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The Battle for Shaggy Ridge

Author : Phillip Bradley

Publisher : Allen & Unwin

Page : 382 pages

File Size : 48,61 MB

Release : 2021-08-31

Category : History

ISBN : 1761062638

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An enlightening re-examination of an important campaign following the experiences of the men from both sides. 'You climb and climb . . . This is the field of battle . . . tonight some of us will be dead . . . You'll never forget Shaggy Ridge.' - Shawn O'Leary From the killing ground of Kaiapit to the treacherous heights of the Finisterre Range, for four months in 1943-44 the Australian army fought to drive the Japanese from their mountain strongholds. The most formidable position was the fortress-like Shaggy Ridge, its steep sides rising sharply to a knife-edge crest where battle was joined on a one-man front. Based on the accounts of over a hundred Australians, Americans and Japanese who served on, around and over the ridge, The Battle for Shaggy Ridge tells the story of this extraordinary struggle for control of the Ramu Valley in New Guinea.



Pea Ridge

Author : William L. Shea

Publisher : UNC Press Books

Page : 432 pages

File Size : 16,59 MB

Release : 2011-06-08

Category : History

ISBN : 0807869767

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The 1862 battle of Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas was one of the largest Civil War engagements fought on the western frontier, and it dramatically altered the balance of power in the Trans-Mississippi. This study of the battle is based on research in archives from Connecticut to California and includes a pioneering study of the terrain of the sprawling battlefield, as well as an examination of soldiers' personal experiences, the use of Native American troops, and the role of Pea Ridge in regional folklore. "A model campaign history that merits recognition as a major contribution to the literature on Civil War military operations.--Journal of Military History "Shines welcome light on the war's largest battle west of the Mississippi.--USA Today "With its exhaustive research and lively prose style, this military study is virtually a model work of its kind.--Publishers Weekly "A thoroughly researched and well-told account of an important but often neglected Civil War encounter.--Kirkus Reviews "Offers the rich tactical detail, maps, and order of battle that military scholars love but retains a very readable style combined with liberal use of recollections of the troops and leaders involved.--Library Journal "This book is assured of a place among the best of all studies that have been published on Civil War campaigns.--American Historical Review "Destined to become a Civil War classic and a model for writing military history.--Civil War History "A campaign study of a caliber that all should strive for and few will equal.--Journal of American History "An excellent and detailed book in all accounts, scholarly and readable, with both clear writing and excellent analysis. . . . Utterly essential . . . for any serious student of the Civil War.--Civil War News



Pillars of Fire

Author : Ian Passingham

Publisher : History Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 41,56 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Mesen (Belgium)

ISBN : 9780752476643

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Drawing his material from a wide range of primary sources in England, Germany and Australia, the author looks at the action from all levels of command including the soldiers' viewpoints, during the preparatory, battle and post-battle phases.



Battle for Skyline Ridge

Author : James E. Parker

Publisher : Open Road Media

Page : 305 pages

File Size : 26,94 MB

Release : 2019-09-24

Category : History

ISBN : 1504060156

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“An incredibly powerful account of a little-known chapter in the Vietnam War saga” written by a CIA veteran who fought in the Secret War (Booklist, starred review). In the 1960s and ’70s, the Laotian Civil War became a covert theater for the conflict in Vietnam, with the US paramilitary backing the Royal Lao government in what came to be known among the CIA as the Secret War. In late 1971, the North Vietnamese Army launched Campaign Z, invading northern Laos on a mission to defeat the Royal Lao Army. General Giap had specifically ordered the NVA troops to kill the CIA army and occupy its field headquarters in the Long Tieng valley. The NVA faced the small rag-tag army of Vang Pao, mostly Thai irregulars recruited to fight for the CIA. But thousands more were quickly recruited, trained, and rushed into position in Laos to defend against the impending NVA invasion. Despite overwhelming odds in the NVA’s favor, the battle raged for more than one hundred days—the longest battle in the Vietnam War. In the end, it all came down to Skyline Ridge. Whoever won Skyline, won Laos. Historian James E. Parker Jr. served as a CIA paramilitary officer in Laos. In this authoritative and personal account, Parker draws from his own firsthand experience as well as extensive research into CIA files and North Vietnamese after-action reports in order to tell the full story of the battle of Skyline Ridge.



The Battle of Carthage

Author : Hinze, David C.

Publisher : Pelican Publishing

Page : 334 pages

File Size : 38,91 MB

Release : 2010-09-23

Category : History

ISBN : 9781455600618

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Fought by pro-Confederate Missouri State guardsmen and Union volunteers more than two weeks before First Bull Run, it was the culmination of the first major land campaign of the Civil War.



