Author: Bodie ThoenePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Dunkirk Crescendo
Author: Bodie ThoenePublisher: Tyndale House Pub
ISBN: 1414305451
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
As the Fuhrer gathers his forces for another invasion journalist, Josephine Marlow is sent back across the borders, while Colonel Andre Cahrdon decodes a message about the attack so outrageous that no one believes it is the true plan.
The Miracle of Dunkirk
Author: Walter LordPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453238506
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The true story of the World War II evacuation portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk, by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Day of Infamy. In May 1940, the remnants of the French and British armies, broken by Hitler’s blitzkrieg, retreated to Dunkirk. Hemmed in by overwhelming Nazi strength, the 338,000 men gathered on the beach were all that stood between Hitler and Western Europe. Crush them, and the path to Paris and London was clear. Unable to retreat any farther, the Allied soldiers set up defense positions and prayed for deliverance. Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered an evacuation on May 26, expecting to save no more than a handful of his men. But Britain would not let its soldiers down. Hundreds of fishing boats, pleasure yachts, and commercial vessels streamed into the Channel to back up the Royal Navy, and in a week nearly the entire army was ferried safely back to England. Based on interviews with hundreds of survivors and told by “a master narrator,” The Miracle of Dunkirk is a striking history of a week when the outcome of World War II hung in the balance (Arthur Schlesinger Jr.).
London Refrain
Author: Bodie ThoenePublisher: Tyndale House Pub
ISBN: 1414303580
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
In Poland in the fall of 1939, Nazi forces descend upon Warsaw while hundreds of foreign nationals are desperate to flee the country, including an American photojournalist and a Jewish schoolteacher.
Author: Norman GelbDunkirk
Author: John HarrisPublisher: Canelo + ORM
ISBN: 1800325606
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
How the miracle on the beaches saved a nation. A gripping account of one of the most famous episodes of the Second World War In May 1940 British and Allied troops on mainland Europe were in a perilous situation: cut off and surrounded, at the conclusion of the bloody Battle of France they faced complete annihilation. It would be a devastating blow, handing Europe to the Nazis. But over a few frantic days, the greatest evacuation in history managed to salvage hope, saving the total destruction of the army and hundreds of thousands of soldiers lives. It was a pivotal and defining moment in the war, one Churchill described as a ‘miracle’ in his ‘we shall fight them on the beaches’ speech. Bestselling author John Harris describes in vivid detail how the evacuation developed on a day-by-day basis, and destroys more than one myth associated with Dunkirk. Packed with authentic atmosphere and first-hand recollections, the retreat and the desperate lifting of the weary British expeditionary force is seen in its tragic but spirited entirety, an epic of courage and confusion without parallel. Perfect for readers of James Holland and Guy Walters.
Author: karsten friedrichStones of Jerusalem
Author: Bodie ThoenePublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142001880
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The latest novel from bestselling authors Bodie and Brock Thoene continues the extraordinary story of faith and love in the first century a.d. that they began in their previous book, The Jerusalem Scrolls. The Old City has fallen and Moshe Sachar, the courageous Israeli leader, remains hidden in an underground tunnel, guarding the ancient sacred scrolls that tell of his people's long, heroic history. Following an elder rabbi's instructions, Moshe opens a scroll and again becomes immersed in the ancient biblical tale of Marcus, the Roman centurion, and Miryam, the troubled young woman he loves. Combining superb storytelling with an enchanting historical setting, this thrilling episode presents the gripping plight of a striking cast of biblical characters amid a rich tapestry of romance and intrigue.
Dunkirk
Author: Hugh Sebag-MontefiorePublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141906162
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1005
Book Description
* * * Special 75th Anniversary Edition * * * Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk. Dunkirk was not just about what happened at sea and on the beaches. The evacuation would never have succeeded had it not been for the tenacity of the British soldiers who stayed behind to ensure they got away. Men like Sergeant Major Gus Jennings who died smothering a German stick bomb in the church at Esquelbecq in an effort to save his comrades, and Captain Marcus Ervine-Andrews VC who single-handedly held back a German attack on the Dunkirk perimeter thereby allowing the British line to form up behind him. Told to stand and fight to the last man, these brave few battalions fought in whatever manner they could to buy precious time for the evacuation. Outnumbered and outgunned, they launched spectacular and heroic attacks time and again, despite ferocious fighting and the knowledge that for many only capture or death would end their struggle. 'A searing story . . . both meticulous military history and a deeply moving testimony to the extraordinary personal bravery of individual soldiers' Tim Gardam, The Times 'Sebag-Montefiore tells [the story] with gusto, a remarkable attention to detail and an inexhaustible appetite for tracking down the evidence' Richard Ovary, Telegraph Hugh Sebag-Montefiore was a barrister before becoming a journalist and then an author. He wrote the best-selling Enigma: The Battle for the Code. One of his ancestors was evacuated from Dunkirk.
Destination Dunkirk
Author: Gregory BlaxlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Søgeord: Frankrigs Fald; Kampene i Frankrig; Evakuering; BEF; Calais; Arras; Boulogne; Franske Hær; Franske Civilbefolkning; Våbenhistorie; Udrustning; Udstyr; Gamelin; Gort; Brauchitsch; Halder; Gort Line; Billotte; von Bock; von Blanchard; von Reichneau; Dyle; Louvain; Pownall; Tournai; Eastwood; Curtis; von Kleist; Guderian;M Reinhardt; Johnson; Montgomery: Brooke; Dempsey; Adair; Butterworth; Irwin; Fagalde; Alexander; Cornwall; Escaut; Ypres-Comines Line; Somme, 1940; St Valery; Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps; Adam, R.; Altmayer, R.; Belgien; Bridgeman; Beaumann, Brigadier; Divisions; Infantry; Brownrigg; Canadian Army; Churchill; Coldstream Guards; Dill, J.; Cassel; Goering; Green Howards; Panzer; Divisons; Panzer; General Georges; de Gaulle; Grenadier Guards; Isenside; Karslake; Kennedy, J.; Leoplod III; Lancers; Reichenau; Rommel; Reinhardt; Queens Own Cameron Highlanders; Quens Royal Montgomery; Northamptonshire; Luftwaffe; Marshall-Cornwall; Sherwood Foresters; Spears, E.; RAF; General Weygand
