Fighting The First Wave
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Fighting The First Wave
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Author : Peter Baldwin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-03-18
Fighting The First Wave written by Peter Baldwin 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 2021-03-18 with Business & Economics categories.
Why did the world's nations fight the Covid-19 pandemic in such different ways and with such varying results?
The Fighting First
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Author : Flint Whitlock
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-04-29
The Fighting First written by Flint Whitlock and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-29 with History categories.
The Fighting First tells the untold story of the 1st Infantry Division's part in the D-Day invasion of France at Normandy. Using a variety of primary sources, official records, interviews, and unpublished memoirs by the veterans themselves, author Flint Whitlock has crafted a riveting, gut-wrenching, personal story of courage under fire. Operation Overlord - the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 - was arguably the most important battle of World War II, and Omaha Beach was the hottest spot in the entire operation. Leading the amphibious assault on the "Easy Red" and "Fox Green" sectors of Omaha Beach was the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division - "The Big Red One" - a tough, swaggering outfit with a fine battle record. The saga of the Big Red One, however, did not end with the storming of the beachhead. The author concludes with an account of the 1st in their fight across France, Belgium, and into Germany itself, playing pivotal roles in the bloody battles for Aachen, the Huertgen Forest, and the Battle of the Bulge. The Fighting First is an inspiring, graphic, and often heartbreaking story of young American soldiers performing their D-Day missions with spirit, humor, and determination.
Flattop Fighting In World War Ii
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Author : Patrick Degan
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-09-11
Flattop Fighting In World War Ii written by Patrick Degan and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-11 with History categories.
World War II's naval battles between the United States and Japan have been the subject of many books, popular movies, and documentaries, but the very important story of the fighting between United States and Japanese aircraft carriers is often lost in broader discussions of the Pacific naval war. This work concentrates exclusively on the fighting between the American and Japanese aircraft carriers, examining how strategies were planned and carried out on both sides. Presented are the stories of the USS Hornet, which launched the B-25s of James Doolittle's daring raid of Tokyo in 1942; the USS Yorktown, which suffered fierce attacks during the Battle of Midway; the USS Lexington, which refueled and rearmed Hellcats during the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot; the USS Enterprise, the leader of a motley assortment of cruisers and destroyers left to hold a very precarious line in the campaign for Guadalcanal; and the Japanese battleship Yamato, sacrificed for a suicide mission against 900 aircraft bombers.
Fighting Admirals Of World War Ii
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Author : David Wragg
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2009-02-19
Fighting Admirals Of World War Ii written by David Wragg and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-19 with History categories.
Seapower was a crucial element in the outcome of the Second World War. The U-Boat campaign almost brought Britain to her knees; the Arctic convoys were crucial to keeping Russia in the War; Pearl Harbor brought America into the conflict with massive repercussions; allied naval supremacy made the D-Day landings possible.This book examines in detail the key naval commanders of both sides including five British (Pound, Cunningham, Ramsay, Horton, Somerville) and five US admirals (King, Nimitz, Spruance, Halsey, Fletcher), three German (Raeder, Doenitz, Lutjens) three Japanese (Yamamato, Nagumo, Koga) and two French (Darlan, de la Borde), the latterjustified by the problems faced by Vichy France, including the courageous decision to scuttle the fleet rather than let it fall into German hands in late 1942. In selecting the list, the author has made their decisive role in the war the only criterion.
Coronavirus Politics
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Author : Scott L. Greer
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2021-04-19
Coronavirus Politics written by Scott L. Greer and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-19 with Political Science categories.
Global experts develop explanations of how governments responded to COVID-19
Modernizing The King Of Battle 1973 1991
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Author : Boyd L. Dastrup
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Modernizing The King Of Battle 1973 1991 written by Boyd L. Dastrup and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Government publications categories.
The Fighting Coast Guard
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Author : Mark A. Snell
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2022-12-09
The Fighting Coast Guard written by Mark A. Snell and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-09 with History categories.
