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imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
In the shadows was another war... An unputdownable account of the
Nazi spy operation and how it ultimately failedDuring the Second
World War there was, behind the scenes, a bitter conflict was
stamped 'Top Secret'. It was a war of infiltration and
misdirection, espionage and assassination. And the Nazis were
determined not to let anyone best them. Revealing the full extent
of Nazi's secret intelligence networks, bestselling author Charles
Whiting takes the reader into organisations like the Abwehr,
Germany's renowned military intelligence bureau, and features
interviews with key figures like such key figures as Giskes, who
fooled the Americans at the Battle of the Bulge, and Ritter, who
stole the highly classified US Norden bombsights. There are
accounts of hubris, heroism and cowardice; stunning triumphs and
excruciating defeats, all out of the public eye and revealed only
decades later. Over a period of thirty years, Whiting met and
interviewed a huge number of Nazi and Allied survivors involved in
what came to be known as 'The War in the Shadows'. The result is an
extraordinary and gripping story combining great cunning with
staggering incompetence. Perfect for readers of Ben Macintyre and
Max Hastings, Hitler's Secret War outdoes the best spy novel and
demonstrates yet again that fiction cannot rival history.
On the night of 1 May 1945 Martin Bormann, head of the Nazi Party
Chancellery and private secretary to Adolf Hitler, fled Fuhrer's
bunker into the ruins of Berlin. His subsequent disappearance
became the source of countless rumours and wild speculation over
the years, even including a theory that he had been kidnapped by
the son of Churchill's doctor and Lt Commander Ian Fleming, author
of the James Bond books, and had spent the rest of his life in
quiet retirement in the English Home Counties! In The Hunt for
Martin Bormann, Charles Whiting examines over 50 years of rumours,
claims and counter-claims to uncover the real fate of one of the
most hunted men of the twentieth century.Charles Whiting wrote his
first novel in 1953, aged just twenty-six. He went on to be the
world's most prolific author of military books; he has sold in
excess of three million in the UK alone, and his collective works
number around 200. Charles also lived abroad for thirty years
working in German chemical factories, US fashion companies,
newspapers, magazines, universities - as an associate professor and
lecturer - and spent a long spell in the US army. He died in 2007.
Title: Ruins of the Rhine, their times and traditions. Edited by C.
White ... With ... engravings, etc.Publisher: British Library,
Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national
library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest
research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known
languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied
collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view
of the world. Topics include health, education, economics,
agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and
industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below
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British Library Reumont, Alfred Von; White, Charles; 1838]. 8 .
1300.b.13.
On the night of 14 July, 1976 - Bastille Day - an elderly German
was brutally murdered in a little French village where he had taken
refuge from the evil shadow which had dogged him for the past
thirty-two years. His killers were never brought to justice;
indeed, no real attempt was ever made to track them down, the
affair being politically embarrassing to both the French and the
German governments. The murdered man was Jochen Peiper, once the
dashing leader of one of the most renowned units in the German
Army. The shadow which hung over him was his alleged complicity in
the murder of over seventy unarmed American soldiers during the
Ardennes offensive in the winter of 1944/45. It is certain that
Peiper was not at the fateful crossroads near Malmedy at the time
the men died, but that is not to say that they were not killed on
his orders. Guilty or not, Peiper was tried and imprisoned after
the war and on his release might have been said to have paid his
debt for his supposed part in what had become known as the Malmedy
Massacre. But there were those who thought otherwise.After
exhaustive research, this classic work sees Charles Whiting tell
the story of this enigmatic man, regarded by some as a brilliant
and dashing leader of men, by others as a Nazi war criminal, with
the vividness and punch which characterized Peiper's military
career. All the facts may never be uncovered but all that are known
are recorded here. What is certain is that Jochen Peiper remains
one of the most controversial miltary figures to emerge from the
maelstrom of the Second World War.
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