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Battle For The Bay
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Author : Joshua M. Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-05
Battle For The Bay written by Joshua M. Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05 with HISTORY categories.
As the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 approaches, a new chapter in the history of the war is being opened for the first time. Although naval battles raged on the Great Lakes, combat between privateers and small government vessels boiled in the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine. Three small warships - the Provincial sloop Brunswicker, His Majesty's schooner Bream, and His Majesty's brig of war Boxer - played a vital role in defending the eastern waters of British North America in this crucial war. The crews of these hardy ships fought both the Americans and the elements - winter winds, summer fog, and the fierce tidal currents of the Bay of Fundy - enduring the all-too-real threats of shipwreck and possible capture and imprisonment. In peacetime, these patrol craft enforced maritime law. In wartime, they engaged in a guerre de course, attacking the enemy's commercial shipping while protecting their own. Now, for the first time, Joshua Smith tells the full story of the battle for the bay.
Battle On The Bay
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Author : Edward T. Cotham
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Battle On The Bay written by Edward T. Cotham and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with History categories.
The Civil War history of Galveston is one of the last untold stories from America's bloodiest war, despite the fact that Galveston was a focal point of hostilities throughout the conflict. As other Southern ports fell to the Union, Galveston emerged as one of the Confederacy's only lifelines to the outside world. When the war ended in 1865, Galveston was the only major port still in Confederate hands. In this beautifully written narrative history, Ed Cotham draws upon years of archival and on-site research, as well as rare historical photographs, drawings, and maps, to chronicle the Civil War years in Galveston. His story encompasses all the military engagements that took place in the city and on Galveston Bay, including the dramatic Battle of Galveston, in which Confederate forces retook the city on New Year's Day, 1863. Cotham sets the events in Galveston within the overall conduct of the war, revealing how the city's loss was a great strategic impediment to the North. Through his pages pass major figures of the era, as well as ordinary soldiers, sailors, and citizens of Galveston, whose courage in the face of privation and danger adds an inspiring dimension to the story.
The Inevitable Battle
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Author : Juan Carlos Rodríguez
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Inevitable Battle written by Juan Carlos Rodríguez and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Cuba categories.
"The Rout of U.S.-organized and -financed forces at Girón Beach on Cuba's Bay of Pigs in April 1961 was Washington's greatest military defeat in the Americas. It has marked the course of history for the last fifty years ... is a fast-moving narrative by an author who at the time was a young literacy teacher in the zone where the battle was fought. Painstakingly researched, without caricatures and oversimplifications, it offers one of the fullest accounts yet written. It will satisfy the most demanding of readers, as well as those simply curious to learn the story of the this momentous event."--Back cover.
The Battle For The Bay
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Author : Grant MacEwan
language : en
Publisher: Saskatoon : Western Producer Book Service
Release Date : 1975
The Battle For The Bay written by Grant MacEwan and has been published by Saskatoon : Western Producer Book Service this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Hudson Bay categories.
The Battle Of Milne Bay 1942
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Author : Nicholas Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2018-08-05
The Battle Of Milne Bay 1942 written by Nicholas Anderson and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-05 with History categories.
By 1942 the formidable Japanese military had conquered swathes of territory across south-east Asia and the Pacific Ocean. Despite its defeat at the Battle of Midway, Japan remained a potent enemy committed to the creation of a defensive arc to shield its captured possessions in the Pacific. The capture of Port Moresby would cement the southern border of this defensive arc and sever the vital lines of communication between Australia and the United States. It was the Japanese plan to seize Moresby that would set the course for the Battle of Milne Bay. Situated on the eastern tip of New Guinea, Milne Bay was a wretched hell-hole: swamp-riddled, a haven for malaria and cursed with torrential rain. It was here that General Douglas MacArthur ordered the secret construction of an Allied base with airfields to protect the maritime approach to Port Moresby. But the Japanese soon discovered the base at Milne Bay and despatched a task force to destroy its garrison and occupy the base. All that stood between the Japanese and their prize was a brigade of regular Australian soldiers untrained in tropical warfare and a brigade of Australian militia with no combat experience whatsoever. While the Kokoda campaign is etched in public memory, its sister battle at Milne Bay has long been neglected. However the bitter fighting over this isolated harbour played an equally important role in protecting Port Moresby and made a valuable contribution to shifting Allied fortunes in the Pacific War.
