Author : Jacqueline Burgin Painter
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,50 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9781570720741
History of a World War I prisoner of-war camp in Hot Springs, North Carolina.
Author : Jacqueline Burgin Painter
Publisher :
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 18,66 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Prisoners of war
ISBN : 9780963425607
Author : Oberst a.D. Wilhem Willemar
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 43,67 MB
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1786251469
Often written during imprisonment in Allied War camps by former German officers, with their memories of the World War fresh in their minds, The Foreign Military Studies series offers rare glimpses into the Third Reich. In this study Oberst a.D. Wilhem Willemar discusses his recollections of the climatic battle for Berlin from within the Wehrmacht. “No cohesive, over-all plan for the defense of Berlin was ever actually prepared. All that existed was the stubborn determination of Hitler to defend the capital of the Reich. Circumstances were such that he gave no thought to defending the city until it was much too late for any kind of advance planning. Thus the city’s defense was characterized only by a mass of improvisations. These reveal a state of total confusion in which the pressure of the enemy, the organizational chaos on the German side, and the catastrophic shortage of human and material resources for the defense combined with disastrous effect. “The author describes these conditions in a clear, accurate report which I rate very highly. He goes beyond the more narrow concept of planning and offers the first German account of the defense of Berlin to be based upon thorough research. I attach great importance to this study from the standpoint of military history and concur with the military opinions expressed by the author.”-Foreword by Generaloberst a.D. Franz Halder.
Author : Nell Wise Wechter
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 38,54 MB
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1469601362
Back in print A longtime favorite of several generations of Tar Heels, Taffy of Torpedo Junction is the thrilling adventure story of thirteen-year-old Taffy Willis, who, with the help of her pony and dog, exposes a ring of Nazi spies operating from a secluded house on Hatteras Island, North Carolina, during World War II. For readers of all ages, the book brings to life the dramatic wartime events on the Outer Banks, where German U-boats turned an area around Cape Hatteras into 'Torpedo Junction' by sinking more than sixty American vessels in just a six-month period in 1942. Taffy has been enjoyed by young and old alike since it was first published in 1957.
Author :
Publisher : North Carolina Division of Archives & History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,73 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780865262669
Presents a thorough and compelling day-to-day account of General William T. Sherman's progress through North Carolina from early March 1865, when his troops entered the state from South Carolina, through 4 May 1865, when they crossed its northern border into Virginia. Research is based on eyewitness accounts, newspaper reports, and published sources. Includes 4 maps.
Author : Karen Hagemann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 37,3 MB
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0521190134
In 2013, Germany celebrated the bicentennial of the so-called Wars of Liberation (1813-15). These wars were the culmination of the Prussian struggle against Napoleon between 1806 and 1815, which occupied a key position in German national historiography and memory. Although these conflicts have been analyzed in thousands of books and articles, much of the focus has been on the military campaigns and alliances. Karen Hagemann argues that we cannot achieve a comprehensive understanding of these wars and their importance in collective memory without recognizing how the interaction of politics, culture, and gender influenced these historical events and continue to shape later recollections of them. She thus explores the highly contested discourses and symbolic practices by which individuals and groups interpreted these wars and made political claims, beginning with the period itself and ending with the centenary in 1913.
Author : Robert J. Hanyok
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 14,79 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0486481271
This official government publication investigates the impact of the Holocaust on the Western powers' intelligence-gathering community. It explains the archival organization of wartime records accumulated by the U.S. Army's Signal Intelligence Service and Britain's Government Code and Cypher School. It also summarizes Holocaust-related information intercepted during the war years.
Author : Theresa Jensen Lacey
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 2002-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 141853840X
Amazing North Carolina offers a rare glimpse into unusual and sometimes bizarre people and events in North Carolina's 200-year history. Reading like the Tarheel State's own version of Ripley's Believe It or Not, this book explores hundreds of incredible stories, facts, and tidbits of human interest. It contains pictures, quizzes, trivia, stories, sidebars, lists, and more. Read about . . . How Lizard Lick, Cat's Square, Boogertown, and Rabbit Shuffle got their names Robert Null, who invented a UFO detector The Civil War battle where the Confederates fought without clothes on Chang and Eng, the original "Siamese twins" who settled in Wilkesboro and married local sisters Sarah and Adelaide Yates The strange story of Goat-Gland Binkley, who operated in North Carolina 75 years before Viagra The annual Bald is Beautiful convention in Morehead City The world's largest twins (at 800 pounds each) The road that goes nowhere Senate Bean Soup, the secret of Jesse Helms' longevity (recipe included)
Author : Gerhard L. Weinberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 44,89 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521558792
Provides an overview of the entire war from a global perspective, looking at diplomatic actions, military strategy, economic developments, and pressures from the home front
Author : Dale Wayne Slusser
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 25,66 MB
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 0786474629
The Ravenscroft School, an Episcopal boarding school in Asheville, North Carolina, 1856 to 1901, had three distinct phases. It was first a "Classical and Theological School" (1856-1864) and then, following the Civil War, a Theological Training School and Associate Mission (1868-1900); in 1887 it split into two departments, a Theological Training School/Associate Mission and Ravenscroft High School for Boys (1887-1901). The purview of this book is from the early days of Asheville (1820s) to the building of Joseph Osborne's mansion in the 1840s (which would eventually house the school), through the years of the school's operation, and thence to the mid-20th century when the campus buildings were sold and repurposed. The book concludes with the efforts by historic preservationists in the late 1970s to save the few remaining buildings. The book includes biographical notes on notable alumni and histories of the churches established by the Ravenscroft Associate Mission and Training School.
