The Cruel Victory

2014 World War, 1939-1945

Author : Paddy Ashdown
Release : 2014
Genre : World War, 1939-1945
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Book Synopsis The Cruel Victory by : Paddy Ashdown

Download or read book The Cruel Victory written by Paddy Ashdown. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling and prize-winning author of 'A Brilliant Little Operation' comes the long neglected D-Day story of the largest action by the French Resistance during WWII, published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

The Cruel Victory

2014 World War, 1939-1945

Author : Paddy Ashdown
Release : 2014
Genre : World War, 1939-1945
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 346/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Cruel Victory by : Paddy Ashdown

Download or read book The Cruel Victory written by Paddy Ashdown. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Allied troops stormed the D-Day beaches, the Vercors rose up to fight in a planned rearguard action. It was to prove not only the largest Resistance action of the war but also the most brutal crushing of resistance forces in Western Europe. The tragedy drew the attention of the Allied war effort and placed the Vercors deep into the history of modern France which resonates still in the country's daily life and politics.

A Cruel Victory

2015-03-12 World War, 1939-1945

Author : Paddy Ashdown
Release : 2015-03-12
Genre : World War, 1939-1945
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Book Rating : 817/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A Cruel Victory written by Paddy Ashdown. This book was released on 2015-03-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From best-selling author of 'A Brilliant Little Operation', winner of the British Army Military History prize and the Royal marines History prize for 2013, comes the long neglected D-Day story of the Resistance uprising and subsequent massacre on the Vercors massif - the largest action by the French Resistance during the Second World War. In 1941 factions of the French Resistance began to plot against their German occupiers. Aided by Allied arms and secret agents, they would seize the mountainous Vercors plateau in south-eastern France in a D-Day uprising intended to divert the Nazis from the Normandy beaches. But when muddled Allied strategy in London and Algiers left them abandoned, the 4,500 young fighters were left to face the might of the German Army alone. 'The Cruel Victory' gives voice to the young fighters who fought the largest Resistance battle of the war. It is a story of how early idealism can turn to despair, and of the cost to those on the front line of battle when those at the top know too little about the harsh realities of war. It is a human story of heroic proportion.

Victory of Eagles

2009-05-19 Fiction

Author : Naomi Novik
Release : 2009-05-19
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 251/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Victory of Eagles written by Naomi Novik. This book was released on 2009-05-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the fifth volume of the Temeraire series, as Will Laurence and Temeraire struggle to reunite and face the Napoleonic army on London's doorstep. “A story about friendship that transcends not only time and class, but species.”—NPR For Britain, conditions are grim: Napoleon’s resurgent forces have breached the Channel and successfully invaded English soil. Napoleon’s prime objective is the occupation of London. Unfortunately, the dragon Temeraire has been removed from military service—and his captain, Will Laurence, has been condemned to death for treason. Separated by their own government and threatened at every turn by Napoleon’s forces, Laurence and Temeraire must struggle to find each other amid the turmoil of war. If only they can be reunited, master and dragon might rally Britain’s scattered resistance forces and take the fight to the enemy as never before, for king and country—and for their own liberty. Don’t miss any of Naomi Novik’s magical Temeraire series HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON • THRONE OF JADE • BLACK POWDER WAR • EMPIRE OF IVORY • VICTORY OF EAGLES • TONGUES OF SERPENTS • CRUCIBLE OF GOLD • BLOOD OF TYRANTS • LEAGUE OF DRAGONS

Winged Victory

2004-05-19 Fiction

Author : V.M. Yeates
Release : 2004-05-19
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 990/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Winged Victory written by V.M. Yeates. This book was released on 2004-05-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the chilling combat of World War I from inside an early biplane in this classic novel, by a pilot who lived through the war himself. France, 1914. The war on the land is taking to the skies . . . Pilot Tom Cundall is ready to take on the enemy in his trusty Camel fighter plane. But as he sees more and more planes shot down in flames, he begins to question the war, and what, or who, he is fighting for. There is no bitter snarl nor self-pity in this classic novel about the air war of 1914-1918, based very largely on the author’s experiences. Combat, loneliness, fatigue, fear, comradeship, women, excitement—they all are part of a brilliantly told story of war and courage by one of the most valiant pilots of the then Royal Flying Corps. Praise for Winged Victory “The greatest novel of war in the air.” —The Daily Mail (UK) ‘Beautifully written with a poet’s eye as well as a pilot’s eye.” —Evening Echo (UK) “Not only one of the best war books . . . but as a transcription of reality, faithful and sustained in its author’s purpose of re-creating the past life he knew, it is unique.” —Henry Williamson, author of Tarka the Otter

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