Outwitting The Hun My Escape From A German Prison Camp

Author : Pat O'Brien
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 320 pages
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Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0260427160

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Excerpt from Outwitting the Hun: My Escape From a German Prison Camp Of every one who befriended me. I hope particularly that every good Hollander who played the part of the Good Samaritan to me so bountifully after my escape from Belgium will see these pages and feel that I am absolutely sincere when I say that words cannot begin to express my sense of gratitude to the Dutch people. It is needless for me to add how deeply I feel for my fellow-prisoners in Germany who were less fortunate than I. Poor, poor fellows - they are the real victims Of the war. I hope that every one Of them may soon be restored to that freedom whose value I never fully realized until after I had had to fight so hard to regain it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Pat O'Brien
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547022947

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Outwitting the Hun: My Escape from a German Prison Camp by Pat O'Brien Pdf

Outwitting the Hun: My Escape from a German Prison Camp is a true story by author and war prisoner Pat O'Brien. It details his unbelievable adventures during WW1, often enlisting the help of local Germans behind enemy lines, in order to evade military personnel.

Author : O''brien Pat
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1314300571

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Pat A. O'Brien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0781283019

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Author : Pat O ́Brien
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732687626

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Outwitting the Hun by Pat O ́Brien Pdf

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Author : Daniel Krebs,Lorien Foote
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700630516

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Useful Captives by Daniel Krebs,Lorien Foote Pdf

Useful Captives: The Role of POWs in American Military Conflicts is a wide-ranging investigation of the integral role prisoners of war (POWs) have played in the economic, cultural, political, and military aspects of American warfare. In Useful Captives volume editors Daniel Krebs and Lorien Foote and their contributors explore the wide range of roles that captives play in times of conflict: hostages used to negotiate vital points of contention between combatants, consumers, laborers, propaganda tools, objects of indoctrination, proof of military success, symbols, political instruments, exemplars of manhood ideals, loyal and disloyal soldiers, and agents of change in society. The book’s eleven chapters cover conflicts involving Americans, ranging from colonial warfare on the Creek-Georgia border in the late eighteenth century, the American Revolution, the Civil War, the Great War, World War II, to twenty-first century U.S. drone warfare. This long historical horizon enables the reader to go beyond the prison camp experience of POWs to better understand the many ways they influence the nature and course of military conflict. Useful Captives shows the vital role that prisoners of war play in American warfare and reveals the cultural contexts of warfare, the shaping and altering of military policies, the process of state-building, the impacts upon the economy and environment of the conflict zone, their special place in propaganda and political symbolism, and the importance of public history in shaping national memory.

Author : David Woodward
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135864798

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America and World War I by David Woodward Pdf

America and World War I, the first volume in the new Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies series, provides a concise, annotated guide to the vast amount of resources available on the Great War. With over 2,000 entries selected from a wide variety of publications, manuscript collections, databases, and online resources, this volume will be an invaluable research tool for students, scholars, and military history buffs alike. The wide range of topics covered include war films and literature, to civil-military relations, to women and war. Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies will include concise, easy-to-use bibliographic volumes on different American military campaigns throughout history, as well as tackling timely subjects such as women in the military and terrorism.

Author : David K. Frasier
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476608075

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Suicide in the Entertainment Industry by David K. Frasier Pdf

This work covers 840 intentional suicide cases initially reported in Daily Variety (the entertainment industry's trade journal), but also drawing attention from mainstream news media. These cases are taken from the ranks of vaudeville, film, theatre, dance, music, literature (writers with direct connections to film), and other allied fields in the entertainment industry from 1905 through 2000. Accidentally self-inflicted deaths are omitted, except for a few controversial cases. It includes the suicides of well-known personalities such as actress Peg Entwistle, who is the only person to ever commit suicide by jumping from the top of the Hollywood Sign, Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Dandridge, who are believed to have overdosed on drugs, and Richard Farnsworth and Brian Keith, who shot themselves to end the misery of terminal cancer. Also mentioned, but in less detail, are the suicides of unknown and lesser-known members of the entertainment industry. Arranged alphabetically, each entry covers the person’s personal and professional background, method of suicide, and, in some instances, includes actual statements taken from the suicide note.

Author : United States Air Force Academy. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Guerrilla warfare
ISBN : SRLF:A0005098777

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Unconventional Warfare: Escape and evasion by United States Air Force Academy. Library Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Head Vaughan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400877041

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Community Under Stress by Elizabeth Head Vaughan Pdf

Based on the day-to-day record of an American sociologist imprisoned for three years in a Japanese concentration camp in the seaport town of Bacolod, Negros Island, Philippines, this book deals with the relations between people in a situation of stress. An interracial group made up of many nationalities, varied economic statuses, religions, and professions gave Mrs. Vaughan ample material for her study. What is the basis of leadership in a crisis situation? What are the critical tensions? The patterns of survival and adjustment? What effect does previous cultural background have on reaction to calamity? These questions, among many others significant for social psychologists, psychiatrists, and all those concerned with human relationships, find answers here. Originally published in 1949. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Captain J a L Caunter
Publisher : Theophania Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1770831118

