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No Banners, No Bugles
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
The unheralded story of how salvage helped the Allies win back North Africa. By the time America joined World War II, Edward Ellsberg had already earned his place as one of the world’s great marine salvage engineers, and his best-selling accounts of raising doomed submarines and histories of classic diving operations had made him a literary star. With America’s entry into the war, Ellsberg returned to active duty with no easy assignment: clearing the vital port at Massawa, Eritrea, with no men, no equipment, and no budget.
No Banners, No Bugles picks up with Ellsberg stationed at Oran, Algeria, an important Mediterranean harbor as the Allies prepare for Operation Torch, the fight to reclaim North Africa from the Axis powers. Following his success at Massawa, Ellsberg must sort out the disorganized mess left by the Vichy French and find a way to open the port, though his flagging health proves to be a dangerous obstacle. As General Eisenhower’s chief of salvage in the Mediterranean, Ellsberg needs to clear harbors all across North Africa. No Banners, No Bugles is the riveting story of how Ellsberg the miracle worker tackled his greatest mission yet.
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- Jeremy N.
- 31-12-23
Really interesting history behind war.
Excellent story of aspects you hear little of about in war. Well detailed and gripping. Although clearly a remarkable man, he is very self indulgent seemingly to believe most around him were less than competent, and one finishes the book thinking that the result of the campaign would have been very different without him.
The reading is done in a very monotone voice and quite uninspiring.
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- T. Hodge
- 25-09-22
Another great Ellsberg book, but awful narration
I thoroughly enjoyed Ellsberg’s second book. Each of the salvage jobs in the book seems to be a cliff-hanger and you never quite know whether he will succeed. Like the Red Sea book, I was strangely transfixed by his account and eagerly looked forward to my next commute to work to hear more. But the narrator was the worst I have ever heard in Audible. I had to listen at a faster speed just to bear the monotony of the man’s voice. Surely there are readers out there with more intonation and spirit in their voices?
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- J M Leisten
- 05-12-23
Enjoyed this book.
Well read and a fascinating story. I recommend it to all interested in war history.
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- M. WILLIAMS
- 19-04-22
Excellent story possibly best of the four
There are four books in a series, first "On the Bottom" then "Under the red sea sun", this book and finally "The far shore." This is probably the best, and most revealing of the books and together with "Under the red sea sun" reveals a little discussed part of the second world war with many excellent little stories woven into a bigger narrative. The narrators often struggle with British English and technical words. Being British myself they can be quite fun, Scottish soldiers should be called Scots but are called Scotch here. Quay is for some reason spoken to rhyme with queue rather than key, with Coxwain as Cox-Waine rather than the correct Cox'un. The somewhat derogatory Ities for Italian troops/prisoners should be pronounced eye-tie not as in the book It-Eyes. I strongly recommend reading beneath the red sea sun before this book to put the narrative in order. The far shore is weak compared to the others.
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- Colin Poole
- 28-03-22
An excellent listen
This was an excellent listen on a subject I know nothing about and hadn't considered before. I really enjoyed all the detail.
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- MR R J GREEN
- 25-04-22
Bad narrator
Started to listen. But the narrator is monotone and difficult to listen too. Shame because it’s apparently a good book
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- great stone dog
- 30-04-22
who won the war?
this book gives the impression that he alone won the war, both the British and French come off badly and US red tape little better. the annunciation was great but so boring.
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