Beneath A Turkish Sky

Author : Philip Lecane
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750964777

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Beneath a Turkish Sky by Philip Lecane Pdf

It was the First World War's largest seaborne invasion and the Irish were at the forefront. Recruited in Ireland, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers were ordered to spearhead the invasion of Gallipoli in Turkey. Deadlocked in trench warfare on the Western Front, the British High Command hoped the assault would Germany's ally out of the war. Using letters and photographs, this book tells the story of the 'Dubs' officers and men called from an idyllic posting in India to be billeted on the civilian population in England. They then set off on what was presented as a great adventure to win glory and capture Constantinople. The book also gives the story of the Turkish defenders and the locality being invaded. Accompanied by the Royal Munster Fusiliers, packed aboard the SS River Clyde, the 'Dubs' landed from ships boats on the fiercely defended beach at Sedd-el-Bahr. The song The Foggy Dew says, "It were better to die beneath an Irish sky than at Suvla or Sedd-el-Bahr." This book tells the story of the forgotten Irishmen who died beneath a Turkish sky in what was Ireland's D-Day.

Author : Donal P. McCracken
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750989749

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Nicholson by Donal P. McCracken Pdf

Born in Dublin in 1822, Lieutenant-General John Nicholson was raised and educated in Ireland. He joined the East India Company's Bengal Army as 16-year old boy-soldier and he saw action in Afghanistan, the two Anglo-Sikh wars and the Great Rebellion or Mutiny. He died in the thick of battle as the British army he was leading stormed the ancient city of Delhi in September 1857. He was only 34 years old. His legacy and his legend as the 'Hero of Delhi', however, far outlived him. As well as the Indian cult drawn to him, at home he became a hero and was portrayed in epic stories for children, inspiring generations of young boys to join the army in his footsteps. In more recent times, some turned the hero into a villain; others continue to consider him the finest army front-line British field commander of the Victorian era.

Author : Lucienne Thys-Şenocak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317149071

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Divided Spaces, Contested Pasts by Lucienne Thys-Şenocak Pdf

The Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey was the site of one of the most tragic and memorable battles of the twentieth century, with the Turks fighting the ANZAC (Australian New Zealand Army Corps) and soldiers from fifteen other countries. This book explores the history of its landscape, its people, and its heritage, from the day that the defeated Allied troops of World War One evacuated the peninsula in January 1916 to the present. It examines how the wartime heritage of this region, both tangible and intangible, is currently being redefined by the Turkish state to bring more of a faith-based approach to the secularist narratives about the origins of the country. It provides a timely and fascinating look at what has happened in the last century to a landscape that was devastated and emptied of its inhabitants at the end of World War One, how it recovered, and why this geography continues to be a site of contested heritage. This book will be a key text for scholars of cultural and historical geography, Ottoman and World War One archaeology, architectural history, commemorative and conflict studies, European military history, critical heritage studies, politics, and international relations.

Author : John Morgan O'Connell
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781498556217

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Commemorating Gallipoli through Music by John Morgan O'Connell Pdf

This book examines the role of music and musicians in commemorating the Gallipoli Campaign (1915-6). It shows how music-making can be used to uncover the multiple identities and complex positionalities of former combatants who wish to memorialize a military catastrophe that coincided with the foundation of nation states.

Author : Stephen Snelling
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473847309

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The Wooden Horse of Gallipoli by Stephen Snelling Pdf

The initial Allied landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula began on 25 April 1915. Many of those who went ashore at V Beach near Cape Helles did so from the SS River Clyde. In the first full-length study devoted entirely to River Clyde and the men who sailed in her, the author reveals a remarkable tale of human endeavor told in the words of the men who were there: from the naval captain whose brainchild it was, to the teenage midshipmen who risked their lives to rescue the operation from disaster; from the infantrymen who braved a storm of fire to the staff officers who led the assault that finally secured the beachhead; from the armored car machine-gunners whose covering fire saved hundreds of men marooned on the shore, to the navys own infantrymen who ventured out into the bullet-swept waters to succor the wounded.The Wooden Horse of Gallipoli tells the story of how this collier became an icon of the First World War, its stranded bulk synonymous with one of the most extraordinary exploits of a campaign doomed to failure.

Author : Richard S. Grayson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781108611428

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Dublin's Great Wars by Richard S. Grayson Pdf

The story of the Dubliners who served in the British military and in republican forces during the First World War and the Irish Revolution.

