Vietnam's Forgotten Army
Title | Vietnam's Forgotten Army PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Wiest |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2009-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 081479467X |
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The Forgotten Army
Title | The Forgotten Army PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Ward Fay |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 596 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | India |
ISBN | 9780472083428 |
The first complete history of the Indian National Army and its fight for independence against the British in World War II.
A Forgotten Army
Title | A Forgotten Army PDF eBook |
Author | Mari A. Williams |
Publisher | |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
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World War II brought about a remarkable expansion in female work opportunities in South Wales. Women suddenly found themselves performing unfamiliar work in unfamiliar surroundings and earning relatively handsome wages. Yet, despite the dramatic changes such work caused, surprisingly little is known about the experiences of women employed in the munitions factories of South Wales. A Forgotten Army aims to recover their lost voices and to highlight the vital role played by Welsh munitionettes in World War II.
Forgotten Armies
Title | Forgotten Armies PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Alan Bayly |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 614 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674017481 |
In the early stages of the Second World War, the vast crescent of British-ruled territories stretching from India to Singapore appeared as a massive Allied asset. It provided scores of soldiers and great quantities of raw materials and helped present a seemingly impregnable global defense against the Axis. Yet, within a few weeks in 1941-42, a Japanese invasion had destroyed all this, sweeping suddenly and decisively through south and southeast Asia to the Indian frontier, and provoking the extraordinary revolutionary struggles which would mark the beginning of the end of British dominion in the East and the rise of today's Asian world. More than a military history, this gripping account of groundbreaking battles and guerrilla campaigns creates a panoramic view of British Asia as it was ravaged by warfare, nationalist insurgency, disease, and famine. It breathes life into the armies of soldiers, civilians, laborers, businessmen, comfort women, doctors, and nurses who confronted the daily brutalities of a combat zone which extended from metropolitan cities to remote jungles, from tropical plantations to the Himalayas. Drawing upon a vast range of Indian, Burmese, Chinese, and Malay as well as British, American, and Japanese voices, the authors make vivid one of the central dramas of the twentieth century: the birth of modern south and southeast Asia and the death of British rule.
Rubber Soldiers
Title | Rubber Soldiers PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Neeleman |
Publisher | Schiffer Military History |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Amazon River Region |
ISBN | 9780764353321 |
The Rubber Soldiers were an army of 55,000 men from the Brazilian northeast, who were sent to the Amazon basin to harvest rubber for the Allied War effort under an agreement between Brazil and the US. Approximately 26,000 of these men died in the Amazon of malaria, yellow fever, and other jungle afflictions. Many of the original tappers are still alive, now in their late nineties, and living in slums in major Amazonian cities, still awaiting compensation. This book proves the US did pay for the rubber, contrary to common belief in Brazil that they did not. The book also shows that the Allied air bases on Brazil's northeastern coast were critical in defeating the Germans in North Africa, and containing the German U-boat effort in the south Atlantic. This aspect of WWII has rarely been reported and yet it may have been one of the most important events of the war.
America's Forgotten Army
Title | America's Forgotten Army PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Whiting |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | World War, 1939-1945 |
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Although overshadowed by the other Allied armies fighting in Europe, the impact of the U.S. Seventh Army on the course of the Second World War was monumental and its achievements deserve to be remembered. In Sicily, under the command of General George S. Patton, it swept away Axis forces as it captured village after village. It then moved northwards charging “up the gut” of Nazi-held Europe. Charles Whiting uncovers the actions of this overlooked army and its men--charging against dug-in German machine gun nests, launching ferocious attacks on the bloodied snows of the Alps, and fending off terrifying Panzer-led counterattacks. This book also draws attention to many of the fascinating figures who led it, from Patton to his successor as commander of the Seventh General Alexander “Sandy” Patch, to the numerous brilliant soldiers that fought under them, including the dynamic Lucian Truscott, daredevil Robert T. Frederick, aggressive “Iron Mike” O’Daniel, talented Frenchman Jacques LeClerc, and of course America’s most decorated soldier, Audie Murphy.
Forgotten Heroes of World War II
Title | Forgotten Heroes of World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas E. Simmons |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 327 |
Release | 2014-11-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 158979964X |
World War II was the defining event of the twentieth century. For everyone it was a time of confusion, fear, destruction, and death on a scale never before seen. Much has been written of the generals, campaigns, and battles of the war, but it was young, ordinary American kids who held our freedom in their hands as they fought for liberty across the globe. Forgotten Heroes of World War II offers a personal understanding of what was demanded of these young heroes through the stories of rank-and-file individuals who served in the navy, marines, army, air corps, and merchant marine in all theaters of the war. Their tales are told without pretense or apology. At the time, each thought himself no different from those around him, for they were all young, scared, and miserable. They were the ordinary, the extraordinary—the forgotten.