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August storm : the Soviet strategic offensive in Manchuria, 1945 / / David M. Glantz
| August storm : the Soviet strategic offensive in Manchuria, 1945 / / David M. Glantz |
| Autore | Glantz David M. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
| Disciplina | 940.5425 |
| Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - China - Manchuria
World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union |
| ISBN |
9781786250421
178625042X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Figure -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Soviet Forces -- Japanese Forces -- Symbols -- Soviet -- Japanese -- Introduction -- 1 - Army Penetration Operations -- The Route -- Missions and Tasks -- Japanese Defenses -- Operational Planning -- 5th Army Attack -- Conclusions -- 2 - Division Advance in Heavily Wooded Mountains -- Terrain -- Missions and Tasks -- Japanese Defenses -- Operational Planning -- Combat and Combat Service Support -- 1st Red Banner Army Attack -- Conclusions -- 3 - Army Operations in Swampy Lowlands -- Terrain -- Missions and Tasks -- Japanese Defenses -- Operational Planning -- 35th Army Attack -- Conclusions -- 4 - Set Piece Battle -- The Setting -- 1st Red Banner Army Advance -- 5th Army Advance -- Battle of Mutanchiang -- Conclusions -- 5 - Reduction of a Fortified Region -- Hutou: Strategic Significance -- Japanese Forces -- Soviet Forces -- Soviet 35th Army Attack -- Conclusions -- 6 - Army Operations in Arid Mountains -- Situation in Western Manchuria -- Missions and Tasks -- Japanese Defenses -- Soviet Operational Planning -- 39th Army Attack -- Conclusions -- 7 - Forward Detachment Deep Operations -- Situation in Northwestern Manchuria -- Japanese Defenses -- Missions and Tasks -- Operational Planning -- 36th Army Attack -- Conclusions -- 8 - Joint Ground and Riverine Operations -- Situation in Northeastern Manchuria -- Japanese Defenses -- Missions and Tasks -- 15th Army Attack -- Conclusions -- 9 - Conclusions -- Use of Terrain -- Surprise -- Maneuver -- Task Organization of Units -- The Author -- COMBAT STUDIES INSTITUTE -- Synopsis of Leavenworth Paper 8. |
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Glantz David M.
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The big Yankee : the life of Carlson of the raiders / / by Michael Blankfort
| The big Yankee : the life of Carlson of the raiders / / by Michael Blankfort |
| Autore | Blankfort Michael <1907-1982, > |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 pages) |
| ISBN |
9781786255754
1786255758 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- Illustrations -- Part One -- 1-Prologue -- 2-Prepared...for defeats -- 3-Seven faces -- 4-"Who the hell was Carlson?" -- 5-Of dreams and plans -- 6-"The Star-Spangled Banner"...at three o'clock in the afternoon -- 7-"That day in China..." -- 8-"It was never finished" -- 9-By touch and feel -- 10-"...the softness of Americans..." -- 11-Clenched tightly in a Japanese fist -- 12-"The spiritual low point" -- 13-Who followed my father...? -- 14-At school the day before Thanksgiving -- 15-Who is this man? -- Part Two -- 1-The horn of God -- 2-"Good marks for lightning" -- 3-All of his best friends... -- 4-His foot in his hand -- 5-Winding through corridors -- 6-"I've neglected you" -- 7-On the map of California -- 8-"I shall go up!" -- Part Three -- 1-The shores of an idea -- 2-Beyond the seas -- 3-That bloody Shanghai night -- 4-Men who are loyal and incorruptible -- 5-An eagerness for battle -- 6-High-toned bull sessions -- 7-"B for my work" -- Part Four -- 1 - Red poppy -- 2 - A patch of America on a dead city -- 3 - Among the heathen -- 4 - "Silent Night" -- 5 - If a man has only legs -- 6-Before I die -- 7-John did baptize... -- 8 - The growing guilt -- 9 - "You'll starve to death!" -- 10-Salt-and-pepper tweed -- 11-The shadow of his home -- 12-Jen jen wei wo, wo wei jen jen -- 13-"This is no drill" -- Part Five -- 1-The Raiders tell their story -- 2-"Throw away your boots and knives..." -- 3-Men under stress -- 4-"My mission is still not completed" -- 5-"Gon-Hoe" -- 6-December distaste -- 7-"Who is this man?" we asked -- Appendices -- 1-Address -- 2-Speech -- 3-Commendation -- Acknowledgments. |
