War Diaries 19391945

Author : Astrid Lindgren
Publisher : Pushkin Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782272328

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A World Gone Mad by Astrid Lindgren Pdf

A civilian, a mother, and a writer's unique account of a world devastated by conflict 'A rare glimpse of life in neutral Sweden and an insight into the dark setting that created her best-known work' FT Before she became internationally known for her children's books, Astrid Lindgren was an aspiring author living in Stockholm with her family at the outbreak of The Second World War. In these diaries, Lindgren emerges as a morally courageous critic of violence and war, as well as a deeply sensitive and astute observer of world affairs. Alongside political events, she includes delightful vignettes of domestic life, moments of personal crisis, and reveals the origins of Pippi Longstocking - soon to become one of the most famous and beloved children's books of the twentieth century.

Author : Alan Brooke Alanbrooke (Viscount),Alanbrooke
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0520239024

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War Diaries 1939 1945 by Alan Brooke Alanbrooke (Viscount),Alanbrooke Pdf

The first complete and unexpurgated publication of the diaries of Lord Alanbrooke, who during World War II was Chief of the Imperial General Staff of the British Empire and Churchill's most prominent advisor -- and rival.

Author : Astrid Lindgren
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300224481

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War Diaries, 1939–1945 by Astrid Lindgren Pdf

These personal diaries by the author of Pippi Longstocking chronicle her experiences in Europe during WWII and her astute observations of the conflict. Before she became internationally known for her Pippi Longstocking books, Astrid Lindgren was an aspiring author living in Stockholm with her family at the outbreak of the Second World War. The diaries she kept throughout the hostilities offer her unique perspective—as a civilian, a mother, and an aspiring writer—on the devastating conflict. Lindgren emerges as a morally courageous critic of violence and war, as well as a deeply sensitive and keen observer of world affairs. We hear her thoughts about rationing, blackouts, the Soviet invasion of Finland, and the nature of evil, as well as of her personal heartbreaks, financial struggles, and trials as a mother and writer. Posthumously published in Sweden to great international acclaim, these diaries were called in the Swedish press an “unparalleled war narrative,” “unprecedented.” and a “shocking history lesson.” Illustrated with family photographs, newspaper clippings, and facsimile pages, Lindgren’s diaries provide an intensely personal and vivid account of Europe during the war.

Author : Martin Middlebrook,Chris Everitt
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 941 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473834880

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The Bomber Command War Diaries by Martin Middlebrook,Chris Everitt Pdf

The essential WWII historical reference detailing RAF Bomber Command’s extensive campaign of strategic bombings across occupied Europe. The Royal Air Force Bomber Command's strategic bombing campaign started on the first day of the Second World War and ended five and a half years later with the final victory in Europe. It was a campaign of such enormous scale that historians have only recently begun to piece together the finer details of the individual raids. Aviation historian Martin Middlebrook and his research colleague, Chris Everitt, were the first to compile a complete review of all the raids and their background stories. The Bomber Command War Diaries not only documents every Bomber Command operation but also details their effects on the ground, drawing on local archives from Germany, Italy, and the occupied countries. It is a groundbreaking work on historical research, bringing together the two sides of Bomber Command’s war. This edition includes retrospective observations and a new appendix.

Author : Fedor von Bock
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 076430075X

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The War Diary by Fedor von Bock Pdf

The Von Bock memoirs, which appear here for the first time, allow the reader to see the entire drama of the Second World War through the eyes of one of Germany's most important military commanders. After the attacks on Poland and Western Europe, campaigns he helped bring to a succesful conclusion, von Bock became Commander-in-Chief of Army Group Center which carried out the main drive on Moscow during Operation Barbarossa and brought the Red Army to the verge of collapse in the great battles of encirclement. Hitler relieved von Bock when the German offensive bogged down during the winter of 1941/1942. After he returned as Commander-in-Chief of Army Group South, von Bock was eventually placed in temporary retirement when he critized Hitler's division of forces against Stalingrad and the Caucasus-the road to castrophe began. Army commanders like Hoth, Guderian, Kluge and Paulus served under Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock, while at his side stood his nephew Henning von Tresckow, who led the most active resistance movement against Hitler, and Carl-Hans von Hardenberg, a friend and advisor of Stauffenberg. Their efforts to win over von Bock failed, yet the Generalfeldmarschall tolerated the pronounced resistance sentiments among his staff, and even became privy to the attempted assissination of Hitler on July 20, 1944. This book allows us to reassess Fedor von Bock, whose complex personality is revealed by his diary entries, and by the biographical sketches by editor Klaus Gerbet.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 185435826X

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War Diary by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lord Alanbrooke
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 1030 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780227542

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Alanbrooke War Diaries 1939-1945 by Lord Alanbrooke Pdf

