War To Make Peace
Machen Frieden
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In freezing Europe atrocities in the east abounded seeing inmates of mental asylums murdered and tens of thousands brutally marched into forced labour. The unbridled winter terror fanned the passion of freedom fighters such as Maj. Henryk Dobrzañski, generally known as ‘Hubal’, as ‘Bataliony chlopskie’ Peasant battalions began to form. Unfortunately for years to come, the cruelty in these altering spheres of control was to intensify by unimaginable proportions. Forest, jungle, desert and swamp would join the Tundra to hold gruesome secrets. Whole swathes of countries would be devastated as the tentacles of war in one way or another gyroscopically affected every area of the globe. Far flung places deep in the Arctic would know the acrid smell of cordite; it is said Antarctica had the ice dotted with Swastika adorned spikes. Small specks of land throughout the oceans would shelter and victual powerful navies whilst waters mined from surface to seabed were roamed by interchangeable hunters and prey, leaving metal coffin filled graveyards strewn across the sea floor in their wake. So too would powerful metal-tracked killing machines be turned instantly into human incinerators whilst high altitude glacial mountain passes would see prisoners laboured footprints, replace those of pack animals. Massive air forces would locate the jet stream whilst doling out evermore indiscriminate terror and homeless misery to drive fearful peoples and war making capabilities underground. Even here the dead were not allowed peace, their gravestones were used to pave roads and crush the telltale un-incinerated bones of the murdered. Beyond the bounds of the atmosphere, space itself was to be intruded upon to deliver death and destruction. In circumstances ignorant and foreseen, obliterating any boundary between military and civilian targets, mankind was about to unleash a hitherto unforeseen bewildering array of sophisticated weaponry on itself.
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People want and need to understand. What happened is what makes us who we are, what we do and most importantly how we do it. This book is in pursuance of that understanding. Devoid of numerated distracting adjuncts and armed with a treasure trove text which is "rich in content" (Kirkus Indie Reviews) of "almost all of the who, what, where and how of the Second World War" (ForeWord Clarion Reviews) the inquisitive reader can also avail of the book's uniquely structured indexes to both bind and unlock the works manifold offerings. Following a brief perusal of the parent index, amidst the main index is found all those elusive annual dates, for the most part collated under the major protagonists i.e. warlord and country, and their- independently keyed- operations with associated sub operations in tow. Promoting re-investigation, this user-friendly, multi-chronological reference aid invariably enriches a search, particularly when wresting answers pertinent to one's why?
About the Author
It was 1939 when Frank’s grandfather worked in the Dagenham Ford factory in London’s East end, and it was here at that time his mother was born. During the sixties both his grandmothers often recounted to him a tome worth of the past. His father’s mother would recount local history, of how his great grandfather was the last ‘Great Islander’ to be evicted from his ‘Donegal’ land in Cork Harbour by the British whilst his other grandmother cross river described fascinating tales of the Blitz. He was hooked and couldn’t wait for his weekly Victor VC cover story, his younger brothers vying for the discarded innards. By ten years of age he had collected his first comprehensive history of the Second World War, and even first attempted to write his account two years later. The road of life saw him rebelling, going to sea and on acquiring his qualifications, emigrating from Ireland in the early eighties as did generations before. After travelling extensively, he settled down to married life in England and successfully set up business ashore before health issues a decade later forced another career change into programming. During his time travelling, working, learning and living amongst others, the University of Life kept bringing ever more anomalies to the fore with people of all ages viewing and gullibly accepting as fact, storylines fed by those not averse to highlighting others short-comings whilst feathering their own particular niche. Naturally, this read is very different to that of nearly four decades ago, not least because recent serendipitous events have played an unforeseen hand which he feels is not just another of his life’s adventures but more to do with destiny! So he says, let’s do it then?