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A Soldier's Diary

Author : Alfred DiGiacomo
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781425758790
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book A Soldier's Diary written by Alfred DiGiacomo and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Soldier's Diary is the story of an ordinary soldier and his daily routine. The author kept a daily diary of his time in the Army. It is through this Journal and family correspondence that details of the life of a G.I.-- the training, the routine duties, the drama of war, the release provided by passes and leaves. The challenges of living with the threat of death are revealed. Through personal narrative, key moments of the War in Europe are presented: the Normandy Beachhead, the liberation of Paris and Brussels,Buzz Bombed in Liege and The horrors of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp.

A Soldier's Diary

Author : Ralph Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book A Soldier's Diary written by Ralph Scott and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In the Line of Fire

Author : Teofil Reiss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781535342537
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book In the Line of Fire written by Teofil Reiss and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-14 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As usual, the medic, Wiatr, hid himself, the doctor had a panic attack and I decided do go by myself to the next trench in spite of the hellish artillery and canon fire. In the trench was Corporal Gorgel, who helped the officer. The scene on the front line was terrible. Blood, pieces of flesh, heads, arms, legs and intestines all around -an awful sight." Almost 100 years have passed since the end of World War I, also known as "the Great War". At the time, it was the largest war to date. Over 16.5 million people were killed in the war; more than 6 million among them were civilians. During the Great War, a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army fought at the frontline trenches and wrote daily in his diary, documenting his experiences there. This man, Teofil Reiss, was an Austro-Hungarian patriot, a professional soldier, a charming ladies' man, and a proud Jew. His practical perspective, trustworthy innocence and open heartedness, merge the details of this diary into a fascinating human document - a rare testimony of a frontline soldier and a picture of an honest man in a senseless war (though, not senseless to him).Almost 100 years after the war, his grandson Tuvia (who was named after him) made the decision to translate and publish his handwritten German diary, adding photos and letters, as well as an epilogue that tells the remarkable story of Teofil Reiss's life during the Nazis' rise to power, and until his death in 1942.

A Soldier in World War I

Author : Elmer W. Sherwood
Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0871951738
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book A Soldier in World War I written by Elmer W. Sherwood and published by Indiana Historical Society. This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a soldier with the 42nd (Rainbow) Division in France in World War I, Elmer Sherwood was an observer with uncommonly good judgment. If his descriptions lacked perfection they partook of an attractive innocence that brought out the truth of such battles as the horrendous Meuse-Argonne offensive that took 26,000 lives.

Leaves from a Soldier's Diary

Author : George Gilbert Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Leaves from a Soldier's Diary written by George Gilbert Smith and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A French Soldier's War Diary 1914–1918

Author : Henri Desagneaux
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473841259
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Book Synopsis A French Soldier's War Diary 1914–1918 by : Henri Desagneaux

Download or read book A French Soldier's War Diary 1914–1918 written by Henri Desagneaux and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic up-close memoir of fighting in the chaos of World War I. Today, we may have an orderly historical picture of the Great War. But for a soldier like Henri Desagneaux, there was no pattern to be seen from the trenches, where he executed orders ensuring that dozens of men had to die attempting to achieve impossible objectives worked out at a headquarters in the rear. His diary, one of the classic French accounts of the conflict, gives a vivid insight into what it was like to execute those orders, and to live in the trenches with increasingly demoralized, unruly, and mutinous men. In terse, unflinching prose he records their experiences as they confronted the acute dangers of the front line. The appalling conditions in which they fought—and the sheer intensity of the shellfire and the close-quarter combat—have rarely been conveyed with such immediacy.

DIARY OF A NAPOLEONIC FOOT SOLDIER

Author : Jakob Walter
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN 13 : 0307817563
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book DIARY OF A NAPOLEONIC FOOT SOLDIER written by Jakob Walter and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A grunt’s-eye report from the battlefield in the spirit of The Red Badge of Courage and All Quiet on the Western Front—the only known account by a common soldier of the campaigns of Napoleon’s Grand Army between 1806 and 1813. When eighteen-year-old German stonemason Jakob Walter was conscripted into the Grand Army of Napoleon, he had no idea of the trials that lay ahead. The long, grueling marches in Prussia and Poland sacrificed countless men to Bonaparte’s grand designs. And the disastrous Russian campaign tested human endurance on an epic scale. Demoralized by defeat in a war few supported or understood, deprived of ammunition and leadership, driven past reason by starvation and bitter cold, men often turned on one another, killing fellow soldiers for bread or an able horse. Though there are numerous surviving accounts of the Napoleonic Wars written by officers, Walter’s is the only known memoir by a draftee, and as such is a unique and fascinating document—a compelling chronicle of a young soldier’s loss of innocence as well as an eloquent and moving portrait of the profound effects of war on the men who fight it. Professor Marc Raeff has added an Introduction to the memoirs as well as six letters home from the Russian front, previously unpublished in English, from German conscripts who served concurrently with Walter. The volume is illustrated with engravings and maps, contemporary with the manuscript, from the Russian/Soviet and East European collections of the New York Public Library. Honest, heartfelt, deeply personal yet objective, The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier is more than an informative and absorbing historical document—it is a timeless and unforgettable account of the horrors of war.

