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Commando To Colditz
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Author : Peter Stanley
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2009-10-01
Commando To Colditz written by Peter Stanley and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-01 with History categories.
A compelling, riveting read, Commando to Colditz is an unusual — perhaps unique — war story. It is centred around a most unusual war hero: Michael 'Micky' Burn, soldier, poet and novelist, whose journey from fascist follower, to commander of Six Troop, to Commando, to prisoner (and communist lecturer) in the notorious prison of Colditz forms the focal point of this powerful narrative. In 1942 Micky led his commando troop of 28 men on one of the most daring raids of the Second World War, the assault on the French port of St Nazaire. As a result of this 'night of fire and death', fourteen of Micky's men were killed; seven, including Burn, were captured. Micky's bond with his soldiers is at the story's heart. Before the raid, he had asked his parents to write to his men's families if the worst should happen; the result was the creation of a rich and moving archive of letters between these grieving or anxious families, letters that illuminate the lives and deaths of a small but close-knit group of British soldiers and those who loved them.
Hostages Of Colditz
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Author : Giles Romilly
language : en
Publisher: New York : Praeger
Release Date : 1973
Hostages Of Colditz written by Giles Romilly and has been published by New York : Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
For two years during World War II, Giles Romilly and Michael Alexander shared a small room in the tower of Colditz Castle, the notorious German punishment camp. During that time, Colditz housed some six hundred prisoners of assorted nationalities and ranks. Most of them were there because they had been especially persistent or imaginative, though unsuccessful, in their attempts to escape from other places of internment; Colditz, in the heart of Germany, was considered virtually escapeproof. Romilly, a war correspondent, had been captures as a suspected spy when the Germans seized the port of Narvik, Norway, in April, 1940. In August, 1942, Alexander, a British commando in North Africa, had been taken prisoner behind German lines, wearing a German uniform. As a newspaperman, Romilly would probably have been released if it had not been known to the Germans that he was a nephew of Winston Churchill, which made him of great potential value as a hostage. Alexander, on the other hand, would probably have been shot as a spy if he had not told his captors, with some exaggeration, that he was a close relative of Field Marshal Alexander, then commander of the British troops in the Middle East.
Commandos
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Author : Russell Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Commandos written by Russell Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
In this volume of Time-Life Books' classic history of World War II, you'll read about these elite bands of highly skilled men. The book begins with an account of the Germans' spectacular capture of the seemingly impregnable Belgian fortress Eben Emael on the opening day of Hitler's spring 1940 offensive. Confronted with the unlikely task of penetrating the massive stronghold's outer defenses of moats, minefields, barbed wire and heavy guns, a team of specially trained German troopers in gliders landed on the roof of the structure and wrestled it from the astounded defenders in less than two days. Commandos also includes stories of American, French, German and Italian special forces, as well as accounts of the exploits of some of the lesser-known units like the German Brandenburgers, the Marine Raiders and England's immortal 'cockleshell heroes,' who went to war in canoes.
Five Past Midnight
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Author : James S Thayer
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-09-15
Five Past Midnight written by James S Thayer 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 2015-09-15 with Fiction categories.
Escaping from Germany’s Colditz Castle where he was being held as a prisoner of war, Captain Jack Cray fights his way to Berlin in April 1945, following a twisted trail of terror across Germany. The American Army commando has just been handed the most dangerous mission of his career—the assassination of Adolf Hitler.
Commando
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Author : James Owen
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-10-04
Commando written by James Owen and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-04 with History categories.
June 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His idea was to revolutionise military thinking and change the face of warfare for ever. Relying as much on stealth and guile as on courage and stamina, the Commandos brought to the battlefield the skills of the guerrilla. Trained by an unconventional band of experts, and led by a big-game hunter, a film star, a Highland chief and an eccentric wielding a bow and arrow, they became the spearhead of the Allied drive for victory. Weaving together official documents, new research and veterans' own accounts, Commando reveals for the first time the exhilarating full story of WWII's most formidable fighting force.
