Download or read book The Silent General Horne of the First Army written by Don Farr and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2007-06-08 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether or not Henry Sinclair Horne was the ‘silent’ General he might certainly, if he were still alive, lay claim to being the ‘forgotten’ General of the Western Front. His self-effacement in a profession not renowned for shrinking violets undoubtedly made its contribution to his relative anonymity - he wrote no memoirs nor kept anything more than sketchy diaries - but it is still surprising that such an important contributor to the defeat of the German army in the Great War has not until now received the attentions of a biographer. After a customary slow start in the late Victorian army, Henry Horne first made an impact during the Boer War, fortuitously as it was to turn out, under the eyes of a Colonel Douglas Haig. By the outbreak of the Great War, Henry Horne was a Brigadier General. Two years later he was a full General in command of the BEF’s First Army. His was one of the most rapid elevations to top rank recorded in the war. In the two years he spent as an army commander he commanded the brilliant capture of Vimy Ridge, the desperate defensive Battle of the Lys, the successful assault on the Drocourt-Quéant Switch, the outstanding crossing of the Canal du Nord and the liberation of Douai, Cambrai, Lens, Valenciennes and Mons. Napoleon always sought to ensure that his generals were lucky. In that respect Henry Horne would have suited him. He was lucky in having a long-standing close professional relationship with the Commander-in-Chief, FM Haig; in having under his command at First Army the elite Canadian Corps and some distinguished British divisions; and in having as his Chief of Staff one of the outstanding staff officers of the war. But there was more to Henry Horne than just luck. This belated biography assesses Henry Horne’s relationship with Haig and the Canadian Corps. It also evaluates his contribution to the technical advances of the artillery during the war and describes the battles which he conducted. It attempts to accord to Henry Horne the recognition and credit that he deserves but which has for so long been withheld.
Download or read book General Science Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Silent Warriors Incredible Courage written by Wolfgang W. E. Samuel and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 took the American military by surprise. Rushing to respond, the US and its allies developed a selective overflight program to gather intelligence. Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage is a history of the Cold War overflights of the Soviet Union, its allies, and the People's Republic of China, based on extensive interviews with dozens of pilots who flew these dangerous missions. In 1954 the number of flights expanded, and the highly classified SENSINT program was born. Soon, American RB-45C, RB-47E/H, RF-100s, and various versions of the RB-57 were in the air on an almost constant basis, providing the president and military leadership with hard facts about enemy capabilities and intentions. Eventually the SENSINT program was replaced by the high-flying U-2 spy plane. The U-2 overflights removed the mysteries of Soviet military power. These flights remained active until 1960 when a U-2 was shot down by Russian missiles, leading to the end of the program. Shortly thereafter planes were replaced by spy satellites. The overflights were so highly classified that no one, planner or participant, was allowed to talk about them—and no one did, until the overflight program and its pictorial record was declassified in the 1990s. Through extensive research of existing literature on the overflights and interviews conducted by Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, this book reveals the story of the entire overflight program through the eyes of the pilots and crew who flew the planes. Samuel's account tells the stories of American heroes who risked their lives—and sometimes lost them—to protect their country.
Download or read book The Silent Vigilante written by Warren Pearlman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Young is a man who keeps to himself, but after he loses family in two separate accidents and with the police not being able to find the people that caused the accidents, Frank takes matters into his own hands. After entering the military, Frank meets a weapons dealer, buys some untraceable revolvers and a silencer, and becomes a vigilante. He knows he’s violating the law, but even after becoming a policeman, he still continues the shootings. Along the way, he meets some people that need more help than he does and assists them in getting their lives back together. To his surprise, Frank finds out that a lot of people support what he’s doing and the path he has taken.
Download or read book Louis XVI The Silent King and the Estates written by John Hardman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the reign of Louis XVI
Download or read book Running Critical written by Patrick Tyler and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like an Indecent Exposure of the defense industry, Running Critical is an expose of the General Dynamics scandal told by the only reporter who had exclusive access to the secret documents of both General Dynamics and the U.S. Navy. 16-page photo insert.
Download or read book The Silent Assassin written by Lori Andrews and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geneticist Dr. Alexandra Blake investigates a brutal murder that may have long-buried connections to the Vietnam War, in this explosive follow-up to "Sequence."
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Download or read book Redeeming the Republic written by Charles Carleton Coffin and published by New York : [s.n. This book was released on 1890 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Falling Empire Silent Assassin written by Dane Stuart and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the war raged between Rome and Gaul, an unexpected turn brought relief to the Romans, when the Gauls signaled their surrender. Julious Ceasar was praised for his bravado, along with Octavis, the ruler of Rome, who had appointed Ceasar as chief general of the Roman Empire. Immediately following the surrender, a chain of mysterious events befell the city of Rome, leaving the senators uneasy and the citizens frightened. Knowing that an internal struggle between the first lady of Rome and others who envy her position was amid the privileged, unanswered questions began to circulate. Dark secrets loomed from past deeds that were thought to have been buried long ago. Will Ceasar continues to hold his position as chief general at such a young age, or will he and Octavis be the reason the empire fall from grace? Still in all the greatest unanswered question remains—who is the silent assassin?
Download or read book Six One act Plays written by Margaret Scott Oliver and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Great Events of the Great War A D 1914 written by Charles Francis Horne and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Secret State Silent Press written by Richard Keeble and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keeble seeks to problematise the Gulf war of 1991 and argues, controversially, that there was no war at all. Central to his argument is the notion of myth, used in the sense of manufactured story and constructed illusion.
