Military
epub |eng | | Author:Oscar Gilbert [Oscar Gilbert]

RED BEACH THREE: THE MASSACRE OF THE THIRD PLATOON All four tanks of the third Platoon landed without mishap, and by noon the platoon was functioning as one of the ...
( Category: Conventional January 7,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Russell Braddon [Russell Braddon]

CHAPTER XIII OLD ENEMIES AND NEW FRIENDS DENIS had had terrible difficulty catching up with Nancy and Hubert. ‘My dear, swarms of Germans chasing me everywhere,’ he vowed. Now that ...
( Category: World War II January 7,2016 )
epub |eng | 2013-10-28 | Author:Margaret MacMillan [MacMillan, Margaret]

GERMANY COULD MANAGE without Italy, and in the event did, but in the last decade before the Great War it badly needed to hang on to Austria-Hungary. In spite of ...
( Category: Diplomacy January 6,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-29 | Author:Nigel Cave, Jack Sheldon

1st Division This slightly unreal situation extended to 1/SWB, the right battalion of 1st Division. Despite the fact that the great weight of two attacks were taking place less than ...
( Category: World War I January 6,2016 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-18 | Author:Gordon Williamson [Williamson, Gordon]

Relaxing at home with family and friends. ‘Then come tomorrow for lunch,’ was the old man’s reply. Because Sturm was reluctant, saying he had to get permission from the senior ...
( Category: World War II January 6,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-01-04 | Author:Philip Jenkins

The “Hate Song” remained popular throughout both world wars. Yet despite receiving high praise from the court and the army, the song’s fanatical sentiments made it controversial among the Far ...
( Category: General January 6,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-01-04 | Author:Dennis E. Showalter [Showalter, Dennis E.]

PART III THE BLOOD-SWOLLEN GOD 7 The Province of Uncertainty I On a map, the advance of the Russian 2nd Army was a deadly thrust. An attack northwest towards the ...
( Category: World War I January 6,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-01-04 | Author:Douglas Newton

Monday 3 August Asq[uith] then said ‘Burns has resigned; Morley, Simon, Beauchamp also going; many others uneasy: the Cabinet with much shattered authority in [a] time of great stress.’1 ‘Loulou’ ...
( Category: Great Britain January 6,2016 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-09-09 | Author:Mitter, Rana [Mitter, Rana]

PART IV THE POISONED ALLIANCE Chapter 13 Destination Burma SINCE THAT TERRIBLE DAY in December 1941, they had been captives. Spring had come to Guangdong province, but the new season ...
( Category: China January 2,2016 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:William J. Duiker

Even after signing the September 14 agreement, to the exasperation of his hosts Ho Chi Minh still seemed reluctant to return to Vietnam (in an extended biographical essay on Ho, ...
( Category: Vietnam War January 1,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-29 | Author:Stanley Weintraub

Bearded and frostbitten, Bill Barber’s beleaguered Marines descending from the Toktong Pass would hold on for three days at Fox Hill. Coming down from Yudam-ni, Sergeant Aguirre of 3rd Battalion, ...
( Category: Campaigns December 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Sean Naylor [Naylor, Sean]

19 Snake Eyes The Euphrates lapped against the sides of the small boats as, cloaked in darkness, they pulled up to the riverbank beside the farm in Anbar province. The ...
( Category: Intelligence & Espionage December 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-03-11 | Author:Cohen, Paul A

THE DIMMING OF POPULAR MEMORY: JOAN OF ARC AFTER THE WAR Joan of Arc is visually omnipresent in today’s France. “A high percentage of churches,” according to one observer, “have ...
( Category: Jewish December 27,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2012-05-31 | Author:Robbins, Christopher [Robbins, Christopher]

PICTURES Gen. Vang Pao, who first saw combat with the French at the age of thirteen, led the CIA-trained and -financed Meo guerrillas throughout the war until the end. (Pic: ...
( Category: Military December 27,2015 )
epub |eng | 2005-10-31 | Author:John T. Halliday [Halliday, John T.]

As I rolled into a left turn to swing back around for a damage assessment flyby, I glanced over at Squeaky. The kid looked flabbergasted. I thought his eyebrows might ...
( Category: Vietnam War December 27,2015 )