A Soldier's Story of the Siege of Vicksburg
Author : Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd
Publisher :
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 25,23 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Ohio
ISBN :
Author : Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd
Publisher :
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 25,23 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Ohio
ISBN :
Author : Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 25,57 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Ohio
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Author : Peter Schrijvers
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 48,57 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300179022
A new telling of the brutal siege of Bastogne, where vastly outnumbered American forces held off a savage German onslaught and sealed the fate of the Third Reich Hitler's last gamble, the Battle of the Bulge, was intended to push the Allied invaders of Normandy all the way back to the beaches. The plan nearly succeeded, and almost certainly would have, were it not for one small Belgian town and its tenacious American defenders who held back a tenfold larger German force while awaiting the arrival of General George Patton's mighty Third Army. In this dramatic account of the 1944-45 winter of war in Bastogne, historian Peter Schrijvers offers the first full story of the German assault on the strategically located town. From the December stampede of American and Panzer divisions racing to reach Bastogne first, through the bloody eight-day siege from land and air, and through three more weeks of unrelenting fighting even after the siege was broken, events at Bastogne hastened the long-awaited end of WWII. Schrijvers draws on diaries, memoirs, and other fresh sources to illuminate the experiences not only of Bastogne's 3,000 citizens and their American defenders, but also of German soldiers and commanders desperate for victory. The costs of war are here made real, uncovered in the stories of those who perished and those who emerged from battle to find the world forever changed.
Author : Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline) 18 Oldroyd
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 17,62 MB
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781363993550
Author : Osborn H 1842-1930 Oldroyd
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 18,85 MB
Release : 2015-08-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781297527272
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd
Publisher :
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 13,38 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Ohio
ISBN :
Author : Osborn H. 1842-1930 Oldroyd
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 26,80 MB
Release : 2015-02-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781295982721
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Jack Ramsay
Publisher : Pan
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 37,27 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Commando troops
ISBN : 9780330347501
Author : Osborn H. Oldroyd
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 29,53 MB
Release : 2009
Category :
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Author : Rose Doyle
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,62 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
ISBN : 9781848404885
"It is a pity that we, who never believed in the use of force, must suffer for the blunders of little dictators and stupid military leaders."--Comdt Patrick Quinlan, Jadotville, Sept. 1961 ***This new edition from the soldiers' perspectives coincides with the forthcoming Netflix film starring Jamie Dornan. In 1961, during the United Nations intervention in the Katangan conflict in the Congo, central Africa, a company of Irish peacekeeping troops, led by Comdt Patrick Quinlan, was forced to surrender to soldiers loyal to Katanga's prime minister, Moise Tshombe. Originally dispatched to protect Belgian colonists in Jadotville, they were isolated, without water, supplies, or support when they were attacked and forced to defend themselves in a brutal five-day battle. Shamefully neglected by their superiors, they were portrayed as cowards upon their return home. Rose Doyle draws on material provided by Leo Quinlan, son of Comdt Quinlan, as well as interviews, reports, journals and letters to bring answers to an episode that has been under-represented. She blows the lid off the real story of what happened, exposing how Irish peacekeeping soldiers became pawns in an international ploy for control of Katanga and its vast mineral wealth. *** "by far the fullest account of . . . what became known in the Irish Army as the Jadotville Affair" --The Irish Times Subject: Military History, History, Irish Studies]