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Publisher: Eternal Press
ISBN: 1926704185
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 53

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Author: Robert Appleton
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781497353770
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66

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The Award-winning* novelette based on the deadliest crocodile attack ever recorded. On February 19th, 1945, one thousand Japanese soldiers retreated into the fetid mangrove swamps of Ramree Island hoping to escape their British enemy. However they soon discovered that the sixteen kilometre stretch of marshland that promised to offer safe cover, had delivered them straight into the jaws of hell. Inspired by true events during WWII, Sunset on Ramree follows young musician-turned-soldier Shigeatsu Nakadai and his best friend, Kodi, as they head ever deeper into danger. *EPIC Award 2011 - Best Historical Fiction

Author: Frank McLynn
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300178360
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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This history reveals the failures and fortunes of leadership during the WWII campaign into Japanese-occupied Burma: “a thoroughly satisfying experience” (Kirkus). Acclaimed historian Frank McLynn tells the story of four larger-than-life Allied commanders whose lives collided in the Burma campaign, one of the most punishing and protracted military adventures of World War II. This vivid account ranges from Britain’s defeat in 1942 through the crucial battles of Imphal and Kohima—known as "the Stalingrad of the East"—and on to ultimate victory in 1945. Frank McLynn narrative focuses on the interactions and antagonisms of its principal players: William Slim, the brilliant general; Orde Wingate, the idiosyncratic commander of a British force of irregulars; Louis Mountbatten, one of Churchill's favorites, overpromoted to the position of Supreme Commander, S.E. Asia; and Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, a hard-line—and openly anlgophobic—U.S. general. With lively portraits of each of these men, McLynn shows how the plans and strategies of generals and politicians were translated into a hideous reality for soldiers on the ground.

Author: John Winton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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Author: Roy Humphreys
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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A collection of first-hand accounts of conditions in Burma, India and the Far East from men and women who served there during the Second World War. Includes a foreword by the Rt. Hon. the Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Author: Jon E. Lewis
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1780337302
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 539

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In his account of World War II, historian Jon Lewis has selected 300 first-hand accounts, from Heinz Guderian rolling his panzer tank into Poland to VJ Day in London and New York. More than a eyewitness chronicle, this collection gives the reader an insight into how the repercussions from the war shaped our modern world, and how nothing from geo-politics to rock 'n' roll can really be understood without considering it.

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 780

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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 908

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Author: John Philip Steel
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Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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