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Blankfort Michael <1907-1982, >
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Burma surgeon / / by Gordon Seagrave
| Burma surgeon / / by Gordon Seagrave |
| Autore | Seagrave Gordon Stifler <1897-1965, > |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (205 pages) |
| Disciplina | 926.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Missions, Medical
Medicine - Burma World War, 1939-1945 - Burma World War, 1939-1945 - Civilian relief |
| ISBN |
9781787202443
1787202445 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PROLOGUE -- PART ONE-BURMA MISSION -- 1-WE ARRIVE -- 2-OUR NURSES -- 3-WASTEBASKET SURGERY -- 4-WE BUILD A HOSPITAL -- PART TWO-BURMA ROAD -- 5-MUDHOLES AND PRECIPICES -- 6-WE BUILD A NURSES' HOME -- 7-JOURNEY TO KUNMING -- 8-THE PLAGUE -- 9-MALARIA AND AIRPLANES -- 10-MEDICAL OFFICER ON THE BURMA ROAD -- PART THREE-BATTLE OF BURMA -- 11-THE BEGINNING -- 12-LEND-LEASE TRUCKS -- 13-UNDER GENERAL STILWELL -- 14-HOSPITALS UNDER FIRE -- 15-MEDICAL MAJOR -- 16-HELPING THE A.V.G. -- 17-FIRST RETREAT -- 18-PULLING OUT -- 19-ON FOOT -- 20-FLOATING DOWN THE URU -- 21-OVER THE MOUNTAINS -- 22-THROUGH TO IMPHAL -- 23-BILL'S STORY -- 24-ASSIGNMENT IN ASSAM -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910157565403321 |
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Seagrave Gordon Stifler <1897-1965, >
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Burma surgeon returns / / Gordon S. Seagrave
| Burma surgeon returns / / Gordon S. Seagrave |
| Autore | Seagrave Gordon Stifler <1897-1965, > |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 pages) |
| Disciplina | 926.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Medical care
World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 - Burma Medicine - Burma |
| ISBN |
9781787202436
1787202437 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- MAPS -- PUBLISHER'S FOREWORD -- PART ONE-RAMGARH TO THE NAGA HILLS -- 1-THE TRAIL OF THE REFUGEES -- 2-RAMGARH TRAINING CENTER -- 3-GARRISONS IN THE NAGA HILLS -- PART TWO-THE LONG ROAD TO MYITKYINA -- 4-THE FIRST OFFENSIVE -- 5-THE HUKAWNG VALLEY -- 6-MYITKYINA! MYITKYINA! -- 7-SURGERY AT THE AIRSTRIP -- PART THREE-RETURN TO NAMKHAM -- 8-THE TASTE OF PEACE -- 9-BEGINNING OF THE END -- 10-HOME -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910157564903321 |
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Seagrave Gordon Stifler <1897-1965, >
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| [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2016] | ||
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The conquest of Okinawa : an account of the sixth marine division / / Major Philips D. Carleton
| The conquest of Okinawa : an account of the sixth marine division / / Major Philips D. Carleton |
| Autore | Carleton Philips D. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Japan - Okinawa Island
World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States |
| ISBN |
9781786257451
1786257459 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- LIST OF MAPS -- PANORAMIC VIEWS -- NOTE -- CHAPTER I-BATTLES ON MOTOBU PENINSULA AND IN THE NORTH -- APPENDIX -- Footnote 5. -- Footnote 10. -- Footnote 11. -- Footnote 12. -- Footnote 22.-PATROLS OF 22ND MARINES -- CHAPTER II-THE BATTLE FOR NAHA -- APPENDIX -- Footnote 1. -- Footnote 4. -- Footnote 9. -- Footnote 12. -- Footnote 15. -- CHAPTER III-THE BATTLE FOR OROKU PENINSULA -- APPENDIX -- Footnote 1. -- CHAPTER IV-THE BATTLE IN THE SOUTH -- CHAPTER V-FINALE -- APPENDIX. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158958603321 |
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Carleton Philips D.
