Author : Paul Dowswell
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,25 MB
Release : 2004
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 9780794507213
A collection of thrilling adventure stories of the First World War. Ideal for reluctant readers, as well as adults.
Author : Sheri Lee Fink
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 42,30 MB
Release : 2004-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0786745754
In April 1992, a handful of young physicians, not one of them a surgeon, was trapped along with 50,000 men, women, and children in the embattled enclave of Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina. There the doctors faced the most intense professional, ethical, and personal predicaments of their lives. Drawing on extensive interviews, documents, and recorded materials she collected over four and a half years, doctor and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sheri Fink tells the harrowing--and ultimately enlightening--story of these physicians and the three who try to help them: an idealistic internist from Doctors without Borders, who hopes that interposition of international aid workers will help prevent a massacre; an aspiring Bosnian surgeon willing to walk through minefields to reach the civilian wounded; and a Serb doctor on the opposite side of the front line with the army that is intent on destroying his former colleagues. With limited resources and a makeshift hospital overflowing with patients, how can these doctors decide who to save and who to let die? Will their duty to treat patients come into conflict with their own struggle to survive? And are there times when medical and humanitarian aid ironically prolong war and human suffering rather than helping to relieve it?
Author : Paul Dowswell
Publisher :
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 24,64 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Adventure and adventurers
ISBN : 9780746058428
This compilation includes 30 true stories of heroism, desperation, courage and daring; from the first exploration of Everest to the story of the real Indiana Jones.
Author : Nel Yomtov
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 33,8 MB
Release : 2012-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1429693444
"In graphic novel format, tells the stories of six men who fought for their countries during World War I"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Robert J. Casey
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 17,21 MB
Release : 2011-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781258150044
Additional Authors Include Robert Blake, C. S. Forster, MacKinlay Kantor, And Many Others. With Thirty-Two Illustrations.
Author : C. Brian Kelly
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 50,24 MB
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1402254857
The untold stories of bravery, triumph, and redemption in the depths of the darkest world war. Behind the great powers, global military conflict, and infamous battles are more than 100 incredible stories that bring to life the Second World War. During the six years of war were countless little-known moments of profound triumph and tragedy, bravery and cowardice, and good and evil. These amazing and unbelievable stories of brotherhood, redemption, escape, and civilian courage shed new light on the war that gripped the entire world. Experience the action through the eyes of people like: Lieutenant Jacob Beser, who was aboard both the Enola Gay and Bock's Car and felt the force of the shockwave that nearly destroyed the planes after dropping the H-bombs that obliterated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Professor William Miller, who collapsed during a death march of POWs in Germany and was saved by the same man who had rescued him from what would have been a fatal car wreck in Pennsylvania five years earlier. The brave civilians who answered the British Admiralty's call to help rescue an army from Dunkirk during the height of a dangerous battle and sailed small fishing boats into relentless German fire, ultimately saving 335,000 men from This is the perfect book for any history buff looking for the untold stories of military and civilian daring during World War 2.
Author : Anna Revell
Publisher :
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 44,69 MB
Release : 2017-05-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781521208038
The Untold Story of the FIRST WORLD WAR: World War One: True Stories of the Great War The First World War (1914 - 1918), or the Great War as it was known at the time, is a pivotal moment in world history for a number of reasons. There had been wars involving many countries many times before, but mostly these conflicts had been localised, mostly in Europe. The Great War involved most of the nations of the world and was fought on every continent. There had been many longer wars, but none had inflicted such terrible loss of life, both military and civilian. The casualties of World War I were numbered in the millions. Twelve million died, with another twenty million wounded. The population of the world in 1900 was about one and a half billion. The First World War killed close to one hundredth of the population of the world in just four years. Never before had such terrible weapons of destruction been constructed. And although civilians had always suffered in war, the business of war itself was in the hands of professional soldiers. Now however, war affected the daily lives of everyone and all were called upon to contribute to the war effort. World War I turned the world on its head, and prepared the way for the coming of our own world. This book looks at the untold story of World War One, and the events leading up to this major conflict of the modern era. A must-read for fans of history, or anyone interesting in uncovering the true story of what really went on in the build up to, during and beyond the First World War.
Author : Anthony Richards
Publisher : Greenhill Books
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 32,59 MB
Release : 2021-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1784386154
‘One of them shouted “A Merry Christmas English. We’re not shooting tonight.” . . . [then] they stuck up a light. Not to be outdone, so did we. Then up went another. So, we shoved up another. Soon the lines looked like an illuminated fete.’ Rifleman Leslie Walkington On Christmas Eve 1914, a group of German soldiers laid down their arms, lit lanterns and started to sing Christmas carols. The British troops in nearby trenches responded by singing songs of their own. The next day, men from both sides met in No Man’s Land. They shook hands, took photos and exchanged food and souvenirs. Some even played improvised football games, kicking around empty bully-beef cans and using helmets for goalposts. Both sides also saw the lull in fighting as a chance to bury the bodies of their comrades. In some parts of the front, the truce lasted a few hours. In others, it continued to the New Year. But everywhere, sooner or later, the fighting resumed. Today, the Christmas Truce is seen as a poignant symbol of hope in a war that many people regard as unnecessary and futile. But what was the real story of those remarkable few days? In this fascinating new book, historian Anthony Richards has brought together hundreds of first-hand reminiscences from those who were there – including previously unpublished German accounts – to cast fresh light on this extraordinary episode.
Author : Francis Joseph Reynolds
Publisher :
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 27,28 MB
Release : 1916
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN :
Author : Paul Dowswell
Publisher : Usborne
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 34,13 MB
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 9781580866521
Collects stories of events during the First World War, offering background information on the conflict and covering land battles, the naval Battle of Jutland, the zepplin campaign of the air war, and nursing.
