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Title: [German] - Sharpes Geheimnis - Sharpe-Reihe, Teil 17 (Ungekürzt)

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Stefan Naas

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Release date: November 4, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Major Richard Sharpes Regiment befindet sich in tödlicher Gefahr. Sie geht jedoch nicht vom französischen Feind aus, sondern von den Bürokraten in Whitehall. Vergebens wartet Sharpe in Spanien auf Verstärkung für sein Regiment. Fest entschlossen, seine Männer vor dem sicheren Untergang zu bewahren, kehrt er nach England zurück, um Hilfe zu holen. Doch dort stößt er auf ein Nest hochrangiger Verräter - und sieht sich einem Kampf gegenüber, der härter sein wird als alle Schlachten, die er jemals geschlagen hat.

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Title: [German] - Eine gewaltige nächtliche Ouvertüre: Gebirgsjäger Alois Meyer vom Polenfeldzug über Frankreich an die Ostfront

Author: Franziska Vogt

Narrator: Lukas Speitling

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Release date: October 31, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Polenfeldzug, Westfront, Operation Barbarossa – nur einige Stationen des jungen Gebirgsjägers Alois Wagner, dessen Erlebnisse auf einer realen Person basieren. Alois Wagner hält die harten, entbehrungsreichen Kämpfe aus den Anfangsjahren des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Form von Feldpostbriefen und Tagebucheinträgen fest. Wie so viele junge Soldaten ist auch Alois Wagner anfangs davon überzeugt, dass der Krieg schnell siegreich beendet sein wird und er sich bald ein beschauliches Leben mit seiner Jugendliebe aufbauen kann. Doch je länger der Krieg dauert, je mehr er sich ausbreitet, desto gedämpfter wird auch die Stimmung bei den Gebirgsjägern. Bald drängt sich auch ihm die Frage auf: 'Wo wird das alles noch enden?' Alois steht im regen Austausch mit seiner Jungendliebe. Der junge Gebirgsjäger ist immer öfters hin- und hergerissen zwischen den Gefahren und Erlebnissen der Front und der Liebe, die in der Heimat auf ihn wartet. Dieses Buch soll ein mahnendes Werk, stellvertretend für hunderttausende Schicksale sein. Es zeigt schonungslos die Gedanken und Ängste der Frontsoldaten auf, die sich jedoch nicht immer nur um den Frontalltag drehen, sondern auch um die Lieben an der 'Heimatfront'. Die Autorin Franziska Vogt hat die Tagebücher und Feldpostbriefe ihrer Familie ausgewertet, um diesen bewegenden Roman zu schreiben. 'Eine gewaltige nächtliche Ouvertüre' ist ihr berührendes, tief unter die Haut gehendes Debüt.

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Title: “I’m Just a Supply Sgt.”: My Life and Vietnam War Experience

Author: Donald M. Stout

Narrator: David de Vries

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Release date: October 29, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

I'm Just a Supply Sgt. is a compelling narrative of the Vietnam War with a very personal, psychological perspective that is difficult to find in most histories. Don Stout's ability to comprehend and record his feelings during the war, and his struggles after the war, provide not only a window into the suffering of many veterans but also a tool for catharsis for those afflicted with PTSD. Without a doubt, Don's story provides one of the most unique perspectives on the war and is not only a history of his service but a psychological epic.

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Title: Surviving Three Shermans: With the 3rd Armored Division into the Battle of the Bulge: What I Didn’t Tell Mother About My War

Author: Walter Boston Stitt Jr.

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Release date: October 29, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

In 1943, eighteen-year-old Walter Stitt enlisted in the US Army, ready to serve his country. From his time in basic training at Fort Polk in Louisiana, throughout his time as a tank gunner in the 33rd Armored Regiment, to his post-injury service in England, he wrote home to the family he had left at home. Unbeknown to him, his mother carefully numbered and saved the letters, treasuring them until her death. This book brings together the very different two versions of Walter's war: the version that a teenage soldier could reveal to his parents and younger siblings without scaring them or invoking the censor's pen, and the full and often terrifying details of serving as a tank loader and gunner in France, Belgium, and Germany, remembered so clearly eighty years later. Walter explains the forced omissions and partial truths his teenage self offered to comfort his family while he survived the destruction of three Sherman tanks, the death of three crew members, and two wounds. Coming from West Virginia, Walter's Appalachian roots and values are apparent through the memories he held dear as a soldier and the values he clung to while fighting in one of the darkest periods of human history. His memoir recounts his experiences of serving during World War II while honoring those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice.

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Title: The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century

Author: Gen. Kenneth F. Mckenzie Jr. Usmc (ret).

Narrator: Charles Constant

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Release date: October 29, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

General Frank McKenzie oversaw some of the most important—and controversial operations in modern US military history. The Melting Point has three themes. The first one is the importance of the primacy of civilian control of the military. It has become widely perceived that this control has been eroded over the years. General McKenzie doesn't believe that to be the case, arguing that the civ-mil relationship isn't perfect, but it doesn't have to be. It is, however, more durable than many believe, and is supported and embraced by the military. The second theme is the uniqueness of being a combatant commander. Combatant commanders participate in the development of policy, as junior partners. They are also responsible for the execution of policy—very different than the role of a service chief, or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. None of these officers are in the chain of command, and they have no ultimate, mortal responsibility or authority for execution. Only the combatant commander stands astride the boundary of decision-making and execution. Finally, the third theme that McKenzie argues is that leaders matter, and the decisions they make have a profound effect on what happens on the battlefield. McKenzie provides an honest assessment of his time in command—describing decisions that were sound, as well as some outcomes he wishes were different.