The Men Of The Gambier Bay
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Author : Edwin Palmer Hoyt
language : en
Publisher: Paul S Eriksson
Release Date : 1979
The Men Of The Gambier Bay written by Edwin Palmer Hoyt and has been published by Paul S Eriksson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with History categories.
The Battle Of Quiberon Bay 1759
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Author : Nicholas Tracy
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2010-08-19
The Battle Of Quiberon Bay 1759 written by Nicholas Tracy and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-19 with History categories.
This authoritative history chronicles the Royal Navy’s decisive yet little-known victory over the French during the Seven Years’ War. In the mid-18th century, with virtually no regular troops at home, Britain was especially vulnerable to the immanent threat of French invasion. In a cunning naval offensive, the British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke intercepted French ships on their way to rendezvous with invasion troopships gathered at the mouth of the Loire. Unfairly overlook in history books, the Battle of Quiberon Bay not only spoiled the planned French invasion, but also established British naval dominance. Once under attack, the French changed course for Quiberon Bay, assuming the British would not follow them among its treacherous shoals in stormy weather. Yet Hawke pursued them under full sail. The French ships were destroyed, captured, run aground or scattered—while the British only suffered two ships run aground. In this insightful narrative, Nicholas Tracy studies the battle, its strategic consequences, and its effect on the war for North America.
Battle Of The Bay
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Author : Gary Peterson
language : en
Publisher: Triumph Books
Release Date : 2014-04-01
Battle Of The Bay written by Gary Peterson and has been published by Triumph Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Gary Peterson is a staff writer for the Bay Area News Group. He was previously the sports columnist at the Contra Costa Times for 25 years, during which he covered the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants throughout the 1989 season. During his career, he has covered 13 Super Bowls, five World Series, four Olympic Games, and one Final Four, winning multiple Associated Press Sports Editors awards as a top-10 sports columnist. He lives in Concord, California. A former manager of the Chicago White Sox, Oakland A's, and St. Louis Cardinals, La Russa led teams to three World Series titles. He resides in Alamo, California.
The Men Of The Gambier Bay
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Author : Edwin P.. Hoyt
language : en
Publisher:
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Turning Point
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Author : Michael Veitch
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-07-23
Turning Point written by Michael Veitch and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-23 with History categories.
The Battle for Milne Bay - Japan's first defeat on land in the Second World War - was a defining moment in the evolution of the indomitable Australian fighting spirit. For the men of the AIF, the militia and the RAAF, it was the turning point in the Pacific, and their finest - though now largely forgotten - hour. Forgotten, until now. In August 1942, Japan's forces were unstoppable. Having conquered vast swathes of south-east Asia - Malaya, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies - and now invading New Guinea, many feared the Empire of the Rising Sun stood poised to knock down Australia's northern door. But first they needed Port Moresby. In the still of an August night, Japanese marines sailed quietly into Milne Bay, a long, malaria-ridden dead end at the far eastern tip of Papua, to unleash an audacious pincer movement. Unbeknown to them, however, a secret airstrip had been carved out of a coconut plantation by US Engineers, and a garrison of Australian troops had been established, supported by two locally based squadrons of RAAF Kittyhawks, including the men of the famed 75 Squadron. The scene was set for one of the most decisive and vicious battles of the war. For ten days and nights Australia's soldiers and airmen fought the elite of Japan's forces along a sodden jungle track, and forced them back step by muddy, bloody step. In Turning Point, bestselling author Michael Veitch brings to life the incredible exploits and tragic sacrifices of these Australian heroes.