Last Flight From Singapore

Author : Flt. Lt. Arthur G. Donahue DFC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786257505

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Last Flight From Singapore [Illustrated Edition] by Flt. Lt. Arthur G. Donahue DFC Pdf

Includes 20 illustrations. Arthur “Art” Gerald Donahue, a native of Minnesota, bravely entered the fray of the Second World War as volunteer pilot in the Royal Air Force by falsely claiming to be a Canadian in 1940. He was already an experienced pilot before he took off in his Spitfire in 64 Squadron based at RAF Kenley, and then 71 Squadron. His experiences and victories during the Battle of Britain are recounted in his first book “Yankee In A Spitfire” but suffice it to say he flew with great skill and courage as one of the “Few”. After a period of brief leave in America he was transferred to the Far East with 258 Squadron, a part of the belated effort to reinforce Singapore. In this book he recounts his adventures in the air over Singapore and Sumatra in the chaotic fighting that saw the British troops routed by a brilliant offensive by the Japanese. Surviving the overwhelming odds in the air, the author managed to escape back to England via India; but was listed as missing in action in 1942. “Donahue makes no attempt either to dramatize or underplay his experiences. He tells them in a simple, unvarnished manner, much as if he were sitting down with some friends back home. The result is pretty close to what the real thing must have been.”—New York Times

Author : Arthur Gerald Donahue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1594162018

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Last Flight from Singapore by Arthur Gerald Donahue Pdf

As one of the storied few who defeated the Nazi Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, American Arthur G. Donahue wished to continue his service and requested overseas duty. In October 1941, he was sent to the British protectorate of Singapore as a precaution against a possible threat from Japan, which was already conducting a war in China. Within two months, all of Asia was thrown into turmoil as Japan - simultaneously bombed Hawaii and invaded the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies. Japanese forces swiftly conquered much of Southeast Asia and began moving toward Burma and India. Here, Donahue tells his dramatic story, accompanied by photographs he took himself, of the intense and futile battle against the Japanese for control of the gateway to the Malay Peninsula.

Author : Arthur Gerald Donahue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Singapore
ISBN : 1594165793

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Last Flight from Singapore by Arthur Gerald Donahue Pdf

Author : Arthur G.. Donahue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:492906866

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Last Flight from Singapore... by Arthur G.. Donahue Pdf

Author : Amelia Earhart
Publisher : Crown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307715937

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Last Flight by Amelia Earhart Pdf

Amelia Earhart's account of her ill-fated last flight around the world, begun in 1937, remains one of the most moving and absorbing adventure stories of all time. Last Flight compiles the letters, diary entries and charts that she sent to her husband, G.P. Putnam at each stage of her trip. In her own words, these dispatches offer a window into her experience on this ground-breaking journey and illustrate her cheerful, charming nature. Her story continues to intrigue and inspire people to this day.

Author : C.M. Turnbull
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789971694302

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A History of Modern Singapore, 1819-2005 by C.M. Turnbull Pdf

When C.M. Turnbull's A History of Singapore, 1819-1975 appeared in 1977, it quickly achieved recognition as the definitive history of Singapore. A second edition published in 1989 brought the story up to the elections held in 1988. In this fully revised edition, rewritten to take into account recent scholarship on Singapore, the author has added a chapter on Goh Chok Tong's premiership (1990-2004) and the transition to a government headed by Lee Hsien Loong. The book now ends in 2005, when the Republic of Singapore celebrated its 40th anniversary as an independent nation. Major changes occurred in the 1990s as the generation of leaders that oversaw the transition from a colony to independence stepped aside in favour of a younger generation of leaders. Their task was to shape a course that sustained the economic growth and social stability achieved by their predecessors, and they would be tested towards the end of the decade when Southeast Asia experienced a severe financial crisis. Many modern studies on Singapore focus on current affairs or very recent events and pay a great deal of attention to Singapore's successful transition from the developing to the developed world. However, younger historians are increasingly interested in other aspects of the country's past, particularly social and cultural issues. A History of Modern Singapore, 1819-2005 provides a solid foundation and an overarching framework for this research, surveying Singapore's trajectory from a small British port to a major trading and financial hub within the British Empire and finally to the modern city state that Singapore became after gaining independence in 1965.

Author : Robert Weintraub
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780316337120

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No Better Friend by Robert Weintraub Pdf

The extraordinary tale of survival and friendship between a man and a dog in World War II. Flight technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, met in the most unlikely of places: an internment camp in the Pacific. Judy was a fiercely loyal dog, with a keen sense for who was friend and who was foe, and the pair's relationship deepened throughout their captivity. When the prisoners suffered beatings, Judy would repeatedly risk her life to intervene. She survived bombings and other near-death experiences and became a beacon not only for Frank but for all the men, who saw in her survival a flicker of hope for their own. Judy's devotion to those she was interned with was matched by their love for her, which helped keep the men and their dog alive despite the ever-present threat of death by disease or the rifles of the guards. At one point, deep in despair and starvation, Frank contemplated killing himself and the dog to prevent either from watching the other die. But both were rescued, and Judy spent the rest of her life with Frank. She became the war's only official canine POW, and after she died at age fourteen, Frank couldn't bring himself to ever have another dog. Their story -- of an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstances -- is one of the great undiscovered sagas of World War II.

