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Author | : Patrick Lloyd Hatcher |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2016-07-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1315503115 |
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This book recounts the World War II journeys of a soldier, a ship, and a bottle of spirits through, and around, five great turning-point battles. Those battles were influenced more by geography and climate than by generals and admirals. Properly titled they would be known as the Battles of the Sky (Britain), the Sand (El Alemein), the Snow (Stalingrad), the Sea (North Atlantic), and the Shore (Normandy). Slogging their way through this quintet are an eighteen-year-old G.I. from Missouri (as seen through his letters home), an "ugly duckling" of a Liberty ship (as seen through its Armed Guard reports), and a bottle of rum (as traced by those who, after the war, made money in selling war souvenirs). It is the history of the North Atlantic sea basin and its extensions at war: the story of the lulls between battles, when America's teenage warriors often watched war movies (Humphrey Bogart made and Warner Brothers released seven during the war), sang or listened to popular tunes by songsmiths like Irving Berlin, and drank rum-and-Coke (while listening to Dick Haymes sing the hit "Rum & Coca-Cola"). While accessible and vastly entertaining, this is a serious work of history. By treating World War II in Europe much as Fernand Braudel treated the origins of Western civilization in his masterpiece The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Hatcher brings Braudelian detachment to his narrative.
Author | : Patrick Lloyd Hatcher |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2016-07-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1315503123 |
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This book recounts the World War II journeys of a soldier, a ship, and a bottle of spirits through, and around, five great turning-point battles. Those battles were influenced more by geography and climate than by generals and admirals. Properly titled they would be known as the Battles of the Sky (Britain), the Sand (El Alemein), the Snow (Stalingrad), the Sea (North Atlantic), and the Shore (Normandy). Slogging their way through this quintet are an eighteen-year-old G.I. from Missouri (as seen through his letters home), an "ugly duckling" of a Liberty ship (as seen through its Armed Guard reports), and a bottle of rum (as traced by those who, after the war, made money in selling war souvenirs). It is the history of the North Atlantic sea basin and its extensions at war: the story of the lulls between battles, when America's teenage warriors often watched war movies (Humphrey Bogart made and Warner Brothers released seven during the war), sang or listened to popular tunes by songsmiths like Irving Berlin, and drank rum-and-Coke (while listening to Dick Haymes sing the hit "Rum & Coca-Cola"). While accessible and vastly entertaining, this is a serious work of history. By treating World War II in Europe much as Fernand Braudel treated the origins of Western civilization in his masterpiece The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Hatcher brings Braudelian detachment to his narrative.
Author | : Michael Kraus |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1957 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Michael Kraus |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1979-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780844624037 |
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Author | : James Miller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2003-09 |
Genre | : Orkney (Scotland) |
ISBN | : 9781841582795 |
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During the two World Wars, the island groups of Orkney, Shetland, the Faroes, and Iceland, linking Europe to North America, acquired great significance. This work tells of operations along this northern front, and recounts incidents such as the arrest of the staff of the Lerwick Post Office.
Author | : Kenneth Gordon Davies |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1452907668 |
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Author | : David 1909-1986 Woodward |
Publisher | : Hassell Street Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2021-09-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781014893727 |
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Dan Van der Vat |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780060159672 |
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A brilliantly readable account of the complex, important campaign that came closer than any other to ending World War II in Germany's favor. Van der Vat's comprehensive history is based on extensive research in American, Canadian, British, and German sources. Illustrated.
Author | : Phyllis A. Brown |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Total Pages | : 626 |
Release | : 1998-07 |
Genre | : Aeronautics |
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