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An Island At War
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Author : Deborah Carr
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2021-06-25
An Island At War written by Deborah Carr and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-25 with Fiction categories.
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An Island At War
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Author : Deborah Carr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date :
An Island At War written by Deborah Carr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Channel Islands categories.
While her little sister Rosie is sent to the UK to keep her safe from the invading German army, Estelle is left behind on Jersey to help her grandmother run the family farm. When the Germans occupy the island, everything changes and Estelle and the islanders must face the reality of life under Nazi rule. Interspersed with letters from Rosie back in London, the novel is also inspired by the real life stories from the author's own family who were on the island during the occupation and is a true testament to the courage and bravery of the islanders.
Island At War
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Author : Jorge Rodríguez Beruff
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2015-05-01
Island At War written by Jorge Rodríguez Beruff and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-01 with History categories.
Despite Puerto Rico being the hub of the United States' naval response to the German blockade of the Caribbean, there is very little published scholarship on the island's heavy involvement in the global conflict of World War II. Recently, a new generation of scholars has been compiling interdisciplinary research with fresh insights about the profound wartime changes, which in turn generated conditions for the rapid economic, social, and political development of postwar Puerto Rico. The island's subsequent transformation cannot be adequately grasped without tracing its roots to the war years. Island at War brings together outstanding new research on Puerto Rico and makes it accessible in English. It covers ten distinct topics written by nine distinguished scholars from the Caribbean and beyond. Contributors include experts in the fields of history, political science, sociology, literature, journalism, communications, and engineering. Topics include US strategic debate and war planning for the Caribbean on the eve of World War II, Puerto Rico as the headquarters of the Caribbean Sea frontier, war and political transition in Puerto Rico, the war economy of Puerto Rico, the German blockade of the Caribbean in 1942, and the story of a Puerto Rican officer in the Second World War and Korea. With these essays and others, Island at War represents the cutting edge of scholarship on the role of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean in World War II and its aftermath.
Islands Of The Damned
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Author : R.V. Burgin
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2010-03-02
Islands Of The Damned written by R.V. Burgin and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-02 with History categories.
A remarkable eyewitness account of the most brutal combat of the Pacific War, from Peleliu to Okinawa, this is the true story of R.V. Burgin, the real-life World War II Marine Corps hero featured in HBO®'s The Pacific. “Read his story and marvel at the man...and those like him.”—Tom Hanks When a young Texan named R.V. Burgin joined the Marines 1942, he never imagined what was waiting for him a world away in the Pacific. There, amid steamy jungles, he encountered a ferocious and desperate enemy in the Japanese, engaging them in some of the most grueling and deadly fights of the war. In this remarkable memoir, Burgin reveals his life as a special breed of Marine. Schooled by veterans who had endured the cauldron of Guadalcanal, Burgin’s company soon confronted snipers, repulsed jungle ambushes, encountered abandoned corpses of hara-kiri victims, and warded off howling banzai attacks as they island-hopped from one bloody battle to the next. In his two years at war, Burgin rose from a green private to a seasoned sergeant, fighting from New Britain through Peleliu and on to Okinawa, where he earned a Bronze Star for valor. With unforgettable drama and an understated elegance, Burgin’s gripping narrative stands alongside those of classic Pacific chroniclers like Robert Leckie and Eugene Sledge—indeed, Burgin was even Sledge’s platoon sergeant. Here is a deeply moving account of World War II, bringing to life the hell that was the Pacific War.
An Island At War
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Author : Robin Walton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
An Island At War written by Robin Walton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
That Neutral Island
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Author : Clair Wills
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2014-04-24
That Neutral Island written by Clair Wills and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-24 with History categories.
Of the countries that remained neutral during the Second World War, none was more controversial than Ireland, with accusations of betrayal and hypocrisy poisoning the media. Whereas previous histories of Ireland in the war years have focused on high politics, That Neutral Island brings to life the atmosphere of a country forced to live under rationing, heavy censorship and the threat of invasion. It unearths the motivations of those thousands who left Ireland to fight in the British forces and shows how ordinary people tried to make sense of the Nazi threat through the lens of antagonism towards Britain.
The Channel Islands At War
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Author : Robert Bard
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2014-05-15
The Channel Islands At War written by Robert Bard and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-15 with History categories.
The incredible true story of what really happened in occupied Guernsey during the Second World War.
The Island Of Extraordinary Captives
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Author : Simon Parkin
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-11
The Island Of Extraordinary Captives written by Simon Parkin 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 2022-11 with History categories.
Barbed-Wire Matinee -- Five Shots -- Fire and Crystal -- The Rescuers -- Sunset Train -- The Basement and the Judge -- Spy Fever -- Nightmare Mill -- The Misted Isle -- The University of Barbed Wire -- The Vigil -- The Suicide Consultancy -- Into the Crucible -- The First Goodbyes -- Love and Paranoia -- The Heiress -- Art and Justice -- Home for Christmas? -- The Isle of Forgotten Men -- A Spy Cornered -- Return to the Mill -- The Final Trial.
The Model Occupation
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Author : Madeleine Bunting
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-07-24
The Model Occupation written by Madeleine Bunting and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-24 with History categories.
‘A masterly work of profound research and reflection, objective and humane’ Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Telegraph What would have happened if the Nazis had invaded Britain? How would the British people have responded – with resistance or collaboration? In Madeleine Bunting’s pioneering study, we begin to find the answers to this age-old question. Though rarely remembered today, the Nazis occupied the British Channel Islands for much of the Second World War. In piecing together the fragments left behind – from the love affairs between island women and German soldiers, the betrayals and black marketeering, to the individual acts of resistance – Madeleine Bunting has brought this uncomfortable episode of British history into full view with spellbinding clarity.
Island War
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Author : Patricia Reilly Giff
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2020-01-14
Island War written by Patricia Reilly Giff and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-14 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Two young Americans must evade capture by Axis soldiers--and outlast the brutal Alaskan winter--in this thrilling historical novel which shines a light on a little-known facet of World War II. Fourteen-year-old Matt never wanted to come to the remote Aleutian Islands--he was dragged here by his father for reasons he can't understand. Eleven-year-old Izzy, on the other hand, loves it--the wild weather, the strange birds, all the new people she's meeting. The two have little in common, except their hometown--they certainly aren't friends. But when Japanese soldiers land on the island, Izzy and Matt are the only ones who escape being shipped off to a prison camp. The two kids must put their differences aside and work together if they're going to survive. With a long, harsh winter ahead of them, they'll need to dodge Axis soldiers and withstand Allied bombing raids--and keep the village dog from giving them away to the enemy, too. Told in alternating point-of-view chapters, Island War is set amidst the Japanese occupation of the remote Aleutian Islands--the only foreign invasion of the United States that took place during World War II. Fans of Hatchet and Julie of the Wolves will be riveted by two-time Newbery Honoree Patricia Reilly Giff's thrilling story of survival, resilience, and the power of cooperation.