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Strong Men Armed

The United States Marines Against Japan

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Strong Men Armed

Von: Robert Leckie
Gesprochen von: Johnny Heller
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Written by Robert Leckie, whose wartime exploits are featured in the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg HBO miniseries The Pacific, Strong Men Armed is the perennial bestselling classic account of the U.S. Marines' relentless drive through the Pacific during World War II.

As scout and machine-gunner for the First Marine Division, Leckie fought in all its engagements until his wounding at Peleliu. In Strong Men Armed, Leckie uses firsthand experience and impeccable research to re-create the nightmarish battles of the Pacific campaign---from Guadalcanal to Okinawa---as ships, men, and guns moved over vast distances to fight an enemy that was willing to defend to its last man. Here is the whole sweeping epic of the Marines who battled---and won---on the bloody beaches at Guadalcanal, the unforgiving reefs at Tarawa, the rain-soaked mud of New Britain, the dark gray soil and deadly caves of Mount Suribachi, and the muddy slopes of Shuri Castle on Okinawa. It is a masterful narrative by a writer the New York Times praised as possessing the "rare gift of capturing all that is human in the most inhuman of man's activities."

©1990 Robert Leckie (P)2010 Tantor Asien Militär Welt

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This book is one of my favourite but this presentation was a nightmare. Robert Leckie shows us how to describe the pacific war with all stages from A to Z. Lots of facts and counts to understand the difference between the war of Europe and Pacific. B U T .....Be prepared that if you do not have any Noice Cancelling Headphone you have to listen with 100% Volume. The speaker has a bad timbre and most of the time he cannot handle the book. After a long line of perfect speakers of Audible Books this my worst experience ever. In the beginning I thought the quality of the speech is getting better. But let me tell you one thing. After 19 hours of listening and suffering I have to take a break from audio books. My recommendation: please read the book and be amazed. It is totally worth of reading.

Incredible book about the pacific war with lots of details but with the worst speaker ever

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