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The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle

Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot

by Robert Morgan, Ron Powers
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001

The riveting firsthand account of World War II pilot Robert Morgan, his crew, and the legendary Memphis Belle—written with Ron Powers, cowriter of the #1 New York Times bestseller Flags of Our Fathers. A powerful chronicle of loyalty, love, and heroism under fire, this is the unforgettable...
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Behind Hitler's Lines

The True Story of the Only Soldier to Fight for both America and the Soviet Union in World War II

by Thomas H. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2009

As the twentieth century closed, the veterans of its defining war passed away at a rate of a thousand per day. Fortunately, D-Day paratrooper Joseph Beyrle met author Thomas H. Taylor in time to record Behind Hitler's Lines, the true story of the first American paratrooper to land in Normandy and...
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The Brigade

The Fifth Canadian Infantry Brigade in World War II

by Terry Copp
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2007

Battalion- and company-level account of the vital contributions of Canadian soldiers to victory in Europe in World War II. Based on war diaries, casualty reports, and after-action interviews. The author is one of Canada's preeminent military historians.
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The Spies Who Never Were

The True Story of the Nazi Spies Who Were Actually Allied Double Agents

by Hervie Haufler
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014

The thrilling true story of the daring double agents who thwarted Hitler’s spy machine in Britain and turned the tide of World War II. After the fall of France in the mid-1940s, Adolf Hitler faced a British Empire that refused to negotiate for peace. With total war looming, he ordered the...
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Reich

World War II Through German Eyes

by James Lucas
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013

While Allied propaganda would have us believe that during World War II the German population were downtrodden workers, with no rights and under the power and influence of the all-controlling Gestapo, the truth is somewhat different. While the Allies saw Hitler as an evil to be removed from power,...
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The Boys in the B-17

8Th Air Force Combat Stories of Wwii

by T/Sgt James Lee Hutchinson EdS
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011

The author in flight gear after photo twelfth mission – second Air Medal (age nineteen) He still wears lucky Air Cadet ring! Hutch's third book contains short stories of boys on B-17 Flying Fortress crews in deadly missions with the Eighth Air Force in World War II and stories of his own...
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by Bishop, Chris
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2012

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitlers armies in World War II, but the most fanatical of them were not even German. The book offers a comprehensive examination of every foreign Waffen-SS formation, including well-known divisions such as Wiking, Nord, and Prinz Eugen, notoriously brutal...
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Semper Fi in the Sky

The Marine Air Battles of World War II

by Gerald Astor
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007

Here, one of America’s most popular military historians re-creates, using their own moving and powerful voices, the true stories of the U.S. Marine pilots who flew the Allies to victory in World War II. These riveting accounts recreate conflicts ranging from the Marines’ gallant defense of Wake...
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by Eric Hammel
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2013

Although U.S. Marines had broken the back of the Japanese on Guadalcanal in furious combat between August 1942 and February 1943, much hard fighting remained to be endured on jungle-choked islands to the north. Between late 1942 and the end of 1943, the Marines on the ground and in the air took part...
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by Eric Hammel
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013

The six-month Guadalcanal campaign was the longest and most complicated operation U.S. Marines faced in the Pacific War. In July 1942, when it was discovered that the Japanese were building a bomber base on the island, the 1st Marine Division was the only Allied force available to respond to the threat....
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Darby's Rangers

We Led the Way

by William O. Darby
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007

The exciting true story of a legendary leader and the men who fought by his side in World War II, told in his own words From the moment they hit the beaches in North Africa to their last desperate struggle at Anzio, Darby’s Rangers asked for only one thing in World War II—the chance to...
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Doctor Danger Forward

A World War II Memoir of a Combat Medical Aidman, First Infantry Division

by Allen N. Towne
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014

As a combat medical aidman of Company B, 1st Medical Battalion, First Infantry Division, Allen N. Towne experienced some of the pivotal events of World War II. “Doctor B,” as his unit was known, was attached to the 18th Regimental Combat Team and moved with them, providing continuous close medical...
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by Edward G Miller
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013

At the onset of World War II, the U.S. Army was a third-rate ground force of 145,000 with some generals who still believed in the relevance of horse cavalry. Its soldiers were untrained, its doctrine out of date, and its weapons hopelessly obsolete. Four years later, the U.S. Army was engaged in a global...
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Dog Company

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe

by Patrick K. O'Donnell
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012

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...
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