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  • Tanks in Hell

    A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa

    de Oscar E. Gilbert ...
    An extraordinary slice of untold WWII history: how unproven Marines driving untested Sherman tanks turned the tide against Japan in the Battle of Tarawa.In May 1943, a self-described "really young, green, ignorant lieutenant" assumed command of a new US Marine Corps company. His even younger Marines were learning to operate an untested weapon, the M4A2 "Sherman" medium tank. Just six months later, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Marine Corps Tanks Collection

    de Oscar E. Gilbert ...
    "Together these books provide the definitive history of the USMC's tank forces . . . Very highly recommended" ( Military Modelcraft International).Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea: A detailed and gripping account of the little-known Marine tank engagements during the Korean War, from the valiant defense at Pusan and the bitter battles of the Chosin Reservoir to the bloody stalemate along the ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • True for the Cause of Liberty

    The Second Spartan Regiment in the American Revolution

    de Oscar E. Gilbert, Catherine R. Gilbert ...
    "Persuasively tells the savage partisan war in the Carolina backcountry . . . [during] the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution" ( Military Review ).Following their defeat at Saratoga in New York in 1777, the British decided to implement a southern strategy against the American insurgents, a plan to "roll up" the rebellious colonies from Georgia through the Carolinas to Virginia. Untrained ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Tanks

    A Century of Tank Warfare

    de Oscar E. Gilbert, Romain V. Cansière ...
    Series series Casemate Short History
    "For all the history buffs on warfare of the last century, Tanks is a perfect choice . . . packed with fascinating information" ( San Francisco Book Review ).This Casemate Short History—by the authors of Tanks in Hell: A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa—provides an informative and entertaining introduction to this iconic weapon of the last hundred years.Tanks first ventured in... ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • First to Fight

    The U.S. Marines in World War I

    de Oscar E. Gilbert, Romain V. Cansière ...
    "An amazingly detailed account of the American Expeditionary Force at Belleau Wood in 1918" from the authors of Tanks in Hell ( Books Monthly)."Retreat, hell! We just got here!" The words of Capt. Lloyd Williams at Belleau Wood in June 1918 entered United States Marine Corps legend, and the Marine brigade's actions there—along with the censor's failure to take out the name of the brigade in the ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea

    de Oscar E. Gilbert ...
    An award-winning military historian delivers "an excellent read" on tank combat in the Forgotten War based on interviews with veterans who were there (MAFVA.org).The outbreak of the Korean conflict caught America (and the Marine Corps) unprepared. The Corps' salvation was the existence of its Organized Reserve (an organization rich in veterans of the fighting in World War II), the availability of ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Amphibious Warfare

    Battle on the Beaches

    de Oscar E. Gilbert, Romain V. Cansière ...
    Series series Casemate Short History
    "An easily accessible short history" of offensive military operations on hostile shores from the authors of First to Fight: The U.S. Marines in World War I ( Midwest Book Review).One of the most difficult types of warfare to master, landing on a hostile beach requires scrupulous planning and intense coordination between the air, sea, and land forces.With a history reaching back to the Persians ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Marine Corps Tank Battles in Vietnam

    de Oscar E. Gilbert ...
    The author of Tanks in Hell tracks ten years of tank warfare in Vietnam, combining firsthand accounts from veterans with analysis of tactics and strategy.In 1965 the large, loud, and highly visible tanks of 3rd Platoon, B Company, 3rd Tank Battalion landed across a beach near Da Nang, drawing unwelcome attention to America's first, almost covert, commitment of ground troops in South Vietnam. As ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Marine Corps Tank Battles in the Middle East

    de Oscar E. Gilbert ...
    In this "compelling read," the former Marine artilleryman examines modern tank strategies through true stories of battle in Iraq and Afghanistan ( Military Modelcraft International).In the aftermath of Vietnam a new generation of Marines was determined to wage a smarter kind of war. The tank, the very symbol of power and violence, would play a key role in a new concept of mobile warfare, not seen ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Marine Tank Battles In Pacific

    de Oscar E. Gilbert ...
    No previous book has been devoted to Marine Corps armor in World War II. Gilbert's gripping narrative combines exhaustive detail on Marine armor and combat with moving eyewitness accounts, never before published, of what it was actually like to be a Marine tanker in action in the Pacific. ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Tanks in Hell

    A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa

    de Oscar E. Gilbert, Romain Cansiere ...
    Narrado por Joe Barrett ...

    Completo

    5 hora 56 minutos

    In May 1943, a self-described "really young, green, ignorant lieutenant" assumed command of a new U.S. Marine Corps company. His even younger enlisted Marines were learning to use an untested weapon, the M4A2 "Sherman" medium tank. His sole combat veteran was the company bugler, who had salvaged his dress cap and battered horn from a sinking aircraft carrier. Just six months later, the company ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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  • Audiolibro

    Marine!

    The Life of Chesty Puller

    de Burke Davis ...
    Narrado por Bill Thatcher ...

    Completo

    12 hora 14 minutos

    The gripping story of an extraordinary American hero, the most decorated man in U.S. Marine Corps history, from a New York Times bestselling author.In the glorious chronicles of the U.S. Marine Corps, no name is more revered than that of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. The only fighting man to receive the Navy Cross five separate times—a military honor second only to the Congressional Medal of ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook