The Finest Hours

The Finest Hours PDF Author: Michael J. Tougias
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150110683X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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The 1952 Coast Guard mission to save the crews of two oil tankers that were torn in half by the force of one of New England's worst nor'easters.

The Finest Hours

The Finest Hours PDF Author: Michael J. Tougias
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150110683X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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The 1952 Coast Guard mission to save the crews of two oil tankers that were torn in half by the force of one of New England's worst nor'easters.

Our Finest Hour

Our Finest Hour PDF Author: Jennifer Millikin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996784559
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Two lives. One hour. A lifetime consequence. I believe in choice, not fate. I chose to nurse a broken heart at the kitschy country bar that night. I chose to let Isaac Cordova buy me a drink. I chose to spend one hour with a near stranger in an attempt to soothe my pain. No last names, no details about our lives, just one hour where I was allowed to forget, and then we would never see each other again. But was it a choice when I ran into him five years later? I needed help, and he was the only person equipped to give it. Our instant attraction doesn¿t feel like much of a choice either, but it doesn't matter. Everything has changed. Now my choices impact other people.And what will I choose? Do I keep Isaac out?Do I dare to let him in?

Their Finest Hour

Their Finest Hour PDF Author: Winston Churchill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Hinge of Fate

The Hinge of Fate PDF Author: Winston S. Churchill
Publisher: RosettaBooks
ISBN: 0795311451
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 928

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The British prime minister recounts battles from Midway to Stalingrad, and how the Allies turned the tide of WWII: “Superlative.” —The New York Times The Hinge of Fate is the dramatic account of the Allies’ changing fortunes. In the first half of the book, Winston Churchill describes the fearful period in which the Germans threaten to overwhelm the Red Army, Rommel dominates the war in the desert, and Singapore falls to the Japanese. In the span of just a few months, the Allies begin to turn the tide, achieving decisive victories at Midway and Guadalcanal, and repulsing the Germans at Stalingrad. As confidence builds, the Allies begin to gain ground against the Axis powers. This is the fourth in the six-volume account of World War II told from the unique viewpoint of the man who led his nation in the fight against tyranny. The series is enriched with extensive primary sources, as we are presented with not only Churchill’s retrospective analysis of the war, but also memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams, day-by-day accounts of reactions as the drama intensifies. Throughout these volumes, we listen as strategies and counterstrategies unfold in response to Hitler’s conquest of Europe, planned invasion of England, and assault on Russia, in a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions made as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. “No memoirs by generals or politicians . . . are in the same class.” —The New York Times

His Finest Hour

His Finest Hour PDF Author: David Neuhaus
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931382496
Category : Bicycle racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Ralph, hoping to impress the local bicycle racing team, uses his secret rocket engine in a race against his friend Dudley, but afterwards only Dudley is asked to join the team.

The Second World War

The Second World War PDF Author: Winston Churchill
Publisher: CCV Digital
ISBN: 9781446496626
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1056

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Churchill's history of the Second World War is, and will remain, the definitive work. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literature.'He is not writing history so much as reliving it - with its animosities still remembered, its wounds still smarting. This is a story told while the sweat and shock of mortal combat are still upon the teller.' Evening Standard'That the acclamation has been even greater than might have been anticipated is the measure of his unique achievement - to have given the authority and the majesty of history to the stuff of his own times.' Daily Telegraph

Finest Hour

Finest Hour PDF Author: Tim Clayton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684869314
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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This book recreates the tensions and uncertainties of the events of 1940.

Their Finest Hour

Their Finest Hour PDF Author: Philip Kaplan
Publisher: Artabras
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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Closing the Ring

Closing the Ring PDF Author: Winston Churchill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780395349298
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 749

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His Finest Hour

His Finest Hour PDF Author: Christopher Catherwood
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510720316
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245

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Who was Winston Churchill? Even fifty years after his death, he is one of the most iconic figures in British history. As a young man he was a maverick journalist; his many positions in politics before 1940 marked him as a courageous but foolhardy man. Yet it is Churchill’s record in war, which has recently been questioned, that confirms his genius as a military commander and national leader—someone who understood the dangers of Nazi Germany before 1939 and someone uniquely capable to lead the empire through the turmoil of the Second World War. Christopher Catherwood argues that it was Churchill’s stand in 1940-41 that saved Britain and that only he was able to bring together the allies that eventually defeated Hitler in 1945. Catherwood has produced a challenging yet lively reassessment of the life and career of Winston Churchill, lion of British history and flawed hero.