A Time For Trumpets

Author : Charles B. Macdonald
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1997-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0688151574

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A Time for Trumpets by Charles B. Macdonald Pdf

On December 16, 1944, the vanguard of three German armies, totaling half a million men, attacked U.S. forces in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg, achieveing what had been considered impossible -- total surprise. In the most abysmal failure of battlefield intelligence in the history of the U.S. Army, 600,000 American soldiers found themselves facing Hitler's last desperate effort of the war. The brutal confrontation that ensued became known as the Battle of the Bulge, the greatest battle ever fought by the U.S. Army -- a triumph of American ingenuity and dedication over an egregious failure in strategic intelligence. A Time for Trumpets is the definitive account of this dramatic victory, told by one of America's most respected military historians, who was also an eyewitness: MacDonald commanded a rifle company in the Battle of the Bulge. His account of this unique battle is exhaustively researched, honestly recounted, and movingly authentic in its depiction of hand-to-hand combat. Mingling firsthand experience with the insights of a distinguished historian, MacDonald places this profound human drama unforgettably on the landscape of history.

Author : Charles Brown MacDonald
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 0553342266

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A Time for Trumpets by Charles Brown MacDonald Pdf

On December 16, 1944, the vanguard of three German armies, totaling half a million men, attacked U.S. forces in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg, achieving what had been considered impossible -- total surprise. In the most abysmal failure of battlefield intelligence in the history of the U.S. Army, 600,000 American soldiers found themselves facing Hitler's last desperate effort of the war.The brutal confrontation that ensued became known as the Battle of the Bulge, the greatest battle ever fought by the U.S. Army -- a triumph of American ingenuity and dedication over an egregious failure in strategic intelligence. "A Time for Trumpets is the definitive account of this dramatic victory, told by one of America's most respected military historians, who was also an eyewitness: MacDonald commanded a rifle company in the Battle of the Bulge. His account of this unique battle is exhaustively researched, honestly recounted, and movingly authentic in its depiction of hand-to-hand combat.Mingling firsthand experience with the insights of a distinguished historian, MacDonald places this profound human drama unforgettably on the landscape of history. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Charles B. MacDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
ISBN : OCLC:1036894828

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A Time for Trumpets by Charles B. MacDonald Pdf

Author : Peter Cross,Peter Dallas-Smith
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1990-06-01
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0679803432

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Trouble for Trumpets by Peter Cross,Peter Dallas-Smith Pdf

Just as the Trumpets, summer creatures who live in a world of warmth and sunshine, prepare to hibernate, the Grumpets, winter creatures who live in the dark, frozen mountains of the north prepare to take over their land.

Author : John Toland
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803299689

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Battle by John Toland Pdf

"The perspective of 15 years, painstaking research, thousands of interviews, extensive analysis and evaluation, and the creative talent of John Toland [paint] the epic struggle on an immense canvas. . . . Toland writes with the authority of a man who was there. . . . He tastes the bitterness of defeat of those who surrendered and writes as if he had the benefit of the eyes and ears of soldiers and generals on the other side of the line. . . . If you could read only one book to understand generals and GIs and what their different wars were like this is the book."--Chicago Sunday Tribune "The author has devoted years to studying memoirs, interviewing veterans and consulting military documents, both German and American. He also has revisited the old battlefields in Belgium and Luxembourg. . . . Toland has told the whole story with dramatic realism. . . . It is a story of panic, terror and of high-hearted courage."--New York Times Book Review "For the first time in the growing literature of World War II, the inspiring story of the stubborn, lonely, dogged battle of the Americans locked in this tragic salient is told. . . . gripping . . . You cannot put it down once you start it."--San Francisco Chronicle

Author : Stephen M. Rusiecki
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461751915

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The Key to the Bulge by Stephen M. Rusiecki Pdf

The most significant action in the early hours of the Battle of the Bulge Against-all-odds stand of an untested American infantry unit At the start of the Battle of the Bulge, the green U.S. 394th Infantry Regiment of the 99th Division occupied a critical road junction. For thirty-six hours, the 394th defended the crossroads against repeated assaults by German forces, inflicting a delay from which the Germans would never recover.

Author : Janice Holt Giles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1948986094

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The Damned Engineers by Janice Holt Giles Pdf

The history of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in World War II, and in particular about its involvement in the Battle of the Bulge. The 291st was a small unit but it played a pivotal role in stemming the German counter-offensive in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. This history is no mere accounting of events, causes, and results, but rather it conveys the real experiences of ordinary men who, when placed in extraordinary circumstances, displayed the courage and fortitude to get the job done. And, as Janice Holt Giles wrote, the 291st Engineers not only got the job done, but they "gave a damned good account of themselves."

