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rommel was to subsequently advance through the ranks to the high command in the second world warin this classic study of the art of war rommel analyses the tactics that lay behind his successeven when the legend surrounding his invincibility was overturned at el alamein, the aura surrounding rommel himself remained unsulliedoxfam original liverpool field marshal erwin rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops but also over the allied soldiers of the eighth army in the second world warrommel graphically describes his own achievements, and those of his units, in the swift-moving battles on the western front, in the ensuing trench warfare, in the campaign in romania, and in the pursuit across the tagliamento and piave riversfirst published in it quickly became a highly regarded military textbook, and also brought its author to the attention of adolph hitlersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis classic account seeks out the basis of his astonishing leadership skills, providing an indispensable guide to the art of war written by one of its greatest exponentsas a leader of a small unit in the first world war, he proved himself an aggressive and versatile commander, with a reputation for using the battleground terrain to his own advantage, for gathering intelligence, and for seeking out and exploiting enemy weaknesses
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rommel was to subsequently advance through the ranks to high command in the second world warin this classic study of the art of war rommel analyses the tactics that lay behind his successeven when the legend surrounding his invincibility was overturned at el alamein, the aura surrounding rommel himself remained unsulliedoxfam shop evesham field marshal erwin rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops but also over the allied soldiers of the eighth army in the second world warfirst published in it quickly became a highly regarded military textbook, and also brought its author to the attention of adolf hitlersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Mason also played rommel in the film 'the desert rats'james mason plays rommel and the film was one of the first to use original war footage before the opening credits'the sand pebbles' () is set in china inamidst the drama of war, romance rears its head, giving the soldiers more than they can handlethe us gunboat san pablo cruises the yangtze river on a peacekeeping mission and new crew member jake holman (steve mcqueen) causes friction when he insists upon looking after the san pablo's engines himself, rather than leaving the hard labour to the chinese helpersthe top-ranking officer in the camp, he is initially reviled by his fellow british and american prisoners, who nickname him 'von ryan'all three characters finally meet in a confrontation outside a concentration campthe american soldiers (montgomery clift and dean martin) meet as draftees, one a young jew and the other an entertainer, and together endure boot camp and the campaign to retake francethe film was nominated for three oscarsholman ruffles more feathers when he falls in love with an american missionary (candice bergen), and as the political climate becomes more and more volatile, he begins to question the validity of the american presence on the riversee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, ryan eventually comes to lead them in a daring escape attempt, taking over from the commanding british officer (trevor howard) and the escapees face many hazards as they commandeer a train to make their way across italy, closely followed by the nazis'the hunters' () is based on the novel by james salter'the young lions' () follows the fortunes of three soldiers, one german and two americans, from the time of their enlistment for world war two to the end of the warchristian dietl (marlon brando) is a german who starts out as a dedicated soldier but gradually becomes appalled by the nazi movementfinally, 'the desert fox' () is a biopic of field marshal rommel, from his military defeat in africa to his implication in the plot to assassinate hitlerin 'von ryan's express' (), when us pilot colonel joseph ryan (frank sinatra) is shot down and placed in a german pow camp, he is more concerned with his own survival than escapeoxfam shop newquay box set containing five popular war moviesrobert mitchum plays major cleve saville and robert wagner is lted pell, two pilots with different personalities
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Publication datecondition: goodauthors: rutherford, wardlist price (msrp): 5publisher: littlehampton book services ltdproduct category: booksbinding: hardcover
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First penguin paper back editionotherwise book is generally in very good editionthere is minor chipping to cover edges, and top page edges have slightly browned
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Dk, german-english bilingual visual dictionary (dk bilingual dictionaries), verygould, judith, sins, very good, paperback
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Oxfam shop ulverston the first four episodes from the series with walter cronkite, which examines the second world war and its repercussions including: 'target: north africa'; 'rommel: the desert'; 'd-day: the great build up'; and 'd-day: attack'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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) it also analyses in detail the plans and performance of the commanders involved: eisenhower, bradley, patton, montgomery, crerar and, of course, rommel(oral history forms a large part of the booksee oxfam website for delivery information read morecontroversial and at times catastrophic, the battle of normandy was the last great set-piece battle in history and is long overdue for reassessmentoxfam books & music durham what happened to the allied armies in normandy in the months after d-day, ? why, after the initial success of the landings, did their advance stall a few miles inland from the beaches? why did the british take so long to capture caen? why did the us infantry struggle so much in the bocage south of omaha beach? who was right about the conduct of the land campaign - eisenhower or montgomery? how did the germans, deprived of air support, manage to hold off such a massive allied force for more than two months? and if enigma was allowing the allies to read german battleplans, why did things go wrong as often as they did?the battle of normandy re-examines the demands and difficulties of the campaign and sheds new light on both with the aid of accounts from veterans on both sides
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Meanwhile, on the firth of clyde, catriona struggles between her quiet rural life and her dreams of nursing injured servicemen on the front linesthe life of luxury and stability that she is used to is taken away as she finds herself having to deal with loss, heartache and political uncertaintyoxfam bookshop st albans from the deserts of north africa, to the waters of scotland, the second world war touches the lives of two women from two very different worldssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the war rages on, the two women's lives become intertwined - bringing love and friendship to bothin alexandria, fran finds her world turned upside down as rommel's forces advance on the idyllic shores of egypt
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