Running Wild

Author : Linda Howard

Publisher : Ballantine Books

Page : 402 pages

File Size : 49,14 MB

Release : 2012-11-27

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0345520793

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In the first novel of this steamy contemporary Western romance series by two blockbuster authors, a cowboy and a woman on the run take a stand and fight for love. Carlin Reed lives in fear, off the grid, moving from place to place. So Battle Ridge, Wyoming, a small town in the middle of nowhere, seems like a good place to lie low for a while. But after becoming cook and housekeeper to cattle rancher Zeke Decker, Carlin suspects that she’s made her first mistake. Rugged, sexy, and too distracting for his own good, Zeke is pure temptation mixed with something deep and primal that makes Carlin feel almost safe. Soon things are getting way too hot in the kitchen. Zeke doesn’t challenge Carlin’s terms: cash, dead bolts, and no questions. It is easy to see that she’s a woman in trouble. Problem is, he’s so blindsided by his attraction to her he can’t think straight. Zeke tries to stay all business, no complications—but that game plan is sabotaged the second Carlin gets under his skin. And when her terrifying past follows her to the ranch, Carlin faces a heartbreaking choice: run away from the man she loves, or put him in the crosshairs of a madman.



The Hospital on Seminary Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg

Author : Michael A. Dreese

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 216 pages

File Size : 11,65 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Gettysburg (Pa.)

ISBN :

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"Old Dorm, " which served as the first classroom and dormitory of the Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary, is a familiar tourist site -- Union Cavalry General John Buford directed the opening stages of the battle of Gettysburg from the building's distinctive cupola and some of the bloodiest fighting of the three-day conflict took place on Seminary Ridge. However, few visitors realize the building's important role as the second largest hospital at Gettysburg, both during and after the battle. During the peak occupancy, 600-700 wounded soldiers from both armies were cared for at this site. This work presents the history of the Gettysburg Seminary during the Civil War and the important cast of characters that have passed through its halls by utilizing the firsthand accounts of soldiers, civilians, surgeons, and relief agency personnel. Also included is the prewar and postwar history of the Seminary, as well as information about President Samuel S. Schmucker and the Abolition Movement.



Protecting the Flank at Gettysburg

Author : Eric J. Wittenberg

Publisher : Savas Beatie

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 40,64 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Gettysburg Campaign, 1863

ISBN : 9781611210941

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Few aspects of the battle of Gettysburg are as misunderstood as the role played by the cavalry of both sides. This is the first and only book to examine in detail how the mounted arm directly affected the outcome of the battle, and this revised edition of is the most detailed tactical treatment of the fighting on Brinkerhoff's Ridge yet published.



A Moonlight Massacre

Author : Michael Locicero

Publisher : Helion

Page : 520 pages

File Size : 43,5 MB

Release : 2021-04-30

Category : History

ISBN : 9781911628729

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The Third Battle of Ypres was officially terminated by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig with the opening of the Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917. Nevertheless, a comparatively unknown set-piece attack - the only large-scale night operation carried out on the Flanders front during the campaign - was launched twelve days later on 2 December. This volume is a necessary corrective to previously published campaign narratives of what has become popularly known as 'Passchendaele'. It examines the course of events from the mid-November decision to sanction further offensive activity in the vicinity of Passchendaele village to the barren operational outcome that forced British GHQ to halt the attack within ten hours of Zero. A litany of unfortunate decisions and circumstances contributed to the profitless result. At the tactical level, a novel hybrid set-piece attack scheme was undermined by a fatal combination of snow-covered terrain and bright moonlight. At the operational level, the highly unsatisfactory local situation in the immediate aftermath of Third Ypres' post-strategic phase (26 October-10 November) appeared to offer no other alternative to attacking from the confines of an extremely vulnerable salient. Perhaps the most tragic aspect of the affair occurred at the political and strategic level, where Haig's earnest advocacy for resumption of the Flanders offensive in spring 1918 was maintained despite obvious signs that the initiative had now passed to the enemy and the crisis of the war was fast approaching. A Moonlight Massacre provides an important contribution and re-interpretation of the discussion surrounding Passchendaele, based firmly on an extensive array of sources, many unpublished, and supported by illustrations and maps.



Foxtrot Ridge

Author : Mark W. Woodruff

Publisher :

Page : 248 pages

File Size : 39,65 MB

Release : 2002

Category : History

ISBN :

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In May, 1968, American casualites were running as high as 500 men per week killed in action. Most American troops were required in the enormous logistic "tail" necessary to fight a war 10,000 miles from home.