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This memoir offers an unrivaled firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific - what it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and most of all, what it felt like to one who underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences.
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The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern learner can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943. That first year of the Allied war was a pivotal point in American history, the moment when the United States began to act like a great power.
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Fascinating book, great performance
- De Ted en 05-30-16
De: Rick Atkinson
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The Story of World War II
- De: Donald L. Miller, Henry Steele Commager
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 24 h y 52 m
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Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare ever published. Here are the horror and heroism of World War II in the words of the men who fought it, the journalists who covered it, and the civilians who were caught in its fury. Miller gives us an up-close, deeply personal view of a war that was more savagely fought - and whose outcome was in greater doubt - than one might imagine. This is the war that Americans on the home front would have read about had they had access to previously censored testimony.
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INCREDIBLE! WELL-RESEARCHED, COMPLETE & UNBIASED!
- De The Louligan en 07-15-14
De: Donald L. Miller, y otros
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The Ultimate Battle
- Okinawa 1945: The Last Epic Struggle of World War II
- De: Bill Sloan
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 14 h y 7 m
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The Ultimate Battle is the full story of the largest land-sea-air battle ever waged by the United States, a battle whose staggering casualties and take-no-prisoners ferocity led Truman to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. From April through June 1945, more than 250,000 American and Japanese lives were lost, including those of nearly 150,000 civilians who either committed suicide or were caught in the crossfire. This book tells a gripping story of heroism, sacrifice, and death.
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Takes you into the mud and death
- De Ron en 02-02-08
De: Bill Sloan
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Strong Men Armed
- The United States Marines Against Japan
- De: Robert Leckie
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 17 h y 14 m
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Written by Robert Leckie, whose wartime exploits are featured in the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg HBO miniseries The Pacific, Strong Men Armed is the perennial bestselling classic account of the U.S. Marines' relentless drive through the Pacific during World War II.
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The best book on the subject
- De j en 12-10-13
De: Robert Leckie
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With the Old Breed
- At Peleliu and Okinawa
- De: E. B. Sledge
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor, Joe Mazzello, Tom Hanks (introduction)
- Duración: 13 h y 58 m
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The celebrated 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, winner of eight Emmy Awards, was based on two classic books about the War in the Pacific, Helmet for My Pillow and With The Old Breed. Audible Studios, in partnership with Playtone, the production company co-owned by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and creator of the award-winning HBO series Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific, as well as the HBO movie Game Change, has created new recordings of these memoirs, narrated by the stars of the miniseries.
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This is the second audio book of Sledge's work
- De Richard en 10-21-13
De: E. B. Sledge
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Ghost Soldiers
- The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: James Naughton
- Duración: 5 h y 57 m
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At once a gripping depiction of men at war and a compelling story of redemption, Ghost Soldiers joins such landmark works as Flags of Our Fathers and The Greatest Generation Speaks in preserving the legacy of World War II for future generations.
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Ghost soldiers
- De Zach en 09-07-03
De: Hampton Sides
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Flags of Our Fathers
- De: James Bradley, Ron Powers
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 13 h y 23 m
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In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.
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- De Thomas en 11-29-06
De: James Bradley, y otros
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On Desperate Ground
- The Marines at the Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: David Pittu
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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Hampton Sides' superb account of this epic clash in the Korean War relies on years of archival research, unpublished letters, declassified documents, and interviews with scores of marines and Koreans who survived the siege. While expertly detailing the follies of the American leaders, On Desperate Ground is an immediate, grunt's-eye view of history, enthralling in its narrative pace and powerful in its portrayal of what ordinary men are capable of in the most extreme circumstances.
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typical armchair critic armed with hign site
- De Brent en 10-03-18
De: Hampton Sides
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D-Days in the Pacific
- De: Donald L. Miller
- Narrado por: Gary Dikeos
- Duración: 17 h y 52 m
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Although most people associate the term D-day with the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944, it is military code for the beginning of any offensive operation. In the Pacific theater during World War II there were more than one hundred D-days. The largest - and last - was the invasion of Okinawa on April 1, 1945, which brought together the biggest invasion fleet ever assembled, far larger than that engaged in the Normandy invasion. D-Days in the Pacific tells the epic story of the campaign waged by American forces to win back the Pacific islands from Japan.
