VC Heroes - The True Stories Behind Every VC Winner Since World War Two - 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 VC Heroes - The True Stories Behind Every VC Winner Since World War Two write by Nigel Cawthorne. This book was released on 2012-10-11. VC Heroes - The True Stories Behind Every VC Winner Since World War Two available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For a nation with a long and proud military tradition, one token stands above all the others as a mark of recognition for the ultimate acts of individual feats of arms: the Victoria Cross. Awarded for one reason alone - to mark extreme acts of great heroism by British and Commonwealth servicemen in the face of the enemy - it is unquestionably the hardest club in the world to gain entrance to. Its holders, ordinary soldiers, sailors and airmen, are linked by an uncommon bond of exceptional bravery displayed often at great personal risk and against impossible odds. The VC has been awarded only sixteen times since the end of the Second World War in 1945. Some of these awards were made to recipients who paid the ultimate sacrifice while demonstrating gallantry beyond the call of duty. Forged in battle, from the shell-scarred hills of Korea, to the windswept marshland of East Falkland and today's counter-insurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, each one of these VC has a uniquely inspiring tale to tell. These are their incredible stories.
Heroes
Heroes - 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 Heroes write by Nigel Cawthorne. This book was released on 2007. Heroes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Yorkshire VCs
Yorkshire VCs - 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 Yorkshire VCs write by Alan Whitworth. This book was released on 2012-10-24. Yorkshire VCs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Today the Victoria Cross remains the supreme British award for bravery. It takes precedence over all other awards and decorations. During its 160-year history, since the first of these medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850's, 1,357 have been won, and no less than 69 of them have gone to Yorkshiremen. Alan Whitworth, in this carefully researched and revealing account, describes in graphic detail the exploits and the lives of this elite group of heroes.
VCs of the North
VCs of the North - 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 VCs of the North write by Alan Whitworth. This book was released on 2015-10-30. VCs of the North available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Today the Victoria Cross remains the supreme British award for bravery. It takes precedence over all other awards and decorations. During its 160-year history, since the first medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850s, 1,357 of these medals have been won, and almost fifty of them have gone to the soldiers of Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland . Alan Whitworth, in this carefully researched and revealing account, describes in graphic detail the exploits and the lives of this elite band of heroes. Within this group of Northern VC recipients are a number of outstanding names, including Richard Annand who gained the first VC of the Second World War and Roland Bradford who was one of only four sets of brothers to have secured the VC. He also had the distinction of becoming the youngest general in the British army. But among the roll of the brave whose gallantry and self-sacrifice are celebrated in these pages the reader will find the names and extraordinary deeds of many other men who were either born or bred or lived and died in the North. They will also find the story of the youngest Victoria Cross recipient who won his award aged just nineteen. The stories of these ordinary individuals who have 'performed some signal act of valour or devotion to their country' will be fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in military history in general and in the long military tradition of the North of England.
Victoria Cross Heroes
Victoria Cross Heroes - 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 Victoria Cross Heroes write by Michael Ashcroft. This book was released on 2012-10-25. Victoria Cross Heroes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This ebook edition contains the full text version as per the book. Doesn't include original photographic and illustrated material. VICTORIA CROSS HEROES tells the stories of over 150 individuals whose bravery has earned them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prestigious medal for courage in action. The book is introduced by Michael Ashcroft, who owns over ten per cent of all VCs ever awarded. He explains the history of the medal and the story of his fascination with it. The main text of the book tells the stories of both those recipients whose medals are in his collection and those whose stories featured in the television series. Each chapter covers a different conflict, from the Crimean War to Iraq.