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13 Days by Captain J a L Caunter Pdf

On placing before the public this account of my escape from Germany and some episodes from my life in two prison camps, I feel that I must make clear that it was only due to the fact that I had two definite supplementary objects to attain, that I succeeded in making myself launch out in the following pages. The first of these objects is to add my quota to the information before the public relating to the treatment and existence of those who, in prisons in Germany, have suffered and are suffering for their country. My second object is to try to throw a little light on the marvellous spirit of the prisoners as a whole. Think what it means to be shut up for years under such conditions.Let me quote the prisoner poet, Lieut. Harvey, who, in Gloucestershire Friends, vividly describes what prison means in the following lines: Laugh, oh laugh loud, all ye who long ago Adventure found in gallant company! Safe in stagnation; laugh, laugh bitterly, While on this filthiest backwater of time's flow, Drift we and rot till something set us free! Theophania Publishing

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UIUC:30112119813779

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Special Bibliography Series by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062860378

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Great Escapes #1: Nazi Prison Camp Escape by Michael Burgan Pdf

Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? Perfect for fans of the I Survived series, the first installment in a brand-new, edge-of-your-seat series based on real events! In spring 1942, Royal Air Force pilot Bill Ash’s plane was shot down by Germans, who captured and eventually brought him to Stalag Luft III, a notorious camp for prisoners of war. The Germans boasted that the camp—which was isolated, heavily guarded, and surrounded by wire fences—was escape proof. But Ash was ready to prove them wrong. He, along with other POWs, would dig tunnels, hide in shower drains, or jump on trucks—all in the name of freedom. Because resisting the Germans was their mission, and escaping was their duty. From reluctant reader to total bookworm, each book in this page-turning series—featuring fascinating bonus content and captivating illustrations—will leave you excited for the next adventure!

Author : Kimberly J. Lamay Licursi
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496205674

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Remembering World War I in America by Kimberly J. Lamay Licursi Pdf

Poised to become a significant player in the new world order, the United States truly came of age during and after World War I. Yet many Americans think of the Great War simply as a precursor to World War II. Americans, including veterans, hastened to put experiences and memories of the war years behind them, reflecting a general apathy about the war that had developed during the 1920s and 1930s and never abated. In Remembering World War I in America Kimberly J. Lamay Licursi explores the American public's collective memory and common perception of World War I by analyzing the extent to which it was expressed through the production of cultural artifacts related to the war. Through the analysis of four vectors of memory--war histories, memoirs, fiction, and film--Lamay Licursi shows that no consistent image or message about the war ever arose that resonated with a significant segment of the American population. Not many war histories materialized, war memoirs did not capture the public's attention, and war novels and films presented a fictional war that either bore little resemblance to the doughboys' experience or offered discordant views about what the war meant. In the end Americans emerged from the interwar years with limited pockets of public memory about the war that never found compromise in a dominant myth.

Author : John Caunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1523758740

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13 Days by John Caunter Pdf

Excerpt: On placing before the public this account of my escape from Germany and some episodes from my life in two prison camps, I feel that I must make clear that it was only due to the fact that I had two definite supplementary objects to attain, that I succeeded in making myself launch out in the following pages. The first of these objects is to add my quota to the information before the public relating to the treatment and existence of those who, in prisons in Germany, have suffered and are suffering for their country. My second object is to try to throw a little light on the marvellous spirit of the prisoners as a whole. Think what it means to be shut up for years under such conditions.Let me quote the prisoner poet, Lieut. Harvey, who, in Gloucestershire Friends, vividly describes what prison means in the following lines: Laugh, oh laugh loud, all ye who long ago Adventure found in gallant company! Safe in stagnation; laugh, laugh bitterly, While on this filthiest backwater of time's flow, Drift we and rot till something set us free! It is always a fight against this sort of thing that the prisoner of war is waging. Some apparently find such a fight difficult, but the majority do somehow keep a hold on themselves and retain their energy and hopefulness. "Barbed-wire" disease is now officially recognised, and internment in neutral countries of those who have done the longest spells in prison is the outcome of this. It will readily be conceded that those who keep cheerful throughout their cruel trials display wonderful moral courage. But what about another class of prisoner? The prisoner who tries to escape-is caught-does three months cells-is released-tries to escape again-meets the same fate-and does another stretch of perhaps six months this time-but only goes on trying. There are some who have spent two and a half years out of three in Germany in cells for attempts to escape. There are many who have made six or seven attempts. I, who only had one determined attempt and succeeded, am able to say it: "These men are of the salt of the earth." I have heard some chicken-hearted persons who say that nobody ought to try to escape because it might make it worse for those left behind. There is only one answer to that sort of person. However, it is not a fact that others get punished for the escape of individuals, although it was true on two occasions in 1914; so the question hardly arises. Very few people in this country seem to realise that the German, being a bully, has the characteristics of a bully. If a strong attitude is taken with him he immediately gives way. Collectively and individually they cannot understand any argument but Force, whether it takes the form of a reprisal or a great attack at the front.