The Great World War 1914–1945: 1. Lightning Strikes Twice. John Bourne

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Название The Great World War 1914–1945: 1. Lightning Strikes Twice
Автор произведения John Bourne
Жанр Историческая литература
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Издательство Историческая литература
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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2000

      Copyright © Dr Peter Liddle, Dr John Bourne and Dr Ian Whitehead 2000

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       To the generations who experienced the lightning strikes 1914–1945

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       J. M. Bourne

       John Baynes and Cliff Pettit

       Jeff Tall

       Tony Lane

       David Jordan

       Christina Goulter

       Niall Barr

       Eric Bergerud

       Phillip Parotti

      Chapter 10 Hitting the beach: the amphibious experience

       Geoffrey Till

      Chapter 11 British Special Forces operations behind enemy lines

       Julian Thompson

      Chapter 12 Partisans and guerrillas

       Malcolm Mackintosh

      Chapter 13 The experience of being abroad: doughboys and GIs in Europe

       James J. Cooke

      Chapter 14 German soldiers in victory, 1914 and 1940

       Benjamin Ziemann and Klaus Latzel

      Chapter 15 The experience of defeat: Kut (1916) and Singapore (1942)

       Robin Neillands

      Chapter 16 The experience of killing

       Joanna Bourke

      Chapter 17 The experience of captivity: British and Commonwealth prisoners in Germany

       Peter H. Liddle and S. P. McKenzie