Top Secret Bari 2 Dicembre 1943
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Top Secret Bari 2 Dicembre 1943
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Author : Francesco Morra
language : it
Publisher: LIT EDIZIONI
Release Date : 2014-10-29T00:00:00+01:00
Top Secret Bari 2 Dicembre 1943 written by Francesco Morra and has been published by LIT EDIZIONI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-29T00:00:00+01:00 with History categories.
«Completamente pieno»: è la mattina del 2 dicembre 1943 quando un ricognitore tedesco comunica alla base che il porto di Bari è gremito di navi. Allo Stato maggiore della Luftwaffe in Italia non aspettano altro. La sera stessa 105 bombardieri tedeschi Ju 88 attaccano l’obiettivo cogliendo di sorpresa le difese alleate: alla fine del bombardamento si conteranno 17 navi distrutte e il porto resterà inutilizzabile per molte settimane. Ma non è finita: centinaia di marinai alleati e italiani cominciano a manifestare eritemi sulla pelle, bruciature agli occhi, problemi respiratori. Molti iniziano inspiegabilmente a morire tra lo sconcerto dei medici. Perché? Cosa sta accadendo? C’è un segreto militare che si cela dietro questi decessi? Una commissione d’inchiesta, istituita dal generale Dwight D. Eisenhower, rivela una verità sconvolgente: un mercantile americano classe Liberty, la John Harvey, con un carico top secret, è esploso nel porto con centinaia di tonnellate di bombe all’iprite a bordo. I gas velenosi si sono diffusi nell’aria e mescolati all’acqua di mare. Quel che ne segue è un misto di orrore, confusione e reticenze in nome del segreto militare. Perché tanti misteri su quel carico di iprite? Perché l’incidente di Bari, sostiene l’autore, poteva costituire un precedente per i tedeschi, la scusa per l’impiego dei gas chimici durante lo sbarco in Normandia. Il libro di Francesco Morra ricostruisce gli avvenimenti di quella tragica notte del dicembre 1943 basandosi su eccezionali documenti inediti, tra tutti il Bari Report della commissione d’inchiesta alleata. Per la prima volta vengono svelati gli aspetti «italiani» della vicenda e il dramma dei marinai della nave Barletta.
The Great Secret The Classified World War Ii Disaster That Launched The War On Cancer
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Author : Jennet Conant
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2020-09-08
The Great Secret The Classified World War Ii Disaster That Launched The War On Cancer written by Jennet Conant and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-08 with History categories.
The gripping story of a chemical weapons catastrophe, the cover-up, and how one American Army doctor’s discovery led to the development of the first drug to combat cancer, known today as chemotherapy. On the night of December 2, 1943, the Luftwaffe bombed a critical Allied port in Bari, Italy, sinking seventeen ships and killing over a thousand servicemen and hundreds of civilians. Caught in the surprise air raid was the John Harvey, an American Liberty ship carrying a top-secret cargo of 2,000 mustard bombs to be used in retaliation if the Germans resorted to gas warfare. When one young sailor after another began suddenly dying of mysterious symptoms, Lieutenant Colonel Stewart Alexander, a doctor and chemical weapons expert, was dispatched to investigate. He quickly diagnosed mustard gas exposure, but was overruled by British officials determined to cover up the presence of poison gas in the devastating naval disaster, which the press dubbed "little Pearl Harbor." Prime Minister Winston Churchill and General Dwight D. Eisenhower acted in concert to suppress the truth, insisting the censorship was necessitated by military security. Alexander defied British port officials and heroically persevered in his investigation. His final report on the Bari casualties was immediately classified, but not before his breakthrough observations about the toxic effects of mustard on white blood cells caught the attention of Colonel Cornelius P. Rhoads—a pioneering physician and research scientist as brilliant as he was arrogant and self-destructive—who recognized that the poison was both a killer and a cure, and ushered in a new era of cancer research led by the Sloan Kettering Institute. Meanwhile, the Bari incident remained cloaked in military secrecy, resulting in lost records, misinformation, and considerable confusion about how a deadly chemical weapon came to be tamed for medical use. Deeply researched and beautifully written, The Great Secret is the remarkable story of how horrific tragedy gave birth to medical triumph.