The first complete and unexpurgated edition of the war diaries of Field Marshall Lord Alanbrooke - the most important and the most controversial military diaries of the modern era. Alanbrooke was CIGS - Chief of the Imperial General Staff - for the greater part of the Second World War. He acted as mentor to Montgomery and military adviser to Churchill, with whom he clashed. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff committee he also led for the British side in the bargaining and the brokering of the Grand Alliance, notably during the great conferences with Roosevelt and Stalin and their retinue at Casablanca,Teheran, Malta and elsewhere. As CIGS Alanbrooke was indispensable to the British and the Allied war effort. The diaries were sanitised by Arthur Bryant for his two books he wrote with Alanbrooke. Unexpurgated, says Danchev, they are explosive. The American generals, in particular, come in for attack. Danchev proposes to centre his edition on the Second World War. Pre and post-war entries are to be reduced to a Prologue and Epilogue). John Keegan says they are the military equivalent of the Colville Diaries (Churchill's private secretary), THE FRINGES OF POWER. These sold 24,000 in hardback at Hodder in 1985.

Author : Alan Brooke Alanbrooke (Viscount),Daniel Todman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 763 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Marshals
ISBN : 0297607316

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War Diaries, 1939-1945 by Alan Brooke Alanbrooke (Viscount),Daniel Todman Pdf

Alanbrooke was CIGS - Chief of the Imperial General Staff - for the greater part of the Second World War. He acted as mentor to Montgomery and military adviser to Churchill, with whom he clashed. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff committee he also led for the British side in the bargaining and the brokering of the Grand Alliance, notably during the great conferences with Roosevelt and Stalin and their retinue at Casablanca,Teheran, Malta and elsewhere. As CIGS Alanbrooke was indispensable to the British and the Allied war effort. The diaries were sanitised by Arthur Bryant for his two books he wrote with Alanbrooke. Unexpurgated, says Danchev, they are explosive. The American generals, in particular, come in for attack. Danchev proposes to centre his edition on the Second World War. Pre and post-war entries are to be reduced to a Prologue and Epilogue). John Keegan says they are the military equivalent of the Colville Diaries (Churchill's private secretary), THE FRINGES OF POWER. These sold 24,000 in hardback at Hodder in 1985.

Author : Francis Arthur Labey De Gruchy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : 2. Verdenskrig
ISBN : LCCN:50019409

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War Diary, an Overall War Picture, 1939-1945 by Francis Arthur Labey De Gruchy Pdf

Author : Stanley Christopherson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781448127498

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An Englishman at War: The Wartime Diaries of Stanley Christopherson DSO MC & Bar 1939-1945 by Stanley Christopherson Pdf

‘An astonishing record...There is no other wartime diary that can match the scope of these diaries’ James Holland ‘An outstanding contribution to the literature of the Second World War’Professor Gary Sheffield From the outbreak of war in September 1939 to the smouldering ruins of Berlin in 1945, via Tobruk, El Alamein, D-Day and the crossing of the Rhine, An Englishman at War is a unique first-person account of the Second World War. Stanley Christopherson’s regiment, the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, went to war as amateurs and ended up one of the most experienced, highly trained and most valued armoured units in the British Army. A junior officer at the beginning of the war, Christopherson became the commanding officer of the regiment soon after the D-Day landings. What he and his regiment witnessed presents a unique overview of one of the most cataclysmic events in world history and gives an extraordinary insight, through tragedy and triumph, into what it felt like to be part of the push for victory.

Author : Stephen Michael Mellnik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002168998

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Philippine Diary, 1939-1945 by Stephen Michael Mellnik Pdf

This is a personal account by a member of General MacArthur's staff of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in World War II, the fall of Bataan and Corregidor, his own capture by the enemy and his imprisonment in a POW camp, and the conditions at the camp. The author also describes his escape and work with the guerrilla forces and his participation in the recapture of Corregidor in February 1945.

Author : Betty Armitage
Publisher : Thorogood Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1854182218

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Betty's Wartime Diary 1939-1945 by Betty Armitage Pdf

This unique record offers a woman's perspective on World War II and details the impact of the war on life in rural England.

Author : Hugh Robin Mackenzie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 0473038986

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War Diary and Letters Home by Hugh Robin Mackenzie Pdf

Author : Father Mike Dalton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Military chaplains
ISBN : OCLC:321037688

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Personal War Diary by Father Mike Dalton Pdf

Author : Frances Partridge
Publisher : Orion Publishing Company
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0753808005

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A Pacifist's War by Frances Partridge Pdf

At the outset of the Second World War Ralph and Frances Partridge were both convinced pacifists. These extracts from Frances` war diary present an intimate and vivid picture of their life at Ham Spray in Wiltshire , which was a refuge to a wide range of friends, including many of their fellow 'Bloomsberries', as well as a stream of refugees and the dispossessed. Frances's diaries give a candid, intimate picture of their domestic upheavals and rich intellectual life, while also noting her sharp observations about nature and world events.