Author : Arthur G. Donahue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1436705223

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Last Flight from Singapore by Arthur G. Donahue Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Nicholas Walton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787381612

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Singapore, Singapura by Nicholas Walton Pdf

Modern Singapore is a miracle. Half a century ago it unwillingly became an independent nation, after it was thrown out of the Malay Federation. It was tiny, poor, almost devoid of resources, and in a hostile neighborhood. Now, this unlikely country is at the top of almost every global national index, from high wealth and low crime to superb education and much-envied stability. But have these achievements bred a dangerous sense of complacency among Singapore's people? Nicholas Walton walked across the entire country in one day, to grasp what it was that made Singapore tick, and to understand the challenges that it now faces. Singapore, Singapura teases out the island's story, from mercantilist Raffles and British colonial rule, through the war years, to independence and the building of the current miracle. There are challenges ahead, from public complacency and the constraints of authoritarian democracy to changing geographic realities and the difficulties of balancing migration in such a tiny state. Singapore's second half-century will be just as exacting as the one since independence--as Walton warns, talk of a "Singapore model" for our hyper-globalized world must face these realities.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1286 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : English literature
ISBN : UOM:39015016109566

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The Spectator by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Gunn
Publisher : john gunn
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0702220175

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Challenging Horizons by John Gunn Pdf

Author : Cindy Davis and Ali Rollason
Publisher : Author House
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781481746748

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We're Doing WHAT for Summer Vacation? by Cindy Davis and Ali Rollason Pdf

"We're Doing What for Summer Vacation"? is a nonfiction story told by Ali, a typical nine-year-old American girl who spent the summer traveling on a budget across Borneo with her older brother and parents. Ali just wanted to be a normal kid with a normal family spending summer vacation at the beach in Florida. Unfortunately, she has former hippie parents that wanted a big summer adventure. This was not her idea of summer fun! On her adventure, she lived in a tree house, experienced bedbugs, learned a little about Muslim culture, ate strange food, went white-water rafting, got trapped in a stairwell alone and thought she was being kidnapped, trekked in the jungle, saw orangutans, experienced leeches, stayed with the locals in their houses, found real skulls from headhunters, discovered an island of lost children, and went scuba diving with turtles bigger than she was. This story is not your ordinary nonfiction story. It is a quirky journey about a typical girl experiencing a very untypical place.

Author : John J. Sbrega
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 921 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317431787

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The War Against Japan, 1941-1945 by John J. Sbrega Pdf

With over 5,200 entries, this volume remains one of the most extensive annotated bibliographies on the USA’s fight against Japan in the Second World War. Including books, articles, and de-classified documents up to the end of 1987, the book is organized into six categories: Part 1 presents reference works, including encyclopedias, pictorial accounts, military histories, East Asian histories, hisotoriographies. Part 2 covers diplomatic-political aspects of the war against Japan. Part 3 contains sources on the economic and legal aspects of the war against Japan. Part 4 presents sources on the military apsects of the war – embracing land, air and sea forces. Religious aspects of the war are covered in Part 5 and Part 6 deals with the social and cultural aspects, including substantial sections on the treatment of Japanese minorities in the USA, Hawaii, Canada and Peru.

Author : Christopher Alan Bayly,Timothy Norman Harper
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 067401748X

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Forgotten Armies by Christopher Alan Bayly,Timothy Norman Harper Pdf

In the early stages of the Second World War, the vast crescent of British-ruled territories stretching from India to Singapore appeared as a massive Allied asset. It provided scores of soldiers and great quantities of raw materials and helped present a seemingly impregnable global defense against the Axis. Yet, within a few weeks in 1941-42, a Japanese invasion had destroyed all this, sweeping suddenly and decisively through south and southeast Asia to the Indian frontier, and provoking the extraordinary revolutionary struggles which would mark the beginning of the end of British dominion in the East and the rise of today's Asian world. More than a military history, this gripping account of groundbreaking battles and guerrilla campaigns creates a panoramic view of British Asia as it was ravaged by warfare, nationalist insurgency, disease, and famine. It breathes life into the armies of soldiers, civilians, laborers, businessmen, comfort women, doctors, and nurses who confronted the daily brutalities of a combat zone which extended from metropolitan cities to remote jungles, from tropical plantations to the Himalayas. Drawing upon a vast range of Indian, Burmese, Chinese, and Malay as well as British, American, and Japanese voices, the authors make vivid one of the central dramas of the twentieth century: the birth of modern south and southeast Asia and the death of British rule.

Author : Jerome Klinkowitz
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813194196

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Yanks Over Europe by Jerome Klinkowitz Pdf

Contrasts between fighter combat and the bombers' war support Klinkowitz's belief that notions of the air war were determined by one's position in it. He extends his thesis by showing the vastly different style of air war described by veterans of the North African and Mediterranean campaigns and concludes by studying the effects of such combat on adversaries and victims. Air combat, Klinkowitz writes, offers a unique perspective on the nature of war. The experience of combat has inspired authors to combine exquisite descriptions with probing thoughtfulness, covering the full range of human expression from exultation to heartbreak. Here is a tightly drawn, highly readable account of the European air war.