Wartime Standard Ships
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Author : Nick Robins
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2017-08-30
Wartime Standard Ships written by Nick Robins and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-30 with History categories.
In both World Wars there arose a pressing need for merchant tonnage both to supplement existing ships but, more importantly, to replace ships that had been sunk by enemy action, and the key to the Allied strategy in both wars was a massive programme of merchant shipbuilding. This need gave rise to a series of standard designs with increasing emphasis on prefabrication and a progression towards welded hulls.This new book tells the remarkable story of the design and construction of the many types that not only contributed to their countrys war efforts, but were also responsible for a cultural change in world shipbuilding that would lay the foundations for the post-war industry. The story begins in the First World War with the National type cargo ships which were the first examples of prefabricated construction. The best known of all types of wartime standard ships, of course, were the Liberty ships and their successor, the better equipped Victory ships, both built in the United States. Some 2,700 Liberty ships were built and this incredible achievement undoubtedly saved the Allies from losing the War. In Canada, the Ocean and Park ships made a further major contribution. Germany and Japan also introduced standard merchant shipbuilding programmes during the Second World War and these are covered in detail. The many different types and designs are all reviewed and their roles explained, while the design criteria, innovative building techniques and the human element of their successful operation is covered.Some of the story has been told piecemeal in a range of diverse books and articles, a few with extensive fleet lists. However, the complete history of the twentieth century wartime-built standard merchant ship has not previously been written, so this new volume recording that history within its appropriate technical, political and military background will be hugely welcomed.
Bari Oltre Il Porto
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Author : Carlo Capobianco
language : it
Publisher: Youcanprint
Release Date : 2022-10-12
Bari Oltre Il Porto written by Carlo Capobianco and has been published by Youcanprint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-12 with History categories.
L'autore con questo piccolo saggio ripercorre i due disastri avvenuti nel porto di Bari durante l'ultima guerra: il bombardamento da parte dei tedeschi nel 1943 e l'esplosione della nave americana Henderson nel 1945. Il racconto, se non per la breve e doverosa introduzione, esula dalla narrazione degli avvenimenti che hanno interessato il porto, ampiamente documentati e conosciuti, focalizzando lo sguardo oltre: sulla città. La documentazione ufficiale porta alla luce vicende sconosciute permettendo di stilare un elenco delle vittime.
The Last Son S Secret
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Author : Rafel Nadal Farreras
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2017-06-29
The Last Son S Secret written by Rafel Nadal Farreras and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-29 with Fiction categories.
A huge international bestseller, this heartbreaking tale of a tiny Italian village during two World Wars will stay with you forever. Among the olive groves and vineyards of southern Italy, a boy and a girl are born, moments apart. Far away in the trenches of World War I, their fathers have just died. Now all the men in Vitantonio’s family have been wiped out – all twenty-one. All except him. Growing up together, war seems far away for the two children. But Vitantonio’s mother will do anything to protect her son from the curse of death that seems to hang over the family – and so she tells a lie. It is a lie that will bind Vitantonio and Giovanna, the girl who shares his birthday, together over the years. But as the clouds of another war begin to gather on the horizon, it may ultimately drive them apart...
The Wild Blue
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Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2001-08-14
The Wild Blue written by Stephen E. Ambrose 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 2001-08-14 with History categories.
Stephen E. Ambrose, acclaimed author of Band of Brothers and Undaunted Courage, carries us along in the crowded and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to destroy the German war machine during World War II. The young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II fought against horrific odds, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship with vivid detail and affection. Ambrose describes how the Army Air Forces recruited, trained, and selected the elite few who would undertake the most demanding and dangerous jobs in the war. These are the boys—turned pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners of the B-24s—who suffered over fifty percent casualties. With his remarkable gift for bringing alive the action and tension of combat, Ambrose carries us along in the crowded, uncomfortable, and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to the death through thick black smoke and deadly flak to reach their targets and destroy the German war machine. Twenty-two-year-old George McGovern, who was to become a United States senator and a presidential candidate, flew thirty-five combat missions (all the Army would allow) and won the Distinguished Flying Cross. We meet him and his mates, his co-pilot killed in action, and crews of other planes. Many went down in flames. As Band of Brothers and Citizen Soldiers portrayed the bravery and ultimate victory of the American soldiers from Normandy on to Germany, The Wild Blue illustrates the enormous contribution that these young men of the Army Air Forces made to the Allied victory.
