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“bernard norling”

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  • Behind Japanese Lines

    An American Guerrilla in the Philippines

    by Ray C. Hunt, Bernard Norling ...
    This WWII combat memoir offers a rare firsthand account of the Allied guerilla forces fighting the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.In the Spring of 1942, US and Philippine forces lost the Battle of Bataan, leaving control of the Bataan Peninsula and the island of Corregidor to the Japanese. After the devastating loss, the Allied forces stationed across the Philippine Archipelago were ... Read more

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  • Lapham's Raiders

    Guerrillas in the Philippines, 1942–1945

    by Robert Lapham, Bernard Norling ...
    A US soldier recounts his extensive guerilla campaign against the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in this thoroughly researched WWII memoir.On December 8th, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invaded the Philippine Islands, catching American forces unprepared and forcing their eventual surrender. Among the American soldiers who managed to avoid capture was twenty ... Read more

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  • The Nazi Impact on a German Village

    by Walter Rinderle, Bernard Norling ...
    "A vivid & sensitive portrait of a small, tradition-bound community coming to terms with modernity under the most adverse of conditions." — Observer ReviewMany scholars have tried to assess Adolf Hitler's influence on the German people, usually focusing on university towns and industrial communities, most of them predominately Protestant or religiously mixed. This work by Walter Rinderle and ... Read more

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  • The Intrepid Guerrillas of North Luzon

    by Bernard Norling ...
    Following the Japanese invasion of the islands in 1942, North Luzon was the staging area for several Filipino-American guerrilla bands who sought to gather intelligence and to destroy enemy military installations or supplies. Bernard Norling focuses on the Cagayan-Apayao Forces, or CAF, commanded by Maj. Ralph Praeger. Their bravery was unquestionable, but by September 1943 all but one member of ... Read more

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  • Night of the Long Knives

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