A Home On The Rolling Main
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A Home On The Rolling Main
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Author : Tony Ditcham
language : en
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Release Date : 2013-06-17
A Home On The Rolling Main written by Tony Ditcham and has been published by Seaforth Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with History categories.
From first joining the Royal Navy in 1940 until the end of the campaign against Japan, Tony Ditcham was in the front line of the naval war. After brief service in the battlecruiser Renown off Norway and against the Italians, he went into destroyers and saw action in most European theatres _ against S-boats and aircraft in 'bomb alley' off Britain's East Coast, on Arctic convoys to Russia, and eventually in a flotilla screening the Home Fleet. During the dramatic Battle of the North Cape in December 1943 he was probably the first man to actually see the Scharnhorst and from his position in the gun director of HMS Scorpion enjoyed a grandstand view of the sinking of the great German battleship (his account was so vivid that it formed the basis of the description in the official history). Later his ship operated off the American beaches during D-Day, where two of her sister ships were sunk with heavy loss of life, and he ended the war en route for the British Pacific Fleet and the invasion of Japan.??This incident-packed career is recounted with restraint, plenty of humour and colourful descriptive power _ his account of broaching and almost capsizing in an Arctic winter storm is as good as anything in the literature of the sea. The result makes enthralling reading, and as the surviving veterans rapidly decline in numbers, this may turn out to be one of the last great eyewitness narratives of the naval war.
Sand And Steel
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Author : Peter Caddick-Adams
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2019
Sand And Steel written by Peter Caddick-Adams and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
"Sand and Steel gives us D-Day, arguably the greatest and most consequential military operation of modern times, beginning with the years of painstaking and costly preparation, through to the pitched battles fought along France's northern coast, from Omaha Beach to the Falaise and the push east to Strasbourg. In addition to covering the build-up to the invasion, including the elaborate and lavish campaigns to deceive Germans as to where and when the invasion would take place, Peter Caddick-Adams gives a full and detailed account of the German preparations, but the heart of the book is Caddick-Adams' narratives of the five beaches where the terrible drama played out--Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword, and the attempt by American, British, and Canadian soldiers to gain a foothold in Europe"--
Rommel S Ghost Division
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Author : David Mitchelhill-Green
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2024-07-25
Rommel S Ghost Division written by David Mitchelhill-Green and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-25 with History categories.
Adolf Hitler invaded Western Europe on 10 May 1940. After breaking through the supposedly ‘impenetrable’ Ardennes, Erwin Rommel was at the forefront of the Wehrmacht’s audacious drive through France. Rommel, who had no prior experience leading an armored division in combat, moved with such speed and nerve that he frequently surprised French units by arriving far earlier than expected. Crossing the Meuse River, we follow Rommel—in what he referred to as ‘practically a lightning Tour de France’—as he pushed through northern France to the English Channel. His spectacular victory at the coastal port of Saint-Valéry-en-Caux was crowned by the capture of Cherbourg. Following the armistice, Rommel was involved in reenacting certain battles, such as crossing the Somme, for the documentary Sieg im Westen (Victory in the West). This is the story of Rommel and the 7th Panzer Division—the so-called ‘Ghost Division’—in France, 1940.
He Who Would Valiant Be
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Author : Terry Lewin
language : en
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Release Date : 2015-11-19
He Who Would Valiant Be written by Terry Lewin and has been published by eBook Partnership this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-19 with Literary Collections categories.
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin was the last Military leader of Great Britain to serve throughout the entire duration of WW2. A career that culminated in his role as head of the British Armed Forces and a seat in the victorious Cabinet of Prime Minister Thatcher that restored British Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. This important book is the very first step on that career path. Since the time of Nelson Midshipmen in the Royal Navy were obliged to keep a Journal, a record of the life, events and actions of the ship in which they served. Terry Lewin was posted as a 19-years old to HMS Valiant, a Jutland-era battleship in December 1939. This book faithfully reproduces his hand-written record of the first year of the War seen from a ship at sea. All Midshipmen kept a journal, not all Midshipmen went on to influence the development of the modern Navy to the extent achieved by Terry Lewin. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in WW2, and life in the Royal Navy.
British Humour And The Second World War
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Author : Juliette Pattinson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-06-01
British Humour And The Second World War written by Juliette Pattinson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-01 with History categories.
This book skilfully combines cutting-edge historical research by leading and emerging researchers in the field to investigate the utilization of British humour during the Second World War as well as its legacy in British popular culture. Juliette Pattinson and Linsey Robb bring together case studies that address a variety of situations in which humour was generated, including wartime jokes, films, radio, cartoons and private drawings, as well as post-war recollections, museum exhibitions and television comedy. By adopting an original interpretative framework of various wartime and post-war sites, this books opens up the possibility for a more variegated, richer analysis of Britain's wartime experience and its place thereafter in the cultural imagination. Through the lens of humour, this book promises to add critical nuance to our understanding of the functioning of British wartime society. Covering sources such as The British Cartoon Archive, BBC World War II People's War Archive and The Ministry of Information, and including analysis of the lasting role of comedy in Britain's memories and depictions of the war, the result is a rich addition to existing literature of use to students and scholars studying the cultural history of war.
Double Acrostics By Various Authors Edited By K L Third Edition
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Author : K. L.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1867
Double Acrostics By Various Authors Edited By K L Third Edition written by K. L. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1867 with categories.
Double Acrostics By Various Authors Edited By K L Second Edition Revised And Enlarged
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Author : K. L.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1865
Double Acrostics By Various Authors Edited By K L Second Edition Revised And Enlarged written by K. L. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1865 with categories.
Double Acrostics By Various Authors Edited By K L Second Edition Revised And Enlarged
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Author : Double acrostics
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1865
Double Acrostics By Various Authors Edited By K L Second Edition Revised And Enlarged written by Double acrostics and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1865 with categories.
The War For England S Shores
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Author : G. H. Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2023-09-15
The War For England S Shores written by G. H. Bennett and has been published by Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-15 with History categories.
The War for England's Shores examines the Kriegsmarine’s S-Boat offensive along the English Channel and the North Sea from 1940 to 1945, together with British (later Allied) responses to nullify that threat. The campaign against the convoys running along the coast of Britain has been overlooked by historians. Swift and armed with torpedoes and mines, the S-Boat posed a serious threat to the convoys forced to run along the British coast as often as six days out of every seven. Using an array of archival materials from Britain, Germany, and the United States, The War for England’s Shores examines why the Germans failed to make the most of this opportunity to disrupt the British war economy. G. H. Bennett analyzes how the British slowly nullified the threat by embracing new technologies and developing a system of sea control to gradually force the German S-Boat arm to transition from offensive action against Britain's coastal convoys to the defensive posture of waiting for an invasion of France. Considering the war along Britain's coastal convoy routes in the context of twenty-first-century interest in littoral warfare, this work has vital, current appeal using the German S-Boat campaign of 1940 to 1945 to offer significant and surprising new insights.
Double Acrostics By Various Authors Ed By K L
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Author : Double acrostics
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1862
Double Acrostics By Various Authors Ed By K L written by Double acrostics and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1862 with categories.