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Landing in Hell

The Pyrrhic Victory of the First Marine Division on Peleliu, 1944

de Peter Margaritis ...

A detailed history and analysis of the most controversial amphibious operation in the Pacific during WWII: the Battle for Peleliu.On September 15, 1944, the United States invaded the tiny Pacific island of Peleliu, located at the southern end of the Palau Islands. Boasting a large airfield from which the Americans could mount bomber campaigns, Peleliu was a strategically essential part of Gen. ... Leer más

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A detailed history and analysis of the most controversial amphibious operation in the Pacific during WWII: the Battle for Peleliu.On September 15, 1944, the United States invaded the tiny Pacific island of Peleliu, located at the southern end of the Palau Islands. Boasting a large airfield from which the Americans could mount bomber campaigns, Peleliu was a strategically essential part of Gen.
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Countdown to D-Day: The German Perspective

The German High Command in Occupied France, 1944

de Peter Margaritis ...

Series series Latin America at War
A WWII historian takes readers inside the day-to-day drama of Nazi military commanders in occupied Europe as they brace for the Allied invasion.In December of 1943, with Allied forces planning to invade Fortress Europe, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is named General Inspector of the Atlantic Wall. His mission is to assess their readiness, and what he finds disgusts him. The famed Atlantikwall is ... Leer más

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A WWII historian takes readers inside the day-to-day drama of Nazi military commanders in occupied Europe as they brace for the Allied invasion.In December of 1943, with Allied forces planning to invade Fortress Europe, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is named General Inspector of the Atlantic Wall. His mission is to assess their readiness, and what he finds disgusts him. The famed Atlantikwall is
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Landing in Hell

The Pyrrhic Victory of the First Marine Division on Peleliu, 1944

de Peter Margaritis ...

Narrado por Shawn Compton ...

Completo

10 hora 2 minutos

On September 15, 1944, the United States invaded the tiny Pacific island of Peleliu, located at the southern end of the Palau Islands. Boasting a large airfield from which the Americans could mount bomber campaigns, Peleliu was a strategically essential part of Gen. MacArthur's long-awaited liberation of the Philippines. With the famed 1st Marine Division making the amphibious assault, Pacific ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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On September 15, 1944, the United States invaded the tiny Pacific island of Peleliu, located at the southern end of the Palau Islands. Boasting a large airfield from which the Americans could mount bomber campaigns, Peleliu was a strategically essential part of Gen. MacArthur's long-awaited liberation of the Philippines. With the famed 1st Marine Division making the amphibious assault, Pacific
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Countdown to D-Day

The German Perspective

de Peter Margaritis ...

Narrado por Roger Clark ...

Completo

28 hora 53 minutos

In December 1943, with the rising realization that the Allies are planning to invade Fortress Europe, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is assigned the title of General Inspector for the Atlantic Wall. His mission is to assess their readiness.His superior, theater commander, crusty old Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, who had led the Reich to victory in the early years of the war, is now fed up with the ... Leer más

$34.99 USD

In December 1943, with the rising realization that the Allies are planning to invade Fortress Europe, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is assigned the title of General Inspector for the Atlantic Wall. His mission is to assess their readiness.His superior, theater commander, crusty old Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, who had led the Reich to victory in the early years of the war, is now fed up with the
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Twenty-Two on Peleliu

Four Pacific Campaigns with the Corps

de George Peto, Peter Margaritis ...

A memoir of a tough childhood—and tough combat—by an "adventurous, lively, outspoken, opinionated" WWII Marine veteran ( Columbus Dispatch).On September 15, 1944, the US First Marine Division landed on a small island in the Central Pacific called Peleliu as a prelude to the liberation of the Philippines. Among the first wave of Marines that hit the beach that day was twenty-two-year-old George ... Leer más

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A memoir of a tough childhood—and tough combat—by an "adventurous, lively, outspoken, opinionated" WWII Marine veteran ( Columbus Dispatch).On September 15, 1944, the US First Marine Division landed on a small island in the Central Pacific called Peleliu as a prelude to the liberation of the Philippines. Among the first wave of Marines that hit the beach that day was twenty-two-year-old George
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Twenty-Two on Peleliu

Four Pacific Campaigns with the Corps: The Memoirs of an Old Breed Marine

de George Peto ...

Narrado por Paul Brion ...

Completo

15 hora 14 minutos

On September 15, 1944, the U.S. First Marine Division landed on a small island in the Central Pacific called Peleliu as a prelude to the liberation of the Philippines. Among the first wave of Marines that hit the beach that day was twenty-two-year-old George Peto.Growing up on a farm in Ohio, George always preferred being outdoors and exploring. This made school a challenge, but his hunting, ... Leer más

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On September 15, 1944, the U.S. First Marine Division landed on a small island in the Central Pacific called Peleliu as a prelude to the liberation of the Philippines. Among the first wave of Marines that hit the beach that day was twenty-two-year-old George Peto.Growing up on a farm in Ohio, George always preferred being outdoors and exploring. This made school a challenge, but his hunting,
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Audiolibro

Space and Time Magazine Issue #135

Issue 135

de Angela Yuriko Smith, Elsa M Carruthers, Linda D Addison, Alessandro Manzetti, Avra Margariti, Briant Laslo, Daniel M Kimmel, David C Kopaska-Merkel0, Denise Dumars1, Denny E Marshall2, Eric Del Carlo3, F G Bergman4, G O Clark5, Glen Hirshberg6, Jennifer Shelby7, John Reinhart8, Luiz Peters9, Maxwell I Gold0, Moaner T Lawrence1, Sara Tantlinger2, Sarah Avery3, Tina Quinn Durham4, William Landis5 ...

