Soldiers Pocket Book
Author | : John Harris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2016-04-26 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781874528258 |
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Author | : John Harris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2016-04-26 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781874528258 |
Author | : Molly Guptill Manning |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2014-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0544535170 |
This New York Times bestselling account of books parachuted to soldiers during WWII is a “cultural history that does much to explain modern America” (USA Today). When America entered World War II in 1941, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned 100 million books. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops, gathering 20 million hardcover donations. Two years later, the War Department and the publishing industry stepped in with an extraordinary program: 120 million specially printed paperbacks designed for troops to carry in their pockets and rucksacks in every theater of war. These small, lightweight Armed Services Editions were beloved by the troops and are still fondly remembered today. Soldiers read them while waiting to land at Normandy, in hellish trenches in the midst of battles in the Pacific, in field hospitals, and on long bombing flights. This pioneering project not only listed soldiers’ spirits, but also helped rescue The Great Gatsby from obscurity and made Betty Smith, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, into a national icon. “A thoroughly engaging, enlightening, and often uplifting account . . . I was enthralled and moved.” — Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried “Whether or not you’re a book lover, you’ll be moved.” — Entertainment Weekly
Author | : Garnet Wolseley Wolseley (Viscount) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 1886 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Legion of Frontiersmen (London, England) |
Publisher | : London, J. Murray |
Total Pages | : 764 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Camping |
ISBN | : |
Author | : C. S. Forester |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2022-08-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
"Death to the French" is an absorbing historical novel about the Peninsular War. It narrates the experiences of a British soldier, Rifleman Dodd, who gets separated from the army, joins the guerrillas and becomes their leader to avoid being caught by the French. The soldier and the story of his adventures is fictionalized, but the events are somewhat based on real historical events.
Author | : Tony Le Tissier |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2007-03-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0752495348 |
Operation 'Berlin', the Soviet offensive launched on 16 April, 1945, by Marshals Zhukov and Koniev, isolated the German Ninth Army and tens of thousands of refugees in the Spreewald 'pocket', south-east of Berlin. Stalin ordered its encirclement and destruction and his subordinates, eager to win the race to the Reichstag, pushed General Busse's 9th Army into a tiny area east of the village of Halbe. To escape the Spreewald pocket, the remnants of 9th Army had to pass through Halbe, where barricades constructed by both sides formed formidable obstacles and the converging Soviet forces subjected the area to heavy artillery fire. By the time 9th Army eventually escaped the Soviet pincers, it had suffered 40,000 killed and 60,000 taken prisoner. Teenaged refugees recount their experiences alongside Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS veterans attempting to maintain military discipline amid the chaos and carnage of headlong retreat. While army commanders strive to extricate their decimated units, demoralised soldiers change into civilian clothing and take to the woods. Relating the story day by day, Tony Le Tissier shows the impact of total war upon soldier and civilian alike, illuminating the unfolding of great and terrible events with the recollections of participants.
Author | : John H. Harris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2016-07-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781874528296 |
Author | : William Keays |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1941 |
Genre | : Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc |
ISBN | : |