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Häftad, Engelska, 2012
611 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2024
242 kr
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July 1863 was a momentous month in the Civil War. News of the Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg electrified the North and devastated the South. Sandwiched geographically between them—and lost in the heady tumult of events—was news that William S. Rosecrans’s Army of the Cumberland had driven Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee entirely out of Middle Tennessee. The brilliant campaign nearly cleared the state of Rebels and changed the calculus of the Civil War in the Western Theater. Despite its decisive significance, surprisingly few people know much about Rosecrans’s triumph. Now in paperback, Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that Changed the Course of Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863 by award-winning authors David A. Powell and Eric J. Wittenberg rectifies that oversight.On June 23, 1863, Rosecrans, with 60,000 men, began a classic campaign of maneuver against Bragg’s 40,000\. Confronted by rugged terrain and a heavily entrenched foe, Rosecrans intended to utilize strategic maneuver to defeat Bragg rather than direct assaults. He would outflank him, seize control of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad (Bragg’s supply line) at Tullahoma, force the Rebels out of their extensive earthworks, and fight the decisive battle thereafter. The complex and fascinating campaign included deceit, hard marching, fighting, and incredible luck—both good and bad. Rosecrans executed a pair of feints against Guy’s Gap and Liberty Gap to deceive the Rebels about where the main blow would fall. An ineffective Confederate response exposed one of Bragg’s flanks—and thus his entire army—to complete disaster. Torrential rains and consequential decisions in the field wreaked havoc on Rosecrans’s well-designed scheme. Bragg, however, hesitated as he teetered on the brink of losing the second most important field army in the Confederacy. The hour was late, the time was short, and his limited withdrawal left the armies poised for a climactic engagement to decide the fate of Middle Tennessee and perhaps the war.Authors Powell and Wittenberg mined hundreds of archival and firsthand accounts to craft a splendid study of this overlooked campaign that set the stage for the fighting to follow at Chickamauga and Chattanooga, the removal of Rosecrans and Bragg from the chessboard of war, the elevation of U. S. Grant to command the Union armies, and the early stages of William T. Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign. Readers will find the original maps and extensive footnotes enhance their understanding of this dramatic event.Tullahoma was one of the most brilliantly executed major campaigns of the war and was pivotal to Union success in 1863 and beyond. Now, after all these decades, students of the war everywhere will know precisely why.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
271 kr
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General John Bell Hood’s tenure commanding the Confederate Army of Tennessee stood in marked contrast to that of his predecessor Joseph E. Johnston. Where Johnston was forced to conduct a war of maneuver, parrying William T. Sherman’s repeated flanking attempts, he rarely risked offensive blows. The initiative remained almost entirely with the Federals. When Johnston did stand to accept battle, with only a few exceptions, he received enemy assaults behind fortified lines. However, weeks of retreating undermined morale.With Hood in charge, offense became the order of the day. Hood fought the two largest and bloodiest battles of the entire campaign within the space of two days: attacking at Peachtree Creek on July 20, and again at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22. A third attack at Ezra Church on July 28 was launched by Stephen D. Lee, on his own initiative. The results of all three battles, however, were the same—bloody failures for the Confederates. Thereafter, Hood adopted a more defensive strategy, choosing to preserve what combat power his army retained.The second volume on the Atlanta campaign portrays the final months of the struggle for Atlanta, from mid-July to September, including what remains to be seen of the battles around the city: Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Decatur, and Ezra Church. The siege will cover historic views of Atlanta, operations east of the city, and the city’s capture. The cavalry chapter focuses on the Union cavalry raids south of Atlanta which ended in disaster. Finally, the fighting at Jonesboro will bring the series to a close.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
391 kr
Kommande
By late 1944, the collapse of the Third Reich seemed imminent, yet pockets of determined resistance remained, including in Slovakia, where 15,000 German troops had been dispatched to quell an underground resistance movement. General Donovan had persuaded US President Roosevelt that his OSS personnel could make a difference, not only helping downed Allied airmen but also aiding the Czech resistance and collecting intelligence on and conducting sabotage against the German occupier. Thus, in September 1944, the Office of Strategic Services dispatched the Dawes Team to Slovakia, almost simultaneously with the British Special Operations Executive “Windproof” mission. However, beset by larger numbers of German and allied troops, a shortage of food, illness, and Europe’s worst winter in 50 years, members of the Dawes Team and sub-units were soon captured. Despite being taken in uniform and with military ID, these OSS and SOE personnel were brutally interrogated, tortured, and ultimately executed by the SS on January 24, 1945 at Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria. Given the inherent secret nature of both missions, news of the massacre emerged only slowly. The May 1945 liberation of Mauthausen by US forces uncovered eyewitnesses—including another OSS member—and the discovery of damning records. The perpetrators who had survived the war were soon tried by US Army authorities, with the majority of the accused sentenced to death. The proceedings generated controversy—then and since—due to the speed with which they were conducted and the irregular nature of some of the proceedings. In the years since, the sacrifices of the OSS, SOE, and partisan personnel have been recalled not only by the veterans themselves, but also by a grateful Slovak population in yearly remembrance. This book follows the disastrous mission and the treatment and death of the twelve OSS personnel, the post-war reckoning, and the ongoing remembrance of these men’s sacrifice.