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Author : Cedric Waters Hill
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ISBN 13 : 9780718301248
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Spook and the Commandant written by Cedric Waters Hill and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : E. H. Jones
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Road to En-Dor written by E. H. Jones and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Road to En-Dor: Being an Account of How Two Prisoners of War at Yozgad in Turkey Won Their Way to Freedom" by E. H. Jones is a gripping and harrowing tale of survival and escape during World War I. Jones provides a riveting firsthand account of the incredible journey to freedom undertaken by two prisoners of war. Their determination, ingenuity, and unwavering spirit make for a captivating narrative that showcases the indomitable human will to overcome adversity. This book is a testament to the strength of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable challenges.
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Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Wide World written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (928 download)
Download or read book The Wide World Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : E. H. Jones (Lt.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)
Download or read book The Road to En-Dor written by E. H. Jones (Lt.) and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hugh Durnford
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486122174
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Tunnelling to Freedom and Other Escape Narratives from World War I written by Hugh Durnford and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 17 remarkable real-life stories are recounted by prisoners of war who used their wits to win their freedom. Their tales of remarkable resourcefulness and ingenuity combine the gritty realities of fact.
Author : Paul Knight
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786493046
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The British Army in Mesopotamia, 1914–1918 written by Paul Knight and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When war broke out between the British and Turkish empires in 1914, the 6th (Poona) Division sailed from India to Basra to bolster Britain’s allies, deny the port to enemy shipping, and secure Britain’s Persian oil supplies. Further expansion followed: the capture of Al-Amara was the British Army’s greatest victory of 1915. When an advance on Baghdad was repulsed, the Siege of Kut became the British Army’s longest siege and greatest surrender. Attempts to relieve Kut led to unsuccessful battles that were bloody and muddy even by Western Front standards. Under new leadership, revitalized and reinforced, the British avenged their defeat when Baghdad was captured in March 1917. Thereafter, the British Empire committed, in campaigns of limited value to the overall war effort, huge levels of manpower and materiel desperately needed elsewhere. What was created was modern Iraq and the first Arab government in Baghdad in over 400 years. This detailed history places the campaign in context of Allied operations in the Middle East and sheds light on several unsung heroes of the war, including General Charles Townshend whose spectacular 1915 victories led to humiliating defeat and captivity in 1916; General Frederick Stanley Maude whose March 1917 entry into Baghdad preceded General Allenby’s entry into Jerusalem by eight months; and Miss Gertrude Bell, a “female Lawrence of Arabia” who played a central role in the creation of the new Iraqi state.
Author : Wilmington Institute Free Library (Wilmington, Del.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Bulletin of the Wilmington Institute Free Library written by Wilmington Institute Free Library (Wilmington, Del.) and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Margalit Fox
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1984853856
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)
Download or read book The Confidence Men written by Margalit Fox and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Great Escape for the Great War: the astonishing true story of two World War I prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time. FINALIST FOR THE EDGAR® AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR • “Fox unspools Jones and Hill’s delightfully elaborate scheme in nail-biting episodes that advance like a narrative Rube Goldberg machine.”—The New York Times Book Review Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around, and one day an Ottoman official approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby? Jones, a trained lawyer, and Hill, a brilliant magician, use the Ouija board—and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception—to build a trap for their captors that will ultimately lead them to freedom. A gripping nonfiction thriller, The Confidence Men is the story of one of the only known con games played for a good cause—and of a profound but unlikely friendship. Had it not been for “the Great War,” Jones, the Oxford-educated son of a British lord, and Hill, a mechanic on an Australian sheep ranch, would never have met. But in pain, loneliness, hunger, and isolation, they formed a powerful emotional and intellectual alliance that saved both of their lives. Margalit Fox brings her “nose for interesting facts, the ability to construct a taut narrative arc, and a Dickens-level gift for concisely conveying personality” (Kathryn Schulz, New York) to this tale of psychological strategy that is rife with cunning, danger, and moments of high farce that rival anything in Catch-22.
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Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Commandant's Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patrick Crowley
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750962585
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Kut 1916: Courage and Failure in Iraq written by Patrick Crowley and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The siege of Kut is a story of blunders, sacrifice, imprisonment and escape. The allied campaign in Mesopotamia began in 1914 as a relatively simple operation to secure the oilfields in the Shatt-al-Arab delta and Basra area. Initially it was a great success, but as the army pressed towards Baghdad its poor logistic support, training, equipment and command left it isolated and besieged by the Turks.By 1916 the army had not been relieved, and on 29 April 1916, the British Army suffered one of the worst defeats in its military history. Major-General Sir Charles Townshend surrendered his allied force to the Turks in the Mesopotamian (now Iraq) town of Kut-al-Amara. Over 13,000 troops, British and Indian, went into captivity; many would not survive their incarceration. In Kut 1916, Colonel Crowley recounts this dramatic tale and its terrible aftermath.
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Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Listener written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Daniel Kestell
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Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Through Shot and Flame written by John Daniel Kestell and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Queen's Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maritz Spaarwater
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1770224386
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (72 download)
Download or read book A Spook’s Progress written by Maritz Spaarwater and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1960s, Maritz Spaarwater was an intelligence agent for the South African government, first for Military Intelligence and later for National Intelligence. In the late 1980s, he was among the first to start official discussions overseas with the exiled leadership of the ANC, and he became involved in the negotiations that led to the 1994 election. This is his story. A Spook’s Progress plays out in a range of locations, from army bases in Namibia to the NIS offices in Pretoria, from the dusty streets of Freetown to the luxury of Geneva. Threaded through the narrative are encounters with people such as Sam Nujoma, Kenneth Kaunda, Niel Barnard, Roelf Meyer, Chris Hani, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. An honest depiction of day-to-day life as a spy, the book delves into the relationship between intelligence agents and their political masters and reveals their behind-the-scenes role in facilitating the transition. At times serious, at times ironic and satirical, A Spook’s Progress is a fascinating and frank account of an intelligence agent’s life and work, and his shift from making war to making peace.
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Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Over the Front written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip D. Chinnery
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526701456
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Kaiser's Escapees written by Philip D. Chinnery and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from the his first well-received book 'The Kaisers First POWs' Philip Chinnery now turns his attention to the attempts by allied prisoners of war to escape the Kaiser's clutches and return to their homeland. As the war progressed, the treatment of allied prisoners worsened as the blockade of Germany reduced the amount of food and material coming into the country. The majority of the prisoners were too weak or ill-equipped to attempt to escape, but there were others who were determined to pit their wits against their jailers. These included the officers at Holzminden prison, who dug a tunnel allowing twenty-eight of their number to escape; men like Canadian Private Simmons, who escaped and was recaptured twice before his third attempt saw him gain his freedom; men who jumped from moving trains or marched brazenly out of the camp gates disguised as German officers.Although Holland and Switzerland were neutral countries during the First World War, escaping from their camps, crossing miles of enemy territory and outwitting the sentries guarding the frontiers taxed even the strongest individuals. But many men did make the attempt and more than a few of them were successful. This is their story.