Narrado por Angela Yuriko Smith, Ryan Aussie Smith, Linda D Addison ...

Series Audiolibro 135 - Space and Time Magazine
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4 hora 5 minutos

The final issue of the year comes when the nights in the Northern Hemisphere are at their longest and coldest. It’s at this time that fiction is needed the most. Against the backdrop of darkness, we gather close and whisper tales to entertain and inspire—and to remind ourselves that dawn will return.Welcome to issue #135. In these pages are the continuation of Flashlight, Knife and Flowered Crown. ... Leer más

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The final issue of the year comes when the nights in the Northern Hemisphere are at their longest and coldest. It’s at this time that fiction is needed the most. Against the backdrop of darkness, we gather close and whisper tales to entertain and inspire—and to remind ourselves that dawn will return.Welcome to issue #135. In these pages are the continuation of Flashlight, Knife and Flowered Crown.
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Those Who Hold Bastogne

The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge

de Peter Schrijvers ...

Narrado por John Lee ...

Completo

11 hora 11 minutos

Hitler's last gamble, the Battle of the Bulge, was intended to push the Allied invaders of Normandy all the way back to the beaches. The plan nearly succeeded and almost certainly would have were it not for one small Belgian town and its tenacious American defenders, who held back a tenfold larger German force while awaiting the arrival of General George Patton's mighty Third Army.In this dramatic ... Leer más

$21.99 USD

Hitler's last gamble, the Battle of the Bulge, was intended to push the Allied invaders of Normandy all the way back to the beaches. The plan nearly succeeded and almost certainly would have were it not for one small Belgian town and its tenacious American defenders, who held back a tenfold larger German force while awaiting the arrival of General George Patton's mighty Third Army.In this dramatic
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Halsey's Typhoon

The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue

de Tom Clavin, Bob Drury ...

Narrado por Eric Conger ...

Completo

10 hora 44 minutos

A gripping true account of courage and survival at sea against impossible odds—and one of the finest untold World War II sagas of our time.In December 1944, while on a mission to support MacArthur's invasion of the Philippines, Admiral William "Bull" Halsey unwittingly steered his fleet of 170 ships into the teeth of a massive typhoon. The storm ultimately inflicted twice as much destruction and ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

A gripping true account of courage and survival at sea against impossible odds—and one of the finest untold World War II sagas of our time.In December 1944, while on a mission to support MacArthur's invasion of the Philippines, Admiral William "Bull" Halsey unwittingly steered his fleet of 170 ships into the teeth of a massive typhoon. The storm ultimately inflicted twice as much destruction and
... Leer más
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Landscape Turned Red

The Battle of Antietam

de Stephen W. Sears ...

Narrado por Barrett Whitener ...

Completo

14 hora 32 minutos

The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation’s history. On this single day, the battle claimed nearly twenty-three thousand casualties. In Landscape Turned Red, the renowned historian Stephen Sears draws on a remarkable cache of diaries, dispatches, and letters to recreate the vivid drama of Antietam as experienced not only ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation’s history. On this single day, the battle claimed nearly twenty-three thousand casualties. In Landscape Turned Red, the renowned historian Stephen Sears draws on a remarkable cache of diaries, dispatches, and letters to recreate the vivid drama of Antietam as experienced not only
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First to Fly

The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille, the American Heroes Who Flew for France in World War I

de Charles Bracelen Flood ...

Narrado por Tom Perkins ...

Completo

5 hora 49 minutos

If the Wright brothers' 1903 flights in Kitty Hawk marked the birth of aviation, World War I can be called its violent adolescence—a brief but bloody era that completely changed the way planes were designed, fabricated, and flown. The war forged an industry that would redefine transportation and warfare for future generations. In First to Fly, historian Charles Bracelen Flood tells the story of ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

If the Wright brothers' 1903 flights in Kitty Hawk marked the birth of aviation, World War I can be called its violent adolescence—a brief but bloody era that completely changed the way planes were designed, fabricated, and flown. The war forged an industry that would redefine transportation and warfare for future generations. In First to Fly, historian Charles Bracelen Flood tells the story of
... Leer más
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I'm Staying with My Boys

The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC

de Jim Proser, Jerry Cutter ...

Narrado por Joe Barrett ...

Completo

9 hora 40 minutos

I'm Staying with My Boys is a firsthand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. Sgt. John Basilone held off 3,000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal after his fifteen-member unit was reduced to three men. At Iwo Jima he single-handedly destroyed an enemy blockhouse, allowing his unit to capture an airfield. Minutes later he was killed by an enemy artillery round. ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

I'm Staying with My Boys is a firsthand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. Sgt. John Basilone held off 3,000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal after his fifteen-member unit was reduced to three men. At Iwo Jima he single-handedly destroyed an enemy blockhouse, allowing his unit to capture an airfield. Minutes later he was killed by an enemy artillery round.
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