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Ronald Pickup, a renowned British actor, delivers a brilliant, action-packed reading for this abridged audiobook. He captures an authentic portrayal of the passion and playfulness of youth, the psychological challenges of men at bay, the terror of war and the unexpected humor, as artfully described by Douglas in his own words.
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In the early days of April 1941, the 14,000 Australian forces garrisoned in the Libyan town of Tobruk were told to expect reinforcements and supplies within eight weeks. Eight months later these heroic, gallant, determined "Rats of Tobruk" were rescued by the British Navy having held the fort against the might of Rommel's never-before-defeated Afrika Corps.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fair dinkum
- De J B Tipton en 11-22-08
De: Peter FitzSimons
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The Liberator
- One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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From July 10, 1943, the date of the Allied landing in Sicily, to May 8, 1945, when victory in Europe was declared - the entire time it took to liberate Europe - no regiment saw more action, and no single platoon, company, or battalion endured worse, than the ones commanded by Felix Sparks, who had entered the war as a greenhorn second lieutenant of the 157th "Eager for Duty" Infantry Regiment of the 45th "Thunderbird" Division. Sparks and his fellow Thunderbirds fought longest and hardest to defeat Hitler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Now I Know What a Hero Really Is
- De Steven en 11-27-12
De: Alex Kershaw
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Voices of the Foreign Legion
- The History of the World's Most Famous Fighting Corps
- De: Adrian D. Gilbert
- Narrado por: Eric Brooks
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
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The French Foreign Legion has established a reputation as the most formidable of military forces. Created as a means of protecting French interests abroad, the legion spearheaded French colonialism in North Africa during the nineteenth century. Accepting volunteers from all parts of the world, the legion acquired an aura of mystery—and a less than enviable reputation for brutality within its ranks.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A good, if not amazing listen
- De Shaun en 03-06-13
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Rogue Heroes
- The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- De: Ben Macintyre
- Narrado por: Ben Macintyre
- Duración: 13 h y 1 m
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Britain's Special Air Service - or SAS - was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat whose aimlessness in early life belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a battlefield map of World War II's African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommel's desert forces, Stirling saw an opportunity: Given a small number of elite, well-trained men, he could parachute behind enemy lines and sabotage their airplanes and war matériel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Those Who Dared, Won!
- De Matthew en 10-07-16
De: Ben Macintyre
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I Will Hold
- The Story of USMC Legend Clifton B. Cates from Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War
- De: James Carl Nelson
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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The incredible true story of Clifton B. "Lucky" Cates, whose service in World War I and beyond made him a legend in the annals of the Marine Corps. Cates knew that he and his small band of marines were in a desperate spot. Before handing the note over to a runner, he added three words that would resound through Marine Corps history: I WILL HOLD.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I Cannot Hold!
- De Matthew en 10-22-16
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Undefeated
- America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor
- De: Bill Sloan
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Abandoned by their government, the men and women of the American garrison struggled against impossible military odds, rampant disease, and slow starvation to delay inevitable surrender by the largest American military force ever. Rather than picturing these defenders as little more than helpless victims of an overwhelmingly powerful and sadistic enemy-as most previous books about the Philippines campaign have done- Undefeated credits American troops with the unexcelled heroism and indomitable spirit they displayed under the worst imaginable conditions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mesmerizing
- De Amazon Customer en 03-30-17
De: Bill Sloan
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All the Way to Berlin
- A Paratrooper at War in Europe
- De: James Megellas
- Narrado por: Richard M. Davidson
- Duración: 2 h y 34 m
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In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as "Maggie" to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82nd Airborne Division, his new "home" for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Incredible book - narrator was terrible
- De joseph metz en 01-06-22
De: James Megellas
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Citizen Soldiers
- The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
- De: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrado por: George K. Wilson
- Duración: 21 h y 34 m
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A masterful biography of the U.S. Army in the European Theater of Operations during World War II, Citizen Soldiers provides a compelling account of the extraordinary stories of ordinary men in their fight for democracy. From the high command on down to the enlisted men, Stephen E. Ambrose draws on hundreds of interviews and oral histories from men on both sides who were there.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required reading, excellent narration
- De Jeremy en 06-30-11
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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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2 out of 5 stars
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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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Panzer Ace
- The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy
- De: Richard Freiherr von Rosen, Robert Forczyk
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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Richard Freiherr von Rosen was a highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier and outstanding panzer commander. After serving as a gunlayer on a Pz.Mk.III during Barbarossa, he led a company of Tigers at Kursk. Later he led a company of King Tiger panzers at Normandy and in late 1944 commanded a battle group (12 King Tigers and a flak company) against the Russians in Hungary in the rank of junior, later senior lieutenant (from November 1944, his final rank). Only 489 of these King Tiger tanks were ever built.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected
- De Gabriel en 01-04-19
De: Richard Freiherr von Rosen, y otros
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Pegasus Bridge
- De: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 5 h y 58 m
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In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-day, the turning point of World War II. This gripping account of it by acclaimed author Stephen Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story told in greater detal
- De Amazon Customer en 08-16-17
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The Ghost Mountain Boys
- Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea
- De: James Campbell
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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New Guinea became the site of one of the World War II's most savage campaigns. Despite their lack of jungle training, the 32nd Division's Ghost Mountain Boys were assigned the most grueling mission of the entire Pacific campaign: to march 130 miles over rugged mountains and to protect the right flank of the Australian army as they fought to push the Japanese back to the village of Buna.
