Patrick K O Donnell: 15 books

Previous books have promised to describe the combat experience of the World War II GI, but there has never been a book like Patrick O'Donnell's Beyond Valor. Here is the first combat history of the war in Europe in the words of the men themselves, and perhaps the most honest and brutal account of...

"Iwo Jima was a massacre. I never expected anything like that. People were dying left and right...No names should have been used on the flag raisings because we didn't get up there by ourselves. It was the collective actions of a lot of people and there were a lot of Raiders and paratroopers up there...

The battles of World War II were won not only by the soldiers on the front lines, and not only by the generals and admirals, but also by the shadow warriors whose work is captured for the first time in Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs. Thanks to the interviews and narrative skills of Patrick O'Donnell...

By the award-winning author of Dog Company: a historic account of a Revolutionary War unit’s “tactical acumen and human drama . . . combat writing at its best” (The Wall Street Journal).   In August 1776, little over a month after the Continental Congress had formally declared independence...

Toen de Amerikanen na Pearl Harbor betrokken werden bij de Tweede Wereldoorlog realiseerde de militaire top zich dat er een elite-eenheid gevormd diende te worden die op een onconventionele manier oorlog zou kunnen voeren. Begin 1942 werd een groep buitengewone mannen - onder wie een tandarts, een...

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now also contains unknowns from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and receives millions...

From bestselling author Patrick K. O'Donnell, the untold story of World War II's first unit of special operations combat swimmers-precursors of today's US Navy SEALs

An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in Europe It is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can make the difference between victory and defeat. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd...

'Wat zou je willen als je een wens mocht doen?' vroeg de fotograaf aan de verwilderde, bebloede marinier. De soldaat gaapte zijn interviewer aan. De fotograaf klikte met zijn camera, de foto werd een symbool van de Koreaanse oorlog. 'Geef me morgen,' zei de marinier uiteindelijk. Na vier maanden voortdurende...

A riveting first-hand account of the fierce battle for Fallujah during the Iraq War and the Marines who fought there--a story of brotherhood and sacrifice in a platoon of heroes Five months after being deployed to Iraq, Lima Company's 1st Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, found itself...

Het verschil tussen een overwinning en een nederlaag kan erg klein zijn; er wordt wel gezegd dat het vaak een kwestie is van de juiste mensen op de juiste plaats. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Europa gold dit zeker voor de Dog Company, de soldaten van het 2nd Ranger Bataillon van het Amerikaanse...

An epic story of valor and sacrifice by a legendary Marine company in the Korean War brought to gripping, cinematic light by an acclaimed historian ("Gives the brave Marines of George Company long overdue recognition"--New York Post) "What would you want if you could have any...

At the height of World War II, with the Third Reich's final solution in full operation, a small group of Jews who had barely escaped the Nazis did the unthinkable: They went back. Spies now, these men took on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. They Dared Return is their story-a tale of adventure, espionage, love, and revenge.

Like a scene from Where Eagles Dare, a small team of American spies parachutes into Italy behind enemy lines. Their orders: link up with local partisans and sabotage the well-guarded Brenner Pass-the Nazis' crucial supply route through the Alps-thereby bringing the German war effort in Italy to a grinding halt.