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Colonel Strutt's Daring Royal Mission

2023-03-23 History
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Book Synopsis Colonel Strutt's Daring Royal Mission by : Diana Tritton

Download or read book Colonel Strutt's Daring Royal Mission written by Diana Tritton. This book was released on 2023-03-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four Empires were extinguished by the Great War 1914-18 – the Ottoman, German, Russian and Austro-Hungarian. This is the story of the rescue of one of these Imperial families – the Habsburgs, who might well have suffered the fate of the Romanovs without the intervention of one British officer sent in secret by King George V of England. In January 1919, Lt. Colonel Edward Lisle Strutt, laden with medals and decorations, was on his way home from the Eastern Front when he was waylaid and ordered to Austria. He was irate when he learned the nature of his mission and tried to refuse. How could they ask him to give aid to the enemy he had just spend four miserable years fighting? To his great surprise he was to change his mind when he met and became enthralled by Zita Empress of Austria-Hungary. Thereafter, he was hers to command despite the danger to his life and career. Fortunately for us he kept a diary of the next three months which was lodged in the Royal archive at Windsor where it lay forgotten for the next 70 years. This is one of the great adventure stories of the Great War and Col. Strutt deserves to be better known.

Colonel Strutt's Addresses to the Free Burgesses of Maldon

1812
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Book Synopsis Colonel Strutt's Addresses to the Free Burgesses of Maldon by : J. H. Strutt

Download or read book Colonel Strutt's Addresses to the Free Burgesses of Maldon written by J. H. Strutt. This book was released on 1812. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Praetorian STARShip : the untold story of the Combat Talon

2001
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Release : 2001
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Download or read book The Praetorian STARShip : the untold story of the Combat Talon written by . This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerry Thigpen's study on the history of the Combat Talon is the first effort to tell the story of this wonderfully capable machine. This weapons system has performed virtually every imaginable tactical event in the spectrum of conflict and by any measure is the most versatile C-130 derivative ever produced. First modified and sent to Southeast Asia (SEA) in 1966 to replace theater unconventional warfare (UW) assets that were limited in both lift capability and speed the Talon I quickly adapted to theater UW tasking including infiltration and resupply and psychological warfare operations into North Vietnam. After spending four years in SEA and maturing into a highly respected UW weapons system the Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) chose the Combat Talon to lead the night low-level raid on the North Vietnamese prison camp at Son Tay. Despite the outcome of the operation the Talon I cemented its reputation as the weapons system of choice for long-range clandestine operations. In the period following the Vietnam War United States Air Force (USAF) special operations gradually lost its political and financial support which was graphically demonstrated in the failed Desert One mission into Iran. Thanks to congressional supporters like Earl Hutto of Florida and Dan Daniel of Virginia funds for aircraft upgrades and military construction projects materialized to meet the ever-increasing threat to our nation. Under the leadership of such committed hard-driven officers as Brenci Uttaro Ferkes Meller and Thigpen the crew force became the most disciplined in our Air Force. It was capable of penetrating hostile airspace at night in a low-level mountainous environment covertly to execute any number of unconventional warfare missions.

"An Honorable Place in American Air Power"

2020 Air defenses
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Release : 2020
Genre : Air defenses
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Book Synopsis "An Honorable Place in American Air Power" by : Frank A. Blazich (Jr.)

Download or read book "An Honorable Place in American Air Power" written by Frank A. Blazich (Jr.). This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Military historian and Civil Air Patrol (CAP) member Frank A. Blazich Jr. collects oral and written histories of the CAP's short-lived--but influential--coastal air patrol operations of World War II and expands it in a scholarly monograph that cements the legacy of this vital civil-military cooperative effort"--

Inside the Cold War

2004-12-01 History
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Release : 2004-12-01
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Book Synopsis Inside the Cold War by : Chris Adams

Download or read book Inside the Cold War written by Chris Adams. This book was released on 2004-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Adams reflects on his experiences in the cold war, during which he served in both manned bombers and missile silos. He tells stories of famous and not-so-famous cold warriors, including some from the US Navy. Some stories are humorous; some stories are tragic. Having traveled extensively in Russia and some former Soviet Union states after retirement, General Adams tells us about his former adversaries, the Soviet cold warriors. In the process, he leaves no doubt about his respect for all who served so valiantly in the "strategic triad"-- the strategic command, the ICBM force, and the submarine Navy.

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