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| [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2015] | ||
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The great patriotic war and the maturation of Soviet operational art 1941-1945 / / David M. Glantz
| The great patriotic war and the maturation of Soviet operational art 1941-1945 / / David M. Glantz |
| Autore | Glantz David M. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (116 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
Operational art (Military science)
World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union |
| ISBN |
9781786250445
1786250446 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Tragedy and Rebirth of an Army (1941-1942) -- An Army in Transition (1943) -- Triumph of Arms (1944-45). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158774803321 |
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Glantz David M.
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| [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2014] | ||
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The hundred days / / by Philip Guedalla
| The hundred days / / by Philip Guedalla |
| Autore | Guedalla Philip <1889-1944, > |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (126 pages) |
| Disciplina | 944.05 |
| ISBN |
9781786255020
1786255022 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- MILITARY NOTE -- AUTHORITIES. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158793503321 |
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Guedalla Philip <1889-1944, >
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| [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2015] | ||
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The Iberian leech : Napoleon's counterinsurgency operations in the Peninsula, 1807-1810 / / Mark A. Reeves
| The Iberian leech : Napoleon's counterinsurgency operations in the Peninsula, 1807-1810 / / Mark A. Reeves |
| Autore | Reeves Mark A. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (77 pages) |
| Soggetto topico | Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - Campaigns |
| ISBN |
9781782899990
1782899995 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 - LOS BUITRES CARNIVOROS -- CHAPTER 2 - SOLDATS -- CHAPTER 3 - LES GROS BONNETS -- CHAPTER 4 - TACTICS -- CHAPTER 5 - CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158802703321 |
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Reeves Mark A.
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| [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2014] | ||
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The kaiten weapon / / Yutaka Yokota
| The kaiten weapon / / Yutaka Yokota |
| Autore | Yokota Yutaka |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations, Japanese
Kaiten (Torpedoes) |
| ISBN |
9781786252661
178625266X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- FLYLEAF -- FOREWORD -- DEDICATION -- I - VOLUNTEER FOR A "NO-RETURN" MISSION -- 2 - I LEARN ABOUT MY NEW WEAPON -- 3 - THE FIRST KAITEN MISSION -- 4 - MY FIRST KAITEN RIDE -- 5 - UNDESERVED PUNISHMENT, AND SWEET REVENGE -- 6 - I AM SELECTED FOR A MISSION -- 7 - MY LAST LEAVE. YAZAKI'S DEATH -- 8 - ANOTHER TRAGEDY, AND MISSION REORGANIZATION -- 9 - OUR TATARA GROUP GOES OUT ON A MISSION -- 10 - DISAPPOINTMENT, AND RETURN -- 11 - ANOTHER CHANGE IN TACTICS. OUT WITH THE TEMBU GROUP -- 12 - I-36 DRAWS FIRST BLOOD -- 13 - "KAITEN, AWAY!" -- 14 - THE TODOROKI GROUP IS FORMED -- 15 - ATTACK AND COUNTERATTACK -- 16 - HEROISM AND SURVIVAL -- 17 - THE STRUGGLE'S END, AND MY DILEMMA -- EPILOGUE. |
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Yokota Yutaka
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| [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2015] | ||