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Terrific one volume history of the Pacific war.
- De Bill en 12-01-12
De: Donald L. Miller
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The Americans at D-Day
- The American Experience at the Normandy Invasion
- De: John C. McManus
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 13 h y 9 m
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June 6, 1944, was a pivotal moment in the history of World War II. On that day the climactic and decisive phase of the war in Europe began. Those who survived the intense fighting on the Normandy beaches found their lives irreversibly changed. That day ushered in a great change for the United States as well, because on D-day America began its march to the forefront of the Western world. By the end of the Battle of Normandy, almost one out of every two soldiers involved was an American.
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Great Book
- De Byron Sarchet en 01-15-21
De: John C. McManus
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Helmet for My Pillow
- From Parris Island to the Pacific: A Young Marine's Stirring Account of Combat in World War II
- De: Robert Leckie
- Narrado por: James Badge Dale, Tom Hanks (introduction)
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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The celebrated 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, winner of eight Emmy Awards, was based on two classic books about the War in the Pacific, Helmet for My Pillow and With The Old Breed. Audible Studios, in partnership with Playtone, the production company co-owned by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and creator of the award-winning HBO series Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific, as well as the HBO movie Game Change, has created new recordings of these memoirs, narrated by the stars of the miniseries.
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Should be required reading in high school
- De Randall en 04-03-19
De: Robert Leckie
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Red Blood, Black Sand
- Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima
- De: Chuck Tatum
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
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When Chuck Tatum began Marine boot camp, he was just a smart-aleck teenager eager to serve his country. Little did he know that he would be training under a living legend of the Corps - Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone, who had almost single-handedly fought off a Japanese force of three thousand on Guadalcanal.
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not as good as helmet or old breed
- De C. Kenny en 01-21-17
De: Chuck Tatum
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The Arms of Krupp
- 1587-1968
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 48 h y 14 m
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The Arms of Krupp brings to life Europe's wealthiest, most powerful family, a 400-year German dynasty that developed the world's most technologically advanced weapons, from cannons to submarines to antiaircraft guns; provided arms to generations of German leaders, including the Kaiser and Hitler; operated private concentration camps during the Nazi era; survived conviction at Nuremberg; and wielded enormous influence on the course of world events.
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BIG CHUNK MISSING
- De Ian en 06-12-17
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American Caesar
- Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 31 h y 53 m
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Virtually all Americans above a certain age hold strong opinions about Douglas MacArthur. They either worship him or despise him. Now, in this superb book, one of our most outstanding writers, after a meticulous three-year examination of the record, presents his startling insights about the man. The narrative is gripping, because the general's life was fascinating. It is moving, because he was a man of vision. It ends, finally, in tragedy, because his character, though majestic, was tragically flawed.
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A Great American
- De Charlotte A. Hu en 05-19-13
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The Glory and the Dream
- A Narrative History of America, 1932 - 1972
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 57 h y 23 m
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This great time capsule of a book captures the abundant popular history of the United States from 1932 to 1972. It encompasses politics, military history, economics, the lively arts, science, fashion, fads, social change, sexual mores, communications, graffiti...everything and anything indigenous that can be captured in print.
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Fabulous book, good narration, bad recording
- De Paula en 07-10-08
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The Death of a President
- November 20 - November 25, 1963
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 33 h y 21 m
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As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of President John F. Kennedy's death, including the days immediately preceding and following the assassination.
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IMPORTANT HISTORIC BOOK
- De Jeff en 12-06-13
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume I: Visions of Glory 1874-1932
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 41 h y 19 m
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Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the 20th century. His great oratory and leadership during the Second World War were only part of his huge breadth of experience and achievement. Studying his life is a fascinating way to imbibe the history of his era and gain insight into key events that have shaped our time.
