The Devil's Anvil

The Devil's Anvil
Title The Devil's Anvil PDF eBook
Author James H. Hallas
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Pages 314
Release 1994-02-28
Genre History
ISBN 0313388555

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On September 15, 1944, General William Rupertus and the 16,000 Marines of the U.S. 1st Marine Division moved confidently toward Peleliu, an obscure speck of coral island 500 miles east of the Philippines. Though he knew a tough fight awaited him, Rupertus anticipated a quick two-day crush to victory, strengthening Gen. Douglas MacArthur's flank in his drive on the Philippines. Instead, as The Devil's Anvil reveals, American forces struggled desperately for more than two months against 10,000 deeply entrenched Japanese soldiers who had spent six months preparing for the battle. By the time the weary Americans could claim a victory, the fight had become one of the war's most costly successes. Even more tragic, Peleliu was later deemed a more or less unnecessary seizure. For those who survived, Peleliu remains a bitter, emotionally exhausting chapter of their lives. In The Devil's Anvil, Hallas reports on the personal combat experience of scores of officers and enlisted men who were at Peleliu. These men describe the heartbreaking loss of friends, the pain of wounds, and the heat, dirt, and exhaustion of a fight that never seemed to end.

Harper's Monthly Magazine

Harper's Monthly Magazine
Title Harper's Monthly Magazine PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 1082
Release 1922
Genre American literature
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Harper's Magazine

Harper's Magazine
Title Harper's Magazine PDF eBook
Author Henry Mills Alden
Publisher
Pages 880
Release 1922
Genre American literature
ISBN

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Important American periodical dating back to 1850.

Arthur Ransome - Ultimate Collection

Arthur Ransome - Ultimate Collection
Title Arthur Ransome - Ultimate Collection PDF eBook
Author Arthur Ransome
Publisher DigiCat
Pages 3118
Release 2023-11-27
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN

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This meticulously edited Arthur Ransome collection includes his best known "Swallows and Amazons" series of children's adventure novels, as well as other children's books, his literary studies and historical writings. This unique collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Swallows and Amazons Series: Swallows and Amazons Swallowdale Peter Duck Winter Holiday Coot Club Pigeon Post We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea Secret Water The Big Six Missee Lee The Picts and the Martyrs: Or Not Welcome At All Great Northern? Children's Books: Old Peter's Russian Tales The Soldier and Death Pond and Stream The Child's Book of the Seasons Other Writings: Russia in 1919 The Crisis in Russia Oscar Wilde – A Critical Study Open Letter to America

The Soldier and Death

The Soldier and Death
Title The Soldier and Death PDF eBook
Author Arthur Ransome
Publisher DigiCat
Pages 28
Release 2022-06-02
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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"The Soldier and Death" by Arthur Ransome is an old Russian folk story. The narrative revolves around a man who seizes 'death', places it in a bag, and hovers it from a tree. No one dies as a result. Excerpt: "The devils looked at all the money they had lost. It seemed a pity to lose all that good silver and gold. "Tear him to pieces, brothers," they cried, "tear him to pieces, eat him and have done!" The soldier tapped his little pipe on the table. "First make sure," says he, "who eats whom." And with that he whips out his sack, and, says he, to the devils, who were all gnashing their teeth and making ready to fall on him, "what do you call this?" "It's a sack," said the devils. "Is it?" says the soldier. "Then, by the word of God, get into it!" And the next minute all those devils were tumbling over each other and getting into the sack, squeezing in one on the top of another until the last one had got inside. Then the soldier tied up the sack with a good double knot, hung it on a nail, and lay down to sleep."

Complete Works

Complete Works
Title Complete Works PDF eBook
Author Thomas Brookes (Preacher at Margaret's, New Fish Street.)
Publisher
Pages 552
Release 1866
Genre
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The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks

The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks
Title The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks PDF eBook
Author Thomas Brooks
Publisher
Pages 554
Release 1866
Genre Religion
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