Author: Eric Brady
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326052799
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The Jacksons are an ordinary London family caught up with the events of WW2. Ron becomes a Warden as well as being a Driver for NAAFI. Kitty (10 in 1939) and Tim (5 in 1939)are Evacuated to Folkestone and then Wales. Kitty forms close relationships with both her sets of foster-parents that her mother (May) deeply resents. Taking Kitty back to London when Ron becomes ill, Kitty is then kept there. She is furious. Tim comes back 6 mos. later. Both are seriously injured 4 mos. later when their school is bombed. May is distraught blaming herself. Ron had formed a deep relationship with Anne in Folkestone and they had planned to set up a Transport firm there taking Kitty, knowing she wanted that. After the school bombing and May and the children needing Ron, those were put on Hold. Unexpectedly things happen that made the Plan possible.
When the bombs begin to fall
Author: Eric Brady
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326052799
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The Jacksons are an ordinary London family caught up with the events of WW2. Ron becomes a Warden as well as being a Driver for NAAFI. Kitty (10 in 1939) and Tim (5 in 1939)are Evacuated to Folkestone and then Wales. Kitty forms close relationships with both her sets of foster-parents that her mother (May) deeply resents. Taking Kitty back to London when Ron becomes ill, Kitty is then kept there. She is furious. Tim comes back 6 mos. later. Both are seriously injured 4 mos. later when their school is bombed. May is distraught blaming herself. Ron had formed a deep relationship with Anne in Folkestone and they had planned to set up a Transport firm there taking Kitty, knowing she wanted that. After the school bombing and May and the children needing Ron, those were put on Hold. Unexpectedly things happen that made the Plan possible.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326052799
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The Jacksons are an ordinary London family caught up with the events of WW2. Ron becomes a Warden as well as being a Driver for NAAFI. Kitty (10 in 1939) and Tim (5 in 1939)are Evacuated to Folkestone and then Wales. Kitty forms close relationships with both her sets of foster-parents that her mother (May) deeply resents. Taking Kitty back to London when Ron becomes ill, Kitty is then kept there. She is furious. Tim comes back 6 mos. later. Both are seriously injured 4 mos. later when their school is bombed. May is distraught blaming herself. Ron had formed a deep relationship with Anne in Folkestone and they had planned to set up a Transport firm there taking Kitty, knowing she wanted that. After the school bombing and May and the children needing Ron, those were put on Hold. Unexpectedly things happen that made the Plan possible.
The Fighting Fleets
Author: Ralph Delahaye Paine
Publisher: London : [s.n.]
ISBN:
Category : Torpedo-boat destroyers
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher: London : [s.n.]
ISBN:
Category : Torpedo-boat destroyers
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Inferno
Author: Keith Lowe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743269004
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Lowe has written the definitive account of the bombing of Hamburg by U.S. and British forces during World War II, drawn from never-before-seen official documents in British, American, and German archives as well as eyewitness testimonies. 16-page b&w photo insert.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743269004
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Lowe has written the definitive account of the bombing of Hamburg by U.S. and British forces during World War II, drawn from never-before-seen official documents in British, American, and German archives as well as eyewitness testimonies. 16-page b&w photo insert.
Horrendous Death and Health
Author: Daniel Leviton
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781560321866
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Some kinds of death are caused by people, deliberately or accidentally. This work argues that horrendous death - by war, homicide, poverty and other man-made means - is the greatest public health problem of our time and can only be defeated by strong co-operative action.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781560321866
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Some kinds of death are caused by people, deliberately or accidentally. This work argues that horrendous death - by war, homicide, poverty and other man-made means - is the greatest public health problem of our time and can only be defeated by strong co-operative action.
National Security Law
Author: Stephen Dycus
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
ISBN:
Category : National security
Languages : en
Pages : 1344
Book Description
"Casebook for courses on National Security Law"--
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
ISBN:
Category : National security
Languages : en
Pages : 1344
Book Description
"Casebook for courses on National Security Law"--
The World War II Experience
Author: Allison Louise Lassieur
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1491429461
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
There is no better way to understand World War II than to put yourself in the middle of the action. This collection of 3 You Choose books takes you from the Attack on Pearl Harbor to the battlefields of Europe, and the struggles and challenges of the homefront. With more than 140 choice and 64 possible endings, The World War II Experience will immerse you in the drama and action of World War II while providing greater understanding of this world changing event.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1491429461
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
There is no better way to understand World War II than to put yourself in the middle of the action. This collection of 3 You Choose books takes you from the Attack on Pearl Harbor to the battlefields of Europe, and the struggles and challenges of the homefront. With more than 140 choice and 64 possible endings, The World War II Experience will immerse you in the drama and action of World War II while providing greater understanding of this world changing event.