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Superb - Review of Both Volume I & Volume II
- De Wolfpacker en 01-23-09
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A World Lit Only by Fire
- The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
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From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth, the Renaissance.
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Ruined by the narrator
- De Wallen en 02-28-09
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The Arms of Krupp
- 1587-1968
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 48 h y 14 m
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The Arms of Krupp brings to life Europe's wealthiest, most powerful family, a 400-year German dynasty that developed the world's most technologically advanced weapons, from cannons to submarines to antiaircraft guns; provided arms to generations of German leaders, including the Kaiser and Hitler; operated private concentration camps during the Nazi era; survived conviction at Nuremberg; and wielded enormous influence on the course of world events.
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- De Ian en 06-12-17
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American Caesar
- Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 31 h y 53 m
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Virtually all Americans above a certain age hold strong opinions about Douglas MacArthur. They either worship him or despise him. Now, in this superb book, one of our most outstanding writers, after a meticulous three-year examination of the record, presents his startling insights about the man. The narrative is gripping, because the general's life was fascinating. It is moving, because he was a man of vision. It ends, finally, in tragedy, because his character, though majestic, was tragically flawed.
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A Great American
- De Charlotte A. Hu en 05-19-13
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The Glory and the Dream
- A Narrative History of America, 1932 - 1972
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 57 h y 23 m
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This great time capsule of a book captures the abundant popular history of the United States from 1932 to 1972. It encompasses politics, military history, economics, the lively arts, science, fashion, fads, social change, sexual mores, communications, graffiti...everything and anything indigenous that can be captured in print.
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Fabulous book, good narration, bad recording
- De Paula en 07-10-08
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The Death of a President
- November 20 - November 25, 1963
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 33 h y 21 m
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As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of President John F. Kennedy's death, including the days immediately preceding and following the assassination.
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IMPORTANT HISTORIC BOOK
- De Jeff en 12-06-13
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume I: Visions of Glory 1874-1932
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 41 h y 19 m
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Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the 20th century. His great oratory and leadership during the Second World War were only part of his huge breadth of experience and achievement. Studying his life is a fascinating way to imbibe the history of his era and gain insight into key events that have shaped our time.
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Superb - Review of Both Volume I & Volume II
- De Wolfpacker en 01-23-09
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A World Lit Only by Fire
- The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
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From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth, the Renaissance.
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Ruined by the narrator
- De Wallen en 02-28-09
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Disturber of the Peace
- The Life of H. L. Mencken
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
- Duración: 14 h y 8 m
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This fine biography of H. L. Mencken tells of how he rose to his unique position as comic genius and pre-eminent critic of American culture. It is the story of a man whose massive power of invective inspired and infuriated his contemporaries and whose popularity and unpopularity mounted with the frenzied pace of the 1920s.
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A Revelation
- De Margaret H en 08-20-10
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The Cruel Sea
- De: Nicholas Monsarrat
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 17 h y 48 m
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Darting back and forth across the icy North Atlantic, Compass Rose played a deadly cat-and-mouse game with packs of German U-boats lying in wait beneath the ocean waves. Packed with tension and vivid descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts, this tale of the most bitter and chilling campaign of the war tells of ordinary men who had to master their own fears before they could face a brutal menace - one that would strike without warning from the deep.
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Hard Edged Historical Fiction
- De CLR en 01-20-18
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A Savage War of Peace
- Algeria 1954-1962
- De: Alistair Horne
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 29 h y 56 m
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The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused the fall of six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict, and as many European settlers were driven into exile. From the perspective of half a century, it looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one.
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Excellent history of France's Viet Nam
- De David en 04-10-16
De: Alistair Horne
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One Brief Shining Moment
- Remembering Kennedy
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
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Manchester recalls in intimate detail everything from family gatherings at Hyannis Port, to grueling campaign trips, and quiet evenings alone with the president in the White House family quarters. The resulting portrait provides listeners with myriad anecdotes and insights into a life of a man that bristled with vigor, competitiveness, and an unflagging drive for excellence, and shone with elegance, intelligence, and compassion.
