The Battle for Shaggy Ridge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Battle for Shaggy Ridge write by Phillip Bradley. This book was released on 2021-08-31. The Battle for Shaggy Ridge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An enlightening re-examination of an important campaign following the experiences of the men from both sides. 'You climb and climb . . . This is the field of battle . . . tonight some of us will be dead . . . You'll never forget Shaggy Ridge.' - Shawn O'Leary From the killing ground of Kaiapit to the treacherous heights of the Finisterre Range, for four months in 1943-44 the Australian army fought to drive the Japanese from their mountain strongholds. The most formidable position was the fortress-like Shaggy Ridge, its steep sides rising sharply to a knife-edge crest where battle was joined on a one-man front. Based on the accounts of over a hundred Australians, Americans and Japanese who served on, around and over the ridge, The Battle for Shaggy Ridge tells the story of this extraordinary struggle for control of the Ramu Valley in New Guinea.
Pea Ridge
Pea Ridge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pea Ridge write by William L. Shea. This book was released on 1997-03-01. Pea Ridge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first definitive study of a Civil War battle in the Trans-Mississippi shows how the battle of Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas dramatically altered the balance of power and helped ensure Union victory
Battle for Skyline Ridge
Battle for Skyline Ridge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Battle for Skyline Ridge write by James E. Parker. This book was released on 2019-09-24. Battle for Skyline Ridge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “An incredibly powerful account of a little-known chapter in the Vietnam War saga” written by a CIA veteran who fought in the Secret War (Booklist, starred review). In the 1960s and ’70s, the Laotian Civil War became a covert theater for the conflict in Vietnam, with the US paramilitary backing the Royal Lao government in what came to be known among the CIA as the Secret War. In late 1971, the North Vietnamese Army launched Campaign Z, invading northern Laos on a mission to defeat the Royal Lao Army. General Giap had specifically ordered the NVA troops to kill the CIA army and occupy its field headquarters in the Long Tieng valley. The NVA faced the small rag-tag army of Vang Pao, mostly Thai irregulars recruited to fight for the CIA. But thousands more were quickly recruited, trained, and rushed into position in Laos to defend against the impending NVA invasion. Despite overwhelming odds in the NVA’s favor, the battle raged for more than one hundred days—the longest battle in the Vietnam War. In the end, it all came down to Skyline Ridge. Whoever won Skyline, won Laos. Historian James E. Parker Jr. served as a CIA paramilitary officer in Laos. In this authoritative and personal account, Parker draws from his own firsthand experience as well as extensive research into CIA files and North Vietnamese after-action reports in order to tell the full story of the battle of Skyline Ridge.
Pillars of Fire
Pillars of Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pillars of Fire write by Ian Passingham. This book was released on 2012. Pillars of Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing his material from a wide range of primary sources in England, Germany and Australia, the author looks at the action from all levels of command including the soldiers' viewpoints, during the preparatory, battle and post-battle phases.
The Hospital on Seminary Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg
The Hospital on Seminary Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Hospital on Seminary Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg write by Michael A. Dreese. This book was released on 2002. The Hospital on Seminary Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Old Dorm, " which served as the first classroom and dormitory of the Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary, is a familiar tourist site -- Union Cavalry General John Buford directed the opening stages of the battle of Gettysburg from the building's distinctive cupola and some of the bloodiest fighting of the three-day conflict took place on Seminary Ridge. However, few visitors realize the building's important role as the second largest hospital at Gettysburg, both during and after the battle. During the peak occupancy, 600-700 wounded soldiers from both armies were cared for at this site. This work presents the history of the Gettysburg Seminary during the Civil War and the important cast of characters that have passed through its halls by utilizing the firsthand accounts of soldiers, civilians, surgeons, and relief agency personnel. Also included is the prewar and postwar history of the Seminary, as well as information about President Samuel S. Schmucker and the Abolition Movement.
