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Author : Robert Cressman
Release : 1992
Genre : Government publications
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Book Synopsis A Magnificent Fight by : Robert Cressman
Download or read book A Magnificent Fight written by Robert Cressman. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert J Cressman
Release : 2013-09-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 305/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Magnificent Fight by : Robert J Cressman
Download or read book A Magnificent Fight written by Robert J Cressman. This book was released on 2013-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese land-based bombers pounded Wake Island, the American advanced base that was key to the U.S. Navy’s strategy in the Pacific. Throughout the next two weeks, the Wake Island garrison survived nearly daily bombings and repulsed the first Japanese attempt to take the atoll. The determined defenders provided a badly needed lift to American morale. Cressman was the first to make extensive use of Japanese materials to identify the enemy order of battle and the roles each unit played in the drama to provide a moving account of the heroism of the defenders in the face if tremendous odds.
Author : Robert J. Cressman
Release : 1996-11
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Book Synopsis A Magnificent Fight by : Robert J. Cressman
Download or read book A Magnificent Fight written by Robert J. Cressman. This book was released on 1996-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dennis Lewycky
Release : 2019-04-29T00:00:00Z
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 989/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Magnificent Fight by : Dennis Lewycky
Download or read book Magnificent Fight written by Dennis Lewycky. This book was released on 2019-04-29T00:00:00Z. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1919, 30,000 Winnipeg workers walked away from their jobs, shutting down large factories, forcing businesses to close and bringing major industries to a halt. Mounted police and hired security, at the behest of the ruling class, violently ended the protest after six weeks. Two men were killed. What started as trade union revolt, the Winnipeg General Strike became a mass protest and was branded as a revolution. In Magnificent Fight, Dennis Lewycky lays out the history of this iconic event, which remains the biggest and longest strike in Canadian history. He analyzes the social, political and economic conditions leading up to the strike. He also illustrates the effects the strike had on workers, unions and all three levels of government in the following decades. Far from a simple retelling of the General Strike, Magnificent Fight speaks to the power of workers’ solidarity and social organization. And Lewycky reveals the length the capitalist class and the state went to in protecting the status quo. By retelling the story of the Strike through the eyes of those who witnessed it, Lewycky’s account is both educational and entertaining.
Author : Robert Cressman
Release : 2019-01-24
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 351/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island by : Robert Cressman
Download or read book A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island written by Robert Cressman. This book was released on 2019-01-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japanese bombing of Wake Island began a mere few hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 8, 1941. Thirty-six Japanese aircraft blasted the atoll's US base and destroyed eight of twelve aircraft. For fifteen days American troops suffered endless bombardments until the second major Japanese offensive was launched on 23rd December. The battle took place on and around the atoll and its minor islets by the air, land, and naval forces of the Japanese Empire against those of the United States, with Marines playing a prominent role on both sides. Against overwhelming forces the Marines and other troops that were stationed on the island fought valiantly, but after forty-nine men had lost their lives in the fight, the remaining American men and civilians were captured by the Japanese.
