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March 1945. A handful of very young Allied operatives are parachuted into the remote jungled heart of the Japanese-occupied island of Borneo, east of Singapore, there to recruit the island's Indigenous Dayak peoples to fight the Japanese. Yet most speak next to no Borneo languages and know little about Dayaks, other than that they were once headhunters who might kill them on arrival. For their part, some Dayaks have never before seen a white face.
This is the story of Operation Semut, an Australian secret military operation launched by the organisation popularly known as Z Special Unit in the final months of WWII. Anthropologist Christine Helliwell has called on her years of first-hand knowledge of Borneo, interviewed more than 100 Dayak people and all the remaining Semut operatives, and consulted thousands of military and other documents to piece together this astonishing story. Focusing on two of Borneo's great rivers - the Baram and Rejang - the book provides a detailed military history of Semut II's and Semut III's brutal guerrilla campaign against the Japanese and reveals the decisive but long-overlooked Dayak role in the operation.
But this is no ordinary history. Helliwell captures vividly the terrors of the jungle environment into which the operatives are plunged. And she takes us into the lives and cavernous longhouses of the Dayaks on whom their survival depends. The result is a truly unique account of the meeting of two very different cultures amidst the savagery of the Pacific War.
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With his parting words "I shall return," General Douglas MacArthur sealed the fate of the last American forces on Bataan. Yet one young Army Captain, named Russell Volckmann, refused to surrender. He disappeared into the jungles of north Luzon where he raised a Filipino army of over 22,000 men. For the next three years he led a guerrilla war against the Japanese, killing over 50,000 enemy soldiers. At the same time he established radio contact with MacArthur's HQ in Australia and directed Allied forces to key enemy positions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The True father of US Special Forces
- De yardranger en 06-25-23
De: Mike Guardia
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Crete 1941
- The Battle and the Resistance
- De: Antony Beevor
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 14 h y 16 m
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Nazi Germany expected its airborne attack on Crete in 1941 to be a textbook victory based on tactical surprise. Little did they know that the British, using Ultra intercepts, had already laid a careful trap. It should have been the first German defeat of the war, but a fatal misunderstanding turned the battle around.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing
- De Jean en 02-01-16
De: Antony Beevor
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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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5 out of 5 stars
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Top notch
- De Benjamin en 05-21-22
De: Field-Marshal Viscount William Slim, y otros
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Congo Mercenary
- De: Mike Hoare
- Narrado por: Mike Hoare
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 249
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Col. Mike Hoare tells how his force of mercenaries, 5 Commando, put down a Comunist-backed rebel uprising in the Congo. As they restored law and order, town by town, he and his men freed 1800 nuns and priests. His men also learned what it means to be real soldiers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nice to hear an unapologetic account
- De S. H. Moore en 01-16-20
De: Mike Hoare
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The Battle for Okinawa
- A Japanese Officer's Eyewitness Account of the Last Great Campaign of World War II
- De: Colonel Hiromichi Yahara, Frank B. Gibney
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
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This critically acclaimed account of the Battle for Okinawa is told through the eyes of Colonel Hiromichi Yahara, the senior staff officer of the 32nd Japanese Army. It features segments on the Japanese preparation for battle, the American assault, and a summary of how the battle ended. Following the events that occurred in the life of Colonel Hiromichi Yahara, journalist Frank Gibney is able to lay out the importance of the battle and the ways in which both parties fought hard and strategically.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Blessed HEAVEN—An Actual Japanese Person Narrating
- De Nicholas Robinson en 10-06-21
De: Colonel Hiromichi Yahara, y otros
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We Dared to Win
- The SAS in Rhodesia
- De: Hannes Wessels, Andre Scheepers - with
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 306
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Andre Scheepers grew up on a farm in Rhodesia, learning about the bush from his African childhood friends, before joining the army. A quiet, introspective thinker, Andre started out as a trooper in the SAS before being commissioned into the Rhodesian Light Infantry Commandos, where he was engaged in fireforce combat operations. He then rejoined the SAS. Andre writes vividly about his experiences, his emotions, and his state of mind during the war, and reflects candidly on what he learned and how war has shaped his life since.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The tragic story behind the story
- De wade en 02-07-21
De: Hannes Wessels, y otros
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Rice Paddy Recon
- A Marine Officer's Second Tour in Vietnam, 1968-1970
- De: Andrew R. Finlayson
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 16 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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A young US Marine officer recounts his experiences of the Vietnam War over a 19-month period. He graphically describes what it was like to perform three distinct combat missions: long-range ground reconnaissance in the Annamite Mountains of I Corps, infantry operations in the rice paddies and mountains of Quang Nam Province, and special police operations for the CIA in Tay Ninh province. Using official Marine Corps unit histories, CIA documents, and his weekly letters home, the author relies almost exclusively on primary sources in providing an accurate and honest account.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Somnipherous
- De Cameleer en 09-10-21
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Churchill's Hellraisers
- The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress
- De: Damien Lewis
- Narrado por: Matt Bates
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 29
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It is the winter of 1944. Allied forces have succeeded in liberating most of Axis-occupied Italy - with one crucial exception: the Nazi headquarters north of the Gothic Line. Heavily guarded and surrounded by rugged terrain, the mountain fortress is nearly impenetrable. But British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is determined to drive a dagger into the "soft underbelly of Europe." The Allied's plan: drop two paratroopers into the mountains-and take the fortress by storm....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brave soldiers
- De Timo en 03-26-24
De: Damien Lewis
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By Water Beneath the Walls
- The Rise of the Navy SEALs
- De: Benjamin H. Milligan
- Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith
- Duración: 22 h y 46 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 414
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 370
How did the US Navy - the branch of the US military tasked with patrolling the oceans - ever manage to produce a unit of raiders trained to operate on land? And how, against all odds, did that unit become one of the world’s most elite commando forces, routinely striking thousands of miles from the water on the battlefields of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, even Central Africa?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extra. Ordinary.
