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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.
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.
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 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 Battle For James Bay 1686
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Author : Walter Andrew Kenyon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
The Battle For James Bay 1686 written by Walter Andrew Kenyon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Canada categories.
Account of De Troyes expedition which captured 3 Hudson's Bay Company forts on James Bay, from journals of De Troyes and members of the expedition as well as reports form the H.B. employees captured.
Decision For Disaster
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Author : Grayston L. Lynch
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2003-11-25
Decision For Disaster written by Grayston L. Lynch 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 2003-11-25 with History categories.
A startling new perspective on the 1961 invasion of Cuba
Reports On The Battle Of Manile Bay May 1 1898
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Author : George Dewey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1900
Reports On The Battle Of Manile Bay May 1 1898 written by George Dewey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1900 with 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.
The Battle Of Mobile Bay
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Author : Foxhall Alexander Parker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
The Battle Of Mobile Bay written by Foxhall Alexander Parker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Mobile Bay, Battle of, Ala., 1864 categories.
The Battle Of Valcour Bay
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Author : Scott Ingram
language : en
Publisher: Blackbirch Press, Incorporated
Release Date : 2004
The Battle Of Valcour Bay written by Scott Ingram and has been published by Blackbirch Press, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Looks at the strategies employed against the British for control of Lake Champlain that became known as the Battle of Valcour Bay.