Description |
1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Summary |
"This memoir by United Press war correspondent Henry T. Gorrell provides eyewitness accounts from the battlefields of the Spanish Civil War and the war fronts in Greece, the Balkans, the Middle East, and North Africa during World War II"--Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Prologue -- Little Caesar -- Civil War in Spain -- Prisoner of war -- The Simpson case -- The siege of Madrid -- Interlude : reflecting on events, 1936-1939 -- London : September 1939 -- Balkan powder keg -- Nadia of the Gestapo -- Lieutenant Bill Belle -- Hitler : "carry out plan number four!" -- Vichy treachery -- Taxi to Teheran -- Interlude : October 1941-May 1942 -- Malta convoy -- The retreat to Alamein -- Rommel hits a Stone Wall -- "The lull continues in the western desert"--BBC -- "Winnie" comes to Alamein -- "No retreat and no surrender"--Montgomery -- "Milk run" to Benghazi -- The bombing of Navarino bay -- The battle of Alamein -- Rommel packs up -- Benghazi's fall -- The Yanks bomb Naples -- The death of Private "X" -- The "ladies from hell" attack -- The fall of Tripoli -- Conclusion (but the war goes on). |
Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Gorrell, Henry T., 1911-1958.
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Gorrell, Henry T., 1911-1958. |
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United Press Associations -- Employees -- Biography.
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United Press Associations. |
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Employees. |
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Biographies.
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Gorrell, Henry T., 1911-1958. |
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United Press Associations -- Biography -- Employees. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalism, Military -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Personal narratives -- American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Biography.
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Journalists. |
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Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Journalism, Military -- United States.
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Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Journalists -- Biography.
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War correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
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War correspondents. |
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United States. |
Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1936-1943 |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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Added Author |
Gorrell, Kenneth.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Gorrell, Henry T., 1911-1958. Soldier of the press. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2009 9780826218513 (DLC) 2009004261 (OCoLC)280545341 |
ISBN |
9780826271792 (electronic book) |
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0826271790 (electronic book) |
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0826218512 (alkaline paper) |
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9780826218513 (alkaline paper) |
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9780826218513 (alkaline paper) |
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