- De Anonymous User en 12-15-21
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Poland 1939
- The Outbreak of World War II
- De: Roger Moorhouse
- Narrado por: Roger Moorhouse
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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For Americans, World War II began in December of 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; but for Poland, the war began on September 1, 1939, when Hitler's soldiers invaded, followed later that month by Stalin's Red Army. The conflict that followed saw the debut of many of the features that would come to define the later war-blitzkrieg, the targeting of civilians, ethnic cleansing, and indiscriminate aerial bombing-yet it is routinely overlooked by historians.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Always Overlooked
- De C. G. Telcontar en 05-27-21
De: Roger Moorhouse
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Sicily '43
- The First Assault on Fortress Europe
- De: James Holland
- Narrado por: Al Murray
- Duración: 19 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Normandy invasion 11 months later: 160,000 American, British, and Canadian troops came ashore or were parachuted onto Sicily, signaling the start of the campaign to defeat Nazi Germany on European soil. Operation HUSKY, as it was known, was enormously complex, involving dramatic battles on land, in the air, and at sea. Yet, despite its paramount importance to ultimate Allied victory, and its drama, very little has been written about the 38-day Battle for Sicily.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great writing, great narration, interesting topic
- De ItalCali en 08-02-21
De: James Holland
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Between Giants
- The Battle for the Baltics in World War II
- De: Prit Buttar
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 17 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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During World War II, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia found themselves trapped between the giants of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Over the course of the war, these states were repeatedly occupied by different forces, and local government organizations and individuals were forced to choose between supporting the occupying forces or forming partisan units to resist their occupation. Devastated during the German invasion, these states then became the site of some of the most vicious fighting during the Soviet counterattack and push towards Berlin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great listgen
- De Michael Blount en 07-09-20
De: Prit Buttar
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The Mighty Endeavor
- American Armed Forces in the European Theater in World War II
- De: Charles B. MacDonald
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 22 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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From the first landings at Casablanca straight through to the crossing of the Elbe River and V-E Day, this book tells the gripping story of the European theater of operations battles of World War II that American soldiers, sailors, and airmen took part in and of the strategy behind them. The book's core is its account of such famous and dramatic episodes as the landings in North Africa, Kasserine Pass, Salerno and Anzio; D-day; the liberation of Paris; the Battle of the Bulge; the crossing of the Rhine; and the race across Germany.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great background on US Armed Forces in the ETO and MTO
- De Dan McGrew en 05-16-17
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The Korean War
- De: Max Hastings
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 17 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 324
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It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Max Hastings, preeminent military historian, takes us back to the bloody, bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist invasion of June 1950.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring and Hard Hitting
- De David Ewing en 08-06-07
De: Max Hastings
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Churchill's Shadow Raiders
- The Race to Develop Radar, World War II's Invisible Secret Weapon
- De: Damien Lewis
- Narrado por: Nigel Carrington
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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In the winter of 1941, as Britain faced defeat on all fronts, an RAF reconnaissance pilot photographed an alien-looking object on the French coast near Le Havre. The mysterious device - a “Wurzburg Dish” - appeared to be a new form of radar technology: ultra-compact, highly precise, and pointed directly across the English Channel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Listen
- De Kindle Customer en 05-13-20
De: Damien Lewis
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Shanghai 1937
- Stalingrad on the Yangtze
- De: Peter Harmsen
- Narrado por: George Backman
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 111
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This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers, while sucking in three million civilians as unwilling spectators and, often, victims. It turned what had been a Japanese adventure in China into a general war between the two oldest and proudest civilizations of the Far East. Ultimately, it led to Pearl Harbor and to seven decades of tumultuous history in Asia. The Battle of Shanghai was a pivotal event that helped define and shape the modern world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Curtain to World War Two
- De Michael en 03-01-16
De: Peter Harmsen
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Shadow Commander
- The Epic Story of Donald D. Blackburn - Guerrilla Leader and Special Forces Hero
- De: Mike Guardia
- Narrado por: Jason Huggins
- Duración: 5 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
The fires on Bataan burned on the evening of April 9, 1942 - illuminating the white flags of surrender against the nighttime sky. Woefully outnumbered, outgunned, and ill-equipped, battered remnants of the American-Philippine army surrendered to the forces of the Rising Sun. Yet amongst the chaos and devastation of the American defeat, Army Captain Donald D. Blackburn refused to lay down his arms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great tale of an unsung American hero and Special Forces legend.
- De Thomas Le Min en 08-21-16
De: Mike Guardia
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Battleground Prussia
- The Assault on Germany’s Eastern Front 1944-45
- De: Prit Buttar
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 23 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 126
The terrible months between the arrival of the Red Army on German soil and the final collapse of Hitler's regime were like no other in the Second World War. The Soviet Army's intent to take revenge for the horror that the Nazis had wreaked on their people produced a conflict of implacable brutality in which millions perished. From the great battles that marked the Soviet conquest of East and West Prussia to the final surrender in the Vistula estuary, this book recounts in chilling detail the desperate struggle of soldiers and civilians alike.
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4 out of 5 stars
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WW II Battleground Ignored by Western Historians
- De AJC en 12-16-19
De: Prit Buttar