Taking London
Author: Martin Dugard
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593473213
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series—with more than 12 million copies sold—comes a soaring account of England's desperate fight to fend off German invasion. Great Britain, summer 1940. The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Adolf Hitler’s powerful armies control Europe. England stands alone against this juggernaut, the whole world knowing it is only a matter of time before Nazi Germany unleashes its military might on the island nation. And in London, a new prime minister named Winston Churchill is determined to defeat the Nazi menace, no matter the costs. Luckily for Churchill, one quirky Englishman has seen the future. Air Vice-Marshall Hugh Dowding is head of the Royal Air Force Fighter Command. He has spent years preparing his nation's aerial defenses, utilizing the new technology of radar, training hundreds of hand-picked young pilots, and overseeing the design and purchase of the world's most up-to-date fighter aircraft. In time, the names "Spitfire" and "Hurricane" will become iconic, these airplanes synonymous with a David versus Goliath struggle between the RAF and German Luftwaffe. For the first time in history, the battlefield will not be on land or in water but entirely contested in the skies above. Nazi victory depends upon their overwhelming air power, and the fate of not just the British people but all of Western Civilization hinges on a small group of elite pilots stopping this onslaught—a band of brothers who will go down in history as the Few. Taking London puts the reader inside the action, bringing to life the personal sagas of Churchill, Dowding, and legendary fighter pilots like Peter Townsend, Geoffrey Wellum, Richard Hillary, and American Billy Fiske, all set against the defiant backdrop of wartime London. Told in fast-paced, you-are-there fashion, this third book in the epic Taking series is an indelible portrait of the moment the tide of WWII was turned, and the incredible heroes who made it happen.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593473213
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series—with more than 12 million copies sold—comes a soaring account of England's desperate fight to fend off German invasion. Great Britain, summer 1940. The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Adolf Hitler’s powerful armies control Europe. England stands alone against this juggernaut, the whole world knowing it is only a matter of time before Nazi Germany unleashes its military might on the island nation. And in London, a new prime minister named Winston Churchill is determined to defeat the Nazi menace, no matter the costs. Luckily for Churchill, one quirky Englishman has seen the future. Air Vice-Marshall Hugh Dowding is head of the Royal Air Force Fighter Command. He has spent years preparing his nation's aerial defenses, utilizing the new technology of radar, training hundreds of hand-picked young pilots, and overseeing the design and purchase of the world's most up-to-date fighter aircraft. In time, the names "Spitfire" and "Hurricane" will become iconic, these airplanes synonymous with a David versus Goliath struggle between the RAF and German Luftwaffe. For the first time in history, the battlefield will not be on land or in water but entirely contested in the skies above. Nazi victory depends upon their overwhelming air power, and the fate of not just the British people but all of Western Civilization hinges on a small group of elite pilots stopping this onslaught—a band of brothers who will go down in history as the Few. Taking London puts the reader inside the action, bringing to life the personal sagas of Churchill, Dowding, and legendary fighter pilots like Peter Townsend, Geoffrey Wellum, Richard Hillary, and American Billy Fiske, all set against the defiant backdrop of wartime London. Told in fast-paced, you-are-there fashion, this third book in the epic Taking series is an indelible portrait of the moment the tide of WWII was turned, and the incredible heroes who made it happen.
United States Army in WWII - the Pacific - the Fall of the Philippines
Author: Professor Louis Morton
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782893989
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1347
Book Description
[Includes 11 tables, 25 maps and 71 illustrations] The soldier reading these pages would do well to reflect on the wisdom of the statement exhibited in a Japanese shrine: "Woe unto him who has not tasted defeat." Victory too often leads to overconfidence and erases the memory of mistakes. Defeat brings into sharp focus the causes that led to failure and provides a fruitful field of study for those soldiers and laymen who seek in the past lessons for the future. The statesman and the unformed citizen reading these pages will realize that our military means as well as our estimates and plans must always be in balance with our long-range national policy. This lesson-signposted by the Battle of Manila Bay; the Treaty of Paris, signed in December 1898 when we decided to keep the Philippines; the Washington Conference of 1921-22; and the Manchurian Crisis of 1931-we ignored before Pearl Harbor. The result was defeat on the field of battle and the loss of the Philippine Islands.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782893989
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1347
Book Description
[Includes 11 tables, 25 maps and 71 illustrations] The soldier reading these pages would do well to reflect on the wisdom of the statement exhibited in a Japanese shrine: "Woe unto him who has not tasted defeat." Victory too often leads to overconfidence and erases the memory of mistakes. Defeat brings into sharp focus the causes that led to failure and provides a fruitful field of study for those soldiers and laymen who seek in the past lessons for the future. The statesman and the unformed citizen reading these pages will realize that our military means as well as our estimates and plans must always be in balance with our long-range national policy. This lesson-signposted by the Battle of Manila Bay; the Treaty of Paris, signed in December 1898 when we decided to keep the Philippines; the Washington Conference of 1921-22; and the Manchurian Crisis of 1931-we ignored before Pearl Harbor. The result was defeat on the field of battle and the loss of the Philippine Islands.
Aircraft Armament
Author: Louis Bruchiss
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Author: Len Giovannitti
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000458288
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
This book, first published in 1967, examines the circumstances and events that led to the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, devastating Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The death of President Roosevelt three weeks before the end of the European war led to an incoming President, Truman, who had heard nothing of the project before taking office. He and his advisers had no precedents to guide them as they considered what to do, and withing their closely drawn circle there were genuine differences of opinion about the use of atomic weapons. This book traces the course of the discussions between the politicians and their technical advisers, the part played by personal relationships, and the attempt by some of the scientists to stop the bomb being used without warning. In addition, it supplies a thorough analysis of developments abroad, and in particular the situation in Japan. It shows that the debate in Washington and the atomic plants was careful and wide-ranging, and that issues are no less complex for being supremely important. The result is to provide both a study of decision-making and a valuable contribution to our understanding of the closing months of the Second World War.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000458288
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
This book, first published in 1967, examines the circumstances and events that led to the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, devastating Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The death of President Roosevelt three weeks before the end of the European war led to an incoming President, Truman, who had heard nothing of the project before taking office. He and his advisers had no precedents to guide them as they considered what to do, and withing their closely drawn circle there were genuine differences of opinion about the use of atomic weapons. This book traces the course of the discussions between the politicians and their technical advisers, the part played by personal relationships, and the attempt by some of the scientists to stop the bomb being used without warning. In addition, it supplies a thorough analysis of developments abroad, and in particular the situation in Japan. It shows that the debate in Washington and the atomic plants was careful and wide-ranging, and that issues are no less complex for being supremely important. The result is to provide both a study of decision-making and a valuable contribution to our understanding of the closing months of the Second World War.