Название: Voices from the Peninsula: Eyewitness Accounts by Soldiers of Wellington's Army, 1808–1814 Автор: Ian Fletcher Издательство: Frontline Books Год: 2016 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 256 Размер: 18,8 МБ Язык: Английский
The Peninsular War was one of the most successful campaigns ever fought by the British Army. Between 1808, when British troops landed in Portugal, and 1814, when Wellington's Army advanced into the south of France, British soldiers were involved in countless battles and sieges against Napoleon's vaunted French veterans.
Название: Darkness Bravo: A Soldier Remembers Автор: Edward R Fedrick Издательство: Covenant Books Год: 2021 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 326 Размер: 18,5 МБ Язык: Английский
This is a story of how one young soldier recalls the events of war. He remembers the men he served with who had such a great impact on his life during and after war. His love and respect for the leaders who became his mentors and role models, SSG Ben Garza and 1SG Bill Perry, are evident in his story. These are the people he regards as "true heroes." He recalls the sheer terror, pain, grief, and physical hardships that come with combat in a foreign country.
Название: The Foresters' Scribe: Remembering the Newfoundland Forestry Companies Through the First World War Letters Автор: Ursula A. Kelly Издательство: ISER Books Год: 2020 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 354 Размер: 20,4 МБ Язык: Английский
The Foresters' Scribe is the first comprehensive study of the Newfoundland Forestry Companies (NFC) of the First World War. It adds a long-overdue and essential chapter to the Great War history of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Название: Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945: Volume 4 Автор: Geoffrey P. Megargee Издательство: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253060893 Год: 2022 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 808 Размер: 41,8 МБ Язык: Английский
Volume IV examines an under-researched segment of the larger Nazi incarceration system: camps and other detention facilities under the direct control of the German military, the Wehrmacht.
Название: Captured Behind Japanese Lines: With Wingate's Chindits – Burma 1942–1945 Автор: Daniel Berke Издательство: Pen and Sword Год: 2021 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 184 Размер: 18,1 МБ Язык: Английский
No-one meeting Frank Berkovitch, a quiet, reserved tailor, could have guessed that he had served with the Chindits in Burma and suffered prolonged Japanese captivity. Yet not only had he fought as a Bren-gunner on Operation LONGCLOTH, their first deep penetration mission, but he was the legendary General Orde Wingate’s batman.
Название: Your Towns and Cities in World War Two - Hull at War 1939–45: The Air Raids Автор: David Bilton, Malcolm K Mann Издательство: Pen and Sword Год: 2019 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 160 Размер: 18,5 МБ Язык: Английский
As in the Great War, Hull was a prime target for the bombs of the German air force when the Second World War began, particularly as it was common knowledge that prior to September 1939, German planes had over flown the city taking pictures, and German sailors had visited the port and city. Throughout the war, each night the citizens of the city waited for the sound of the sirens telling them to get to their shelters.
Название: Your Towns and Cities in World War Two - Birmingham at War 1939-45 Автор: Julie Phillips Издательство: Pen and Sword Год: 2018 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 208 Размер: 20,6 МБ Язык: Английский
Barely 17 years after the Great War that had brought Britain to its knees, the country was once again asked to make sacrifices and give their all to the war effort. With its strong industrial background, Birmingham was already geared to help manufacture the vehicles that could be adapted for war use, and with the threat of the German Luftwaffe screaming across the skies, it was only right that the production of planes, most notably the spitfire, was ramped up to help protect the British public.
Название: Waterloo General: The Life, Letters and Mysterious Death of Major General Sir William Ponsonby 1772 - 1815 Автор: John Morewood Издательство: Pen and Sword Год: 2016 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 280 Размер: 20,9 МБ Язык: Английский
At the Battle of Waterloo Sir William Ponsonby, a man who the Duke of Wellington stated had ‘rendered very brilliant and important services and was an ornament to his profession’, was killed by French lancers after leading the Union Brigade (the three Dragoon Regiments of the Royals, Iniskillings and Scots Greys) in a charge that wrecked a French advance that threatened Wellington with defeat.
Название: Blackhorse Tales: Stories of 11th Armored Cavalry Troopers at War Автор: Don Snedeker Издательство: Casemate Год: 2021 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 304 Размер: 19,6 МБ Язык: Английский
The war stories and combat narratives of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment during 5.5 years of combat in Vietnam. When the U.S. Army went to war in South Vietnam in 1965, the general consensus was that counterinsurgency was an infantryman’s war; if there were any role at all for armored forces, it would be strictly to support the infantry.
Название: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War - Mansfield in the Great War Автор: Carol Lovejoy Edwards Издательство: Pen & Sword Год: 2016 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 176 Размер: 19,1 МБ Язык: Английский
Mansfield was the largest town near the Duke of Portland’s home at Welbeck Abbey. The duke and duchess often held house parties for their friends who included the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Lord Kitchener – one whose death triggered the war and the other who lost his life on a ship halfway through the war. The archduke visited Welbeck Abbey only a few months before his death.
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