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Panzer leader / / Generaloberst Heinz Guderian, foreword by Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, translation by Constantine Fitzgibbon
| Panzer leader / / Generaloberst Heinz Guderian, foreword by Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, translation by Constantine Fitzgibbon |
| Autore | Guderian Heinz <1888-1954, > |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Potomac, Maryland] : , : Pickle Partners publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (757 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Germany
World War, 1939-1945 |
| ISBN | 1-78289-302-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- FOREWORD -- Chapter 1. BACKGROUND AND YOUTH -- Chapter 2. THE CREATION OF THE GERMAN ARMOURED FORCE -- Tank Attack by Fire and Movement -- Armour Plating -- Movement -- Fire -- Chapter 3. HITLER AT THE PEAK OF HIS POWER -- 1938. The Blomberg-Fritsch crisis. The incorporation of Austria and the Sudetenland into the Reich -- The Incorporation of Austria into the Reich -- The Incorporation of the Sudetenland into the Reich -- The Situation Deteriorates Once Again -- Chapter 4. THE BEGINNING OF THE DISASTER -- The Drift to War -- The Polish Campaign -- Between the Campaigns -- Chapter 5. THE CAMPAIGN IN THE WEST -- Preparations for the Campaign -- The Break-through to the Channel -- The Capture of the Channel Ports -- Hitler's Momentous Order to Stop -- The Break-through to the Swiss Border -- The Armistice -- Chapter 6. THE CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA, 1941 -- The Background. Preparations. Opening operations. Crossing the Dnieper. Smolensk-Elnya-Roslavl. Moscow or Kiev? The Battle of Kiev. The Batiks of Orel and Bryansk. The advance to Tula and Moscow. My first dismissal. -- Preparations -- Opening Operations -- Crossing the Dnieper -- Smolensk-Elnya-Roslavl -- Moscow or Kiev? -- The Battle of Kiev -- The Battles of Orel and Bryansk -- The Advance to Tula and Moscow -- My First Dismissal -- Chapter 7. ON INACTIVE SERVICE -- Chapter 8. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARMOURED FORCE, JANUARY 1942 TO FEBRUARY 1943 -- Chapter 9. INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF ARMOURED TROOPS -- Appointment and First Actions -- Dr. Goerdeler's Visits -- "Operation Citadel" -- Disagreements during the Second Half of 1943 -- The Year of Decision -- Chapter 10. JULY 20TH AND ITS SEQUEL -- Chapter 11. CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF -- Operations on the Eastern Front -- The Ardennes Offensive -- Defensive Preparations in the East -- The Russian Offensive -- Chapter 12. THE FINAL COLLAPSE.
Chapter 13. LEADING PERSONALITIES OF THE THIRD REICH -- Hitler -- The Party -- National and District Controllers -- Hitler's Intimate Circle -- The Government -- Chapter 14. THE GERMAN GENERAL STAFF -- APPENDIX I - My Career -- My Career -- First World War -- Freikorps and Frontier Defence -- Between the Wars -- Second World War -- Decorations Received in Second World War -- APPENDIX II -- APPENDIX III -- APPENDIX IV -- APPENDIX V -- APPENDIX VII -- Headquarters, XIX Army Corps-Corps H.Q., wood near La -- Operations Department-Chapelle, 13.5.40, 22.30 hrs. -- APPENDIX VIII -- APPENDIX IX -- APPENDIX X -- APPENDIX XI -- APPENDIX XII -- APPENDIX XIII -- APPENDIX XIV -- APPENDIX XV -- APPENDIX XVI -- APPENDIX XVII -- APPENDIX XVIII -- APPENDIX XIX -- APPENDIX XX -- APPENDIX XXI -- APPENDIX XXII -- 1. General Intention -- 2. Anticipated Allies and their Tasks -- 3. The Conduct of the Operations -- 4. -- 5. -- APPENDIX XXIII - Organisation of the Command of the Armed Forces 1944 -- APPENDIX XXIV - War Establishment of a Panzer Division as of 15.10.35. |
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Guderian Heinz <1888-1954, >
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