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The Bismarck Episode [Illustrated Edition]
By Capt. Russell Grenfell. 2016
As breathtakingly exciting as the most thrilling mystery...This epic story begins May 21, 1941, when the British Admiralty received the…
report that two large German warships had been seen steaming northward through the Kattegat, between Denmark and Sweden. Six days later the shattered hulk of the Bismarck turned bottom up and disappeared beneath the waves a few hundred miles from Brest.In those six days an awe-inspiring drama played itself out. The morale of our British allies was at its lowest ebb. For them, standing alone against the German might, the sinking of the Bismarck was a matter of life and death. But before they could engage her, they had first of all to find her--to hunt her down in the stormy sea-wastes. So mighty an undertaking required some inspired guesswork, and the use of 8 battleships, 2 aircraft carriers, 4 eight-inch gun cruisers, 7 other cruisers, 21 destroyers, and 6 submarines. It also meant the sinking of the battleship Hood and the destroyer Mashona, with the loss of many hundreds of lives.The story of this terrible chase is a story of ups and downs, hopes and anxieties, bitter disappointment and miraculous recovery--a marvelous picture of naval action such as we rarely find in true stories. In addition the battle is illuminated with comments on strategy and tactics which every reader can appreciate. It is hard to imagine that anyone who opens this book will put it down unfinished.Illustrated with maps and plansThe Art of the Admiral
By Capt. Russell Grenfell. 2016
This is a book about naval strategy. It is therefore of a semi-technical nature, which may seem at first sight…
to limit its appeal to the technical reader. I make no apology, however, for addressing myself to the layman as well as to the professional officer. It used to be thought at one time that war was the affair of the fighting forces only and that fighting men were the only ones who were competent to express an opinion on matters of strategy. The late war showed the fallacy of those ideas. It showed that modern war is an affair of whole nations and not merely of armies and navies. It also made it clear that the final responsibility for strategy lay with the civilian government. Indeed, as the war progressed, the War Cabinet found itself taking a more and more searching interest in the determination of strategy. Under these conditions, where the civilian representatives of the public play an active part in the framing of strategy, it is most desirable that the public itself should have a working knowledge of strategical principles. Though the Government may often be forced by the exigencies of the case to come to vital decisions concerning the conduct of the war without previously taking the public into its confidence, there can be no doubt that it will be greatly strengthened in making those decisions if it can feel that it has behind it an instructed public opinion on strategical matters; a public opinion which is capable of forming a just and reliable estimate of the soundness or otherwise of the strategy adopted, as it is seen to develop. In a world, therefore, where warfare is not only a possibility but seems at the moment a matter of increasing probability, it appears to be the duty of every citizen to acquaint himself with the main outlines of strategy.Foothold in Europe
By Strategicus. 2016
Originally published in 1945, this book is a study of World War II through the phase which marked the developing…
power of the Allies to the threshold of their great offensive which brought the enemy to final defeat. It opens with the failure of the Germans to forestall, or check, the tremendous Russian recoil and follows this offensive across the Ukraine into pre-war Poland and Rumania. It also marches with Montgomery and Clark into the 'Festung Europa' and moves across the Pacific on the first great stage of the return journey to the Philippines.Each of these campaigns is made up of a multiplicity of enthralling detail; and [...] each of these campaigns played its part in the overture to the great offensive.A Different Valor: The Story of General Joseph E. Johnston, C.S.A.
