Ergebnis für "John North" in Welt

In this gripping episode, we delve into the strategic objectives set for Bougainville during World War II. The mission was clear establish a vital beachhead and construct airstrips to enable American aircraft to neutralize Japanese airfields at Kahili, Buka, and Bonis. However, the Marines faced a daunting enemy force, with 21,800 Japanese troops stationed at Buin alone. Leading the defense was the formidable Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Hyakutake, a familiar foe to the Marines from their previous encounters at Guadalcanal. His main force, the 6th Division, posed a significant challenge to the...

In January of 1965, 24-year-old US Army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins abandoned his post in South Korea, walked across the DMZ, and surrendered to communist North Korean soldiers standing sentry along the world's most heavily militarized border. He believed his action would get him back to the States and a short jail sentence. Instead he found himself in another sort of prison, where for 40 years he suffered under one of the most brutal and repressive regimes the world has known. This fast-paced, harrowing tale, told plainly and simply by Jenkins (with journalist Jim Frederick).

Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot), in the service of King Henry VII of England, crossed the Atlantic and reached land in the summer of 1497. This account comprises three reports of contemporary witnesses. It seems likely that Cabot explored the coast of Labrador.

UNSINKABLE is one of the most extraordinary tales of heroism, fortitude and seamanship of WW2, based on the true story of the cargo ship “San Demetrio”. When the ship is attacked by a German warship thousands of miles from land, a raw young officer and a handful of desperate men are faced with impossible choices that will mean the difference between life or death. UNSINKABLE is a compelling, wholly immersive original audio movie series from creators Misha Crosby and John Mawson starring Emmy Award Nominees Thomas Brodie-Sangster andNathalie Emmanuel, Golden Globe winner Brian Cox and...