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Author |
: William B. Dreux |
Publisher |
: University of Notre Dame Pess |
Total Pages |
: 378 |
Release |
: 2020-04-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780268107994 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0268107998 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis No Bridges Blown by : William B. Dreux
A rediscovered classic of military history back in print for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of World War II When William B. Dreux parachuted into France in 1944, the OSS infantry officer had cinematic visions of blood-and-guts heroics, of leading the French Maquis resistance forces in daring missions to blow up key bridges and delay the German advance. This isn’t the glamorized screen-ready account he expected; this is the real story. Dreux’s three-man OSS team landed behind enemy lines in France, in uniform, far from the targeted bridges. No Bridges Blown is a story of mistakes, failures, and survival, a story of volunteers and countrymen working together in the French countryside. The only book written by one of the Jedburghs about his wartime experiences, Dreux brings the history of World War II to life with stories of real people amidst a small section of the fighting in France. These people had reckless courage, little training, and faced impossible odds. This story will resonate with veterans and everyday citizens alike and it brings to life the realities of war on the ground in Nazi-occupied France.
Author |
: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 328 |
Release |
: 1923 |
ISBN-10 |
: CHI:096001353 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rules and Regulations Relating to the Navigable Waters of the United States by : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Author |
: Benjamin F. Jones |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 417 |
Release |
: 2016-01-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199942091 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199942099 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Eisenhower's Guerrillas by : Benjamin F. Jones
The challenges facing General Dwight Eisenhower before the Invasion of Normandy were not merely military but political as well. He knew that to liberate France, and to hold it, the Allies needed local help, which would necessitate coordinating with the highly independent French resistance groups known collectively as the maquis. The Allies' objective was to push the Germans out of France. The French objective, on the other hand, was a France free of all foreign armies, including the Allies. President Roosevelt refused to give full support to Charles de Gaulle, whom he mistrusted, and declined to supply the timing, location, and other key details of Operation Overlord to his Free French government. Eisenhower's hands were tied. He needed to involve the French, but without simultaneously involving them in operational planning. Into this atmosphere of tension and confusion jumped teams consisting of three officers each -- one from the British Special Operations Bureau, one from the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, one from the Free French Bureau Central de Renseignement -- as well as a radioman from any one of the three nations. Known as the Jedburghs, their primary purpose was to serve as liaisons to the maquis, working to arm, train, and equip them. They were to incite guerilla warfare. Benjamin Jones' Eisenhower's Guerrillas is the first book to show in detail how the Jedburghs -- whose heroism and exploits have been widely celebrated -- and the maquis worked together. Underscoring the critical and often overlooked role that irregular warfare played in Allied operations on the Continent, it tells the story of the battle for and liberation of France and the complexities that threatened to undermine the operation before it even began.
Author |
: Great Britain. Royal Commission on the South African War, 1899-1900 |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 746 |
Release |
: 1903 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015026995210 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on the War in South Africa by : Great Britain. Royal Commission on the South African War, 1899-1900
Author |
: Colin Beavan |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 464 |
Release |
: 2007-04-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781440679506 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1440679509 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Operation Jedburgh by : Colin Beavan
A thrilling account of one of the most important covert operations of World War II In 1943, less than a year before D-Day, nearly three hundred American, British, and French soldiers—shadow warriors—parachuted deep behind enemy lines in France as part of the covert Operation Jedburgh. Working with the beleaguered French Resistance, the "Jeds" launched a stunningly effective guerrilla campaign against the Germans in preparation for the Normandy invasion. Colin Beavan, whose grandfather helped direct Operation Jedburgh for the Office of Strategic Services, draws on scores of interviews with the surviving Jeds and their families to tell the thrilling story of the rowdy daredevils who carried out America's first specialforces missions—forever changing the way Americans wage war.
Author |
: Tony Younger |
Publisher |
: Pen and Sword |
Total Pages |
: 243 |
Release |
: 2004-01-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781844150519 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1844150518 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blowing Our Bridges by : Tony Younger
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.
Author |
: Peter Hart |
Publisher |
: Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages |
: 525 |
Release |
: 2010-12-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780297855712 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0297855719 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis 1918 by : Peter Hart
The story of the huge mobile battles of 1918, which finally ended the Great War. 1918 was the critical year of battle as the Great War reached its brutal climax. Warfare of an epic scale was fought on the Western Front, where ordinary British soldiers faced the final test of their training, tactics and determination. That they withstood the storm and began an astonishing counterattack, is proof that by 1918, the British army was the most effective fighting force in the world. But this ultimate victory came at devastating cost. Using a wealth of previously unpublished material, historian Peter Hart gives a vivid account of this last year of conflict - what it was like to fight on the frontline, through the words of the men who were there. In a chronicle of unparalleled scope and depth, he brings to life the suspense, turmoil and tragedy of 1918's vast offensives.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 1166 |
Release |
: 1920 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015082463632 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Military Engineer by :
"Directory of members, constitution and by-laws of the Society of American military engineers. 1935" inserted in v. 27.
Author |
: Salman Rushdie |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 162 |
Release |
: 2003-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0312422784 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780312422783 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Jaguar Smile by : Salman Rushdie
In this brilliantly focused and haunting portrait of the people, the politics, the land, and the poetry of Nicaragua, Salman Rushdie brings to the forefront the palpable human facts of a country in the midst of a revolution. Rushdie went to Nicaragua in 1986, harboring no preconceptions of what he might find. What he discovered was overwhelming: a culture of heroes who had turned into inanimate objects and of politicians and warriors who were poets; a land of difficult, often beautiful contradictions. His perceptions always heightened by his special sensitivity to “the views from underneath,” Rushdie reveals a land resounding with the clashes between history and morality, government and individuals. With a new preface by the author.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 858 |
Release |
: 1892 |
ISBN-10 |
: WISC:89077115392 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Deseret Weekly by :