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To the Fire of Normandy and Beyond

Author : Frank Kozol
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781480843028
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book To the Fire of Normandy and Beyond written by Frank Kozol and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Kozol "Paul Kramer," who served in the U.S. Army during WWII is the eyes and ears for the reader on what it was like to leave home and go off to War. While he's changed the names of the people he served with, everything he writes about is true. As he takes the reader on his journey to serve his country from leaving his family and neighborhood for Registration to returning as an honorably discharged WWII veteran, the author describes his day to day adventures which lead to unexpected service for the US Army behind enemy lines, embedded with the French Resistance. He describes his friendships, his day to day activities as an army medic and working with the French Resistance, during the war. Kozol must draw upon his patriotism, loyalty, character, and apply the values he was taught as a child to the challenging circumstances of war in order to survive. This book conveys a captivating true story, by one of the many heroic soldiers protecting our country during WWII from a perspective that has rarely been seen or told. This is the adventure of one man's war-time journey to The Fire of Normandy and Beyond.

Beyond the Beachhead

Author : Joseph Balkoski
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811741451
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Beachhead written by Joseph Balkoski and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanded edition with a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign.

Beyond Band of Brothers

Author : Dick Winters
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101205660
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Band of Brothers written by Dick Winters and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-02-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose, whose Band of Brothers was the inspiration for the HBO miniseries...laced with Winters’s soldierly exaltations of pride in his comrades’ bravery.”—Publishers Weekly They were called Easy Company—but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150% casualties while liberating Europe—an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Winner of the Distinguished Service Cross, Dick Winters was their legendary commander. This is his story—told in his own words for the first time. On D-Day, Winters assumed leadership of the Band of Brothers when its commander was killed and led them through the Battle of the Bulge and into Germany—by which time each member had been wounded. Based on Winters’s wartime diary, Beyond Band of Brothers also includes his comrades’ untold stories. Virtually none of this material appeared in Stephen Ambrose’s Band of Brothers. Neither a protest against nor a glamorization of war, this is a moving memoir by the man who earned the love and respect of the men of Easy Company—and who is a hero to new generations worldwide. Includes photos

Omaha Beach and Beyond

Author : John Slaughter
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 1616737638
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Omaha Beach and Beyond written by John Slaughter and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2009-11-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Slaughter vividly conveys the reality of combat during World War II in his book with sweeping passages that literally place his reader on the battlefield beside him." Belvoir Eagle Before D-Day, regular army soldiers called the National Guardsmen of Virginia's 116th Infantry Regiment "Home Nannies" and "Weekend Warriors" and worse. On June 6, 1944, on Omaha Beach, however, these proud Virginians who carried the legacy of the famed Stonewall Brigade showed the regular army and the world what true valor really was. In this moving World War II memoir, the author captures the life of GI Joe from pre-Pearl Harbor days through training, deployment overseas, and more training. All leads up to D-Day and Normandy on June 6, 1944, when Sergeant Bob Slaughter came across Omaha Beach with Company D of the 116th Infantry and the Bedford Boys.

Beyond the Beach

Author : Stephen Bourque
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612518745
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Beach written by Stephen Bourque and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important rethinking of the Normandy war narrative Beyond the Beach examines the Allied air war against France in 1944. During this period, General Dwight David Eisenhower, as Supreme Allied Commander, took control of all American, British, and Canadian air units and employed them for tactical and operational purposes over France rather than as a strategic force to attack targets deep in Germany. Using bombers as his long-range artillery, he directed the destruction of bridges, rail centers, ports, military installations, and even French towns with the intent of preventing German reinforcements from interfering with Operation Neptune, the Allied landings on the Normandy beaches. Ultimately, this air offensive resulted in the death of over 60,000 French civilians and an immense amount of damage to towns, churches, buildings, and works of art. This intense bombing operation, conducted against a friendly occupied state, resulted in a swath of physical and human destruction across northwest France that is rarely discussed as part of the D-Day landings. This book explores the relationship between ground and air operations and its effects on the French population. It examines the three broad groups that the air operations involved, the doctrine and equipment used by Allied air force leaders to implement Eisenhower’s plans, and each of the eight major operations, called lines of effort, that coordinated the employment of the thousands of fighters, medium bombers, and heavy bombers that prowled the French skies that spring and summer of 1944. Each of these sections discusses the operation's purpose, conduct, and effects upon both the military and the civilian targets. Finally, the book explores the short and long-term effects of these operations and argues that this ignored narrative should be part of any history of the D-Day landings.