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2 out of 5 stars
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painful reading
- De richard en 10-29-09
De: James Campbell
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Monash's Masterpiece
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Michael Carman
- Duración: 15 h y 1 m
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The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph and strategically very important in the closing stages of WWI. A largely Australian force, commanded by the brilliant Sir John Monash, fought what has been described as the first modern battle - where infantry, tanks, artillery and planes operated together as a coordinated force. Monash planned every detail meticulously, with nothing left to chance. Peter FitzSimons brings this Allied triumph to life and tells this magnificent story as it should be told.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent history, almost unknown in US
- De Paul Gallagher en 09-28-23
De: Peter FitzSimons
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A Foot Soldier for Patton
- The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman with the US Third Army
- De: Michael C. Bilder, James Bilder
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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A rarely frank account of the US infantry experience in northern Europe, A Foot Soldier for Patton takes the listener from the beaches of Normandy through the giddy drive across France to the brutal battles on the Westwall, in the Ardennes, and finally to the conquest of Germany itself. Patton's army is best known for dashing armored attacks; its commander combining the firepower of tanks with their historic lineage as cavalry. But when the Germans stood firm, the greatest fighting was done by Patton's long undersung infantry.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book
- De Dr. Z en 09-16-21
De: Michael C. Bilder, y otros
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The Deserters
- A Hidden History of World War II
- De: Charles Glass
- Narrado por: Barry Press
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
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A tale that redefines the ordinary soldier in the Second World War, The Deserters is a breathtaking work of historical reportage, weaving together the lives of forgotten servicemen even as it overturns the assumptions and prejudices of an era. The Deserters reveals that ordinary soldiers viewed "desertion" as a natural part of conflict, as unexpected and inexplicable as bravery. The Deserters moves beyond the false extremes of courage and cowardice to reveal the true experience of the Allied soldier.
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5 out of 5 stars
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war is hell
- De Stevon en 10-08-13
De: Charles Glass
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The Battle of Arnhem
- The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II
- De: Antony Beevor
- Narrado por: Sean Barrett
- Duración: 16 h y 47 m
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On September 17, 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the groaning roar of airplane engines. He went out onto his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders, carrying the legendary American 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions and the British 1st Airborne Division. Operation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, was a bold concept, but could it have ever worked? The cost of failure was horrendous, above all for the Dutch.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fighting a lost war
- De Alec Drumm en 11-03-18
De: Antony Beevor
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The Last Battle
- Victory, Defeat, and the End of World War I
- De: Peter Hart
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
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Much has been made of - and written about - August 1914. There has been comparatively little focus on August 1918 and the lead-up to November. Because of the fixation on the Great War's opening moves and the great battles that followed over the course of the next four years, the endgame seems to come as a stunning anticlimax. At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the guns simply fell silent. The Last Battle definitively corrects this misperception. As Hart shows, a number of factors precipitated the Armistice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Is it over yet?
- De Rick B en 11-17-20
De: Peter Hart
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1918
- A Very British Victory
- De: Peter Hart
- Narrado por: Clive Mantle, Peter Hart
- Duración: 6 h y 20 m
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This epic account of the events of 1918 is the first major reappraisal of the end of the war for more than 20 years, and describes what is in some respects a forgotten chapter in history. The soldiers who returned to Britain in November 1918 were not the martyrs or victims of popular memory - they were a victorious army and were greeted as heroes.
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1 out of 5 stars
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1918: a one sided twisting of history
- De Maarten Demont en 02-03-19
De: Peter Hart
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Fascinating story !!!
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This is a remarkable and quite interesting autobiography of one brave man who volunteered as a 16 year old boy to fight in the WW2, motivated to defend the very foundations of the free world. Every war is hell, but even in the most difficult conditions there is a place for humanity and valor. I especially loved the fact that the events were not just made up and I would recommend this memoir to all ages, and not just to those who are interested in WW2 material. One more thing worth mentioning is the narration of the british actor Ronald Pickup who makes listening to this audiobook an unforgetable experience.
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