epub, mobi |eng | 2003-03-24 | Author:Mark Zuehlke [Zuehlke, Mark]

While the Canadian gunners were helping the French repel the German armoured counterattack, 1 CIB Brigadier Dan Spry and a party of Royal Canadian Regiment officers crossed the river in ...

epub |eng | 2003-03-24 | Author:Mark Zuehlke [Zuehlke, Mark]

For fifteen-year-old Antonio Di Cesare, artillery was more of a danger than ever. Villa Deo, near Villa Grande, was being fired on more often by the Canadian guns. Some distance ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2012-03-24 | Author:Reg Grant

Soviet Katyusha multiple rocket launchers prepare to fire during the Soviet counteroffensive against the German invaders. Fired in volleys, the rockets could deliver a devastating artillery barrage. Although the fighting ...

epub |eng | 2011-11-04 | Author:Mark Zuehlke

A TOTAL OF 1,019 heavy bombers streamed across the French coast at 2300 hours. Canadian artillery marked the western targets with green flare shells, while the British indicated the eastern ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2010-08-10 | Author:Mark Zuehlke

WHILE THE CONQUEST of Enna had been under way and 2 CIB had been simultaneously dealing with Monte Desira Rossi, 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade had moved into the valley on ...

epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Moffat, John [John Moffat]

10 Hunting the Scharnhorst I didn't want to take part in action through any bloodthirsty motive – far from it. I had a need, as a young man of twenty-one, ...

epub |eng | | Author:Sterling Mace

9 A CONSTELLATION OF GHOSTS “… AND THERE’S A SOLID LEFT hand to the body by Louis, and Conn takes it, rolls off the ropes out into the center! But ...

epub |eng | 2012-09-03 | Author:Mark Zuehlke

16. Hell of a Fix The queen’s own Cameron Highlanders had crossed the channel in R-Boats without incident. They were to land at 0520 hours. Lieutenant Colonel Al Gostling’s gut ...

epub |eng | 2006-03-24 | Author:Mark Zuehlke [Zuehlke, Mark]

PART FOUR THE DOG FIGHT [ 20 ] All This Unpleasantness BETWEEN THE Conca River and Marecchia River, whose northern bank rested on the edge of the Po Valley, lay ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:John Comer [Comer, John]

Next page: Examples of escape pictures. Note that every man used the same jacket. Chapter XIII Mission to Anklam October 9 — Anklam, Germany Aircraft 719: Hellcat It was difficult ...

epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2013-03-19 | Author:Tsouras, Peter [Tsouras, Peter]

Particularly dangerous to the troops fighting their way down the rear slopes of the mountains was an armoured train whose artillery raked the Germans. Every time Rudel’s Stukas attempted to ...

epub |eng | 2006-03-24 | Author:Mark Zuehlke [Zuehlke, Mark]

[ 14 ] With Rage and Sorrow BLOODY TOIL was the order of the day for both the Germans and Allies on June 9, with neither able to gain significant ...

mobi |eng | 2009-08-11 | Author:Antony Beevor

Dawn on Wednesday 18 April produced a red sky along the eastern horizon. Those still fighting to cling on to the Seelow Heights were filled with foreboding. It was not ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2003-04-29 | Author:Antony Beevor [Beevor, Antony]

15 Zhukov on the Reitwein Spur General Chuikov, the commander of the 8th Guards Army, had the best view of the Oderbruch and the Seelow Escarpment from his forward command ...

epub |nld | 2003-12-31 | Author:Clive Lawton [Lawton, Clive]

De gevolgen van de overgave Japanse legerleiders waren echt geschokt en volstrekt verbaasd toen hun land zich overgaf. Maar veel burgers legden zich neer bij de nederlaag, mede omdat een ...