1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454707903321

Autore

Thompson Faith

Titolo

A short history of Parliament, 1295-1642 [[electronic resource] /] / Faith Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, [1953]

ISBN

0-8166-6467-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Disciplina

328.4209

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Parliament in the later Middle Ages -- pt. II. Parliament in the Tudor period -- pt. III. Parliament in the early Stuart period.

Sommario/riassunto

Miss Faith Thompson has undertaken an incredibly difficult task. An institution is always the product of its environment both past and present and can be understood only in relation to it. Hence the historian of any institution must depict the relevant fe



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819510603321

Autore

Wurst Spencer F (Spencer Free)

Titolo

Descending from the clouds : a memoir of combat in the 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division / / Spencer F. Wurst and Gayle Wurst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York, New York] : , : Casemate Publishing, , 2007

New York, New York : , : Open Road Distribution, , 2016

©2007

ISBN

1-5040-2184-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

940.548173

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Front

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States

Soldiers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Praise for Descending from the Clouds; Title Page; Epigraph; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Enlistment and Premobilization Training, 112th Infantry, Pennsylvania Army National Guard; Chapter 2: Mobilization, Basic, and Small Unit Training; Chapter 3: Company, Battalion, Regimental, and First Army Maneuvers, 1941; Chapter 4: Units in Turmoil: Pearl Harbor, Southern Training Camps, and War-time Expansion; Chapter 5: From the 112th Infantry to Parachute School, Fort Benning; Chapter 6: First Assignment: 507 Parachute Infantry Regiment

Chapter 7: Second Assignment: Cadre, 513 Parachute Infantry Regiment Volunteering for Overseas Duty; Chapter 8: French Morocco: Fifth Army Mines and Demolition School; Chapter 9: Permanent Assignment: Company F, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment;  the Move to Sicily; Chapter 10: First Combat Jump: Salerno, Italy 73; Chapter 11: Baptism by Fire: The Battle of Arnone 83; Chapter 12: A City Torn by War: Duty and Bombings in Naples; Chapter 13: Cookstown and Belfast, Northern Ireland; Chapter 14: Camp Quorn, England 105; Chapter 15: D-Day,



Normandy: Preparations for the Big Jump

Chapter 16: D-Day Jump: The Defense of Ste. Mère-EgliseChapter 17: Patrols and Hedgerow Battles: From Neuville-au-Plain and Le Ham to St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte; Chapter 18: Long Days in Normandy: The Battle of St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte, the Bois de Limors, and Hill 131; Chapter 19: As Close to Home as it Gets: Return to Camp Quorn; Chapter 20: Market-Garden: The Combat Jump at Groesbeek and Entry into Nijmegen; Chapter 21: Nijmegen: The Battle for Hunner Park and Control of the South End of the Highway Bridge; Chapter 22: Aftermath: Hunner Park and Bridge Security

Chapter 23: Defensive Operations: Road Blocks, Dikes, and the End of the Holland MissionChapter 24: The Ardennes Campaign: From Camp Suippes, France, to Trois Ponts, Belgium; Chapter 25: From the Battle of the Bulge to the Hurtgen Forest, Germany; Chapter 26: The End in Sight: Through the Siegfried Line to the Roer River; Epilogue: Homeward Bound; Image Gallery; Notes; Index; Acknowledgments; Copyright Page