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Author | : Stephen Snelling |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2013-11-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0750951974 |
The Naval VCs is a complete record of almost fifty men who won the Victoria Cross while serving in the Royal Navy during the First World War. They include the conflict's youngest and oldest winners in operations ranging from the Atlantic to the coast of Africa and from the Straits of Otranto to the rivers of Mesopotamia. These awards were won aboard all manner of fighting ships, from disguised schooner to light cruiser, from motor launch to submarine and from river steamer to battle cruiser. This book charts the lives and careers of the VC recipients and presents graphic accounts of their award-winning actions based on original material, much of it from eyewitness sources.
Author | : Michael Ashcroft |
Publisher | : Headline |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2012-10-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0755364503 |
This ebook edition contains the full text version as per the book. Doesn't include original photographic and illustrated material. VICTORIA CROSS HEROES tells the stories of over 150 individuals whose bravery has earned them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prestigious medal for courage in action. The book is introduced by Michael Ashcroft, who owns over ten per cent of all VCs ever awarded. He explains the history of the medal and the story of his fascination with it. The main text of the book tells the stories of both those recipients whose medals are in his collection and those whose stories featured in the television series. Each chapter covers a different conflict, from the Crimean War to Iraq.
Author | : Doctor Tom Lewis |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2021-03-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1922387916 |
No-one will ever know what made him do it. In 1942, 18-year-old Edward “Teddy” Sheean was one of the youngest and most inexperienced sailors on board the the corvette HMAS Armidale. Whilst on operation in the Timor Sea this warship came under heavy attack by Japanese aircraft. Armidale began sinking while swarmed by Japanese aircraft, strafing and bombing the stricken vessel and the crew who were desperately trying to Abandon Ship. The wounded Ordinary Seaman turned back to his gun, an Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft cannon and strapped himself into the harness. He began firing at the attacking Japanese aircraft, a courageous young man, determined to do his best to save his mates. This selfless act of valour helped save the lives of 49 crew, before Teddy himself went down with the Armidale. No member of the Royal Australian Navy has ever been awarded a Victoria Cross. Teddy’s family and many others took up his case and fought for his recognition. It took more than 70 years for Teddy to becomes the first in Australia’s Naval history to receive this highest award ¬– confirming Teddy Sheean is an Australian hero. Sheean is the 101st VC awarded to an Australian
Author | : Kevin Brazier |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2015-09-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473872065 |
This fully revised paperback edition of the complete chronological record of VC holders is an essential work of reference for every student of military history. All the British and Commonwealth servicemen who have been awarded the highest honour for exceptional acts of bravery and self-sacrifice are commemorated here. The first VCs awarded for the Crimean War and in the nineteenth-century colonial wars are described, as are the VCs awarded in the world wars of the twentieth century and the most recent VCs awarded during present-day conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The extraordinary exploits recounted in this fascinating book make unforgettable reading.
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Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1938 |
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Author | : Roy A. Grossnick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 834 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Government publications |
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This book was donated as a part of the David H. Hugel Collection, a collection of the Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore.
Author | : Mike Langley |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2016-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473879515 |
The story of Anders Lassen is one of the most amazing and heroic of the Second World War – indeed in the history of the British armed services. He was awarded no less than three Military Crosses and the SAS regiment’s only Victoria Cross. From the day he stalked and killed a stag armed only with a knife, Lassen had been recognized as quite unique. He took part in a series of extraordinary strikes against the Axis powers in West Africa, Normandy, the Channel Islands, the Aegean and Greece, the Balkans and, finally, in Italy. This classic biography of a remarkable warrior, which was first published in 1988, is based on interviews with Lassens fellow soldiers and a wealth of original research. It covers each stage of Lassens short, brilliant career in vivid detail and offers a penetrating insight into the exceptional courage, confidence and single-minded motivation that lay behind Lassens extraordinary exploits. Mike Langley also reconstructs, using the testimony of survivors, the operation in which Lassen was killed and for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
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Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1994-05 |
Genre | : Aeronautics, Military |
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Author | : Michael Lee Lanning |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1603444181 |
Here is real story of North Vietnam's armed forces. Lanning served as a platoon leader and company commander in Vietnam, and as public affairs officer for General Schwartzkopf. Now he and Cragg, a sergeant-major who served five years in Vietnam, tell how the communists won that conflict by using the individual soldier.
Author | : Sir O'Moore Creagh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Victoria Cross |
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