Zachariou had a hand in capturing three of the enemy – a company barber and cook, and a senior NCO. He tried to put them at their ease; 'Non aver paura, io sono amico,' he said in the little Italian that ...
This book describes the author’s personal journey across three continents to establish the facts.
Gareth Sampson outlines the strategic background, describing the early campaigns of the civil war and the factions of Caesar and Pompey that fought for control of the vast resources of the Republic.
Like my previous volume on Kitchener's Army's badges, this book is also the result of over thirty years of research using books, papers (including correspondence during the war – see below), articles, photographs, uniforms, museums, ...
18. Connelly, On War and Leadership, p.12. 19. David Ogg, Europe of the Ancien Regime (London, 1965), p.156. 20. Duffy, Military Experience, p.143. 21. Duffy, Military Experience, p.33. 22. Christopher Tozzi, Nationalizing France's Army ...
Until the German occupation of his native Denmark in April 1940 Anders Lassen had no interest in the War.
In this gripping and original book, Alexey Isaev describes, in vivid detail, what happened next –intense and ruthless fighting, horrendous casualties among soldiers and civilians, the fabric of these historic cities torn apart.
Whether you've always wanted to go deeper into these extraordinary works or are coming to them for the first time, The Iliad and the Odyssey: The Trojan War, Tragedy and Aftermath will help you understand and enjoy Homer's monumentally ...
A Biography of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor William Pyke. p.106. 67. Ibid., 68. ... Anthony Buzzard, John Slessor & Richard Lowenthal, 'The H-bomb: Massive Retaliation or Graduated Response?' International Affairs ...
Many military accounts of the British side of the Falklands War have been published as well as memoirs written by servicemen who took part, so this aspect of the story of the Argentine occupation and the British liberation of this remote ...
Drone aircraft spotted targets for manned US bombers, jammed North Vietnamese radars and scattered propaganda leaflets, among other missions. This book explores that obscure chapter of history.
In this book, the author _ his near-namesake _ examines the short and tragic life of Jan Willem Ter Braak for the first time.
MacKenzie, Colonel RAMC K.P., Operation Rangoon Jail (Christopher Johnson Publishers Ltd, 1954). 2. Norwood, Captain. ... Boyd, John with Garth, Gary, Tenko Rangoon Jail (Turner Publishing Company, 1996). Chapter Ten 1.
a Bar to the DSO for his actions during the Battle of Amiens on 8th August 1918. The Battalion reached its objectives and on several occasions at great risk he personally directed the capture of strongpoints obstinately defended by the ...
Belgium, Britain, France and Germany are not indexed in the accounts of the VC actions, as there are too many mentions. ... Revolutionary War, 192 Amesbury, 72 Amiens & Prison, 122, 154, 198 Ancre, 201 Anderson, William, 245 Andrew VC, ...
Allen, Cpl Albert, 40 Allen VC, Capt William, 93, 180–6 Allied Military Government in Italy, 427 Allora, 414–15 Alpha ... 176 Amateur Athletics Association, 287 Ambala, 336 Ambleteuse, 309 American Civil War, 248 Amherst, 402 Amiens, ...
Ltd., Chichester, 1995 Knight, John, A Hap'orth Of Sweets – A Child's 1930s–40s, QueenSpark Books, Brighton, 1998 Knowles, ... Sussex at War 1939–45, Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, 2018 Middleton, Judy, Yesterday in Brighton & Hove, ...
In this book Chris Baker brings his extensive knowledge of the Belgian army (helped by his ability to read French and Dutch) and of the Flanders region to produce a much needed insight into Belgium's army role for most of the war as the ...
The book also takes in the astonishingly inventive, bold and bloody small-boat wars that raged from the Baltic and Channel coast to Chesapeake Bay and Lake Ontario, and provides vivid pen-sketches of the now-obscure and sometimes deeply ...
Richard traces the stories of some of the men – and women – who became embroiled in the epic forest struggle which culminated in the cold, gas-filled autumnal mist of 1918 when the New Yorkers of the 77th ‘Liberty’ Division fought ...