Busting the Bocage

Author : Michael Dale Doubler
Publisher : Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Busting the Bocage written by Michael Dale Doubler and published by Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. This book was released on 1988 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beyond Valor

Author : Patrick K. O'Donnell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743213297
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Valor written by Patrick K. O'Donnell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-08-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous books have promised to describe the combat experience of the World War II GI, but there has never been a book like Patrick O'Donnell's Beyond Valor. Here is the first combat history of the war in Europe in the words of the men themselves, and perhaps the most honest and brutal account of combat possible on the printed page. For more than fifty years the individual stories that make up this narrative -- shockingly frank reflections of sacrifice and courage -- have been bottled up, buried, or circulated privately. Now, nearing the ends of their lives, our WWII soldiers have at last unburdened themselves. Beyond Valor recaptures their hidden history. A pioneering oral historian, Patrick O'Donnell used his award-winning website, The Drop Zone, to solicit oral- and "e-histories" from individual soldiers. Gradually, working from within the community, O'Donnell convinced some of the war's most battle-hardened soldiers to tell their stories. The result is WWII seen through the eyes of the men who saw the most intense of its action. O'Donnell focuses on the elite units of the war -- the Rangers, Airborne, and 1st Special Service Force -- troops that spearheaded the most dangerous operations and often made the difference between victory and defeat. From more than 650 interviews O'Donnell has chosen oral- and e-histories that form a seamless story line, a pointillistic history of the war in Europe from the first parachute drops in North Africa through the final battles in Germany and the long trip home. It is the story of the war not discussed in polite company. O'Donnell presents the wreckage of entire battalions nearly annihilated, invisible personal scars, and haunting revelations of wartime atrocities. But more important are the men who recount lives risked without hesitation for comrades and cause, and those who did not return: the friends who died in their arms. Their stories remind all of us that victory came only at the highest price. Remembering the infamous cliffs at Pointe-du-Hoc, bloody Omaha Beach, the bitter fighting at the Battle of the Bulge, and Hill 400 in the Hürtgen Forest, the soldiers reveal war as seen, heard, and smelled by the GIs on the front line. Also included is the unique story of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, and the trailblazing African-American "Experimental" Test Platoon that had to fight its own battle behind the lines. Beyond Valor captures the truths that exist among soldiers. It is one of the most inspiring accounts of the war ever produced.

Beyond the Beachhead

Author : Joseph Balkoski
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811732376
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Beachhead written by Joseph Balkoski and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1945, the US Army had sixty-eight infantry divisions, forty-two of which fought in the great campaign in northwest Europe that began with the amphibious landings on D-Day and ended eleven months later with Germany's surrender. Beyond the Beachhead examines the experience of one infantry division, the 29th, during forty-five days of combat from Omaha Beach on D-Day to the liberation of St. Lt. Using interviews, official records, and unit histories and supplementing his narrative with meticulously detailed maps, Balkoski follows the 29th from the bloody landings at Omaha through the hedgerows of Normandy, illustrating the brutal realities of life on the front line. Expanded edition includes a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign.

Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp

Author : Douglas E. Nash
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612003060
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp written by Douglas E. Nash and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “For both students of the German Army in World War II as well as those interested in the late 1944 campaign, this is a must-read” (The NYMAS Review). As the Allies were approaching the German frontier at the beginning of September 1944, the German Armed Forces attempted to regain the strategic initiative. While the “wonder weapons,” such as the V-1 flying bomb, the V-2 missile, and the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter, are widely recognized as being the most prominent of these initiatives upon which Germany pinned so much hope, the Volks-Grenadier Divisions (VGDs) are practically unknown. Often confused with the Volkssturm, the Home Guard militia, VGDs have suffered an undeserved reputation as second-rate formations filled with young boys and old men suited to serve only as cannon fodder. This groundbreaking book, now in a new edition, shows that VGDs were actually conceived as a new, elite corps loyal to the National Socialist Party composed of men from all branches of Hitler’s Wehrmacht and equipped with the finest ground combat weapons available. Whether fighting from defensive positions or spearheading offensives such as the Battle of the Bulge, VGDs initially gave a good account of themselves in battle. Using previously unpublished unit records, Allied intelligence and interrogation reports, and, above all, interviews with survivors, the author has crafted an in-depth look at a late-war German infantry company, including many photographs from the veterans themselves. In this book we follow along with the men of the 272nd VGD’s Fusilier Company from their first battles in the Hürtgen Forest to their final defeat in the Harz Mountains. Along the way, we learn the enormous potential of VGDs—and feel their soldiers’ heartbreak at their failure.

