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    Bones of My Grandfather: Reclaiming a Lost Hero of WWII , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 511min
    A grandson’s quest to bring a fallen war hero home.In November 1943, Marine 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman Jr. was mortally wounded while leading a successful assault on critical Japanese fortifications on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa. But it was not until August 2015 that he was finally laid to rest. Bonnyman Jr. was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and Purple Heart for his heroic actions during the bloody battle, which would ultimately claim the lives of almost 2,000 Marines and 5,000 Japanese soldiers. But the lieutenant, along with hundreds of other Marines, was buried in an unmarked grave. He was left behind and his remains never recovered.More than seventy years later, Bonnyman Jr.'s grandson, Clay Bonnyman Evans, took up the search for his grandfather and those other Marines left behind. In Bones of My Grandfather, Evans tells the story of his mission against all odds. His journey began at home, where research into his grandfather’s past uncovered a flawed hero with a checkered past at odds with the narrative he’d been told. Abroad, his first visits to Tarawa would be fruitless, frustrated by nature, bureaucratic red tape, and the US government's own stagnant search for the Marines. But with the help of archaeologist Kristin Baker and Mark Noah, a former pilot who leads international efforts to locate lost American servicemen as part of his History Flight charitable foundation, Evans accomplished his mission. On May 29, 2015, Clay Bonnyman Evans exhumed the bones of his grandfather. More than seventy years after giving his life for his country, a World War II hero was finally buried alongside his family in Texas. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clay Bonnyman Evans. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/010788/bk_brll_010788_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    World War II: The Pacific , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 177min
    Relive history as the men who experienced some of the most intense battles of World War II share their stories. The History Channel's WWII Battle Classics have been brilliantly adapted for thrilling audio presentation. It's more than fascinating listening, it's essential history, told in the words of the eyewitness heroes who were there and the historians who recorded their deeds. World War II: The Pacific features full orchestration and the deadly clamor of desperate battle. The Road to Infamy: The Countdown to Pearl Harbor features the fascinating unseen story of the violent decade of miscalculation that brought the U.S. and Japan into fatal confrontation. Rare archival material from the secret vaults of many nations highlights the tragic blunders on both sides. The surprises come thick and fast. Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor: America's mythmakers don't like to look into defeats for their heroes. The disaster at Pearl Harbor was such a national humiliation that its chroniclers didn't care to remind the home front of its dead and ravaged. Japanese War Crimes and Trials: Murder Under the Sun: War reigned around the world between 1932 and 1945. During this rampage of insanity, over 320,000 Allied prisoners were captured by the Japanese forces. Their survival rate was dismal - one in three died. From the Bataan Death March to Changi and Palembang prisons, the atrocities were everywhere. Dateline Tarawa: Correspondents from Hell (Part 1) and The Flag Raisers of Iwo Jima (Part 2): The battle for Tarawa island was one of the most ferocious of the war. At its center were the combat journalists sent to communicate to Americans the vital importance of defeating the Japanese war machine. One of the most famous American flags ever flown was the one that six men raised over Iwo Jima. The heroes of Iwo Jima also included the countless, nameless others who fought and died to make that unforgettable moment possible. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fritz Weaver, Edward Herrmann. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000346/bk_sans_000346_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Marine Close Air Support In World War II (eBook, ePUB)
    This paper traces the development of close air support (CAS) by the United States Marine Corps in World War II. The study examines how the Marines started developing their doctrine in the 1930s and adapted their (CAS) system based on the outcome of battles on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, as well as during operations in support of the U.S. Army in the Philippines. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of Marine CAS doctrine, liaison organizational structures, aircraft, and air-to-ground weapons. This study is pertinent because it describes how the Marines developed a very effective weapon that greatly increased the potency of its amphibious operations. Additionally, this was initially accomplished during a period of very limited financial resources (before the start of World War II) and then limited time resources (during the war crisis). This study also shows how the Marines worked to support the forces on the ground with the best CAS system possible despite the opposition.