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Well Done
- De History en 04-16-24
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The Rules of the Game
- Jutland and British Naval Command
- De: Andrew Gordon, Sir John Woodward - foreword
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 27 h y 15 m
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When published in hardcover in 1997, this book was praised for providing an engrossing education not only in naval strategy and tactics, but in Victorian social attitudes and the influence of character on history. In juxtaposing an operational with a cultural theme, the author comes closer than any historian yet to explaining what was behind the often-described operations of this famous 1916 battle at Jutland.
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Absolutely fascinating dissection of naval strategy
- De A personal en 09-25-21
De: Andrew Gordon, y otros
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The Ultimate Battle
- Okinawa 1945: The Last Epic Struggle of World War II
- De: Bill Sloan
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 14 h y 7 m
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The Ultimate Battle is the full story of the largest land-sea-air battle ever waged by the United States, a battle whose staggering casualties and take-no-prisoners ferocity led Truman to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. From April through June 1945, more than 250,000 American and Japanese lives were lost, including those of nearly 150,000 civilians who either committed suicide or were caught in the crossfire. This book tells a gripping story of heroism, sacrifice, and death.
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Takes you into the mud and death
- De Ron en 02-02-08
De: Bill Sloan
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Defeat into Victory
- Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945
- De: Field-Marshal Viscount William Slim, David W. Hogan Jr. - introduction
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 23 h y 32 m
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Field Marshal Viscount Slim (1891-1970) led shattered British forces from Burma to India in one of the lesser-known but more nightmarish retreats of World War II. He then restored his army's fighting capabilities and morale with virtually no support from home and counterattacked. His army's slaughter of Japanese troops ultimately liberated India and Burma.
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Top notch
- De Benjamin en 05-21-22
De: Field-Marshal Viscount William Slim, y otros
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Islands of the Damned
- A Marine at War in the Pacific
- De: R. V. Burgin, Bill Marvel
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 6 h y 30 m
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This is an eyewitness - and eye-opening - account of some of the most savage and brutal fighting in the war against Japan, told from the perspective of a young Texan who volunteered for the Marine Corps to escape a life as a traveling salesman. R. V. Burgin enlisted at the age of twenty and, with his sharp intelligence and earnest work ethic, climbed the ranks from a green private to a seasoned sergeant.
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Jerry
- De Anonymous User en 05-12-10
De: R. V. Burgin, y otros
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The March of Folly
- From Troy to Vietnam
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 17 h y 53 m
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In The March of Folly, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian Barbara Tuchman tackles the pervasive presence of folly in governments through the ages. Defining folly as the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives, Tuchman details four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly in government.
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Tuchman surprises me...
- De Plimtuna en 09-24-09
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My American Journey
- An Autobiography
- De: Colin Powell
- Narrado por: Colin Powell
- Duración: 3 h y 41 m
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Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history - including Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, and Desert Storm - but a history that until now has been known only on the surface.
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- De Lydia en 02-11-21
De: Colin Powell
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Voices of the Pacific, Expanded Edition
- Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II
- De: Adam Makos, Marcus Brotherton - contributor
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain, Michael Crouch, Kimberly Farr
- Duración: 13 h y 24 m
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From the best-selling author of A Higher Call and Spearhead comes an unflinching firsthand chronicle of the heroic US Marines who fought on Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and in other pivotal battles during the Pacific War, a classic book now expanded with new stories from the flyboys overhead and the home front at war.
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BUY If You Love "The Things Our Fathers Saw..."
- De J.Brock en 11-07-21
De: Adam Makos, y otros
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The Panzer Killers
- The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich
- De: Daniel P. Bolger
- Narrado por: Stephen Mendel
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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Two months after D-Day, the Allies found themselves in a stalemate in Normandy, having suffered enormous casualties attempting to push through hedgerow country. Troops were spent, and American tankers, lacking the tactics and leadership to deal with the terrain, were losing their spirit. General George Patton and the other top US commanders needed an officer who knew how to break the impasse and roll over the Germans - they needed one man with the grit and the vision to take the war all the way to the Rhine. Patton and his peers selected Maurice Rose.
