Author: Reginald Lewis Crimp
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 9780330240215
Category : Crimp, R. L.
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Diary of a Desert Rat
Author: Reginald Lewis Crimp
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 9780330240215
Category : Crimp, R. L.
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 9780330240215
Category : Crimp, R. L.
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
My Moving Tent
Author: A. A. Nicol
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781858211800
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781858211800
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Diary of a Desert Rat
Author: R. L. Crimp
Publisher: Leo Cooper Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher: Leo Cooper Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Hellfire Tonight
Author: Albert Martin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857760514
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857760514
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Diary of a 'Desert Rat' 8th Army 1942-44
Author: John Harris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781711961064
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This is the exact text of a diary , discovered after his death, which Private John Harris kept surreptiously during his time with the 8th Army in North Africa during the Second World War including his experiences at the famous battle of El Alamein.Some of the entries are unintentionally hilarious such as the description of members of another Company working behind enemy lines who captured some camels 'but on finding they were a bit fierce let them go again'.The diary commences in April 1942 with his voyage right round Africa and up the Suez Canal to join his Company and concludes two and a half years later after landing in Italy.The photos included in appropriate places are some of many he brought back from his travels. The diary also contained many contemporary newspaper cuttings which are also included. To facilitate reading Chapters have been created and a few comments and explanations added in italics.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781711961064
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This is the exact text of a diary , discovered after his death, which Private John Harris kept surreptiously during his time with the 8th Army in North Africa during the Second World War including his experiences at the famous battle of El Alamein.Some of the entries are unintentionally hilarious such as the description of members of another Company working behind enemy lines who captured some camels 'but on finding they were a bit fierce let them go again'.The diary commences in April 1942 with his voyage right round Africa and up the Suez Canal to join his Company and concludes two and a half years later after landing in Italy.The photos included in appropriate places are some of many he brought back from his travels. The diary also contained many contemporary newspaper cuttings which are also included. To facilitate reading Chapters have been created and a few comments and explanations added in italics.
Desert Rats
Author: John Sadler
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445615851
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The story of the last surviving 'Desert Rats' in their own words and their experience of war in North Africa.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445615851
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The story of the last surviving 'Desert Rats' in their own words and their experience of war in North Africa.
Runtie the Desert Rat
Author: Sharon Winters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Runtie the Desert Rat is an enchanting picture book that tells a touching story about the wonders of nature and a desert rat with a problem to solve.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Runtie the Desert Rat is an enchanting picture book that tells a touching story about the wonders of nature and a desert rat with a problem to solve.
The Desert Rats
Author: Roger Parkinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780853402176
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
In this fascinating book, the author tells how badly Britain needed to defeat the German panzer divisions, led by the brilliant Rommel, the "Desert Fox." He evokes what life was like for troops, and describes how day after day the tanks would grind forward, then mass together, their caterpillar tracks screeching across the flinty ground, ready for the great battles - from the dramatic defence of Tobruk to the great climax at Alamein, when Montgomery's Desert Rats finally routrd the Nazi enemy from the shores of North Africa.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780853402176
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
In this fascinating book, the author tells how badly Britain needed to defeat the German panzer divisions, led by the brilliant Rommel, the "Desert Fox." He evokes what life was like for troops, and describes how day after day the tanks would grind forward, then mass together, their caterpillar tracks screeching across the flinty ground, ready for the great battles - from the dramatic defence of Tobruk to the great climax at Alamein, when Montgomery's Desert Rats finally routrd the Nazi enemy from the shores of North Africa.
Alamein
Author: Jon Latimer
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674010161
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
It also changed the way the British Army fought, using concentrated artillery on a scale not seen since 1918 to break through Axis defences built in depth."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674010161
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
It also changed the way the British Army fought, using concentrated artillery on a scale not seen since 1918 to break through Axis defences built in depth."--BOOK JACKET.
Taste of War
Author: Lizzie Collingham
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143123017
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book of 2012 Food, and in particular the lack of it, was central to the experience of World War II. In this richly detailed and engaging history, Lizzie Collingham establishes how control of food and its production is crucial to total war. How were the imperial ambitions of Germany and Japan - ambitions which sowed the seeds of war - informed by a desire for self-sufficiency in food production? How was the outcome of the war affected by the decisions that the Allies and the Axis took over how to feed their troops? And how did the distinctive ideologies of the different combatant countries determine their attitudes towards those they had to feed? Tracing the interaction between food and strategy, on both the military and home fronts, this gripping, original account demonstrates how the issue of access to food was a driving force within Nazi policy and contributed to the decision to murder hundreds of thousands of 'useless eaters' in Europe. Focusing on both the winners and losers in the battle for food, The Taste of War brings to light the striking fact that war-related hunger and famine was not only caused by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, but was also the result of Allied mismanagement and neglect, particularly in India, Africa and China. American dominance both during and after the war was not only a result of the United States' immense industrial production but also of its abundance of food. This book traces the establishment of a global pattern of food production and distribution and shows how the war subsequently promoted the pervasive influence of American food habits and tastes in the post-war world. A work of great scope, The Taste of War connects the broad sweep of history to its intimate impact upon the lives of individuals.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143123017
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book of 2012 Food, and in particular the lack of it, was central to the experience of World War II. In this richly detailed and engaging history, Lizzie Collingham establishes how control of food and its production is crucial to total war. How were the imperial ambitions of Germany and Japan - ambitions which sowed the seeds of war - informed by a desire for self-sufficiency in food production? How was the outcome of the war affected by the decisions that the Allies and the Axis took over how to feed their troops? And how did the distinctive ideologies of the different combatant countries determine their attitudes towards those they had to feed? Tracing the interaction between food and strategy, on both the military and home fronts, this gripping, original account demonstrates how the issue of access to food was a driving force within Nazi policy and contributed to the decision to murder hundreds of thousands of 'useless eaters' in Europe. Focusing on both the winners and losers in the battle for food, The Taste of War brings to light the striking fact that war-related hunger and famine was not only caused by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, but was also the result of Allied mismanagement and neglect, particularly in India, Africa and China. American dominance both during and after the war was not only a result of the United States' immense industrial production but also of its abundance of food. This book traces the establishment of a global pattern of food production and distribution and shows how the war subsequently promoted the pervasive influence of American food habits and tastes in the post-war world. A work of great scope, The Taste of War connects the broad sweep of history to its intimate impact upon the lives of individuals.