By James W. Livingood, Gilbert E. Govan. 2016
Originally published in 1956, this book is a full account of General Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891), a career U.S. Army…
officer who served with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was one of the most senior general officers--second only to General Robert E. Lee--in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.Although heartily disliked by Confederate president Jefferson Davis, who often criticized him for a lack of aggressiveness and took every opportunity to sully his opponent's name, General Johnston's patriotic devotion to the Southern cause prevented him from resigning, and he rose to gain enormous respect from his major opponents for his actions during a number of campaigns--including General Ulysses S. Grant and Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, who became close friends with Johnston in subsequent years.A leading text for Civil War enthusiasts.Illustrated with 6 detailed maps.The Flight of the Heron (The Jacobite Trilogy #1)
By D. K. Broster. 2016
Set during the 1745 Jacobite uprising under Bonnie Prince Charlie, D. K. Broster's The Flight of the Heron is the…
first of the Jacobite Trilogy.At the centre of the story are the intersecting fortunes of two men, who at first glance seem almost complete opposites: Ewen Cameron, a young Highland laird in the service of the Prince, is dashing, sincere, and idealistic, while Major Keith Windham, a professional soldier in the opposing English army, is cynical, world-weary, and profoundly lonely. When a second-sighted Highlander tells Ewen that the flight of a heron will lead to five meetings with an Englishman who is fated both to do him a great service and to cause him great grief, Ewen refuses to believe it.But as Bonnie Prince Charlie's ill-fated campaign winds to its bitter end, the prophecy is proven true--and through many dangers and trials, Ewen and Keith find that they have one thing indisputably in common: both of them are willing to sacrifice everything for honour's sake...Twice adapted for BBC Radio (1944 and 1959) and made into a TV serial by Scottish Television (1968) and the BBC (1976), this is the unmissable best-seller that first catapulted author D. K. Broster to fame!Thunder Gods Gold
By Barry Storm. 2016
The amazing true story of America's most famed lost gold mines and epitome of Western traditions, this book tells the…
tale about the Lost Dutchman gold mine in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona during the late 1930s and 1940s.Based on author Barry Storm's travels over the mountains in search for lost Spanish treasures, this book was the inspiration behind Lust for Gold, a 1949 American western film about the legendary Lost Dutchman, starring Glenn Ford.Contains lots of on-the-spot work in the mountains reading treasure signs, trail markers, maps and great photographs.The Doctor Wears Three Faces
By Mary Bard. 2016
As a family, the Bards were always special.In the really bad times of the Great American Depression of the late…
'twenties and early 'thirties and in the not-quite-so-bad-times of the New Deal which followed, they hung together closely like a bunch of bananas: unfailingly bright, optimistic and funny, totally supportive of each other and endlessly hospitable to others of all ages, races and creeds less fortunate than themselves.The rock of the family was Sydney, the widowed mother. But undoubtedly the mover, the fixer and Unequalled Organiser-of-Others had to be Mary, the fizzing firecracker.And then she married a doctor.She became a Doctor's Wife without catching one glimpse of the Job Description. Even if she had, she would have married Jim anyway. She had always welcomed a challenge.Which was just as well, for otherwise we would have been robbed of this very enjoyable book in which a 'mover' and a 'do-er' of a Doctor's Wife gets to grips with possibly one of the most conservative professions on Earth.It could have been a recipe for disaster. Instead it produced this book--a sure-fire prescription for high entertainment.The Gleam in the North (The Jacobite Trilogy #2)
By D. K. Broster. 2016
Set during the 1745 Jacobite uprising under Bonnie Prince Charlie, D. K. Broster's The Gleam of the North is the…
second of the Jacobite Trilogy.It follows on from the first instalment, in which the intersecting fortunes of two men, who at first glance seem almost complete opposites, are at the centre of the story. Ewen Cameron, a young Highland laird in the service of the Prince, is dashing, sincere, and idealistic, while Major Keith Windham, a professional soldier in the opposing English army, is cynical, world-weary, and profoundly lonely. When a second-sighted Highlander tells Ewen that the flight of a heron will lead to five meetings with an Englishman who is fated both to do him a great service and to cause him great grief, Ewen refuses to believe it.But as Bonnie Prince Charlie's ill-fated campaign winds to its bitter end, the prophecy is proven true--and through many dangers and trials, Ewen and Keith find that they have one thing indisputably in common: both of them are willing to sacrifice everything for honour's sake...Adapted for BBC Radio in 1960, this is an unmissable read to complete your collection!The Dark Mile (The Jacobite Trilogy #3)
