World War Ii category: 7796 books
The History of the Panzerjäger
Volume 1: Origins and Evolution 1939–42
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
The German Panzerjäger, or Panzerjägertruppe, was one of the most innovative fighting arms of World War II and its story has never properly been told. Many books have focused on an element of the story – the Hetzer, Jagdpanzer, Jagdpanther – but this is the first time that the whole story of...
by Anne Frank
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique USAF publication provides a comprehensive chronology of Air Force Nursing services. Since the Air Force Nurse Corps emerged from the Army Nurse Corps in July 1949, Air Force nursing service personnel have excelled...
Bat Bomb
World War II's Other Secret Weapon
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
It was a crazy way to win World War II in the Pacific— All the United States had to do was to attach small incendiary bombs to millions of bats and release them over Japan's major cities. As the bats went to roost, a million fires would flare up in remote crannies of the wood and paper buildings...
Heroes in Dungarees
The Story of the American Merchant Marine in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
A World War II merchant seaman, John Bunker takes a thorough look at the American merchant marines' significant contributions to the war effort. There are plenty of fascinating facts about their extensive supply operations, but the focus of the book is on the men and their often-heroic actions. Bunker...
Terror From the Sky
The Bombing of German Cities in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
In this first interdisciplinary study of this contentious subject, leading experts in politics, history, and philosophy examine the complex aspects of the terror bombing of German cities during World War II. The contributors address the decision to embark on the bombing campaign, the moral issues...
The 758th Tank Battalion in World War II
The U.S. Army's First All African American Tank Unit
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
In 1941, the U.S. Army activated the 758th Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit. By December 1944 they were fighting the Axis in Northern Italy, from the Ligurian Sea through the Po Valley and into the Apennine Mountains, where they helped breach the Gothic Line—the Germans’ last major...
by Special Collections of the Sacramento Public Library
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Spurred into action by the attack on Pearl Harbor, Sacramento dragged itself out of the morass of the Great Depression and joined the war effort. Local citizens trained for Japanese attacks through Civilian Defense, cultivated thousands of acres of victory gardens and harnessed the agricultural riches...
The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt
War Through a Woman's Eyes 1939-1940
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
During the opening months of World War II, Vassar-educated career woman Rulka Langer (1906-1993) risked her life and relied on her wits to keep her two small children and elderly mother out of harm's way. "The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt" is a rare eyewitness account of the early, chaotic...
Forced Confrontation
The Politics of Dead Bodies in Germany at the End of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
During the final weeks of World War II, the American army discovered multiple atrocity sites and mass graves containing the dead bodies of Jews, slave laborers, POWs and other victims of Nazi genocide and mass murder. Instead of simply reburying these victims, American Military Government carried...
by George C. Kenney
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
**The Saga of Pappy Gunn is the biography of heroic World War 2 US Air Force fighter pilot, Colonel Paul Irving Gunn. **
“An affectionate biography of an almost legendary Air Force hero.” — Kirkus Reviews.
George Churchill Kenney (1889-1977) was a United States Army Air Forces...
by Craig Moore
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
One of the few books that explores the design and deployment of German artillery self-propelled guns (SPGs) to support tanks and infantry during the Second World War
A great reference book for military modellers, historians and tank wargamers interested in German SPGs
A comprehensive guide to German...
What the Citizen Should Know About Our Arms and Weapons
A Guide to Weapons from the 1940s
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Originally published in 1941, this book of military ordnance was written in order to bring information to the non-military public during the time of uncertainty that marked the beginnings of the United States’ involvement in World War II. This volume was originally meant to bring comfort and understanding...
D-Day Girls
The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The dramatic, untold true story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain’s elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory in World War II
“Gripping. Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains, courage, and treachery (lots of treachery)—and...