Patrick K O'Donnell
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in Europe
It is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can make the difference between victory and defeat. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers of the US Army's Second Ranger Battalion, D Company—Dog Company—who made that difference, time and again.
From D-day, when German guns atop Pointe du Hoc
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English
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An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in Europe
It is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can make the difference between victory and defeat. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion, D Company — Dog Company — who made that difference, time and again.
From D-Day, when German guns atop Pointe du Hoc threatened...
It is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can make the difference between victory and defeat. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion, D Company — Dog Company — who made that difference, time and again.
From D-Day, when German guns atop Pointe du Hoc threatened...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"The rich history of SEAL Team 6 that captured Osama bin Laden stretches back to World War II when US intelligence officials formed a team of special-operation combat swimmers. Under the leadership of Captain Jack Taylor, a California dentist, the Maritime Unit (MU) started training in 1942, learning underwater and covert operation techniques, as it developed an array of James Bond-like new equipment, including the recently invented underwater breathing...
Author
Language
English
Description
In August 1776, General George Washington's army faced off against over 20,000 British and Hessian soldiers at the Battle of Brooklyn. It was almost the end of the war. But thanks to a series of desperate bayonet charges by a single heroic regiment from Maryland, known as the "Immortal 400," Washington was able to retreat and regroup.
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Language
English
Description
A small team of American spies parachute into Italy behind enemy lines. Their orders: link up with local partisans and sabotage the well-guarded Brenner Pass- the Nazis' crucial supply route through the Alps, thereby bringing the German war effort in Italy to a grinding halt.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Description
xvi, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Indispensables, the unknown and dramatic story of irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War and inspired the origins of America's modern special operations forces. The Civil War is most remembered for the grand battles that have come to define it: Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh, among others. However, as bestselling author Patrick K. O'Donnell reveals in The Unvanquished, a vital shadow...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Description
xiii, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced annihilation. After losing the Battle of Brooklyn, the British had Washington's army trapped against the East River. The fate of the Revolution rested heavily on the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side-by-side in one of the country's first diverse units, they pulled off an "American Dunkirk" and saved the army. In the annals of the American...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Description
xxii, 362 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Celebrated military historian and bestselling author Patrick O'Donnell illuminates the saga behind the creation of the Tomb itself and recreates the moving ceremony during which it was consecrated and the eight Body Bearers, and the sergeant who had chosen the one body to be interred, solemnly united. Brilliantly researched, vividly told, The Unknowns is a timeless tale of heeding the calls of duty and brotherhood, and humanizes the most consequential...
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Description
xiii, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A never-before-told World War II story of Jewish soldiers on a dangerous mission within the Third Reich--a tale of adventure, espionage, love, and revenge.
14) Into the rising sun: in their own words, World War II's Pacific veterans reveal the heart of combat
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Description
314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English