Books with title Life As a Nazi Soldier

From a Roman legionary to a French sergeant in the Napoleonic wars, a Cheyenne brave, and a United States marine, A Soldier's Life takes a close look at the uniforms, weapons, food and supplies of thirty-five different types of soldiers. Fascinating historical details and full-color photographs of authentic uniform reproductions give a comprehensive view of the life of a soldier. "This is a bang-up job on an eternally enticing topic." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Andrew Robertshaw is the Head of Education at the National Army Museum in London, England. He lives in London, England.

Excerpt from A Soldier of LifeMY name is James Wood, and my story is so extra ordinary that though I have small hope that it will be believed, I feel it is my duty to put it as faithfully as possible on record.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Combat Soldiers played a major role in wartime. Basic training took around six weeks. It was hard work. All soldiers looked forward to free time, when they could relax, play cards, listen to records or read letters from home. Even better was time off, called leave or furlough. Find out more about the life of a combat soldier in this fact-filled title.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...and its movement ceased. On waking in the morning I felt very much as one of those little animals must feel when first its eye catches the snake's eye and he knows that he has escaped from the man's hand only to meet a worse enemy. I was in the glass case with the snake. A mysterious horror had me in its hold. When I got up and tried to dress myself, I was obliged to sit as much as I could owing to actual physical weakness. It seemed, too, that my heart was beating faster than it should. To put a brave face on the matter, I said to myself: "This is really getting past a joke." I told mother, who immediately noticed that I was not so well, that I had slept abominably, my's letter had entirely passed from my mind, but it flashed back when I saw her, and I was able to take her on one side and tell her how much I had appreciated its intention. "And you don't think too badly of me?" she asked with very dear timidity. "Not a bit. Not a bit," I replied. "You're human, human." She looked at me askance on account of the intensity of meaning which I put into the word. I answered her look of fear with a hearty "To be human--that's what I like my friends to be." She must have known what I meant, but she was obliged to assert herself and say, as she drew herself timidly and prettily up (she always looked fresh and lovely in the morning): "What else can human beings be?" "Oh, millions of things!" I laughed back. All through breakfast I was continually on the verge of the horror that brooded deep within me. In lulls of the talk it was clear to me that measures must be taken, drastically and speedily, to tackle it. I put off thinking what those measures should be, and I spun out all the little...

Excerpt from A Soldier of LifeMY name is James Wood, and my story is so extra ordinary that though I have small hope that it will be believed, I feel it is my duty to put it as faithfully as possible on record.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> A Soldier Of Life<author> Hugh De Sélincourt<publisher> The Macmillan company, 1917<subjects> History; General; History / General; Literary Collections / General