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Author : William Lloyd Webber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 1473882583
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Civil service
ISBN : UOM:39015035100299
Author : William Webber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015022265048
The Napoleonic Library is an outstanding collection of seminal works on the Napoleonic Wars. It features evocative contemporary memoirs and makes available once again the classic works on the subject by military historians.
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472811486
This book completes the story of one of the most formidable defensive lines in Europe in World War II, looking at the lesser known Mediterranean extension and describing how it was conceived of, built and used. After the alarming collapse of Italy in 1943, the Germans launched a crash building program and the 'Sudwall' (South Wall) sprang up quickly along the French Mediterranean coast and the neighbouring Italian coast around Genoa. The new defenses were bolstered by existing French fortifications of key port towns such as Marseilles and Toulon – many of them bristling with heavy artillery. Whilst describing the wall's physical design features, this book also recounts the defenses' role in the Allied invasion of Southern France; Operation Dragoon – 'The Second D-Day'. As the Germans' worst fears became a reality, the southern Atlantic Wall would face its ultimate test.
Author : Winston S. Churchill
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 7727 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781801701242
The British statesman, orator and author Winston Churchill served as prime minister twice, achieving legendary status for rallying the British people during World War II and leading the country from the brink of defeat to victory. In addition to his careers of soldier and politician, Churchill was a prolific writer, starting with war journalism charting his adventures in British India, at the Siege of Malakand, at Sudan during the Mahdist War and in Africa in the Second Boer War. He excelled as a writer of history, producing multi-volume studies of grand subjects to critical acclaim. Many of his speeches and parliamentary answers were also published in pamphlets and collected editions. In 1953 Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature ‘for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory’. This eBook presents Churchill’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Churchill’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * Churchill’s novel ‘Savrola’ and the rare short stories * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Many non-fiction works and speech collections * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the speeches * Includes the famous WWII speeches * Easily locate the works you want to read * Features a bonus biography – discover Churchill’s incredible life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, some non-fiction works cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: The Novel Savrola (1900) The Shorter Fiction Man Overboard (1898) If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg (1931) The Dream (1966) The Non-Fiction The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) The River War (1899) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (1900) Ian Hamilton’s March (1900) Lord Randolph Churchill (1906) My African Journey (1908) The World Crisis I: 1911-1914 (1923) The World Crisis II: 1915 (1923) The World Crisis III: 1916-1918 (1927) Great Contemporaries (1937) Painting as a Pastime (1948) The Speeches Introduction to Churchill the Orator Mr Brodrick’s Army (1903) For Free Trade (1906) Liberalism and the Social Problem (1909) The People’s Rights (1910) India (1931) Arms and the Covenant (1938) Into Battle (1941) The Unrelenting Struggle (1942) The End of the Beginning (1943) Onwards to Victory (1944) The Sinews of Peace (1948) Europe Unite (1950) In the Balance (1951) Stemming the Tide (1953) The Unwritten Alliance (1961) Index of Speeches List of Speeches in Chronological Order List of Speeches in Alphabetical Order The Biography Mr. Churchill: A Portrait (1942) by Philip Guedalla
Author : Nick Lipscombe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472804686
Written in the same engaging style of Mark Urban's Fusiliers and Rifles, this is a brilliant study of the Gunners who revolutionised warfare during the course of the Napoleonic Wars despite the opposition of their commander-in-chief. Dismissive, conservative and aloof, Wellington treated his artillery with disdain during the Napoleonic Wars – despite their growing influence on the field of battle. Wellington's Guns exposes, for the very first time, the often stormy relationship between Wellington and his artillery, how the reluctance to modernize the British artillery corps threatened to derail the British push for victory and how Wellington's views on the command and appointment structure within the artillery opened up damaging rifts between him and his men. At a time when artillery was undergoing revolutionary changes – from the use of mountain guns during the Pyrenees campaign in the Peninsular, the innovative execution of 'danger-close' missions to clear the woods of Hougomont at Waterloo, to the introduction of creeping barrages and Congreve's rockets – Wellington seemed to remain distrustful of a force that played a significant role in shaping tactics and changing the course of the war. Using extensive research and first-hand accounts, Colonel Nick Lipscombe reveals that despite Wellington's brilliance as a field commander, his abrupt and uncompromising leadership style, particularly towards his artillery commanders, shaped the Napoleonic Wars, and how despite this, the ever-evolving technology and tactics ensured that the extensive use of artillery became one of the hallmarks of a modern army.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112088064750
Author : John Kincaid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Europe
ISBN : OXFORD:600005697
Author : Henry George Hart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 996 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555078067
Author : United States. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN : UCR:31210002630232
Official records produced by the armies of the United States and the Confederacy, and the executive branches of their respective governments, concerning the military operations of the Civil War, and prisoners of war or prisoners of state. Also annual reports of military departments, calls for troops, correspondence between national and state governments, correspondence between Union and Confederate officials. The final volume includes a synopsis, general index, special index for various military divisions, and background information on how these documents were collected and published. Accompanied by an atlas.
