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Dunkirk To D Day
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Author : Philip Hamlyn Williams
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2021-06-09
Dunkirk To D Day written by Philip Hamlyn Williams and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-09 with History categories.
At Dunkirk, the withdrawing army left behind most of its equipment, yet only four years later, on D-Day, troops would wonder at the efficiency of supply. This book looks at the lives of some of the men who led the monumental effort which led to this result. The story begins in Victorian south London. It goes out to Portuguese East Africa and then to Malaya, before being caught in the maelstrom of the Great War. Between the wars, its leading characters work at Pilkington, Dunlop and English Steel; they serve in Gallipoli, Gibraltar and Malta; they transform the way a mechanised army is supplied. They supply in the desert and the jungle. They build massive depots, and relationships with motor companies here and in the USA. After the war they work for companies driving the post-war economy: Vickers, Dunlop and Rootes. Many died, exhausted, years before their time.
Dunkirk To D Day
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Author : Jeff Steel
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-06-01
Dunkirk To D Day written by Jeff Steel 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 2022-06-01 with History categories.
Another rip-roaring World War II history by prize-winning author Jeff Steel. Bill Adlam’s hair-raising escape from Dunkirk, his dramatic commando raids and his storming the D-Day beaches reads like fiction. It all happened. Bill escaped the Dunkirk disaster via a bayonet charge into Nazi machine guns. He was presented with the Military Medal ‘for gallantry under fire’ by King George VI. Bill volunteered for commandos: he thrived on adrenaline. Number 4 commando took him to a surgical strike in the north of Norway. The stated objective: to destroy oil installations. It was a feint. Ian Fleming of the Secret Intelligence Service had masterminded the raid. Its objective: to help break the Enigma Code. Number 4 Commando then sent him on a raid to Dieppe to spike naval guns to enable a landing by Canadian forces. Bill’s commanding officer was Lord Lovat: cousin to Ian Fleming and (allegedly) template for the fictional James Bond. Bill’s prowess as a commando saw him headhunted to a top-secret location in the wilds of Scotland. Here he trained others in the dark arts of ‘butcher and bolt’. On D-Day morning Bill passed over the sands of Normandy in minutes. The next two months saw him up against Hitler’s elite army and Waffen SS divisions. The reader will ask the same question that Bill asked: how would he ever come out alive?
From Dunkirk To D Day
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Author : Jeff Steel
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2024-07-30
From Dunkirk To D Day written by Jeff Steel 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 2024-07-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Bill Adlam’s hair-raising escape from Dunkirk, his dramatic commando raids and his storming the D-Day beaches reads like fiction. But it all happened. Bill escaped the Dunkirk disaster via a bayonet charge into Nazi machine guns. He was presented with the Military Medal ‘for gallantry under fire’ by King George VI. Later, Bill volunteered for commandos: he thrived on adrenaline. Number 4 Commando took him to a surgical strike in the north of Norway. The stated objective: to destroy oil installations. It was a feint. Ian Fleming of the Secret Intelligence Service had masterminded the raid. Its objective: to help break the Enigma Code. Number 4 Commando then sent him on a raid to Dieppe in August 1942 to spike naval guns to enable a landing by Canadian forces. Bill’s commanding officer was Lord Lovat: cousin to Ian Fleming and (allegedly) template for the fictional James Bond. Bill’s prowess as a commando saw him headhunted to a top secret location in the wilds of Scotland. Here he trained others in the dark arts of ‘butcher and bolt’. On the morning o 6 June 1944, D-Day, Bill passed over the sands of Normandy in minutes. The next two months saw him up against Hitler’s elite army and Waffen SS divisions. The reader will ask the same question that Bill asked: how would he ever come out alive?
Military Training In The British Army 1940 1944
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Author : Dr Timothy Harrison Place
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-01-20
Military Training In The British Army 1940 1944 written by Dr Timothy Harrison Place and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-20 with History categories.
In this study, the author traces the reasons for the British Army's tactical weakness in Normany to flaws in its training in Britain. The armour suffered from failures of experience. Disagreements between General Montgomery and the War Office exacerbated matters.
Mastermind Of Dunkirk And D Day
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Author : Brian Izzard
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2020-04-15
Mastermind Of Dunkirk And D Day written by Brian Izzard and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This detailed biography brings to life one of the greatest military heroes of WWII—and demonstrates why his contributions were crucial to Allied victory. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay masterminded the evacuation of some 330,000 members of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk. He went on to play a crucial role in the invasion of Sicily and the planning and execution of the D-Day invasion, where he commanded the 7,000 ships that delivered Allied forces to the beaches of Normandy. All this from a man who had retired in 1938—only to be persuaded back to the service by Winston Churchill himself. In 1944, Ramsay was promoted to Admiral and appointed Naval Commander-in-Chief for the D-Day naval expeditionary force. A year later, he died in a mysterious air crash. Though Ramsay’s legacy has been remembered by the Royal Navy, his key role in the Allied victory has been widely forgotten. Now biographer Brian Izzard corrects this oversight, arguing that without Ramsay the outcome of both Dunkirk and D-Day—and perhaps the entire war—could have been very different.
