The Grey Goose of Arnhem
The Story of the Most Amazing Mass Escape of World War II
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Leo Heaps
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An account of heroism and courage in one of the Allies' biggest military catastrophes of the Second World War. Ideal for fans of James Holland, Anthony Beevor, and Cornelius Ryan.
Ten thousand Allied troops landed in the Netherlands in September 1944. This was the largest airborne invasion ever undertaken and it ended in utter disaster. Eight thousand men were killed, wounded, or captured during the Battle of Arnhem. Yet, what of those who escaped? And how did they manage it when surrounded by German troops?
Leo Heaps' remarkable book, The Grey Goose of Arnhem, charts the activities of 250 men who, with the aid of Dutch Resistance, made it back across the Rhine to Allied lines.
As a member of the First Airborne, Heaps draws from his own experiences as a soldier who fought, evaded capture, and then returned to work with the Dutch Resistance, for which he was awarded the Military Cross, as well as using material from private diaries, letters, and interviews with about 40 paratroopers and Dutch Resistance leaders to record a thorough account of the most amazing mass escape of World War Two.
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- De: Damien Lewis
- Narrado por: Matt Bates
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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It is the winter of 1944. Allied forces have succeeded in liberating most of Axis-occupied Italy - with one crucial exception: the Nazi headquarters north of the Gothic Line. Heavily guarded and surrounded by rugged terrain, the mountain fortress is nearly impenetrable. But British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is determined to drive a dagger into the "soft underbelly of Europe." The Allied's plan: drop two paratroopers into the mountains-and take the fortress by storm....
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1 out of 5 stars
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chaotic and hard to follow
- De E. Idenmill en 09-27-24
De: Damien Lewis
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Twilight of the Gods
- A Swedish Waffen-SS Volunteer's Experiences with the 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, Eastern Front 1944-45
- De: Thorolf Hillblad - editor
- Narrado por: Bruce Mann
- Duración: 5 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 284
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 247
Erik Wallin served with his unit in all of these locations, and provides the listener with a fascinating glimpse into these final battles. The book is written with a "no holds barred" approach which will captivate, excite, and maybe even shock the listener - his recollections do not evade the brutality of fighting against the advancing Red Army. Twilight of the Gods is destined to become a classic memoir of the Second World War.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A truly unique look at the Eastern Front from a devout Nazi.
- De S. H. Moore en 11-21-19
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Brothers in Arms
- One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day
- De: James Holland
- Narrado por: Al Murray
- Duración: 16 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 240
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 237
One of the last cavalry units to ride horses into battle, the Sherwood Rangers were transformed into a “mechanized cavalry” of tanks in 1942. After winning acclaim in the North African campaign, they spearheaded one of the D-Day landings in Normandy and became the first British troops to cross into Germany. Their courage, skill, and tenacity contributed mightily to the surrender of Germany in 1945.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All the details
- De GY en 01-03-22
De: James Holland
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By Tank into Normandy
- De: Stuart Hills, Lord Deedes - foreword
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Stuart Hills embarked his Sherman DD tank on to an LCT at 6:45 a.m., Sunday, June 4th, 1944. He was 20 years old, un-blooded, fresh from a public-school background, and officer cadet training. He was going to war. Two days later, his tank sunk; he and his crew landed from a rubber dinghy with just the clothes they stood in. After that, the struggles through the Normandy bocage in a replacement tank, engaging the enemy in a constant round of close encounters, led to a swift mastering of the art of tank warfare and remarkable survival in the midst of carnage and destruction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First “The Big Show” now this?!
- De S. H. Moore en 05-19-21
De: Stuart Hills, y otros
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Taking Berlin
- The Bloody Race to Defeat the Third Reich
- De: Martin Dugard
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
Fall, 1944. Paris has been liberated, saved from destruction, but this diversion on the road to Berlin has given the Germans time to regroup. The American and British armies press on from the west, facing the enemy time and again in the Hurtgen Forest, during the Market-Garden invasion, and at the Battle of the Bulge, all while American general George Patton and British field marshal Bernard Montgomery vie for supremacy as the Allies’ top battlefield commander.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great until personal politics showed up
- De UP North en 12-16-22
De: Martin Dugard
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Congo Mercenary
- De: Mike Hoare
- Narrado por: Mike Hoare
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 224
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 220
Col. Mike Hoare tells how his force of mercenaries, 5 Commando, put down a Comunist-backed rebel uprising in the Congo. As they restored law and order, town by town, he and his men freed 1800 nuns and priests. His men also learned what it means to be real soldiers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nice to hear an unapologetic account
- De S. H. Moore en 01-16-20
De: Mike Hoare
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Tank Driver
- With the 11th Armored from the Battle of the Bulge to VE Day
- De: J. Ted Hartman
- Narrado por: J. Scott Bennett
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Tank Driver is the story of a young man’s combat initiation in World War II. Based on letters home, the sparse narrative has the immediacy of on-the-spot reporting. Ted Hartman was a teenager when he was sent overseas to drive a Sherman tank into combat to face the desperate German counterattack known as the Battle of the Bulge. Hartman gives a riveting account of the shifting tides of battle and the final Allied breakout. He tells about the concentration camps, the spectacle of defeated Germans, and the encounter with Russian soldiers in Austria that marked combat’s end.
