men to join the carnage, combine to present a dramatic "eyewitness" view of this most terrible war. See the bullet-riddled car of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, everyday life in the dugout, sappers mining tunnels beneath the enemy, and Mata Hari learning the art of spying. Learn how people avoided gas attacks, when periscopes were used, what soldiers wrote home to their sweethearts and mothers, the best way to use a tank, how troops flattened a hillside, and the meaning of Armistice Day. Discover how it felt to go over the top, what happened to all the bodies, how people dealt with shell shock, why war led to revolution, and much, much more.

Mission to the North

Author : Florence Jaffray Harriman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Mission to the North written by Florence Jaffray Harriman and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourth printing.

The Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse

Author : Martin Middlebrook
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473838525
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book The Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse written by Martin Middlebrook and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-06-22 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The First Day on the Somme recounts the sinking of two British Royal Navy ships by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. On the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse. The authors re-create for the reader not only what happened, but also what it was like for the men involved. They dispose of several myths to explain the events of those confused hours, and address the uncertainty, controversy, and strong emotions that surrounded the militarily disastrous sinkings.

Voices from the Luftwaffe

Author : Bob Carruthers
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1781591113
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Voices from the Luftwaffe written by Bob Carruthers and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is the leaders of the country who determine the policy ...voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders." Hermann Gring ??This is the history of the Luftwaffe through the eyes of those who served in combat. The rise of the Luftwaffe from the ashes of the Great War is traced through recollections of Luftwaffe personnel who manned the gliders and perpetuated the charade that this was a civilian undertaking. The heady optimism generated by the stunning successes of the Blitzkrieg era are soon overturned by the grim experiences of the Battle of Britain and the life or death fight for the skies over Germany as the road leads ever downwards to defeat and Hitler's promised Gtterdmmerung. The book is illustrated throughout with extensive selections from Der Adler, the wartime Luftwaffe propaganda magazine. This book is part of the 'Hitler's War Machine' series, a new military history range compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers. The series draws on primary sources and contemporary documents to provide a new insight into the true nature of Hitler's Wehrmacht. The series consultant is David Mcwhinnie creator of the award winning PBS series 'Battlefield'.

Servants of Evil: Voices from Hitlers Army

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Publisher : Coda Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1906783586
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Servants of Evil: Voices from Hitlers Army written by and published by Coda Books Ltd. This book was released on with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History is always written by the victors. . . this is the other sie of the coin. This is the front line perspective on World War II as seen through the eyes of the losing side, the men who fought for Hitler. These are the recollections of the men of the Kriegsmarine, the Luftwaffe and the Heer. Altogether they formed the Wehrmacht which in 1940 was the most efficient fighting force the world had ever seen. By 1942 the tide had begun to turn and the men of the once mighty Wehrmacht fought in vain at Stalingrad, El Alamein, Monte Cassino, Caen and Berlin. These are the U-boat men, the Panzer crews and the air aces. This is military history at its best and most enlightening as told from primary sources. Written by Emmy award winning author Bob Carruthers, this unique publication documents the primary accounts of many of those who fought in Hitler's army.

Our Bit

Author : Charles Herbert Mayo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Our Bit written by Charles Herbert Mayo and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of Norway

Author : History Episode
Publisher : BookSummaryGr
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The History of Norway written by History Episode and published by BookSummaryGr. This book was released on 2021-11-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Norway - From Brutal Battle of World War II To Present Day Most of Scandinavia has been covered by ice at least three times, and the last ice melted about 14,000 years ago. The first traces of man in Norway dates back to sometime after 10,000 BC and they came both from the South and the North East. The Viking Age (793-1066 AD) For more than three centuries, the Vikings voyaged and invaded neighboring countries. Little by little they acquired national identities and became Swedes, Danes and Norwegians. Local chieftains were administrating their own areas of the country until Harald Hårfagre united Norway into one kingdom and became the first king around 885. The fundamental element for the Vikings was the ships, the instrument and symbol of Viking expansion. Due to the exceptional qualities and navigational skills, they spread across Europe, down the Caspian Sea, to Greenland and Iceland, and in the year 1000 to North America, where Leif Eriksson reached the American continent – about five hundred years earlier than Christopher Columbus. At that time Norway became a Christian country and the ruling king oppressed the Viking religion, but many people continued to hold on to the old beliefs. Traces of this Nordic mythology can still be seen in the names of the days of the week and in Norwegian holiday celebrations. To be continued... Here is a Preview of What You Will Get: ⁃ A Full Book Summary ⁃ An Analysis ⁃ Fun quizzes ⁃ Quiz Answers ⁃ Etc. Get a copy of this summary and learn about the book.