Download Battleground Iraq: Journal of a Company Commander by Todd S. Brown PDF
By Todd S. Brown
Battleground Iraq: magazine of a firm Commander КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: division of the ArmyАвтор(ы): Todd S BrownЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 2007Количество страниц: 306Формат: pdf (e-book)Размер: 5.98 mb fast Ifolder sixty eight
Read or Download Battleground Iraq: Journal of a Company Commander PDF
Similar military books
The Battle of the St. Lawrence; The Second World War in Canada
On may perhaps eleven, 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed SS Nicoya, violently finishing a peace in Canada's waters that stretched again to 1812. by means of the tip of 1944, one other 18 service provider ships and 4 Canadian warships will be destroyed. greater than three hundred males, girls and children— together with not less than 260 Canadians— died by means of explosion, fireplace or icy drowning.
Find 'Em, Chase 'Em, Sink 'Em: The Mysterious Loss of the WWII Submarine USS Gudgeon
Now in paperback, revised and up to date, the stirring and authoritative account of 1 of global struggle II's such a lot hugely adorned submarines
Find 'Em, Chase 'Em, Sink 'Em is the 1st e-book to recount the tragic and mysterious lack of the realm conflict II submarine USS Gudgeon. In April 1944, the hugely embellished submarine USS Gudgeon slipped underneath the waves in a single of the main treacherous patrol parts within the most deadly army carrier in the course of global battle II. Neither the Gudgeon nor the staff was once ever obvious again.
Author Mike Ostlund's “Uncle Bill,” the operator of a farm implements enterprise, was once aboard that send as a lieutenant junior grade. via broad examine of patrol experiences in U. S. and eastern naval records, interviews with veterans who had served aboard the Gudgeon sooner than its ultimate patrol, and the private results of the misplaced men's kin, Ostlund has assembled the main actual account but of this remarkably profitable submarine's exploits, of the boys aboard from steward to captain, and of what we now learn about her death. locate 'Em, Chase 'Em, Sink 'Em info the stories and existence classes of the younger males who went to sea aboard Gudgeon prior to its final patrol understanding infrequently something, and got here domestic having visible an excessive amount of.
The Napoleonic Wars: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire
The Napoleonic Wars observed scuffling with on an unparalleled scale in Europe and the Americas. It took the wealth of the British Empire, mixed with the could of the continental armies, virtually 20 years to convey down one of many world’s maximum army leaders and the empire that he had created. Napoleon's final defeat used to be to figure out the heritage of Europe for nearly a hundred years.
- Maneuver Warfare Handbook
- German Light Panzers 1932-42 (New Vanguard, Volume 26)
- Campaign English for the Military 2 Workbook
- Stuka Attack: The Dive Bombing Assault on England During the Battle of Britain
Extra resources for Battleground Iraq: Journal of a Company Commander
Example text
Talking to home makes J our na l of a C o m pa n y C o m m a n der 29 the time go by slower, but it’s nice to hear how everyone is doing. The groundhog-day effect [a reference to the motion picture Groundhog Day, wherein the protagonist keeps reliving the same day] here really brings you down. Major Wright told me that I would change out command next week. I don’t believe that; he’s always screwing with us. It is all a conspiracy to keep you hopeful, so that hope does not become forlorn … sine curve.
The MEK and Badr Corps are the hot topics in our briefings now. Best I can tell, the MEK are Iranians who fled Iran and oppose the Ayatollah somehow, and the Badr Corps are Iraqis supported by the Iranian government against the MEK. They keep on fighting one another, but supposedly the MEK wants to surrender to 2d Brigade. We’ll see how that goes. We are also waiting on the repair of the bridge from Tikrit so 1-8 IN can rejoin us on the eastern side of the river. Once they get here, we’ll be ready to move out.
Everything looked old and rusted. About this time, an ex-general Samarii [General Wafik Samarii, former chief of Military Intelligence] showed up and told us the police were good and invited us to a meeting of the town’s important people. We then released the police and set up shop in the police station. A reporter from England showed up and tried to describe the whole situation— the blood feuds and tribal alliances. He basically said the “London General” Samarii was full of sh— and tied in with some bad dudes responsible for some ethnic cleansing of Kuwaiti women and children.