World War Ii category: 7796 books
Dr. Seuss Goes to War
The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
“A fascinating collection” of wartime cartoons from the beloved children’s author and illustrator (The New York Times Book Review).
For decades, readers throughout the world have enjoyed the marvelous stories and illustrations of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. But few know...
Twelve Desperate Miles
The Epic World War II Voyage of the SS Contessa
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
The Dirty Dozen meets Band of Brothers in this true story of how a rusty old New Orleans banana boat staffed with an unlikely crew of international merchant seamen, a gang of inmates from a local jail, and a French harbor pilot spirited out of Morocco by O.S.S. agents in the trunk of a Chevy,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Introducing a new series where history comes alive in riveting documents and images of great events as they occurred
We have long relied on historians to sift through the debris of history and piece together narratives to shape our understanding of events. But it is in the letters, diaries,...
Clear the Bridge!
The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
The story of Tang and her gallant crew ranks with the most amazing of naval history. Whether rescuing Navy fliers off Truk or stalking enemy convoys off Japan, Tang carried the war to the enemy with unparalleled ferocity. Tang’s skipper on all five of her war patrols, Rear Admiral Richard H. O’Kane...
From Stalingrad to Berlin
The Illustrated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
With scarcely an interlude, the German-Soviet conflict in World War II lasted for 3 years, 10 months, and 16 days. The conflict seesawed across eastern and central Europe between the Elbe and the Volga, the Alps, and the Caucasus. The total number of troops continuously engaged averaged between 8...
The Gathering Storm
The Second World War, Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
The first volume of Winston Churchill's six-volume memoirs as a statesman and leader during World War II, The Gathering Storm begins with his thoughts on World War I--and how its ending laid the foundations for the next global conflict. As a military and political leader during both wars, Churchill...
Submarine Commander
A Story of World War II and Korea
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
A fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those dangerous operations. Frank and beautifully written, Submarine Commander's breezy style and irrepressible humor place it in a class by itself. This book will be of lasting value as a...
The Color of War
How One Battle Broke Japan and Another Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
From the acclaimed World War II writer and author of The Ghost Mountain Boys, an incisive retelling of the key month, July 1944, that won the war in the pacific and ignited a whole new struggle on the home front.
In the pantheon of great World War II conflicts, the battle for Saipan is often...
Find 'Em, Chase 'Em, Sink 'Em
The Mysterious Loss of the WWII Submarine USS Gudgeon
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Now in paperback, revised and updated, the stirring and authoritative account of one of World War II's most highly decorated submarines
Find 'Em, Chase 'Em, Sink 'Em is the first book to recount the tragic and mysterious loss of the World War II submarine USS Gudgeon. In April 1944, the highly...
by Alexander Bielakowski
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
About half a million African Americans served overseas during World War II, almost all in segregated second-line units. This artificially limited their potential contribution, but their work especially along the logistic lifelines of the fighting divisions was vital. This book summarizes the service...
Killing the Rising Sun
How America Vanquished World War II Japan
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese...
Frozen in Time
An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Frozen in Time is a gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during World War II, from Mitchell Zuckoff, the author of New York Times bestseller Lost in Shangri-La.
On November 5, 1942, a US cargo plane slammed into the Greenland Ice Cap. Four days...
Mosquito: Menacing the Reich
Combat Action in the Twin-engine Wooden Wonder of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
'On 15 November it came suddenly out of nowhere inches above the hangars with a crackling thunderclap of twin Merlins. As we watched, bewitched, it was flung about the sky in a beyond belief display for a bomber that could out perform any fighter. Well-bred whisper of a touch down, a door opened and...
Wolf Pack
The Story of the U-Boat in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Germany's World War II U-Boat fleet represented the elite of their naval personnel. In terms of technology, training, tactics and combat successes, the U-Boat Waffe was far superior to that of any other combatant nation. In this comprehensive book, the wartime development of the U-Boat is traced along...