The War and Colonel WardenKnopf, 1963 - 422 עמודים An intimate World War II Churchill diary derived from the recollections of Churchill's wartime Aide decamp Tommy Thompson, important as a primary source, including some little-known anecdotes. |
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תוצאות 1-3 מתוך 42
עמוד 103
... tanks of widely dissimilar calibre . The cruisers of the 7th Armoured Brigade had a speed of 20 m.p.h. and a radius of 100 miles , whereas the 4th Armoured had infantry tanks which could travel at no more than 5 m.p.h. To make ...
... tanks of widely dissimilar calibre . The cruisers of the 7th Armoured Brigade had a speed of 20 m.p.h. and a radius of 100 miles , whereas the 4th Armoured had infantry tanks which could travel at no more than 5 m.p.h. To make ...
עמוד 215
... tank crews had to change the carbon arcs in the lamps every thirty minutes . In the Matilda tanks , which were used in the early stages , the power for the floodlights came from the engines of the tanks themselves . Later , when Grants ...
... tank crews had to change the carbon arcs in the lamps every thirty minutes . In the Matilda tanks , which were used in the early stages , the power for the floodlights came from the engines of the tanks themselves . Later , when Grants ...
עמוד 216
... tanks roaring towards them through the darkness and the sudden perfectly synchronized transition from starless night to synthetic day as the power was switched on and the shimmering curtain of light enveloped them . For the officers and ...
... tanks roaring towards them through the darkness and the sudden perfectly synchronized transition from starless night to synthetic day as the power was switched on and the shimmering curtain of light enveloped them . For the officers and ...
תוכן
OPERATION ROYAL | 3 |
A NIGHT ON THE MUD FLATS | 20 |
THE STORM BREAKS | 34 |
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Admiral Admiral Cunningham Admiralty afternoon aircraft airfield Algiers Allied already American armoured Army arrived asked attack Auchinleck bomb Brendan Bracken Britain British Cabinet Cairo Captain Chequers Chiefs of Staff Churchill Churchill's coast Commander Thompson's notes Commander-in-Chief Conference convoy cruiser Cunningham desert dinner Downing Street Eisenhower Eisenhower's enemy England fighting Fleet flying force France French front Gaulle German Gibraltar Government ground guarded Harry Hopkins invasion Ismay Italian journey landing later Leslie Rowan London Lord lunch Map Room Marrakesh Marshal Mary Churchill Mediterranean meeting miles military Molotov morning Moscow naval Navy never night North Africa officers operation party President Prime Minister Prime Minister's problems reached Richard Pim Roosevelt Royal Royal Navy Russian Sea Lord Secretary seemed sent ships signal soon Stalin talks tanks tion Tobruk told Tommy took train troops Tube Alloys U-boat villa Wavell