Our Man In Yugoslavia
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Author : Sebastian Ritchie
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-06-01
Our Man In Yugoslavia written by Sebastian Ritchie and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-01 with History categories.
As a fully documented study of a Second World War Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) operative, Our Man in Yugoslavia is absolutely unique. Its subject is Owen Reed, an army officer recruited into SIS in the summer of 1943 and then parachuted in to German-occupied Croatia to work with Tito's Partisans and other Allied secret organisations. After reporting back to London in July 1944, Reed returned to Yugoslavia to find relations with the Partisans deteriorating. His erstwhile comrades began working against him and the intelligence he passed to the SIS came increasingly to focus on the communist takeover. Reed found himself at the centre of the first great confrontation of the Cold War. Blending biography and operational history, Our Man in Yugoslavia is a remarkable case study, illustrating how SIS operatives were recruited and trained, and describing their work in detail.
Winding Brook Stories
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Author : Ron Ridenour
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2019-11-07
Winding Brook Stories written by Ron Ridenour and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-07 with Education categories.
Tvind is Denmark's five-decades-old experiment in alternative education. These stories tell how thousands of mainly white Europeans and Americans from both continents together with millions of black Africans and peoples from India struggle to eradicate, or reduce, poverty and wars for profit, which is the major cause of poverty.
Holding Their Breath
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Author : Marion Girard Dorsey
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2023-03-15
Holding Their Breath written by Marion Girard Dorsey and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-15 with History categories.
Holding Their Breath uncovers just how close Britain, the United States, and Canada came to crossing the red line that restrained chemical weapon use during World War II. Unlike in World War I, belligerents did not release poison gas regularly during the Second World War. Yet, the looming threat of chemical warfare significantly affected the actions and attitudes of these three nations as they prepared their populations for war, mediated their diplomatic and military alliances, and attempted to defend their national identities and sovereignty. The story of chemical weapons and World War II begins in the interwar period as politicians and citizens alike advocated to ban, to resist, and eventually to prepare for gas use in the next war. M. Girard Dorsey reveals, through extensive research in multinational archives and historical literature, that although poison gas was rarely released on the battlefield in World War II, experts as well as lay people dedicated significant time and energy to the weapon's potential use; they did not view chemical warfare as obsolete or taboo. Poison gas was an influential weapon in World War II, even if not deployed in a traditional way, and arms control, for various reasons, worked. Thus, what did not happen is just as important as what did. Holding Their Breath provides insight into these potentialities by untangling World War II diplomacy and chemical weapons use in a new way.
Preppers History And The Cultural Phenomenon
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Author : Lynda King
language : en
Publisher: Prepper Press
Release Date : 2014-08-07
Preppers History And The Cultural Phenomenon written by Lynda King and has been published by Prepper Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-07 with Reference categories.
The word ‘prepper’ seems to have burst onto the scene within the last 10 years, and has increasingly become associated with “fringe” extremists. They have been labeled by some as “domestic terrorists.” But is prepping a new phenomenon? Or is it a manifestation of a growing collective psyche that has learned, from traumatic events throughout our history, that preparedness is critical to human survival? For new preppers who think the worst is yet to come, this book offers a walk through history that shows the worst has been here before. For those who wonder why so many people are concerned about being prepared, this book will show that when the worst has made an appearance, those who weathered it best were those who were prepared. For those already familiar with history’s worst who think, “THAT will never happen again!”—this book offers a reminder of the Wall Street adage: “Past performance is no guarantee of future results.” For those who wonder what a prepper is, this book offers a look at what they used to be—and what they are today.