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Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Now It Can Be Told comprises of Philip Gibbs recollections
regarding the First World War, in which he served as an officially
commissioned war reporter. Titled in reference to the relieving of
censorship laws following the conclusion of World War One in 1918,
this book is noticeably different from the censored or dumbed-down
accounts published under Gibbs' byline in popular newspapers as the
conflict wore on. In this book, the full scale of the horror
wrought in Europe is told unflinchingly with the aim of showing the
depravity of conflict and the destruction that results. Early in
the war, Gibbs' frank and accurate accounts of the carnage of
modern warfare unnerved the British government, who were concerned
his accounts would demoralize citizens and turn them against the
war effort. Gibbs was ordered home; on refusing to cease reporting,
he was arrested and forcibly brought back to Britain.
To understand the turnaround in Spain's stance towards Japan during
World War II, this book goes beyond mutual contacts and explains
through images, representations, and racism why Madrid aimed at
declaring war on Japan but not against the III Reich -as London
ironically replied when it learned of Spain's warmongering against
one of the Axis members.
Donald Barnard came to England from St Lucia to join the RAF as a
bomber pilot. On his second tour of operations, he was shot down
over northern France in September 1942. He was rewarded with the
Distinguished Flying Cross whilst missing in action. Donald evaded
capture; assisted to Spain by an escape network, and later compiled
a detailed diary of his entire evasion exploits. Posted to test fly
Spitfires, flying in excess of 1,000 individual aircraft. Barnard
then moved to the Far East supply dropping in 1945. In Burma
disapproving of the delay in recovering the emaciated allied POWs,
he decided to take an aircraft without authority. 25 prisoners were
recovered from Bankok to Rangoon. After a full Court Martial, he
was dismissed from the RAF. He flew civilian aircraft after the war
in Australia and in Britain, joining No.2 Civil Anti Aircraft
Co-operation Unit in Norfolk, 1953. Flying ended for him in 1955,
and he died in 1997 at the age of 79. Rarely has the opportunity
been available to reproduce from a diary such a personal account of
evasion. A bomber and Spitfire pilot, Court Martialled for the
rescue of Japanese held emaciated allied prisoners of war, creates
a unique career story supported by French resistance sources
original photographs.
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