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In December 1943 Monte La Difensa was part of the formidable German defences overlooking the Allies' planned route to Rome via Monte Cassino. In the First Special Service Force's first combat in the Mediterranean theater, the Force would employ its special training in mountain and winter warfare to scale the peak, capture it, and then hold it against the inevitable German counterattacks. Astonishing their superiors, the First Special Service Force succeeded in the face of seemingly impossible odds, but suffered a 77 percent casualty rate. Their victory, founded on their aggressive doctrine an

Monte La Difensa, Battle of, Italy, 1943. --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Commando operations --- Allied Forces. --- History.

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This book traces the development of airborne forces from earliest mythology to their earth-shattering debut in the Second World War.

World War, 1939-1945 --- Regimental histories --- Aerial operations, Canadian. --- Campaigns --- Canada. --- Allied Forces. --- 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion

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During the Second World War, Australia maintained a super-secret organisation, the Diplomatic (or `D’) Special Section, dedicated to breaking Japanese diplomatic codes. The Section has remained officially secret as successive Australian Governments have consistently refused to admit that Australia ever intercepted diplomatic communications, even in war-time. This book recounts the history of the Special Section and describes its code-breaking activities.

History - General --- History & Archaeology --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Cryptography. --- Secret service --- Electronic intelligence --- Military intelligence --- Sissons, D. C. S. --- Allied Forces. --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Indian code talkers --- Communications

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During World War II, Mom Chung's was the place to be in San Francisco. Soldiers, movie stars, and politicians gathered at her home to socialize, to show their dedication to the Allied cause, and to express their affection for Dr. Margaret Chung (1889-1959). The first known American-born Chinese female physician, Chung established one of the first Western medical clinics in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1920's. She also became a prominent celebrity and behind-the-scenes political broker during World War II. Chung gained national fame when she began "adopting" thousands of soldiers, sailors, and flyboys, including Ronald Reagan, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, and Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. A pioneer in both professional and political realms, Chung experimented in her personal life as well. She adopted masculine dress and had romantic relationships with other women, such as writer Elsa Gidlow and entertainer Sophie Tucker. This is the first biography to explore Margaret Chung's remarkable and complex life. It brings alive the bohemian and queer social milieus of Hollywood and San Francisco as well as the wartime celebrity community Chung cultivated. Her life affords a rare glimpse into the possibilities of traversing racial, gender, and sexual boundaries of American society from the late Victorian era through the early Cold War period.

Chinese American women --- Women physicians --- Chinese American physicians --- Women, Chinese American --- Women --- Physicians, Chinese American --- Physicians --- Chung, Margaret, --- Chung, --- 20th century. --- allied forces. --- american history. --- biographical. --- biography. --- celebrity community. --- celebrity. --- chinatown. --- chinese americans. --- cultural history. --- cultural studies. --- dr margaret chung. --- female physician. --- flyboys. --- hollywood. --- mom chung. --- movie stars. --- political figures. --- politicians. --- queer history. --- sailors. --- san francisco. --- social studies. --- soldiers. --- united states. --- war historians. --- wartime america. --- wartime. --- western medicine. --- womens studies. --- world war ii. --- wwii.

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In this book a retired U.S. Army colonel and military historian takes a fresh look at Dwight D. Eisenhower's lasting military legacy, in light of his evolving approach to the concept of unified command. Examining Eisenhower's career from his West Point years to the passage of the 1958 Defense Reorganization Act, David Jablonsky explores Eisenhower's efforts to implement a unified command in the U.S. military-a concept that eventually led to the current organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and that, almost three decades after Eisenhower's presidency, played a major role in defense reorganization under the Goldwater-Nichols Act. In the new century, Eisenhower's approach continues to animate reform discussion at the highest level of government in terms of the interagency process.

Unified operations (Military science) --- Combined operations (Military science) --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Allied operations (Military science) --- Military art and science --- Strategy --- Tactics --- Joint operations (Military science) --- Unified commands (Military science) --- History --- Campaigns --- Eisenhower, Dwight D. --- Ai-sen-hao, --- Ėĭzenkhauėr, Duaĭt, --- Eisenhower, Ike, --- Ai-sen-hao-wei-erh, --- Ayzinhāvir, Duvāyt, --- ايزنهاور، دوايت --- Military leadership. --- Allied Forces --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization --- United States. --- Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers --- Allied Command --- Allied Expeditionary Force --- Rengōkokugun --- Joint United States Chiefs of Staff --- JCS --- J.C.S. --- NAVO --- OTAN --- North Atlantic treaty organisation --- Organization. --- Armed Forces --- Chairmen --- United States --- Military policy. --- History, Military --- Eisenhower, Dwight David,