Author : Paul Macro
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612007601

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Action at Badama Post by Paul Macro Pdf

A thrilling account of the rescue of RAF crewmen after their aircraft crashes in Afghanistan in 1919. This is the story of an unknown incident during the little-known Third Afghan War. An aircraft from the No. 20 Squadron RAF was lost while investigating gathering tribesman. The crew were rescued, and most of the aircraft was recovered by the Kurram Militia and the 22nd Battery Motor Machine Gun Service. It was an all-arms action—the lives of two airmen were saved at the cost of an Indian Militiaman and an unknown number of Afghan tribesmen. It also illustrates the experience of a virtually unknown group of soldiers, the 22nd Battery of the Motor Machine Gun Service. They had volunteered to serve as Motor Machine Gunners in France, had been through an intense, competitive, and sometimes costly selection process, and had now suddenly found themselves dispatched half way round the globe to the heat, dust, snows and monsoons of India and the North-West Frontier. This book examines the conflict’s background, the Kurram Militia, the history of the squadron and the lives of the key players. While this was not the only action the 22nd Battery of the Motor Machine Gun Service fought during the Third Afghan War, this one was recorded in the account of A/Sjt Ernest “Bill” Macro, who was in charge of the section of 22nd Battery dispatched to Badama Post in late July 1919. This is his story, and the stories of the other men for whom the climax of their experience in the Third Afghan War came during the action at Badama Post

Author : Bettany Hughes
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780306825859

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Istanbul by Bettany Hughes Pdf

Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact. From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul -- resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, North and South, it has been the capital city of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. For much of its history it was the very center of the world, known simply as "The City," but, as Bettany Hughes reveals, Istanbul is not just a city, but a global story. In this epic new biography, Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey from the Neolithic to the present, through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities--exploring the ways that Istanbul's influence has spun out to shape the wider world. Hughes investigates what it takes to make a city and tells the story not just of emperors, viziers, caliphs, and sultans, but of the poor and the voiceless, of the women and men whose aspirations and dreams have continuously reinvented Istanbul. Written with energy and animation, award-winning historian Bettany Hughes deftly guides readers through Istanbul's rich layers of history. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of Istanbul is visceral, immediate, and authoritative -- narrative history at its finest.

Author : E. C. Coleman
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445634098

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Khaki Jack by E. C. Coleman Pdf

One of the most famous fighting divisions of the British Army in World War One was the Royal Naval Division. Ernie Coleman tells its story, from training at Crystal Palace to the Zeebrugge Raid.

Author : Soner Cagaptay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786722362

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The New Sultan by Soner Cagaptay Pdf

In a world of rising tensions between Russia and the United States, the Middle East and Europe, Sunnis and Shiites, Islamism and liberalism, Turkey is at the epicentre. And at the heart of Turkey is its right-wing populist president, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. Since 2002, Erdo?an has consolidated his hold on domestic politics while using military and diplomatic means to solidify Turkey as a regional power. His crackdown has been brutal and consistent - scores of journalists arrested, academics officially banned from leaving the country, university deans fired and many of the highest-ranking military officers arrested. In some senses, the nefarious and failed 2016 coup has given Erdo?an the licence to make good on his repeated promise to bring order and stability under a 'strongman'. Here, leading Turkish expert Soner Cagaptay will look at Erdo?an's roots in Turkish history, what he believes in and how he has cemented his rule, as well as what this means for the world. The book will also unpick the 'threats' Erdogan has worked to combat - from the liberal Turks to the Gulen movement, from coup plotters to Kurdish nationalists - all of which have culminated in the crisis of modern Turkey.

Author : Izzet Celasin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Istanbul (Turkey)
ISBN : 1681446383

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Black Sky, Black Sea by Izzet Celasin Pdf

Author : Ida von Hahn-Hahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001102358152

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Letters from the Orient : Or, Travels in Turkey, the Holy Land and Egypt by Ida von Hahn-Hahn Pdf

Author : Max Franz Guido freiherr von Thielmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Caucasus
ISBN : HARVARD:AH64ET

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Journey in the Caucasus, Persia, and Turkey in Asia by Max Franz Guido freiherr von Thielmann Pdf

Author : Freiherr Max von Thielmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Caucasus
ISBN : BL:A0026118918

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Journey in the Caucasus, Persia, and Turkey in Asia by Freiherr Max von Thielmann Pdf

Author : Scott Malensek
Publisher : Virtualbookworm Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1589392345

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Sixth Fleet Under by Scott Malensek Pdf

Nuclear War is obsolete in the 21st Century. With the scientific mapping of the human genome the same medicine that targets specific cancer-causing genes can be turned into precision-guided, chemical/biological weapons of genocidal destruction.Terrorist attacks in the Holy Land finally lead to a vigilante attempt at genocide. The Arab World unites in vengeance, and the largest coordinated air and naval attacks in the history of the world are launched. The confined space of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is filled with hundreds of ships, planes, and submarines. Only the U.S.S. George Washington Carrier Battlegroup stands in the way!