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Title: Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR's War of Words With Charles Lindbergh – and the Battle to Save Democracy

Author: Paul M. Sparrow

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Release date: October 29, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Franklin Roosevelt awoke on September 1, 1939 to the news that Germany invaded Poland, signaling the start of World War II. The president warned for years that Hitler's fascist regime posed an existential threat to democracy, but the American public remained stubbornly isolationist as fascist sympathizing groups, egged on by right wing media stars promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, plotted to overthrow the president. The situation was dire, and Roosevelt found himself facing an unexpected adversary: Charles Lindbergh. Wildly popular, the famed aviator's youthful charm, plainspoken rhetoric, and media magnetism earned him a massive following as he led an attack on FDR's policies. The German government provided secret funds to Lindbergh's Nazi followers as he led the radical America First Committee in an effort to prevent Roosevelt from aiding England's survival—and the world's. Awakening the Spirit of America shows how Roosevelt overcame the forces aligned against him in a war against fascism. Paul Sparrow, former director of the FDR Presidential Library, reveals how FDR's triumph of leadership was by no means a foregone conclusion. Awakening the Spirit of America provides a riveting account of FDR's ultimate victory over pro-Nazi isolationists and provides vital insight into American history and an iconic president.

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Title: The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s Men

Author: Eric Lichtblau

Narrator: David De Vries

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Release date: October 29, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Read the history behind the series THE HUNTERS (starring Al Pacino) in this “captivating book rooted in first-rate research” (New York Times Book Review) that tells the true story of how America became home to thousands of Nazi war criminals. For the first time, once-secret government records and interviews tell the full story of the thousands of Nazis—from concentration camp guards to high-level officers in the Third Reich—who came to the United States after World War II and quietly settled into new lives. Many gained entry on their own as self-styled war “refugees.” But some had help from the U.S. government. The CIA, the FBI, and the military all put Hitler’s minions to work as spies, intelligence assets, and leading scientists and engineers, whitewashing their histories. Only years after their arrival did private sleuths and government prosecutors begin trying to identify the hidden Nazis. Now, relying on a trove of newly disclosed documents and scores of interviews, Eric Lichtblau reveals this shocking, shameful, and little-known chapter of postwar history.   New York Times bestseller — Espionage category “Disturbing.” — Salon     “Engaging.” — Chicago Tribune “A gripping chronicle.” — Times of Israel “Riveting . . . An important, fascinating read.” — Jewish Book Council

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Title: The Silk Route Spy: The True Story of an Indian Double Agent

Author: Dr Enakshi Sengupta

Narrator: Sanjna Sanjay Mukhi

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Release date: October 23, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Was Nandlal Kapur a traitor or a patriot? A true story, like no other. 1920s India. Flames of revolt against colonial rule had engulfed the country, making the British tense. They knew domestic spies were essential to track and quell the calls for independence. Nandlal Kapur, like many young Indian men, was recruited as a spy. But, while the pay was good and the life adventurous, Nandlal restless and uneasy, his love for his country at constant odds with his new reality. As he travelled through India on various missions, and met revolutionaries from all walks of life demanding freedom from oppression, he grew determined to attack the beast from within its and do his bit for his country - become a double agent. The Silk Route Spy is a riveting account of an extraordinary life, and brings to life a trying era in our country's history and gives us a glimpse of the risks taken and sacrifices made by those who freed India, in their own small ways.

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Title: Survival in the South Pacific: A Lost Airman’s Desperate Rescue amid the Maelstrom of War

Author: Robert Richardson

Narrator: Shawn Compton

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 24 minutes

Release date: October 22, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

In September 1943, as America began advancing from its foothold on Guadalcanal, a young American airman was lost in heavy weather over the South Pacific on what was expected to be a routine flight. In examining that loss and the events leading up to a rescue attempt on an island in the South Pacific, and bringing together societies utterly alien to each other, Survival in the South Pacific brings together the big themes of the Pacific War. The American lieutenant and his comrades had been swept from their homes, trained at speed for war, and dispatched to one of the remotest places on the globe. American war plans in place when Pearl Harbor was attacked poorly reflected the capabilities of its military, and the limits imposed by America's far-flung and indefensible territories. The 'Germany First' policy had resulted in a deeply uncertain future for forces in the South Pacific and Australia—the United States was unprepared for the global war that came to it in late 1941, even as the pipeline of men and materiel began to fill. Young Allied and Japanese aviators, sailors, and soldiers, were not the only ones thrown into the swirling maelstrom of war that had engulfed the Pacific—the indigenous islanders were also immersed in a new reality. In bringing together individual stories of men at war, this book gives a new perspective on the Pacific War.

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Title: The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of the Global Sea Trade

Author: Nicholas Nugent

Narrator: Bruce Mann

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Release date: October 22, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

We may think of 'globalism' as a recent development but its origins date back to the fifteenth century and beyond, when seafarers pioneered routes across the oceans with the objectives of exploration, trade, and profit. These voyages only became possible after certain technical innovations—improvements in ship design, compasses, and mapping—enabled navigation across unprecedented distances. The mariners' embarkation points were the vibrant ports of the West—Venice, Amsterdam, Lisbon—and their destinations the exotic ports of the East—Malacca, Goa, Bombay—where they tracked down the elusive spices, so much in demand by Western palates. This development of maritime communication brought benefits apart from culinary delights: the spread of ideas on art, literature, and science. But it was not necessarily beneficial for everyone concerned: colonial ambitions were often disastrous for local populations, who were frequently exploited as slave plantation labor. This wide-ranging account of a fascinating period of global history uses original maps and contemporary artists' views to tell the story of how each port developed individually while also encouraging us to consider contrasting points of view of the benefits and the damages of the maritime spice trade.