True war and combat stories

Chronicling the growth of a recruit from boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, to a seasoned troop leader, this memoir also relates the experiences of the 200 marines in A Company, First Battalion, Second Marines, as they engaged in island warfare in the South Pacific at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian.

From 1969 to 1974 Ehrhart was just passing time.

The engrossing account of one of World War II's legendary figures.

Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar leads an army that controls most of Libya, stands at the gates of Tripoli and is threatening to overthrow the Government of National Accord.

On July 3, 1940, 5,000 exhausted and hungry French officers reached a high plateau of the Moravian Mountain range in Austria.

As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (18171876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for losing battles.

This book outlines the World War II experiences of Carl E.

Tasked with destroying as many British merchant ships as possible, German aristocrat Felix von Luckner and his ship the Seeadler succeeded in spectacular fashion.

This is the story of David Brill, one of the very best of Australian cameramen - past and present.

A broadly interdisciplinary work, this handbook discusses the best and most enduring literature related to the major topics and themes of World War II.

Vietnam's Year of the Rat explores the lunar New Year 1960 and the dynamic relationship between two competing groups vying for control in the Republic of Vietnam.

United Sates Marine Sergeant Tim Fortner survived 14 months in Vietnam as a door gunner in a CH-46 helicopter, completing 27 strike flight missions.

This is the story of Tom Phelps and the 'other Kokoda Track'.

On May 10, 1945, Lieutenant James D.

David McCampbell was the leader of the most successful naval air group in combat in World War II.

Tasked with destroying as many British merchant ships as possible, German aristocrat Felix von Luckner and his ship the Seeadler succeeded in spectacular fashion.

Navy SEAL and author of Overcome Jason Redmans highly-charged account of his combat missions in Iraq and his miraculous recovery from wounds that might have killed himif it were not for his grit and the devotion of his wife and family Decorated Navy SEAL Lieutenant Jason Redman served his country in Columbia, Peru, Afghanistan and Iraq, where he commanded mobility and assault forces.

From February 2005 to March 2006, Navy trauma surgeon Zsolt Stockinger served on a forward operating base in Iraq's Sunni Triangle, where he treated more than a thousand casualties and performed hundreds of surgeries.

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As a member of a distinguished South Carolina family, Matthew Calbraith Butler led a most interesting life.

I've written this book to help you the soldier kill the enemy when you get the chance and, most importantly, come back home in one piece.

In September 1962, James Meredith became the first African American admitted to the University of Mississippi.

The life and times of the greatest knight of the high middle ages, who saved England from the French.

Aces High is the vivid chronicle of aerial warfare over the Western Front in World War One and the personalities that characterised the era.

'In a later age he would have become a successful war correspondent .

A red-hot memoir from an Australian ex-SAS soldier, full of the action, fear and camaraderie of combat.

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A full understanding of the historical process must include studies of the social and economic conditions of societies as well as biographies of the people on which a clear understanding of history is basedbut not just the ';great' people.

A ochenta años del inicio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, descubra cómo los chilenos se enteraron del conflicto bélico que golpeó hasta los rincones más apartados del planeta.

This is the personal account of an army infantry platoon leader and commanding officer in the central highlands of Vietnam during 1967 and 1968 when he was 21 years old.

In 2003, Sergeant Brian Turner was at the head of a convoy of 3,500 US soldiers as they entered the Iraqi desert.

Not for King or Country tells the story of Edward Cecil-Smith, a dynamic propagandist for the Communist Party of Canada during the Great Depression.

On November 8, 1943, U.

The war in Afghanistan is over, but the memories will live as long as its veterans.

'Quite simply, this is one of the greatest, most riveting books of war letters I have ever read.

America's first West Coast armored and infantry training installation was built in California in 1941 and named Camp Cooke.

The personal story of a British tank sergeant's war, from the fall of France in 1940, through the bloody campaigns against Rommel's forces in North Africa, the hard-fought drive up Italy, D-Day and the battles for France and the low countries, and the invasion of the German heartland itself.

Lord Kitchener, His Work And His Prestige.

A gripping history of the SAS in World War II, supported by a collection of rare images from the SAS Regimental Association.

This is a story of a young lad who chose college far away from his small home town of Washington, NJ.

Bill Yenne brings to life the untold story of Lidiya Vladimirovna, Russia's World War II flying ace, who lit up the skies over Germany and Russia while flying 66 combat missionsOf all the major air forces that were engaged in the war, only the Red Air Force had units comprised specifically of women.

From the author of the bestselling The Patient and Making the Cut comes the compelling story of two doctors on the front line.

A detailed history of SACO- the rice paddy navy -the U.

How did the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) 'cavalry of the air' transform into the strategic RAF of the Cold War?

Step into the violent world of the 13th century, where the European states of the Levant battled with Muslim powers for control of Jerusalem.

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The thirty-year period that marked the advent of the supersonic jet in military aviation was a particularly dangerous one for fighter pilots.

David Wooster, Revolutionary War General, though woefully understudied, was one of the most influential figures in Colonial Connecticut.

The Emmy award-winning news anchor of Outnumbered Overtime with Harris Faulkner and co-host of the talk show Outnumbered shares the lessons she learned growing up in a military family paying homage to the military ideals that shaped her and showing how everyone can benefit from bringing the wisdom of military service into their lives.

Die kleine Gemeinde Seefeld in Tirol entwickelte sich ab Mitte der 1930er Jahre zu einem der Zentren illegaler nationalsozialistischer Aktivitäten in Tirol.