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    The Last Zero Fighter , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 745min
    Firsthand accounts from interviews conducted in Japan with five WWII Japanese Naval aviators. All are veterans of the pivotal battles of the Pacific War including; USS Panay, Nanking, Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, Rabaul, Port Darwin, Indian Ocean Raid, Ceylon, Midway, Guadalcanal, Marshall Islands, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the kamikaze in the Philippines, the home defense and the dropping of the atomic bomb. Includes an introduction to the Japanese pilot training system for both officers and enlisted men. Each pilot is followed from the time he joined the navy until war's end. They explain in their own words; why they joined the navy, what they thought about the war, about the aircraft they flew, how they felt about their friends and their former adversaries.  The interviews were conducted firsthand in their own language by King who is a linguist and Pacific War historian who spent 10 years living in Japan. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Drew Bott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/194498/bk_acx0_194498_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Battle Cry , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1319min
    Battle Cry is the riveting Marine epic by the bestselling author of such classics as Trinity and ExodusOriginally published in 1953, Leon Uris’s Battle Cry is the raw and exciting story of men at war from a legendary American author. This is the story of enlisted men - Marines at the beginning of World War II. They are a rough-and-ready tangle of guys from America’s cities and farms and reservations. Led by a tough veteran sergeant, these soldiers band together to emerge as part of one of the most elite fighting forces in the world. With staggering realism and detail we follow them into intense battles - Guadalcanal and Tarawa - and through exceptional moments of camaraderie and bravery, Battle Cry does not extol the glories of war, but proves itself to be one of the greatest war stories of all time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patrick Lawlor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/011465/bk_brll_011465_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Victory, Volume 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 296min
    A stirring tribute to the Greatest Generation of Americans, Victory brings together today's best military, espionage, and techno-thriller writers with all-original tales of World War II. Join these best-selling authors in the five-volume collection filled with short novels of courage, skill, daring, and sacrifice. In gripping stories of war as it really was, here you will meet the men and women who fought and won World War II, and who truly made the world safe for democracy. Harold Robbins takes us back to a time when victory could be had on the Normandy beaches, when a reluctant hero manages to stop the Master of Europe...with his blood. Barrett Tillman brings us into a gruesome fight as a Marine Corps flamethrower unit attacks Japanese defenders on Tarawa Atoll in November 1943. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric Conger, Ron McLarty. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/000368/bk_aren_000368_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Dennis Olson Story
    The Dennis Olson Story ab 23.49 € als Taschenbuch: Hand to Hand in the Pacific: The Personal Story from Tarawa to Guam to Okinawa. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,
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    Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1034min
    Written by Robert Leckie, whose wartime exploits are featured in the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg HBO miniseries The Pacific, Strong Men Armed is the perennial bestselling classic account of the U.S. Marines' relentless drive through the Pacific during World War II. As scout and machine-gunner for the First Marine Division, Leckie fought in all its engagements until his wounding at Peleliu. In Strong Men Armed, Leckie uses firsthand experience and impeccable research to re-create the nightmarish battles of the Pacific campaign---from Guadalcanal to Okinawa---as ships, men, and guns moved over vast distances to fight an enemy that was willing to defend to its last man. Here is the whole sweeping epic of the Marines who battled---and won---on the bloody beaches at Guadalcanal, the unforgiving reefs at Tarawa, the rain-soaked mud of New Britain, the dark gray soil and deadly caves of Mount Suribachi, and the muddy slopes of Shuri Castle on Okinawa. It is a masterful narrative by a writer the New York Times praised as possessing the "rare gift of capturing all that is human in the most inhuman of man's activities." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Johnny Heller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/001612/bk_tant_001612_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Rods and the Axe: Carrera, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1104min
    Tarawa. Iwo. Normandy. Names that shine in the military history of two worlds, places where brave men stormed ashore and fought their way to victory no matter the odds. But then there are other names: Marathon. Malta. Gallipoli. Balboa’s Patricio Carrera has driven the Tauran Union from his adopted country, driven them out with appalling loss and worse humiliation.That’s not enough though. To finally finish his enemies, Carrera needs to draw them back for a more telling defeat. He cannot take the battle to them because, beyond some long-range bombardment capability, he cannot reach them. But when they return, they don’t plan to come alone; they insist on having someone else do most of the bleeding for them. Carrera understands this. And that’s why he’s provoked the Zhong Guo mercilessly, infuriating their ruling Empress. He needs the Zhong in the war, to buck up the Taurans to continue the war to its bitterest end. But to get to Carrera, the Zhong must take the Isla Real, the strongest island fortress on two worlds. In the process, they’ll learn why Marines never forget those other names....Gallipoli…Malta…Marathon. Carrera’s enemies are about to learn why the expression "blood-stained water" is not just a literary allusion. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Fouhey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/016705/bk_adbl_016705_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Der Zweite Weltkrieg in Farbe
    Lassen Sie sich von dieser beeindruckenden Dokumentation mit einzigartigem Filmmaterial in die Vergangenheit entführen. Selten gezeigte Farbaufnahmen zeigen einzelne Sequenzen berühmter Schlachten aus der Sicht der amerikanischen Soldaten. Selten gezeigte FARB-Aufnahmen in brillanter Qualität (digital remastered) zeigen einzelne Sequenzen berühmter Schlachten des 2. Weltkrieges aus Sicht der amerikanischen Soldaten. Z.B. bei den blutigen Einsätzen im Pazifik, die damals Geschichte schrieben.Außerdem erleben Sie die Schlachten um Midway, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Nord-Afrika - Das Leben an Bord eines Flugzeugträgers - Luftkämpfe - Bombeneinsätze über Deutschland mit der legendären Memphis Belle - Die Invasion in der Normandie - Deutsche Kriegsgefangene in Frankreich - Den Kampf um Paris - die Schlachten um Saipan, Iwojima, Okinawa und den Atombombenabwurf auf Hiroshima.Sie blicken in eine Zeit zurück, die bei den meisten von uns noch vor ihrer Geburt lag und doch auf unser heutiges Leben immer noch Auswirkung hat. Sie sehen die Entwicklung Deutschlands kurz nach der "Machtergreifung" in interessanten Bildern, die vielfach auf Privatarchiven stammen. Sie hören Adolf Hitlers Versprechungen, die er seinem Volk und den Nachbarländern machte - und was daraus geworden war. Eva Braun, Hitlers Geliebte, besaß eine Filmkamera und hat vielfach sein Privatleben und sich selbst portraitiert. Diese DVD beinhaltet weiterhin Bilder von den Olympischen Spielen 1936 - von Verhandlungen mit Staatsoberhäuptern - "Heim ins Reich" von Österreich und Sudetenland - von Hitlers "Berghof" in Berchtesgaden - von der Wolfsschanze in Rastenburg, Ostpreußen - vom Einmarsch in Polen, sowie vom Warschauer Ghetto, vom Russlandfeldzug und die weitere Entwicklung des Krieges bis zum bitteren Ende.
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