World War II
epub |eng | 2019-03-18 | Author:Nikolaus von Vormann

Apart from the incorrect details about the splitting-up of the pocket, probably based on exaggerations at troop level and not corresponding to the facts, from the above we have Koniev’s ...
( Category: World War II March 13,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-10 | Author:Joseph Balkoski

After landing, the 175th was immediately ordered to move to the Vier-ville draw. “The 175th marched in a loose formation down the beach and was subject to sniper fire,” recalled ...
( Category: Engineering March 12,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Rebecca Skinner

Lieutenant-Colonel John Frost, CO 2nd Parachute Battalion, meets Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in North Africa. Lieutenant-Colonel Frost had already seen action at Bruneval and would go on to lead his ...
( Category: Military History Pictorials March 12,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-31 | Author:Damien Lewis

Chapter 11 Along the remote, sparsely populated expanse of Loch Fyne, Frost and his raiders could train without risk of being watched or spied upon. RAN Commander Cook was there, ...
( Category: World War II March 12,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-20 | Author:Lawrence Paterson

Landings of strong enemy forces at many points, principally at Oran and Algiers ... Algiers apparently in enemy hands, stronger resistance at Oran. Innumerable transports, covered by aircraft carriers and ...
( Category: World War II March 12,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-01-05 | Author:Paul Roland

Perhaps the most celebrated seer of all, the Frenchman Nostradamus: some people credit him with foretelling, among many other things, the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany. ...
( Category: Occultism March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-10 | Author:David Greentree

On 23 May, Neave described ‘a clear day and I could see the cliffs of Dover’ (Neave 1972: 95). However, black smoke from a burning oil refinery, the sight of ...
( Category: Military History Pictorials March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-07-15 | Author:Stephen Robinson

The Germans sentenced Fry to death but later reprieved his sentence after Swiss intervention. He was awarded the British Empire Medal and his citation read: ‘Fry was the chief ringleader ...
( Category: Maritime History & Piracy March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-19 | Author:Peter Taylor

Wing The regiment wore the same wing as the SAS on the right arm. Shoulder Title The title comes in two forms, the first being in metal and reads RSR. ...
( Category: World War II March 11,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2019-03-10 | Author:Ian Gardner

KEY 1. Wolfswaard Brick Factory 2. Crossing Point for Operation “Pegasus 1” 3. Renkum Brick Factory 4. Schoonderlogt – 506 CP Oct 28–Nov 25 5. 101st Airborne Divisional CP – ...
( Category: World War II March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Gordon L. Rottman

Service troops occupy Japanese trenches on the Southern Beaches. Knocked out amtracs still litter the reef. Orote Peninsula is in the far left background. The 3rd MarDiv’s lead amphibian tanks ...
( Category: World War II March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Angus Konstam

The British gunnery officers reported the course change to Holland. Less than ten minutes after Lütjens changed course Holland did the same, turning to starboard onto a new heading of ...
( Category: World War II March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-09-15 | Author:Chris Brown

…it would be wrong to play a purely defensive role and let the enemy gather his forces unmolested. Whilst it is not the rule to attack far superior forces, there ...
( Category: Photography & Video March 11,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Franklin G. Mixon

Perquisites in Himmler’s SS Salaries for rank-and-file members of the SS were generally low (Koehl 2012). As a consequence, the availability of perquisites and bonuses for meritorious service was critical ...
( Category: Economic History March 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-16 | Author:Gordon L. Rottman

Key: Armored rifle platoon: R1 to R3 = Rifle squads; M4 = Mortar squad; MG5 = LMG Squad Tank platoon: 1 = Platoon leader; 4 = Platoon sergeant Air security ...
( Category: World War II March 10,2020 )