By D. K. Broster. 1974
Set during the 1745 Jacobite era, this is the third and final instalment of D. K. Broster's trilogy. First published…
in 1929, The Dark Mile is the sequel to The Flight of the Heron (1925) and The Gleam in the North (1927), completing the picture of a close-knit community embroiled in a civil war.At the centre of the story are the intersecting fortunes of two men, who at first glance seem almost complete opposites: Ewen Cameron, a young Highland laird in the service of the Prince, is dashing, sincere, and idealistic, while Major Keith Windham, a professional soldier in the opposing English army, is cynical, world-weary, and profoundly lonely. When a second-sighted Highlander tells Ewen that the flight of a heron will lead to five meetings with an Englishman who is fated both to do him a great service and to cause him great grief, Ewen refuses to believe it.But as Bonnie Prince Charlie's ill-fated campaign winds to its bitter end, the prophecy is proven true--and through many dangers and trials, Ewen and Keith find that they have one thing indisputably in common: both of them are willing to sacrifice everything for honour's sake...Adapted for BBC Radio in 1961, this is an unmissable read to complete your collection!Memoirs And Correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere Vol. II (Memoirs And Correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere #2)
By Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton. 2016
Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere GCB GCH KSI PC (14 November 1773 - 21 February 1865), was a…
British Army officer, diplomat and politician. As a junior officer he took part in the Flanders Campaign, in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and in the suppression of Robert Emmet's insurrection in 1803. He commanded a cavalry brigade in Sir Arthur Wellesley's Army before being given overall command of the cavalry in the latter stages of the Peninsular War. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and then Commander-in-Chief, India. In the latter role he stormed Bharatpur--a fort which previously had been deemed impregnable.This book, which was published in two volumes, represents Viscount Combermere's memoirs in the form of a vast collection of his private papers, as collated by his third wife, Mary, Viscountess Combermere. They serve to provide an invaluable and comprehensive view of the public and private life of one of England's most distinguished soldiers.Memoirs And Correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere Vol. I (Memoirs And Correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere #1)
By Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton. 2016
Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere GCB GCH KSI PC (14 November 1773 - 21 February 1865), was a…
British Army officer, diplomat and politician. As a junior officer he took part in the Flanders Campaign, in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and in the suppression of Robert Emmet's insurrection in 1803. He commanded a cavalry brigade in Sir Arthur Wellesley's Army before being given overall command of the cavalry in the latter stages of the Peninsular War. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and then Commander-in-Chief, India. In the latter role he stormed Bharatpur--a fort which previously had been deemed impregnable.This book, which was published in two volumes, represents Viscount Combermere's memoirs in the form of a vast collection of his private papers, as collated by his third wife, Mary, Viscountess Combermere. They serve to provide an invaluable and comprehensive view of the public and private life of one of England's most distinguished soldiers.Diary Of Campaigns In The Peninsula For The Years 1811, 1812 And 1813
By Lieut. William Swabey. 2016
Lieutenant Swabey's personal diary is a unique account of day-to-day events during the Peninsula War and the epic battles that…
marked this defiant campaign against Napoleon. The volume also includes Swabey's retrospective reminiscences of the war--an addition of amusing anecdotes which complement the diary. Witnessing the fierce cruelty of the Spaniards, encountering hunger and sickness, Swabey's account takes us from July 1811 to August 1813 when he was invalided home, and includes The Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, The Siege and Storm of Badajoz, The Battle of Salamanca, The Battle of Vitoria and The Siege of St. Sebastian.Letters Written by Lieut.-General Thomas Dyneley, C.B., R.A.: While on Active Service Between the Years 1806 and 1815
By Lieut.-General Thomas Dyneley, Col. F. A. Whinyates. 2016
The letters in this volume provide eye-witness accounts of some of the battles and sieges of the Peninsular War. Thomas…
Dyneley entered the Royal Artillery as a 2nd lieutenant in 1801. He was in Italy with Sir James Craig's force in 1805 and with Sir John Stuart in Calabria in the following year, witnessing the battle of Maida. In 1811 he embarked for the Peninsula with `E' troop of the Royal Horse Artillery, as 2nd Captain. There he served in the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Burgos, at the battles of Salamanca, Vitoria and those in the Pyrenees. In November 1813 he was invalided home, but was present with 'E' troop in 1815 during the Waterloo campaign. He subsequently rose to the rank of major-general in 1854 and died in 1860.Written by the Air Ministry and first published in 1942, this account provides a vivid description of the RAF Coastal…
