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The Atlantic War Remembered: An Oral History Collection

Door John T. Mason Jr.

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#253152
Titel	The Atlantic War Remembered: An Oral History Collection
Auteur	Mason Jr., John T.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Annapolis MA, Naval Institute Press
Jaar van uitgave	1990
ISBN10	087021523X
ISBN13	9780870215230
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	From the U-boat plagued convoys in the North Atlantic to the beaches of Normandy and the Big Three Conference at Yalta, twenty-eight men and women here relive their experiences in the Allied defeat of Hitler. Drawn from a vast collection of oral histories recorded by John T. Mason, Jr., between 1960 and 1982, these extraordinary eyewitness accounts are readily available once again to the public. Through an invasion commander's binoculars and a frogman's face mask, readers share the horror, grit, and humor of combat. With unqualified realism Admiral, H. Kent Hewitt describes the landing at French Morocco, America's first major amphibious operation, and Captain Phil H. Bucklew recalls how one of his beach scouts at Sicily held a flashlight to mark invasion lanes while backed up against a G... (Lees verder)erman pillbox firing a machine gun over his head. The home front gets equal attention, for here, too, are the stories of those who supported the war effort in the United States. These and other personal narratives presented make memorable reading and give far more insights into historic events than most scholarly analyses.
Pagina's	480
Conditie	Goed — 1990 edition with black/white/blue dust jacket.
Prijs	€ 12,50

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