D Day In History And Memory
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Author : Michael Dolski
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2014-03-15
D Day In History And Memory written by Michael Dolski and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-15 with History categories.
Over the past sixty-five years, the Allied invasion of Northwestern France in June 1944, known as D-Day, has come to stand as something more than a major battle. The assault itself formed a vital component of Allied victory in the Second World War. D-Day developed into a sign and symbol; as a word it carries with it a series of ideas and associations that have come to symbolize different things to different people and nations. As such, the commemorative activities linked to the battle offer a window for viewing the various belligerents in their postwar years. This book examines the commonalities and differences in national collective memories of D-Day. Chapters cover the main forces on the day of battle, including the United States, Great Britain, Canada, France and Germany. In addition, a chapter on Russian memory of the invasion explores other views of the battle. The overall thrust of the book shows that memories of the past vary over time, link to present-day needs, and also still have a clear national and cultural specificity. These memories arise in a multitude of locations such as film, books, monuments, anniversary celebrations, and news media representations.
Military Training In The British Army 1940 1944
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Author : Timothy Harrison Place
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Military Training In The British Army 1940 1944 written by Timothy Harrison Place and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Soldiers categories.
Fighting Hitler From Dunkirk To D Day
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Author : Jeff Haward MM
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-04-30
Fighting Hitler From Dunkirk To D Day written by Jeff Haward MM and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-30 with History categories.
Fighting Hitler From Dunkirk to D-Day is the compelling story of a man belonging to a group of which there are now very few survivors. Jeff Haward MM is a pre-war Territorial Army soldier who enlisted merely for something to do in the evenings. Consequently, he fought throughout the entirety of the Second World War. Jeff is a 'Die Hard', the historic name given to men of the famous Middlesex Regiment. He joined the 1/7th Battalion, a machine-gun battalion, equipped with the British Army's iconic Vickers medium machine gun.??Following evacuation from Dunkirk, the 1/7th, while refitting and re-equipping, carried out coastal defence duties in preparation for the German invasion. So desperate was the situation that on sentry duty, the one rifle per section had to be handed to the next sentry, along with the only ammunition available three rounds!??In 1941, they were attached to the famous 51st Highland Division. The less than enthusiastic welcome from the Jocks gradually evolved into respect following the Middlesex's performance at El Alamein and the subsequent campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy and North West Europe.??Following the Reichswald battle, in March 1945, Jeff was surprised to hear that he had been awarded the Military Medal for bravery and was subsequently awarded the ribbon by none other than Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery.??Jeff Haward's experiences, those of a normal soldier, make fascinating reading and throw new light on the use of such Vickers gun battalions during the war.
After Dunkirk
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Author : John Dalgleish
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-09
After Dunkirk written by John Dalgleish and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-09 with categories.
In this minor war classic, first published by Victor Gollancz in 1945, Major John Dalgleish, R.A.S.C., 'Daily Express' journalist and BBC commentator, provides a short account of the planning for D-Day. A complete history of the so called Second Front would run to a million words and still be incomplete. The present volume is intended to be a bird's-eye view of what happened behind the veil of secrecy which shrouded the two years of planning after the disaster of Dunkirk and before the success of D-Day.'What a great book! Very readable, written by an RASC officer involved in pre-Neptune, pre-Overlord planning especially regarding movement and catering. An excellent addition, published just after the war, to the literature; pleasing to have a very British view of what could have been chaos.'Amazon.com (5 Star review)'MAJOR DALGLEISH has written a valuable book ... Here is no abstract enunciation of the importance of "administration," but a statement of the planners' task in terms of a series of interlinking and very concrete problems. The armchair strategist of the future ought at least to read such a book as this before he passes judgement, unless he possesses the valuable practical experience of having been responsible for the movement of at least a company of real troops... Very wisely, in a popular book of this kind, he gives a general picture of the planning as a whole, placing special emphasis on the problems which concerned him most... such diverse activities as training, the equipment of the invasion troops, their concentration and movement, their embarkation and transportation by sea. Life is given to his account... by constant reference to particular problems and the way in which they were tackled. There was humour in this triumph of planning, and I particularly enjoyed the story of the R.A.M.C. officer whose unit failed to appear at the time of embarkation because his practice was to file all "Top Secret" instructions unopened and wait for orders to open them... Reading [this] might well form part of the military and political education of every citizen.'S. H. F. JOHNSTON in 'The Spectator'
Blowing Our Bridges
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Author : Tony Younger
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2004-01-16
Blowing Our Bridges written by Tony Younger and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-16 with History categories.
This action packed military memoir tells of the exploits of a young Sapper officer during both the Second World War and in Korea. Tony Younger was in the thick of the action during the German Blitzkrieg of 1940 seeing desperate fighting as the beleaguered British Expeditionary Force struggled to escape at Dunkirk. He then became closely involved in anthrax experiments, before playing a full role in the Normandy Campaign and the conquest of Germany. After a period in Burma, he was sent to Korea, where in bitter fighting against hordes of Chinese and North Korean troops he was extremely lucky to escape with his life.