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December 1941. After setting up one of the first resistance
organisations in Vichy France and escaping over the Pyrenees into
Spain, brothers Henry and Alfred Newton received devastating news.
The SS AVOCETA, carrying their parents, wives and children to the
safety of Britain, had been torpedoed by a German U-boat. All of
their family were dead. From that moment on, the Newton brothers
were consumed by revenge. Recruited by SOE, and known to everyone
simply as the Twins, they returned to France and waged their own
personal war against the Nazis. For nine months they lived on the
edge before they were betrayed, and the net finally closed. They
were caught by the Gestapo and tortured at the hands of Klaus
Barbie, known as the Butcher of Lyon, before being taken to the
dreaded Buchenwald concentration camp. For the first time in over
sixty years, acclaimed historian Peter Jacobs reveals the full
story of Henry and Alfred Newton. Drawing on personal archives and
new research, The Twins is a dramatic tale of courage steeped in
vengeance - and of the bonds of brotherhood in the face of hell on
earth.
This dictionary is the first published compilation by the Squamish
Nation of Skwxwu7mesh Snichim, one of ten Coast Salish languages.
The Squamish peoples' traditional homeland includes the territory
around Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, B.C.), Howe Sound, and the
Squamish and Cheakamus river valleys. The Squamish Nation, while a
critically endangered language community, remains a crucial voice
of the Squamish. The language offers a view of modern daily life,
and contains the historical record, protocols, laws, and concerns
of generations of Squamish people.
This dictionary builds on over 100 years of documentation and
research by Squamish speakers working with anthropologists and
linguists beginning in the late nineteenth century. The dictionary
is also informed by Squamish elders who taught language classes in
the 1960s. More recently, the Squamish Language Elders Advisory
Group has been involved with and supported the work of the
Skwxwu7mesh Snichim Dictionary and language recovery
initiatives.
This important work is a reflection of current knowledge and is
designed as a beginner's resource for a diverse audience of
learners and scholars, as well as a tool for exploration.
It was in the closing year of the First World War, on 1 April 1918,
that the Royal Air Force was born from the amalgamation of the
Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Since then, the RAF
has helped lead the world in the development of aviation and air
warfare. From the fighters and bombers of the Second World War,
through the early jet age and into modern remotely piloted air
systems, the last hundred years' development has been astronomical,
and the human story no less impressive. Here Peter Jacobs gathers
the most poignant objects of the RAF's proud history and displays
them together, in full splendid colour, for the first time.
Aircraft, memorials, uniforms, equipment, and some items you would
never expect - it's all here, ready to be explored.
From the opening day of the Second World War, RAF Bomber Command
took the offensive to the enemy and played a leading role in the
liberation of Europe. Many of its squadrons were based in
Lincolnshire, where the flat terrain and open fields made the
county ideal for the development of new airfields. All of Bomber
Command's major efforts involved the Lincolnshire-based squadrons.
The Battles of the Ruhr, Hamburg and Berlin, during the hardest
years of 1943/44, were just some of those when night after night
hundreds of bombers took off from the county, many never to return.
It was also from Lincolnshire that precision raids were mounted
against targets such as the diesel engine factory at Augsburg, the
notorious Dortmund-Ems Canal, the mighty German battleship Tirpitz,
and, of course, the Ruhr Dams. Most of Lincolnshire's wartime
bomber airfields have long gone, with many having reverted to their
pre-war agricultural use. Only Coningsby, Scampton and Waddington
remain in service with the RAF today, while others - such as
Binbrook, Blyton, Spilsby, Strubby, Swinderby and Woodhall Spa -
have long fallen victim to Defence cuts.Other airfields have
survived and maintain the link with their flying past. All are
included here, some well-known, others less so. From these
airfields came countless acts of personal courage and
self-sacrifice, with eight Victoria Crosses, the highest award for
gallantry, being awarded to men flying from bomber airfields in
Lincolnshire. All are included, as are stories of other
personalities who brought these airfields to life. In all, the
stories of the county's twenty-nine wartime airfields of Bomber
Command are told, with a brief history of each accompanied by
details of how to find them and what remains there today. Whatever
your interest, be it aviation history or something more local,
there is something to discover. Lincolnshire has truly earned its
name of Bomber County.
This gripping history details the remarkable exploits of a Commando
and Special Operations Executive operative during the Second World
War. It is a story of extreme courage and a revealing portrait of a
man who ultimately gave his life for the liberation of France. This
is the first time his story has been told in full. Colin
Ogden-Smith was among the first to volunteer for the newly created
Commandos. In 1942 he transferred to the SOE and joined the elite
Small Scale Raiding Force to carry out raids across the Channel. He
participated in Operation _Branford_, a raid to the island of
Burhou, just north of Alderney, on 7 September 1942, and then,later
in the year, Operation _Basalt_, a Commando attack on Sark With the
approach of the D-Day landings, Ogden-Smith volunteered for a new,
clandestine group known as the Jedburghs - which represented the
first real co-operation in Europe between SOE and the Special
Operations branch of OSS. The Jedburghs were small teams of
personnel from British, American, French, Dutch and Belgian forces
that were inserted into Occupied Europe from June 1944 onwards to
link up with the local Resistance groups and conduct sabotage and
guerrilla warfare against the Germans. In July 1944, under the
cover of his code-name Dorset, Major Colin Ogden-Smith parachuted
deep behind enemy lines as the leader of Team _Francis_. Three
weeks later he was dead, killed in action fighting German troops
alongside his French comrades so that others could make their
escape. Seventy years on, the French community still remembers the
gallant Major Anglais.
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have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
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++++ Deutsche Feierklange In Frieden Und Krieg ... 2 Peter Jacob
Hubert Stuhlen Peter Jacob Hubert Stuhlen Costenoble, 1890
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