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Behind The Forgotten Front
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Author : Barbara Hawkins
language : en
Publisher: Bublish, Inc.
Release Date : 2019-08-02
Behind The Forgotten Front written by Barbara Hawkins and has been published by Bublish, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-02 with Fiction categories.
75 years after WWII headlines of Pearl Harbor, Normandy and Hiroshima hit the press, the China-Burma-India Theater is brought to light in Behind the Forgotten Front. It's 1942, and Harry Flynn leaves behind the love of his life to journey into East Asia, a world of tigers, elephants and Himalayan Mountains. He enlists to fight, expecting to find the thrill of danger and honor of military service. Instead, Harry is ordered to the Forgotten Front in the Indian subcontinent as an ordinary supply officer. There, General Joseph 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell is constructing a 'road to nowhere' through Japanese-occupied Burma—and he’s willing to complete it at any cost. In an exotic world with Naga headhunters, opium-smoking Kachin tribesmen, and marauders who scorn both life and death, Harry must entrust his life to others if he is to survive the war. During a time when boys are forced to come of age on the battlefield, and where death and insanity seem to be the only ways out, Harry must find what makes his life worth living. The lessons learned in WWII apply to all wars where men walk away carrying unspeakable memories about the lives that could have been. Behind the Forgotten Front takes you to the overlooked battles in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II and shows you that history is about facts driven by the passions and sometimes the mistakes of real people.
Behind The Forgotten Front
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Author : Barbara Hawkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-10-01
Behind The Forgotten Front written by Barbara Hawkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-01 with categories.
t?s 1942 and Harry Flynn leaves behind the love of his life to journey into a world of tigers, elephants and Himalayan Mountains. Here he must take risks if he is to survive. He enlists to fight in the war expecting to find the thrill of danger and honor of military service. Instead of a fighting position, Harry is sent to the Forgotten Front in the Indian subcontinent as an ordinary supply officer. There, General Joseph ?Vinegar Joe? Stilwell is constructing a ?road to nowhere? through Japanese-occupied Burma. The general will do anything to get the road built. In this exotic world with Naga headhunters, opium-smoking Kachin tribesmen, and marauders who scorn both life and death, Harry forges unlikely friendships. He?s forced to obey orders that challenge his principles and is torn between being true to himself or ?no man at all.? Eventually, not willing to let Uncle Sam needlessly condemn the road crew to death, he rebels.He tries to sabotage the road?s progress where an all-black construction regiment is losing a man a mile due to disease and crumbling mountain slopes. Then a commanding officer spots his unconventional skills. Immediately he?s transferred to America?s first guerrilla-supported unit: Merrill?s Marauders and later the Mars Task Force. Here, he must entrust his life to others. During a time when boys were forced to come of age on the battlefield, Harry must find what makes his life worth living or die.The lessons learned in World War II apply to all wars, where men walk away carrying unspeakable memories and lives that ?could have been? haunt those that lived. Behind the Forgotten Front brings them all back to life and shows that history is about facts driven by passions and sometimes the mistakes of real people.
Behind The Forgotten Front
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Author : Barbara Hawkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-08-08
Behind The Forgotten Front written by Barbara Hawkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-08 with Fiction categories.
It's 1942 and Harry Flynn leaves behind the love of his life to journey into a world of tigers, elephants and Himalayan Mountains. Here he must take risks if he is to survive. He enlists to fight in the war expecting to find the thrill of danger and honor of military service. Instead of a fighting position, Harry is sent to the Forgotten Front in the Indian subcontinent as an ordinary supply officer. There, General Joseph 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell is constructing a 'road to nowhere' through Japanese-occupied Burma. The general will do anything to get the road built In this exotic world with Naga headhunters, opium-smoking Kachin tribesmen, and marauders who scorn both life and death, Harry forges unlikely friendships. He is forced to obey orders that challenge his principles and is torn between being true to himself of 'no man at all.' Eventually, not willing to let Uncle Sam needlessly condemn the road crew to death, he rebels. He tries to sabotage the road's progress where an all-black construction regiment is losing a man a mile due to disease and crumbling mountain slopes. Then a commanding officer spots his unconventional skills. Immediately he's transferred to America's first guerrilla-supported unit: Merrill's Marauders and later the Mars Task Force. Here, he must entrust his life to others. During a time when boys were forced to come of age on the battlefield, Harry must find what makes his life worth living or die. The lessons learned in World War II apply to all wars, where men walk away carrying unspeakable memories and lives that 'could have been' haunt those that lived. Behind the Forgotten Front brings them all back to life and shows that history is about facts driven by passions and sometimes the mistakes of real people.