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Pronunciation counts
- De Brian Shivers en 08-22-21
De: Daniel P. Bolger
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Goodbye, Darkness
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- David C. Miller
- 03-29-21
A great listen
Manchester just doesn’t tell his experiences, he tells them with with amazing stories nsight and a keen poetic ear.
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- 04-02-22
Best book
I Haven’t read a book in this good for a long time a b c
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- william d estes
- 06-23-22
Extrodinary
This story touches one's
heart. Just when you think it is over, you
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that will thrill and shake.
Manchester has a deep and remarkable vocabulary as his splendid ability for the English language has no limits. it is amazing he survived those island Pacific battles. I am going to get the book for further study. I will have to get the large print as I am a senior citizen who still jogs in the park and wish my eyes were as good as mu running.
Looking forward to reading (listening) to William Manchester books.
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- Matthew Millner
- 02-23-23
The best account of WW2 I’ve ever read.
The reading of the book by Whitener was phenomenal. The book itself was as frank and detailed as any WW2 account I’ve ever read. I’d recommend this book to anyone with even a passing curiosity of the war, anyone with advanced knowledge of it and especially to anyone that had family members in the service during that time. 10/10 RIP William Manchester.
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- Joe. Nobody
- 09-01-18
excellent
an excellent memoir of the Pacific theater right up there with with the old breed and helmet for my pillow . I am sure I have heard others say this but I have many books about WWII Russian German British and American but I can't seem to find any from Japan maybe I'm not looking hard enough I don't know... Its just a little sad to not have any kind of first hand account from a Japanese soldierany way this definitely worth listening to
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- S. Gilford
- 01-20-10
At least one in a hundred
Of the more than 100 books I have listened to at Audible, months later, this one sticks out in my mind. I have read all of Manchester's books. He is a fine historian but this autobiographical telling of one Marine's experience in the Pacific war is exciting, insightful and above all honest. It is not a romanticized view of war. This is an extraordinary piece of writing with a lot to be learned from it about the experience of courage, fear, and friendship.
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- Yennta
- 01-12-12
A Stunner
William Manchester is a brilliant writer who just happened to have been there in the thick of it, the war in the Pacific. I usually have a hard time understanding descriptions of battles, but this is clear, devastating writing which puts you right there.
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- Patrick
- 11-13-16
Excellent
An excellent personal and overall account of the USMC in the Pacific during WWII. Especially good account of Tarawa and Okinawa campaigns.
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- Dale
- 12-09-10
Moving and haunting
I'm a relative novice to the history of the pacific war in WWII and I purchased this book for 2 reasons: I wanted a basic overview from a soldier's point of view and I've read one of Mr. Manchester's other books and liked it. It's excellent on many fronts and several scenes and images will stick with me forever. From a historical perspective, it's probably a bit light. The overview of the war is in broad strokes but it works for this book. He frequently and fluidly moves from broad historical overview to his specific experiences although I did occasionally lose track of his specific experiences and those he was recounting from his fellow marines. The audiobook reader is overall good.
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- az-joe
- 08-08-21
Why they were called the greatest generation
I’m the son of a father who fought in the pacific. Like the author he fought in 3 major battles. I am also a veteran of 30 years military service. I never completely knew my father. He was a proud man who spent so much of his life trying to hide his demons. He never really got over his PTSD but learned to manage it. This book brought back memories of my father. Those men were truly the best of the BEST. I hope there heroics will continue to live on. Unfortunately as with all things time has a way forgetting. This was such a good book. Definitely not sugarcoated and yes we had to drop the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As general MacArthur said we would lose a million men if we had to attack main land Japan. Because we did, quite frankly, many of us are alive today along with our children and grandchildren.
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