Author : W. H. Morgan
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4066339543041
"Personal Reminiscences of the War of 1861-5" by W. H. Morgan is a compelling firsthand account of the American Civil War. Morgan's recollections offer a unique perspective on the war, as he shares personal experiences from various facets of military life. From camp life to the battlefield, from the march to the skirmish line, and even periods spent as a prisoner of war, Morgan's narrative provides readers with a detailed and immersive understanding of the challenges and tribulations faced by soldiers during this tumultuous period in American history. His vivid descriptions and candid storytelling make this book a valuable historical document that brings the Civil War era to life.
Author : Peter Chasseaud,Peter Doyle
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750963572
The failure of the Gallipoli campaign was instantly blamed on a great untruth – that the War Office was unprepared. This book, incorporating information unavailable elsewhere, shows that in fact the WO and the Admiralty had amassed a huge amount of data. Aerial reconnaissance had played a part – even Lawrence of Arabia had done his bit! The War Office knew all about Greek plans to capture the peninsula and one plan was even Anglo-Greek. The authors examine all the intelligence and how it was used or ignored and in the process, in the words of the late Richard Holmes they ‘illuminate a wildly beautiful landscape, which never fails to charm and shock me in equal measure.’
Author : Sir John KINCAID
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020063231
Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846036613
Gordon Rottman details the bitter 26-day struggle for this key Pacific island during World War II. The island of Guam was the first Allied territory lost to the Japanese onslaught in 1941. On 10 December 5,000 Japanese troops landed on Guam, defended by less than 500 US and Guamanian troops, the outcome was beyond doubt. On 21 July 1944 America returned. In a risky operation, the two US landing forces came ashore seven miles apart and it was a week before the beachheads linked up. Only the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa would cost the Americans more men than the landings on Guam and Saipan, which immediately preceded the Guam operation.
Author : Graham Patterson
Publisher : Coastal Guide Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Coasts
ISBN : 9780992321727
This book is a guide for readers who are curious about what they see along the coast. What are the animals and plants that live along the shore? How were the rock layers in the cliffs formed? What was this place like 150 years ago? Who used this decrepit jetty? The core of the book takes a journey around the coast near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, beginning on Mornington Peninsula’s ocean shore at Point Nepean then heading east towards Flinders. It covers all of the Western Port coast around to San Remo as well as the shores of Phillip Island and French Island. This 320 kilometre shoreline offers a variety of scenery, from the magnificent cliffs of Cape Schanck and Cape Woolamai to the quiet backwaters at the top of Western Port. Just seventy kilometres from Melbourne, French Island can feel almost as remote as the outback, while nearby Cowes on Phillip Island is abuzz in the summer. An introductory chapter gives a brief overview of early history relating to the coast. There are traces of thousands of years of Aboriginal occupation of the area. You can tread in the footsteps of explorers like George Bass and early French navigators, and see the site of Victoria’s second prison settlement at Corinella. You may be interested in remnants of early industries including salt making and granite quarrying, and tourism hot spots of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries like Sorrento and Flinders. Most of the rock outcrops around Western Port are geologically young, but Cape Woolamai is formed from Devonian granite around 370 million years old. The chapter on landforms will point out these granites, as well as the solidified lava of volcanoes and sedimentary rocks deposited by ancient rivers and seas. Western Port is renowned for its wildlife and there are wonderful places where nature thrives. Visitors come to Phillip Island especially to see little penguins, seals and thousands of nesting short-tailed shearwaters. Almost all of the waters of Western Port are protected for migratory wading birds which feed on its vast mud flats. Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary, and French Island, Yaringa, Churchill Island and Port Phillip Heads Marine National Parks protect many kinds of sea and shore creatures. Belts of mangroves and wide saltmarshes may seem unappealing at first, but they will reward any efforts you make to appreciate them. The pictures in the chapter on animals and plants will help you to identify the species you are most likely to see.