Author : Mark Binmore
Publisher : Mark Binmore
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Now Is Not The Time For Trumpets by Mark Binmore Pdf

Stephen Wallingford died intestate in 1990, aged 86, and has in recent times become a cult figure. He appears in numerous biographies about the 1920s and 1930s and was the model and inspiration for the 1938 dramatic novel by George Headland Those Beautiful, Beautiful People. In his early youth he entertained his friends at his family home of Arches and it was here he lived for many years until his death. He was photographed by many of the greatest artistes of his time and become one of the typical images of 1920s and 1930s "beautiful" young people. He would be seen with painted lips, powder on his face and gold dust sprinkled through his hair. But putting aside all the endless parties and various love affairs, Stephen was actually a very lonely man. Disowned later in life by his two sisters he survived on the friendships of few people including his mother and socialite and fellow writer Agatha Dewsbury. He sought freedom and expression in his writings and published works which are all still in print today. Later in life he became a former shadow of himself, a recluse, obese, redecorating Arches with fishnets, pink satin and golden conch shells. His hair was long and dyed mauve, he wore kaftans and many gilded bangles. He became an embarrassment to the few surviving friends he had left and was cut off from his remaining family, so in retaliation and defiance, he decided to shut himself away from the real world and write his memoirs, which were never published in his lifetime. But there is one small problem. Stephen Wallingford did not exist, nor did any of his contemporaries featured in this book, for the brutal reason that he was never born. The stories are fake and the news never happened. This is something new and strange – a fictionalized retrospective, part interview, part biographical about unreal people set in a real world.

Author : John Mortimer
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141959863

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The Sound of Trumpets by John Mortimer Pdf

When a Tory MP is found dead in a swimming-pool wearing a leopardskin bikini, the embittered Leslie (now Lord) Titmuss sees the ideal opportunity to re-enter the political arena. All he needs is a puppet, and Terry Flitton - inoffensive New Labourite - is perfect. Along with his beautiful, very PC wife, Terry heads blindly for the Hartscombe and Worsfield South by-election. But is he too busy listening for the sound of victory trumpets to notice that the Tory dinosaur is not quite extinct? John Mortimer's brilliant follow-up to Paradise Postponed and Titmuss Regained, The Sound of Trumpets is a devilishly witty satire on political ambition, spin and sleaze, and the culmination of a masterly trilogy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780857861016

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Revelation by Anonim Pdf

The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

Author : Charles Brown MacDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1582882509

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Company Commander by Charles Brown MacDonald Pdf

Author : JB Arban
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486318387

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Arban's Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet by JB Arban Pdf

A complete pedagogical method for students of trumpet and cornet, this "brass bible" contains hundreds of exercises from basics to advanced. Includes the author's famous arrangement of Carnival in Venice.

Author : Charles B. MacDonald
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0812218310

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The Battle of the Huertgen Forest by Charles B. MacDonald Pdf

An account of the first setback suffered by the Allies following the invasion of Europe.

Author : Lisa Wheeler
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0152025227

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Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler Pdf

Baby and his family make some jazzy music.

Author : Bruce P. Gleason
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806156538

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Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums by Bruce P. Gleason Pdf

Stemming from the tradition of rallying troops and frightening enemies, mounted bands played a unique and distinctive role in American military history. Their fascinating story within the U.S. Army unfolds in this latest book from noted music historian and former army musician Bruce P. Gleason. Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums follows American horse-mounted bands from the nation's military infancy through its emergence as a world power during World War II and the corresponding shift from horse-powered to mechanized cavalry. Gleason traces these bands to their origins, including the horn-blowing Celtic and Roman cavalries of antiquity and the mounted Middle Eastern musicians whom European Crusaders encountered in the Holy Land. He describes the performance, musical selections, composition, and duties of American mounted bands that have served regular, militia, volunteer, and National Guard regiments in military and civil parades and concerts, in ceremonies, and on the battlefield. Over time the composition of the bands has changed—beginning with trumpets and drums and expanding to full-fledged concert bands on horseback. Woven throughout the book are often-surprising strands of American military history from the War of 1812 through the Civil War, action on the western frontier, and the two world wars. Touching on anthropology, musicology, and the history of the United States and its military, Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums is an unparalleled account of mounted military bands and their cultural significance.