Forgotten Front
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Author : John Mannix Shinnick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Forgotten Front written by John Mannix Shinnick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Forgotten Front
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Author : George H. Cassar
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 1998-01-01
The Forgotten Front written by George H. Cassar and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with History categories.
With The Forgotten Front, George H. Cassar intends to demonstrate Italy's vital contribution to the Allied effort in the First World War. His account of the war in Italy covers the strategic considerations as well as the actual fighting.
The Forgotten Front
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Author : Bill Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The Forgotten Front written by Bill Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with categories.
Chancellorsville S Forgotten Front
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Author : Chris Mackowski
language : en
Publisher: Grub Street Publishers
Release Date : 2013-05-01
Chancellorsville S Forgotten Front written by Chris Mackowski and has been published by Grub Street Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-01 with History categories.
The first book-length study of two overlooked engagements that helped turned the tide of a pivotal Civil War battle. By May of 1863, the stone wall at the base of Marye’s Heights above Fredericksburg, Virginia, loomed large over the Army of the Potomac, haunting its men with memories of slaughter from their crushing defeat there the previous December. They would assault it again with a very different result the following spring. This time the Union troops wrested the wall and high ground from the Confederates and drove west into the enemy’s rear. The inland drive stalled in heavy fighting at Salem Church. Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front is the first book to examine Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church and the central roles they played in the final Southern victory. Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White have long appreciated the pivotal roles these engagements played in the Chancellorsville campaign, and just how close the Southern army came to grief—and the Union army to stunning success. Together they seamlessly weave their extensive newspaper, archival, and firsthand research into a compelling narrative to better understand these combats, which usually garner little more than a footnote to the larger story of Stonewall Jackson’s march and fatal wounding. Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front offers a thorough examination of the decision-making, movements, and fighting that led to the bloody stalemate at Salem Church, as Union soldiers faced the horror of an indomitable wall of stone—and an undersized Confederate division stood up to a Union juggernaut.
A Forgotten Front
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Author : Seth A. Weitz
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2018-06-12
A Forgotten Front written by Seth A. Weitz and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-12 with History categories.
An examination of the understudied, yet significant role of Florida and its populace during the Civil War. In many respects Florida remains the forgotten state of the Confederacy. Journalist Horace Greeley once referred to Florida in the Civil War as the “smallest tadpole in the dirty pool of secession.” Although it was the third state to secede, Florida’s small population and meager industrial resources made the state of little strategic importance. Because it was the site of only one major battle, it has, with a few exceptions, been overlooked within the field of Civil War studies. During the Civil War, more than fifteen thousand Floridians served the Confederacy, a third of which were lost to combat and disease. The Union also drew the service of another twelve hundred white Floridians and more than a thousand free blacks and escaped slaves. Florida had more than eight thousand miles of coastline to defend, and eventually found itself with Confederates holding the interior and Federals occupying the coasts—a tenuous state of affairs for all. Florida’s substantial Hispanic and Catholic populations shaped wartime history in ways unique from many other states. Florida also served as a valuable supplier of cattle, salt, cotton, and other items to the blockaded South. A Forgotten Front: Florida during the Civil War Era provides a much-needed overview of the Civil War in Florida. Editors Seth A. Weitz and Jonathan C. Sheppard provide insight into a commonly neglected area of Civil War historiography. The essays in this volume examine the most significant military engagements and the guerrilla warfare necessitated by the occupied coastline. Contributors look at the politics of war, beginning with the decade prior to the outbreak of the war through secession and wartime leadership and examine the period through the lenses of race, slavery, women, religion, ethnicity, and historical memory.
The Forgotten Front
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Author : Walter Carl Ladwig
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-06-22
The Forgotten Front written by Walter Carl Ladwig and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-22 with Political Science categories.
This book explains why the United States' local allies are often as much of an obstacle to success in counterinsurgency as the insurgents themselves.
The Forgotten Front
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Author : Ross Anderson
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2014-08-04
The Forgotten Front written by Ross Anderson and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-04 with History categories.
The First World War began in East Africa in August 1914 and did not end until 13 November 1918. In its scale and impact, it was the largest conflict yet to take place on African soil. Four empires and their subject peoples were engaged in a conflict that ranged from modern Kenya in the north to Mozambique in the south. The campaign combined heroic human endeavour and terrible suffering, set in some of the most difficult terrain in the world. The troops had to cope with extremes that ranged from arid deserts to tropical jungles and formidable mountains, and almost always on inadequate rations. Yet the East African campaign has languished in undeserved obscurity over the years, with many people only vaguely aware of its course of events. Indeed, Humphrey Bogart's famous film, The African Queen, inspired by an episode of the campaign, often provides its only lasting image. The Forgotten Front is the first full-scale history of this neglected campaign. Ross Anderson details the fighting and the strategic and political background to the war and the differing viewpoints of the principal protagonists.