The Diary of a Young Soldier in World War I

Author : Dennis Hamley
Publisher : Franklin Watts
ISBN 13 : 9780749644185
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book The Diary of a Young Soldier in World War I written by Dennis Hamley and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2001 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Soldier's Journal

Author : David Rothbart
Publisher : ibooks
ISBN 13 : 1596871563
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book A Soldier's Journal written by David Rothbart and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The 22nd is very much a part of my life and had it not been for your journal I would have had no idea of its destiny and its ending. I am very grateful to you for this experience.”—John Cheever Scores of combat incidents and fascinating insights are to be found in “A Soldier’s Journal.” Rothbart provides unusual details of the 4th Division’s, and especially the 22nd Regiment’s, achievements and obstacles in the Allied advance from Normandy to Germany; D-Day Normandy, the breakthrough at St. Lo, the liberation of Paris, the German counterattack in the Ardennes and the Battle of the Bulge, and the bloody Hurtgen Forest battle.—The Trenton Times (NJ) “Rothbart’s meticulously- kept journal is an ‘I was there’ record of World War II. It is a valuable piece of American history.”—The Huntsville Times (AL) “From the day he was drafted in 1942...Rothbart did what many people plan but rarely follow up. He kept a journal, tightly pencilled entries in little notebooks that somehow caught history roaring by, and in remarkably readable style.”—Pittsburgh Tribune Review (PA) “Compelling reading . . . made more so by the many ‘slice of life’ portraits. . . of his time in the U.S. Army.”—John Gresham, bestselling co-author (with Tom Clancy) of Submarine and Special Forces.

Year of the Locust

Author : Salim Tamari
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520287509
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Year of the Locust written by Salim Tamari and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Year of the Locust captures in page-turning detail the end of the Ottoman world and a pivotal moment in Palestinian history. In the diaries of Ihsan Hasan al-Turjman (1893–1917), the first ordinary recruit to describe World War I from the Arab side, we follow the misadventures of an Ottoman soldier stationed in Jerusalem. There he occupied himself by dreaming about his future and using family connections to avoid being sent to the Suez. His diaries draw a unique picture of daily life in the besieged city, bringing into sharp focus its communitarian alleys and obliterated neighborhoods, the ongoing political debates, and, most vividly, the voices from its streets—soldiers, peddlers, prostitutes, and vagabonds. Salim Tamari’s indispensable introduction places the diary in its local, regional, and imperial contexts while deftly revising conventional wisdom on the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire.

The Civil War Diary of a Common Soldier

Author : Terrence J. Winschel
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807125939
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book The Civil War Diary of a Common Soldier written by Terrence J. Winschel and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Wiley was typical of most soldiers who served in the armies of the North and South during the Civil War. A poorly educated farmer from Peoria, he enlisted in the summer of 1862 in the 77th Illinois Infantry, a unit that participated in most of the major campaigns waged in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Alabama. Recognizing that the great conflict would be a defining experience in his life, Wiley attempted to maintain a diary during his years of service. Frequent illnesses kept him from the ranks for extended periods of time, and he filled the many gaps in his diary after the war. When viewed as a postwar memoir rather than a period diary, Wiley's narrative assumes great importance as it weaves a fascinating account of the army life of Billy Yank. Rather than focus on the noble and heroic aspects of war, Wiley reveals how basic the lives of most soldiers actually were. He describes at length his experiences with sickness, both on land and at sea, and the monotony of daily military life. He seldom mentions army leaders, evidence of how little private soldiers knew of them or the larger drama in which they played a part. Instead, he writes fondly of his small circle of regimental friends, fills his pages with refreshing anecdotes, records troop movements, details contact with civilians, and describes the appearance of the countryside through which he passed. In the epilogue, Terrence J. Winschel recounts Wiley's complex and often frustrating struggle to obtain his military pension after the war. Wiley was an ingenious misspeller, and his words are transcribed just as he wrote them more than 130 years ago. Through his simple language, we come to know and care for this common man who made a common soldier. His story transcends the barriers of time and distance, and places the reader in the midst of men who experienced both the horror and the tedium of war. Winschel's rich annotation fleshes out Wiley's narrative and provides an enlightening historical perspective. Scholars and buffs alike, especially those fascinated by operations in the lower Mississippi Valley and along the Gulf Coast, will relish Wiley's honest portrait of the ordinary serviceman's Civil War.