Touched with Fire

Author : Allison Lockwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Touched with Fire written by Allison Lockwood and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Quarterly of the National Fire Protection Association

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Quarterly of the National Fire Protection Association written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Citizen Soldiers

Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476740259
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Citizen Soldiers written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World War II. In this riveting account, historian Stephen E. Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Citizen Soldiers opens at 0001 hours, June 7, 1944, on the Normandy beaches, and ends at 0245 hours, May 7, 1945, with the allied victory. It is biography of the US Army in the European Theater of Operations, and Ambrose again follows the individual characters of this noble, brutal, and tragic war. From the high command down to the ordinary soldier, Ambrose draws on hundreds of interviews to re-create the war experience with startling clarity and immediacy. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany, Ambrose tells the real story of World War II from the perspective of the men and women who fought it.

Beachhead Normandy

Author : Tom Carter
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597977977
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book Beachhead Normandy written by Tom Carter and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the history of the U.S. navy's vessel designated the landing craft. tank (LCT) operations with a detailed look at a specific ship, the LCT 614, which landed at Omaha Beach under heavy fire. The LCTs were more than mere transports. The little craft had permanently assigned crews and participated in nearly all forms of naval warfare.

Destination Normandy

Author : G. H. Bennett
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 1461750881
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Destination Normandy written by G. H. Bennett and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cross-section of the American experience on D-Day Unique perspective from the regimental level that also integrates strategic and tactical considerations Stories of largely forgotten acts of valor G. H. Bennett collects oral histories from the soldiers of three American regiments and weaves them into an intimate account of the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. Widely scattered during its drop into Normandy, the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (82nd Airborne Division) stopped the advance of an SS division. The untested 116th Infantry Regiment (29th Infantry Division) landed on bloody Omaha Beach, where it suffered more casualties than any other regiment that day. Meanwhile, the 22nd Infantry Regiment (4th Infantry Division) easily waded ashore on Utah Beach but faced savage fighting as it moved inland.

Place Beyond Courage

Author : Elizabeth Chadwick
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402271107
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Place Beyond Courage written by Elizabeth Chadwick and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picking up an Elizabeth Chadwick novel is like having a Bentley draw up at your door: you know you are in for a sumptouous ride.?Daily Telegraph The early twelfth century is a time for ambitious men to prosper. John FitzGilbert is a man of honor and loyalty, sworn to royal service. When the old king dies, his successor rewards the handsome and ambitious John with castles and lands. But King Stephen has a tenuous hold on both his reign and his barons, and when jealous rivals at court seek to destroy John, he backs a woman's claim to the crown, sacrifices his marriage, and eventually is forced to make a gamble that is perhaps one step too far. Rich with detail, masterful in its storytelling, A Place Beyond Courage is a tale of impossible gambles and the real meaning of honor. The best writer of medieval fiction currently around.?Richard Lee, founder and publisher, Historical Novel Society A star back in Britain, Elizabeth Chadwick is finally getting the attention she deserves here.?USA Today.

From Beachhead to Brittany

Author : Joseph Balkoski
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811740501
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book From Beachhead to Brittany written by Joseph Balkoski and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2008-02-25 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging history of a controversial World War II battle. Brilliantly researched and compellingly written by a top military historian.

The Shape of Battle

Author : Allan Mallinson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639361944
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book The Shape of Battle written by Allan Mallinson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distinguished military historian tells the dramatic story of six defining battles in world history. Every battle is different. Each takes place in a different context—the war, the campaign, the weapons. However, battles across the centuries, whether fought with spears and swords or advanced technology, have much in common. Fighting is, after all, an intensely human affair; human nature doesn't change. So why were certain battles fought as they were? What gave them their shape? Why did they go as they did: victory for one side, defeat for the other? In exploring six significant feats of arms—the war and campaign in which they each occurred, and the factors that determined their precise form and course—The Shape of Battle answers these fundamental questions about the waging of war. Eschewing polemics, The Shape of Battle doesn't try to argue a case. It lets the narratives—the battles—speak for themselves.