Command operations during World War II.A must-read of intrinsic historical value and importance for all avid readers of British Military History.The Memoirs of Queen Hortense Vol. II (The Memoirs of Queen Hortense #2)
By Jean Hanoteau, Arthur Kingsland Griggs, Queen Hortense. 2016
In presenting to the public the Memoirs of Queen Hortense exactly as she recorded them, in exposing it to scholars--with…
an intrinsic and absolute respect for the integral historical accuracy of the text--these intimate revelations as set down by her royal hand, Prince Napoleon did a service not only to history but also to the memory of a princess too often harshly criticized eminently French in her heart and mind, to the memory of an unfortunate Queen, to the memory of an exquisite woman.Like the Emperor, one of whose shadows she was and whose touching and affectionate farewell smile she received as he was leaving France for the last time, the Queen of Holland has nothing to lose by having all her acts and even her mistakes fully revealed.This becomes very clear as one peruses these volumes where she took care not to avoid any of the difficulties of her task. She knew what society said about her; she was aware of the reproaches, justified and unjustified, of which she was the object. Frequently, reading between the lines one is conscious of the care her pen took to refute certain implications, sometimes with disdain but never without courage.Day of Glory
By Philip Spencer. 2016
It is April 19, 1775.7:00 p.m.: The boy Solomon Brown hurries down the road to Lexington, carrying secret papers to…
Sam Adams and John Hancock. Ahead loom nine British officers--armed!Midnight: Paul Revere gallops by moonlight to warn every household that the British are coming.4:00 a.m.: The colonists march solemnly behind the drummer out onto the Lexington green.Hour by hour, you relive the day the American Revolution began. It is a Day of Blood and a Day of Glory--and YOU ARE THERE!The Stragglers
By E. J. Kahn. 2016
This book, first published in 1962, recounts all known cases of holdouts, or stragglers, from the Imperial Japanese army on…
islands in the Pacific following the end of World War II. With their empire defeated, this book is a gripping account told from the survivors' perspective, detailing the stragglers' struggle for survival as they turned to theft, pillage--and even cannibalism.Wartime Mission in Spain, 1942-1945
By Carlton J. H. Hayes. 2016
This book, first published in 1945, is a fascinating personal account of the late U.S. Ambassador to Spain Carlton J.…
H. Hayes' diplomatic mission in Spain during World War II, from May 1942 to January 1945. Whilst briefly touching on Spain's internal affairs, the principal focus is firmly on American policy toward Spain during those three wartime years, and Spain's response thereto. Hayes provides the reader with a candid and factual record of this period, gleaned from firsthand eyewitness accounts and sensitive information he was privy to during his tenure. He draws in detail on excerpts from his personal diary kept for those three years, as well as various conversations, documents and correspondence from and with President Roosevelt and others. A fantastic historical record.U.S. Marines In Vietnam: The Advisory And Combat Assistance Era, 1954-1964 (U.S. Marines In Vietnam)
By Capt Robert H Whitlow. 2016
This is the first of a series of chronological histories prepared by the Marine Corps History and Museums Division to…
cover the entire span of Marine Corps involvement in the Vietnam conflict. This particular volume covers a relatively obscure chapter in U.S. Marine Corps history--the activities of Marines in Vietnam between 1954 and 1964. The narrative traces the evolution of those activities from a one-man advisory operation at the conclusion of the French-Indochina War in 1954 to the advisory and combat support activities of some 700 Marines at the end of 1964.As the introductory volume for the series this account has an important secondary objective: to establish a geographical, political, and military foundation upon which the subsequent histories can be developed.Operation Heartbreak: A Story (Persephone Book Ser. #No. 58)
By Duff Cooper. 2016
First published in 1950, Operation Heartbreak tells the fictional story of Wilie Marygton, a career soldier who was too young…
for WWI and too old for WWII. Born into a military family, Willie's one goal in life is to take part in a battle, so he is exhilarated when he receives his commission, and is scheduled to leave for the Western Front on November 9, 1918. However, news of the Armistice changes his orders, and he instead spends the next 20 years in various posts in India and Africa, where his main occupation seems to be big game hunting and polo. With the rise of fascism, he is ready to resign his commission to fight in Spain, but is persuaded otherwise and spends WWII training recruits, lamenting his military status. But in an ironic twist of fate, he does end up playing an important part in the war effort....