Diary of a Christian Soldier

Author : Rufus Kinsley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521823340
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book Diary of a Christian Soldier written by Rufus Kinsley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a meticulous reconstruction of the life of Rufus Kinsley - an ordinary New England soldier who during the Civil War became an officer in one of the nations's first and most famous black regiments - and an expertly edited transcription of Kinsley's hitherto unpublished wartime diary. Kinsley's diary sheds light on a long neglected theater of the war - the battle for the bayou country of southwestern Louisiana - and it illuminates the workaday routines of black and white soldiers stationed behind Union lines but thoroughly immersed in the unprecedented improvisations that accompanied the social revolution that was emancipation. Kinsley's perspective is that of a too often neglected type: the absolutely dedicated evangelical abolitionist soldier who believed that the war and its consequences were divine retribution for the sin of slavery. The introductory biography places Kinsley's civil war experience in the context of his life and his times.

A Soldier's Diary

Author : David Lane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Soldier's Diary written by David Lane and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Soldier's Diary. A Day-to-day Record in the World War

Author : William Lewis JUDY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book A Soldier's Diary. A Day-to-day Record in the World War written by William Lewis JUDY and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Soldier's Diary: Kargil the Inside Story

Author : Harinder Baweja
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 8194110912
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book A Soldier's Diary: Kargil the Inside Story written by Harinder Baweja and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2019-05-27 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harinder Baweja, an Editor with Hindustan Times has earned a reputation as a fearless, committed reporter through her prolonged coverage of conflict zones. Her experience of covering the Kashmir crisis gave her access to a wide range of sources, particularly among the army units that were sent to Kargil. She covered the sharp, short war for India Today magazine, using her enviable range of sources to compile a definite account of the Kargil war. She has also edited and authored chapters for 26/11 Mumbai Attacked.

THE LAST LETTER

Author : ROBIN ABRAHAM
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1684669200
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book THE LAST LETTER written by ROBIN ABRAHAM and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Letter is the love story of an Army officer since his school times, who did everything for the respect of his love. One look and John fell in love with Veronica. A love so deep that his life revolved around their promises. From the school classrooms to cafes to the corridors of NDA and across cities, John follows the path of love, yearning for Veronica. His aim is to become an Army Officer and marry Veronica. Veronica loves and supports him but will she wait for him? Do circumstances keep them apart or can love bridge the distance? The passion and ambition that drives him almost ruins him, until he realises the meaning of true love. Forgetting his passion, aim and himself in the struggle to earn respect in his own eyes, he wants to keep his promises but can he? When did he write letters? And even if he wrote letters, why was there a last letter? Let’s find out and go back to his school days………

The Mexican War Diary and Correspondence of George B. McClellan

Author : Thomas W. Cutrer
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807136584
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book The Mexican War Diary and Correspondence of George B. McClellan written by Thomas W. Cutrer and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his standard reference work on the Civil War, Generals in Blue, Ezra Warner declared George B. McClellan (1826--1885) "one of the most controversial figures in American military history." In this revealing book, Thomas W. Cutrer provides the definitive edition of McClellan's detailed diary and letters from his service in the Mexican War (1846--1848), during which he began the rise that culminated in his being named general in chief of the Union forces and commander of the Army of the Potomac early in the Civil War. McClellan graduated second in his class from West Point in 1846 and served as a second lieutenant in Company A of the prestigious Corps of Engineers, the only formation of combat engineers in the United States Army. The company participated in Major General Winfield Scott's invasion of Mexico, playing a prominent role in the siege of Vera Cruz and the battles of Cerro Gordo, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chapultepec and in the capture of Mexico City. Although only twenty-one years old at the war's end, McClellan earned brevet promotions to first lieutenant and then captain for his efforts. McClellan's colorful diary and frequent letters to his socially and politically prominent Philadelphia family provide a wealth of military details of the campaign, insights into the character of his fellow engineers -- including Robert E. Lee and P. G. T. Beauregard -- and accounts of the friction that arose between the professional soldiers and the officers and men of the volunteer regiments that made up Scott's command. A courageous, indefatigable, and superbly intelligent young man, McClellan formed close personal loyalties in those years. His diaries also reveal a man contemptuous of those he perceived as less talented than he, quick to see conspiracies where none existed, and eager to place upon others the blame for his own shortcomings and to take credit for actions performed by others. On the banks of the Rio Grande during his first weeks with the army, McClellan wrote in his diary: "I came down here with high hopes, with pleasing anticipations of distinction, of being in hard fought battles and acquiring a name and reputation as a stepping stone to a still greater eminence in some future and greater war." Carefully edited by Thomas W. Cutrer, these diary entries and letters do indeed trace McClellan's rapid development as a soldier and leader and put on full display the talent, ambition, and arrogance that characterized his career as general and politician.