Military
epub |eng | | Author:Sajer, Guy

THE BREAKTHROUGH AT KONOTOP We drove for an hour-which meant about thirty miles-before it grew dark. We were all anxious to stop so that we could get rid of the ...
( Category: Military August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-26 | Author:Richard Holmes

group of finer officers, about twenty, I never saw. They were attired in handsome uniform, and appeared quite unfatigued. At first the extreme exhaustion of my bodily powers led me ...
( Category: Military August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-25 | Author:Neitzel, Sonke & Welzer, Harald [Neitzel, Sonke & Welzer, Harald]

Higher-ranking officers, for example, Major General Gerhard Bassenge, were particularly concerned about being held responsible for the things that had been carried out with or without Hitler’s knowledge: BASSENGE: We ...
( Category: Military August 26,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-10-09 | Author:Hans Von Luck

16 “Operation Goodwood,” 18/19 July 1944 Hitler now seemed to grasp that this was the invasion and not a diversionary maneuver; but he would still not rule out a further ...
( Category: Military August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | 2013-06-04 | Author:Jon Cooksey

With a cry of ‘Roderick off, Roy off’, Major Copland urged his Commandos up towards the bow of the ship; galvanising the two assault parties under Captain Donald Roy and ...
( Category: Military August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-12-02 | Author:Chris Brown [Brown, Chris]

General Urquhart behind the Hartenstein Hotel. In fact, by late afternoon on 17 September, the whole airborne plan had been compromised. A complete set of orders was found on the ...
( Category: Military August 26,2017 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2017-06-20 | Author:Clive Pearson [Pearson, Clive]

51. STALINGRAD WAS A HUGE TURNING POINT IN THE WAR You may recall that the German offensive code-named Operation Blue had started well. Nazi forces had swept eastwards across the ...
( Category: Military August 26,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-10-06 | Author:Diana Preston

FOURTEEN "V. B. OK" IN THE UNITED STATES the bomb project was gathering momentum. On 19 January 1942, six weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt returned the ...
( Category: Military August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Trevor Royle [Royle, Trevor]

The Battle of Inkerman However, being so close to the British lines on Shell Hill — some of the 2nd Division’s picquets had already been taken prisoner — the Russians ...
( Category: Russia August 26,2017 )
epub | | 2010-07-19 | Author:Bruce Catton [Catton, Bruce]

Pleasonton got his men down to the upper fords of the Rappahannock all unnoticed, and in the mist of an early dawn on June 9 he sent them down to ...
( Category: Americas August 26,2017 )
mobi, azw3 |eng | 2017-06-10 | Author:Greg Baughen [Baughen, Greg]

Battle operations France May 1940. On 17 May, it was decided to reduce the Battle force to six front-line squadrons. Nos. 105 and 218 Squadrons were to be withdrawn with ...
( Category: Military August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-11-20 | Author:William Manchester & Paul Reid [Manchester, William & Reid, Paul]

( Category: Historical August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-04-15 | Author:Richard Hillary [Hillary, Richard]

5 The Invaders AFTER kicking our heels for two days at Turnhouse, a reaction set in. We were like children with the promise of a trip to the seaside, broken ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People August 26,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:David Lipsky

The Braves Beast is split into two details, which gives a new roster of upperclassmen their swing at command: George Rash is now on deck. The new cadets have been ...
( Category: Military August 26,2017 )
epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:Allan Burnett

WAR REPORT Personnel: William Raynor Wilcock was a Private in the Gordon Highlanders. During the war he kept a personal memoir in which he charted his experiences, including his arrival ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People August 26,2017 )