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Inside the chateau, Lane was left alone in a brightly gilded room. Intrigued by events, and relieved to be in civilized surroundings, he grew curious. He spotted a door slightly ajar and opened it. He was instantly confronted by the ...
Corporal Tommy Keele llrh Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 1 found myself a job in the theatre, in a show at Drury Lane, called The Whip. Everyone knew that the Drury Lane Theatre was putting on these big racing shows using mechanical ...
"Operation Fortitude" tells the thrilling tale of an ingenious decption that changed the course of the Second World War. The Story is one of intrigue, drama, and good fortune, practically a Hollywood script.
Nobody, that is, except Staff Sergeant Larry johnson, one Of Kerchner's section leaders. The lieutenant was dumbfounded when he read Johnson's letter. Although none of the mail would be sent out until after D Day—whenever that would ...
His Horsa has landed close to a pond and broken in half, and many of the infantry have been thrown out. Part of the glider has landed on top of a German trench and the soldiers in it already have their hands up.
“2nd Ranger Battalion Report of Action December,” 1944, p. 3. The remaining companies of the 2nd ... “FAAA Operation ECLIPSE,” 12/31/45; “SHAEF Outline of Airborne Plan,” 1/9/45; “EFFECTIVE Memo to IX Troop Carrier Command,” 4/20/45.
Ulrich Steinhilper German Messerschmin 109 pilot 'Spitfire on my taiL' I heard this cry from 109 pilots on the radio quite a few times. From then it sometimes didn't last that long until that voice didn't exist any more. 'Spitfire on my ...
These are the forgotten voices of an entire generation of survivors of the Great War. The resulting book is an important and compelling history of WWI in the words of those who experienced it.
Bailey, Forgotten Voices of D-Day, p.14. These two plans were known as Fortitude South and Fortitude North. See Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 (London: Allen Lane, 2009).