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September 16, 2024

The Napoleonic ‘Dad’s Army’ The British Volunteer Movement, 1794-1814

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Free Download The Napoleonic ‘Dad’s Army’: The British Volunteer Movement, 1794-1814 by Paul L Dawson
English | April 14, 2024 | ISBN: 1399037722 | 296 pages | MOBI | 4.96 Mb
During the crisis year of 1792 when war against France was at its closest, a variety of societies and associations of ‘Loyal Britons’ were set up throughout Britain. Their aim was to organise patriotic, anti-French forces in defence of king and country, and to help maintain the established order.

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December 29, 2023

Running from Tenda Gyamar A Volunteer’s Story of Life With the Refugee Children of Tibet

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Free Download Lesley Freeman, "Running from Tenda Gyamar: A Volunteer’s Story of Life With the Refugee Children of Tibet"
English | 2013 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 1780998538 | EPUB | 2,0 mb
Leaving her job in London, selling her home, leaving family & friends, Lesley travelled to India to be a volunteer teacher in a vocational training centre in Northern India. She learnt of the struggles Tibetan children endure, escaping torture, violence and oppression by the Chinese authorities in their homeland, Tibet. They witnessed the torture and murder of parents, brothers and uncles. They are educated in Tibetan schools in India, many are orphans and destitute, For 2 years Lesley lived with the Tibetan community in the VTC and then a mountain village, Rajpur, undertaking voluntary work and raising sponsorship to support the children s education. In this book Lesley describes her own ups and downs of living with both Indian and Tibetan cultures and recounts the poignant stories of the children, describing in their own words the suffering they escaped and what their hopes are for the future.

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September 28, 2023

The Waffen-SS (4) 24. to 38. Divisions, & Volunteer Legions

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Free Download Gordon Williamson, Stephen Andrew, "The Waffen-SS (4): 24. to 38. Divisions, & Volunteer Legions"
English | 2004 | pages: 51 | ISBN: 1841765929 | PDF | 12,8 mb
In the last years of World War II, 1944-45, the Waffen-SS formed many nominal ‘divisions’ from a motley range of sources, whose battlefield value was as varied as their backgrounds. The best were built around existing Western European volunteer regiments; some, raised from Central Europeans and Russians, were strong in numbers but weak in morale; some were of negligible size, scraped together from remnants and trainees; and some were sinister ‘anti-partisan’ gangs, assembled from the military dregs of the Eastern Front. Illustrated with rare photographs from private collections and meticulous colour artwork, this final title in our sequence details their organisation, uniforms and insignia, and summarises their battle records.

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