Colditz
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Author : Ben Macintyre
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2022-09-15
Colditz written by Ben Macintyre and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-15 with History categories.
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A master at setting the pulse racing' Daily Mail 'A fine feat of storytelling . . . will surely become the last word on the subject' Telegraph _____________________________ FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE HEROES Colditz Castle: a forbidding Gothic tower on a hill in Nazi Germany. You may have heard about the prisoners and their daring and desperate attempts to escape, but that's only part of the real story. In Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre takes us inside the walls of the most infamous prison in history to meet the real men behind the legends. Heroes and bullies, lovers and spies, captors and prisoners living cheek-by-jowl for years in a thrilling game of cat and mouse - and all determined to escape by any means necessary. Deeply researched and full of incredible stories, this is a tale of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances - and will change how you think about Colditz forever. _____________________________ 'Like watching a black-and-white photograph being colourised' Spectator 'Every Ben Macintyre book is a treat' The Tablet
Collecting Colditz And Its Secrets
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Author : Michael Booker
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2005-06-19
Collecting Colditz And Its Secrets written by Michael Booker and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-19 with History categories.
Fully illustrated with photographs and historical artifacts, this detailed history reveals what life was like inside the infamous Nazi POW camp. During the Second World War, the centuries-old Colditz castle took on an infamous new purpose. It became the site of Oflag IV-C, a prisoner of war camp designated for Allied officers who had escaped from other camps, including such famous names as Douglas Bader, Lorne Welch and Jack Best. This authoritative history reveals the secrets of the Sonderlager—or “Special Camp.” Historian Michael Booker draws on forty years of research into the subject, including interviews with former prisoners, as well as the German commandant Gerhard Prawitt and the head of security Captain Reinhold Eggers. He relates stories of British, Polish, and French prisoners, and their many and varied attempts to escape. These narratives are supported throughout with rare wartime photographs as well as a priceless collection of artifacts and memorabilia from the castle, some of which have never been seen before.
Musketoon
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Author : Stephen Schofield
language : en
Publisher: London, J. Cape [1964]
Release Date : 1964
Musketoon written by Stephen Schofield and has been published by London, J. Cape [1964] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with 2. Verdenskrig categories.
I september 1942 udførte en mindre britisk kommandostyrke et vellykket angreb på kraftværket i Glomsfjord i Nordnorge, hvorved den for tyskerne krigsvigtige aluminiumsproduktion tilføjedes et føleligt tab.
Commando Extraordinary
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Author : Charles Foley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Commando Extraordinary written by Charles Foley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
Operation Chariot
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Author : Jean-Charles Stasi
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2019-11-19
Operation Chariot written by Jean-Charles Stasi and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-19 with History categories.
An illustrated history of the World War II British amphibious attack on a dry dock in the German-occupied French town. At the beginning of 1942, the prospect of Germany’s Tirpitz, the heaviest battleship ever built by a European navy, patrolling the Atlantic posed a huge threat to the convoys that were the lifeline for Britain. Bombing raids to destroy the ship failed. A more radical plan was conceived to destroy the dry-dock facility at St Nazaire on the French Atlantic coast. Without the use of the only suitable base for the ship, the threat would be neutralized. The plan was to ram the entrance gates with a ship packed with explosives on a delayed fuse. A motorboat armed with torpedoes would fire at the inner gate causing further damage to submarine pens. The troops and crew would then destroy as many dockyard targets as they could and withdraw in fast motor launches that had followed them in. All this was to be achieved under cover of an air raid. HMS Campbeltown, a U.S. lend-lease destroyer, was chosen for the task. On the night of March 27, the raid commenced. The Campbeltown succeeded in lodging its bows in the outer gates. The fuses detonated the explosives in its hold the following day. The dock gates were destroyed. The cost to the Allies was high, but the Tirpitz was never able to leave Norwegian waters. This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series gives a clear overview of the planning and execution of the raid and its aftermath, accompanied by 125 photographs and images, including color profiles and maps.