This collection of essays, written by some of the foremost historians in the field of Coast Guard history, highlights the wartime roles played by the United States’ oldest federal maritime service, from its inception through the last decade of the twentieth century. The Fighting Coast Guard features three distinct sections: “Beginnings,” which includes a short overview of the US Revenue Cutter Service (the USCG’s primary forerunner, established in 1790) and two chapters on World War I; “Conflagration,” the role of the USCG during the World War II era; and “The Cold War and Beyond,” an assessment of the Coast Guard’s participation in the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War of 1991. The Fighting Coast Guard is a significant contribution to the limited historiography of the Coast Guard and a critical analysis of various wartime roles undertaken by the Coast Guard during America’s twentieth-century conflicts. Because the Coast Guard operated as part of the Department of the Navy during the two world wars, its service and history is often overlooked or envoloped by the larger service, while the USCG’s limited participation in cold and hot wars since 1945 is often ignored altogether. This anthology provides readers with a solid overview while highlighting some of the service’s most important contributions as a combatant force. This definitive study of the role of the US Coast Guard in wartime, from its modern inception in 1915 through the end of the twentieth century, is long overdue and will shed new light on America’s smallest military service.
The Command Of The Air
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Author : Giulio Douhet
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2009-08-26
The Command Of The Air written by Giulio Douhet 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 2009-08-26 with History categories.
The Italian General Giulio Douhet reigns as one of the twentieth century’s foremost strategic air power theorists. As such scholars as Raymond Flugel have pointed out, Douhet’s theories were crucial at a pivotal pre-World War II Army Air Force institution, the Air Corps Tactical School.
The First Wave
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Author : Alex Kershaw
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2019-05-14
The First Wave written by Alex Kershaw and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-14 with History categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of Against All Odds, returns with an utterly immersive, adrenaline-driven account of D-Day combat. “Meet the assaulters: pathfinders plunging from the black, coxswains plowing the whitecaps, bareknuckle Rangers scaling sheer rock . . . Fast-paced and up close, this is history’s greatest story reinvigorated as only Alex Kershaw can.”—Adam Makos, New York Times bestselling author of Spearhead and A Higher Call Beginning in the predawn darkness of June 6, 1944, The First Wave follows the remarkable men who carried out D-Day’s most perilous missions. The charismatic, unforgettable cast includes the first American paratrooper to touch down on Normandy soil; the glider pilot who braved antiaircraft fire to crash-land mere yards from the vital Pegasus Bridge; the brothers who led their troops onto Juno Beach under withering fire; as well as a French commando, returning to his native land, who fought to destroy German strongholds on Sword Beach and beyond. Readers will experience the sheer grit of the Rangers who scaled Pointe du Hoc and the astonishing courage of the airborne soldiers who captured the Merville Gun Battery in the face of devastating enemy counterattacks. The first to fight when the stakes were highest and the odds longest, these men would determine the fate of the invasion of Hitler’s fortress Europe—and the very history of the twentieth century. The result is an epic of close combat and extraordinary heroism. It is the capstone Alex Kershaw’s remarkable career, built on his close friendships with D-Day survivors and his intimate understanding of the Normandy battlefield. For the seventy-fifth anniversary, here is a fresh take on World War II's longest day. Praise for The First Wave: “Masterful... readers will feel the sting of the cold surf, smell the acrid cordite that hung in the air, and duck the zing of machine-gun bullets whizzing overhead. The First Wave is an absolute triumph.”—James M. Scott, bestselling author of Target Tokyo “These pages ooze with the unforgettable human drama of history's most consequential invasion.”—John C. McManus, author of The Dead and Those About to Die
The Fighting Bob
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Author : Michael Staton
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008-08-27
The Fighting Bob written by Michael Staton and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-27 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Sub-titled: A Wartime History of the USS ROBLEY D. EVANS, DD-552. The destroyer Evans rendered invaluable service during World War II, including logistic support for carrier strike forces at Saipan, logistic support for the Third Fleet fast carrier task force in the Palaus and the Philippines, fire support shore bombardment for the 4th Marine Division on Iwo Jima, and escorting Third Fleet carrier forces and performing radar picket duty at Okinawa. She is credited with destroying 26 enemy planes, and rescuing six downed American aviators. The author, son of one the crew members, set out to collect any data available about this remarkable ship and its incredible men. After three years of research and writing, finally their story has been told. 91 photos, 10 ill., 2 maps, two-view plan drawing, 4 appendices.