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5 out of 5 stars
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World War 2 from the eyes of a soldier
- De Ian en 08-31-19
De: J. Ted Hartman
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Storm of Steel
- De: Ernst Jünger
- Narrado por: Frasier Mackenzie
- Duración: 11 h y 44 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 95
Ernst Jünger was a famous German soldier who saw action during World War I. He is best known for his memoirs Storm of Steel, which chronicle his experiences during World War I.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great book
- De Amazon Customer en 12-28-20
De: Ernst Jünger
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Facing the Mountain
- A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
- De: Daniel James Brown
- Narrado por: Louis Ozawa
- Duración: 17 h y 40 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,356
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,205
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,196
In the days and months after Pearl Harbor, the lives of Japanese Americans across the continent and Hawaii were changed forever. In this unforgettable chronicle of war-time America and the battlefields of Europe, Daniel James Brown portrays the journey of Rudy Tokiwa, Fred Shiosaki, and Kats Miho, who volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible. Brown also tells the story of these soldiers' parents, immigrants who were forced to submit to life in concentration camps on U.S. soil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow
- De Tbone McCoy en 06-13-21
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Operation Swallow
- American Soldiers' Remarkable Escape from Berga Concentration Camp
- De: Mark Felton
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 93
In this little-known story from World War II, a group of American POW camp leaders risk everything to save hundreds of fellow servicemen from a diabolical Nazi concentration camp. Their story begins in the dark forests of the Ardennes during Christmas 1944 and ends at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in the spring of 1945. This appalling chapter of US military history and uplifting Holocaust story deserves to be widely known and understood. Operation Swallow provides a historical, first person perspective of how American GIs stood up against their evil SS captors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible Story
- De J.Brock en 04-02-20
De: Mark Felton
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Blood and Soil
- The Memoir of a Third Reich Brandenburger
- De: Sepp de Giampietro, Lawrence Paterson - foreword, Eva Burke - translator
- Narrado por: P.J. Ochlan
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
The Brandenburgers were Hitler's Special Forces, a band of mainly foreign German nationals who used disguise and fluency in other languages to complete daring missions into enemy territory. Overshadowed by stories of their Allied equivalents, their history has largely been ignored. First published in 1984, de Giampietro's highly-personal and eloquent memoir is a vivid account of his experiences. In astonishing detail, he delves into the reality of life in the unit from everyday concerns and politics to training and involvement in Brandenburg missions.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Memoir of a Liar and War Criminal? Perhaps.
- De Erik en 06-14-21
De: Sepp de Giampietro, y otros
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Tiger Battalion 507
- Eyewitness Accounts from Hitler's Regiment
- De: Helmut Schneider, Robert Forczyk - foreword
- Narrado por: Chris MacDonnell
- Duración: 6 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 83
This is the little-known story of Heavy Panzer (Tiger) Battalion 507 told through the recollections of the men who fought with the unit.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Bland
- De stuart lyle en 05-24-21
De: Helmut Schneider, y otros
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Band of Brothers
- E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
- De: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrado por: Tim Jerome
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 10,910
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9,725
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 9,703
Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to D-Day and victory, Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company, which kept getting the tough assignments. Easy Company was responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. Band of Brothers is the account of the men of this remarkable unit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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High Expectations Met
- De Audrey en 02-12-13
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X Troop
- The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II
- De: Leah Garrett
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 84
June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich has fallen across the European continent. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees who have escaped to Britain. The resulting volunteers are a motley group of intellectuals, artists, and athletes, most from Germany and Austria. Many have been interned as enemy aliens and have lost their families, their homes - their whole worlds. They will stop at nothing to defeat the Nazis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very amazing and moving story!
- De Jonathan D. Feldman en 09-18-21
De: Leah Garrett
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Panzer Ace
- The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy
- De: Richard Freiherr von Rosen, Robert Forczyk
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 814
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 728
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 718
Richard Freiherr von Rosen was a highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier and outstanding panzer commander. After serving as a gunlayer on a Pz.Mk.III during Barbarossa, he led a company of Tigers at Kursk. Later he led a company of King Tiger panzers at Normandy and in late 1944 commanded a battle group (12 King Tigers and a flak company) against the Russians in Hungary in the rank of junior, later senior lieutenant (from November 1944, his final rank). Only 489 of these King Tiger tanks were ever built.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected
- De Gabriel en 01-04-19
De: Richard Freiherr von Rosen, y otros
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In Mortal Combat
- Korea, 1950-1953
- De: John Toland
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 27 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 209
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 209
In this brilliant narrative of America's first limited war, Toland lets both the events and the participants speak for themselves, employing scrupulous archival research and interviews as the bases for the drama and accuracy of his writing. In Mortal Combat reveals Mao's prediction of the date and place of MacArthur's Inchon landing, Russia's indifference to the war, Mao's secret leadership of the North Korean military, and the true nature of both sides' treatment and repatriation of POWs.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Slightly disappointed
- De Patrick en 09-02-19
De: John Toland
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Airborne
- The Combat Story of Ed Shames of Easy Company
- De: Ian Gardner
- Narrado por: P.J. Ochlan
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Some men are born to be warriors, and Ed Shames is one of these men. His incredible combat record includes service at D-Day, Operation Market Garden, and Bastogne and finally in Germany itself.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Let down
- De Craig W. Mcsorley en 06-30-15
De: Ian Gardner