47 Royal Marine Commando At The Battle For Walcheren
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47 Royal Marine Commando At The Battle For Walcheren
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Author : J. O. Forfar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
47 Royal Marine Commando At The Battle For Walcheren written by J. O. Forfar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
From Omaha To The Scheldt
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Author : John O. Forfar
language : en
Publisher: John Donald
Release Date : 2001
From Omaha To The Scheldt written by John O. Forfar and has been published by John Donald this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
As medical officer in 47 Royal Marine Commando, the author is ideally placed to describe the reality of frontline battle with its intense fears and physical dangers, the stresses it imposes on body and mind, its killing and wounding, its triumphs and its tribulations and its aftermath.
47 Royal Marine Commando
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Author : Marc de Bolster
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-09
47 Royal Marine Commando written by Marc de Bolster and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
47 Royal Marine Commando: An Inside Story 1943-1946 tells the story of 47 Royal Marine Commando during the Second World War based on personal accounts written by veterans who served in this formidable unit. It is a story of young men who were to play a key role in freeing Europe from Nazi tyranny. From the D-Day landings in Normandy to fierce battles in Holland, some were taken prisoner by the enemy and sent to camps until freed at the end of the war in 1945. Included are eyewitness accounts of the Normandy landings, involvement of the RAF, Royal Navy and American forces, 10 Inter Allied Commando and the effect on local populations who got word of the actions in which this Commando took a major part. Formed from 10th Battalion Royal Marines and reinforced by volunteers from several parts of the British armed forces, they distinguished themselves by sheer determination and professionalism. Over 900 men served in or were attached to this Commando, keeping their overall strength up to 420. Many gave their lives never to return home so others might live to tell their story.
Walcheren 1944
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Author : Richard Brooks
language : en
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date : 2011-06-21
Walcheren 1944 written by Richard Brooks and has been published by Osprey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-21 with History categories.
Osprey's study of the Walcheren campaign of World War II (1939-1945). Walcheren is a saucer-shaped island in the estuary of the river Scheldt, commanding maritime access to Antwerp, the largest port in Western Europe. The Allies captured Antwerp intact on September 4, 1944, but their eyes were on the Rhine crossings at Arnhem, not the lower Scheldt. The failure of Operation Market-Garden later that month brought home the Allies' logistical weakness. As autumn gales drew near, every shell and petrol tin had still to be landed at Cherbourg or across the Normandy beaches. Complete US Army divisions were immobilized for lack of transport. It was vital to re-open Antwerp. The continued German presence on Walcheren, however, prevented Allied shipping from entering the Scheldt. In the fall of 1944, Walcheren had the most heavily fortified coastline in the world. Its seaward defences consisted of 30 coastal and field batteries, mounting 50-60 guns from 75mm to 220mm in caliber, manned by high quality naval personnel behind massive concrete emplacements. Supporting strongpoints had anti-aircraft guns, flame-throwers rocket-launchers and Goliath remote controlled demolition vehicles. The sand dunes protecting the low-lying island from the North Sea were laced with barbed wire, mines and dragon's teeth. Defending infantry came from Generalleutnant Wilhelm Daser's 70.Infanterie-Division, a 'white bread division' consisting of men with gastric problems. Allied intelligence estimated the total garrison at 4,000, but 8,000 eventually surrendered. On November 1, 1944, in a double-pronged attack, the men of 52nd (Lowland) Division plus No. 4 Army Commando seized Flushing (Infatuate I) while in the west 4th Special Service Brigade with three Royal Marine Commandos and No. 10 Inter-Allied Commando would take Westkapelle, and fight their way north and south along the dunes, taking the coastal batteries as they went (Infatuate II). All this was to be supported with HMS Warspite and two 15-inch gun monitors; the Support Squadron Eastern Flank (SSEF) with 25 specialized Landing Craft with guns and rockets; 350 Army guns south of the Scheldt, most of them heavier than 25-pounders; and the Typhoon and Spitfire fighter bombers of 84 Group RAF. In fighting described by one survivor as 'worse than Dieppe and D-Day put together' the Army and Royal Marines forced their way ashore, supported by specialized armour and tracked vehicles, and over the next eight days cleared the positions of their German defenders in bitter street fighting. The first Liberty ships unloaded at Antwerp on December 1, just over a fortnight before the Ardennes offensive began. If Walcheren had not fallen when it did, opening Antwerp just in time, the Allies would have been hard pressed to withstand the German attack, or replace the fuel stocks lost in its opening days, let alone cross the Rhine in the following spring, and meet the Russians on the Elbe. The Walcheren campaign was not merely a dramatic combined operation pulled off against the odds; it helped determine the course of the war and the shape of the post-war world.
