D to VE Days Normandy 1944. Like most of his comrades, Ken Tout was just 20 years old. Not until many years later did he feel able to gather their memoirs in three Hale books, Tank!, Tanks, Advance!, and To Hell with Tanks!. Now these adventures are condensed into this one continuous narrative. Follow the ordinary young lads of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry through the massive enemy defenses on Bourguebus Ridge, to the snows of the Ardennes, to the night crossing of the River Rhine, and finally to Grote Kerk, where they celebrated with liberated Dutch citizens. They were not professional soldiers but young conscripts willing to "do their bit," knowing that their Shermans were outgunned by the enemy's much heavier Tiger and Panther tanks. By Tank: D Day to VE Days vividly recalls, in one complete volume, the whole experience of battle with utter authenticity: the fear, confusion, boredom,
Americans eat more processed foods than anyone else in the world. We also spend more on military research. These two seemingly unrelated facts are inextricably linked. If you ever wondered how ready-to-eat foods infiltrated your kitchen, you’ll love this entertaining romp through the secret military history of practically everything you buy at the supermarket. In a nondescript Boston suburb, in a handful of low buildings buffered by trees and a lake, a group of men and women spend their days researching, testing, tasting, and producing the foods that form the bedrock of the American diet. If you stumbled into the facility, you might think the technicians dressed in lab coats and the shiny kitchen equipment belonged to one of the giant food conglomerates responsible for your favorite brand of frozen pizza or microwavable breakfast burritos. So you’d be surprised to learn that you’ve just
In this powerful anthology, Sebastian Faulks, author of the international bestseller Birdsong, and Jörg Hensgen have put together some of the finest fictional writing about war in the 20th century. Whether reporting with sober clarity or raw despair, the assembled novelists each found a way to transcend the facts of death and metal, tanks and blood.Many of the writers are concerned with battle, but others dwell on moments of calm, love, and friendship. From revolutionary Russia to Republican Spain; from the trenches of the Western Front to the skies over Korea and the jungles of Vietnam, this is a book filled with heroism and horror, savagery and compassion, and lightning-flashes of anarchic humor. Included in this collection of war fiction, from the First World War to the Gulf War, are stories by Erich Maria Remarque, Pat Barker, Isaac Babel, Ernest Hemingway, Heinrich Böll, Norman Mail
In December 1944, the German army had been retreating since its defeat in Normandy five months earlier. But at 5.00 am on December 16th the German artillery suddenly bombarded the peaceful Ardennes front, initiating what came to be known as the Battle of the Bulge. Forfatter: John Toland Forlag: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company Udgivelsesår: 1998 Sprog: Engelsk
Christmas at the Bulge, 1944 An account of the 1944 Battle of the Bulge between Allied forces and Hitler's surviving army describes how Germany broke through Allied lines in the Ardennes Forest, sparking a ten-day conflict that proved pivotal to the war's outcome. Titel: 11 days in December : Christmas at the Bulge, 1944 Forlag: Free Press Udgivelsesår: 2006 Sider: 225 Sprog: Engelsk
Personal Stories from the 95th Bomb Group (H) "The best collection of firsthand battle stories I have read." -Air Power History Titel: B-17s Over Berlin Forfatter: Ian L. Hawkins Forlag: Memories of War Udgivelsesår: 2005 Sprog: Engelsk
Christian III's krigsmanual (Kriegs Memorial) fra 1530'erne oversat fra renæssanetysk til moderne dansk. Værket er kommenteret og sat ind i sin krigshistoriske, åndshistoriske og politiske kontekst. For historieinteresserede læsere Titel: Christian III's krigsbog Forfattere: Per Klaumann,Jørgen Sejt Jespersen Genre: Historisk Sammendrag: ‘Krigsbogen’ har i årevis ført en hengemt tilværelse på Det Kgl. Bibliotek. Bogen er enestående som militærhistorisk værk, smukt og sirligt håndskrevet og udstyret med kolorerede tegninger af datidens hære af landsknægte. Type: Hardcover
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