By Sea And Land
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Author : Robin Neillands
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2004-03-01
By Sea And Land written by Robin Neillands and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-01 with History categories.
This is the story of a fighting force. In the words of the marines themselves, Robin Neillands, formerly of 45 Commando RM, describes what it is really like to wear the legendary green beret, in peace and in war. This vivid account charts the story of the Royal Marine Commandos from their bloody baptism on the beaches of Dieppe to the final yomp into Stanley at the end of the Falklands War in 1982.
D Day Commando
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Author : Ken Ford
language : en
Publisher: Sutton Pub Limited
Release Date : 2005-01-01
D Day Commando written by Ken Ford and has been published by Sutton Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with History categories.
48 Royal Marine Commando began its life in March 1944 and was disbanded in the UK less than two years later in January 1946. In its short but active life it always seemed to be in the thick of the fighting. In fact, a history of 48 RM Commando is a history of the last year of the war in Europe. It participated in the D-Day invasion and landed on Juno Beach on June 6th, 1944, fought as infantry in the bloody battles for Normandy, helped clear the Channel ports, undertook a second amphibious landing during the Walcheren campaign, raided across the Maas in Holland and then took part in the army of occupation in Germany. During the whole of this period it was in almost continuous contact with the enemy. It is surprising, then, that the story of 48 RM Commando has not been made available to a wider audience. Apart from a small booklet written by one of its veterans and published in 1946, it has never been the subject of a complete history of its own. Based on eyewitness accounts, official unit war diaries and published and unpublished sources and supported by a selection of maps, line drawings and archive photographs, this is a gripping and authoritative history of an elite formation.
From Omaha To The Scheldt
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Author : John O. Forfar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-03
From Omaha To The Scheldt written by John O. Forfar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03 with Physicians categories.
Commando Despatch Rider
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Author : Raymond Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2001-01-01
Commando Despatch Rider written by Raymond Mitchell and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with History categories.
Raymond Mitchell, already a veteran of Sicily and Salerno, served as a Despatch Rider (DR) with 41 Royal Marines Commando throughout the North-West Europe campaign. Fortunately he considered his position in the military hierarchy as too lowly for the ban on keeping diaries to apply to him. As a result, Commando Despatch Rider is both an accurate and atmospheric record of one man's war seen from an unusual perspective. Use of the Unit's War Diary and contemporary records gives this war story a broader dimension.
The Marines Were There
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Author : Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1950
The Marines Were There written by Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1950 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Om de engelske Royal Marines og en kort gennemgang af deres aktioner under 2. Verdenskrig. De deltog blandt andet i invasionen ved Normandiet i 1944.
Royal Marines Commandos
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Author : John Parker
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-02-28
Royal Marines Commandos written by John Parker and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-28 with History categories.
The Royal Marines were originally formed under the auspices of the Royal Navy to guard its sailing ships from harm. They are proud of their history and origins but the Navy heritage is fading. John Parker charts how the units have moved away from their nautical beginnings to develop, over time, into the most versatile force in the British military, containing one of their most elite brigades. The Royal Marines Commandos have, over the past few years, developed into the premier fighting organisation on land, sea and air. This history deals with events associated with the Royal Marines and subsequently in their commando role, starring in all major conflicts including Italy, Malaysia, the Borneo confrontation with Indonesia, and more recently Afghanistan.