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81 Days Below Zero

The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness

by Brian Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015

"A riveting...saga of survival against formidable odds" (Washington Post) about one man who survived a World War II plane crash in Alaska's harsh Yukon territory Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a routine flight to test their hastily...
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A Terrible Splendor

Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played

by Marshall Jon Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009

Before Federer versus Nadal, before Borg versus McEnroe, the greatest tennis match ever played pitted the dominant Don Budge against the seductively handsome Baron Gottfried von Cramm. This deciding 1937 Davis Cup match, played on the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon, was a battle of titans: the world's...
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by Ronald Ledwell
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013

FALAISE POCKET: It could be said that the Battle of the Falaise Pocket was actually the culmination of many preceding battles: The German Generals and the Allied Commanders together could never have guessed the outcome of this epic battle, a turning point of World War II. The Allied encirclement...
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The Marines of Montford Point

America's First Black Marines

by Melton A. McLaurin
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009

With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps--the last all-white branch of the U.S. military--was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received basic training at the segregated Camp Montford Point,...
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Into Fields of Fire

The Story of the 438Th Troop Carrier Group During World War Ii

by Austin J. Buchanan, W. L. George Collins
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2004

This story is taken from notes Austin Buck Buchanan wrote in notebooks he carried in his pocket all during World War II. Buck is no longer with us. W. L. George Collins edited and compiled Bucks notes into a manuscript that became this book. Here you will ride with Buck as he flies his plane...
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Anatomy of a Genocide

The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz

by Omer Bartov
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018

“A substantive contribution to the history of ethnic strife and extreme violence” (The Wall Street Journal) and a cautionary examination of how genocide can take root at the local level—turning neighbors, friends, and family against one another—as seen through the eastern European border town...
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In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers

A Return to Easy Company's Battlefields with Sgt. Forrest Guth

by Larry Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010

A tribute to World War II heroism from the national bestselling author of Biggest Brother. The paratroopers of Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, have come to symbolize the incredible bravery and heroism shown by the greatest generation in World War II. on the eve of the 65th anniversary...
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Black Sheep One

The Life of Gregory Pappy Boyington

by Bruce Gamble
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009

Black Sheep One is the first biography of legendary warrior and World War II hero Gregory Boyington.In 1936, Boyington became an aviation cadet and earned the “wings of gold” of a naval aviator. After only a short period on active duty, however, he was “encouraged” to resign from the Marine...
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Stalingrad

The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943

by Antony Beevor
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1999

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare. From Antony Beevor, the internationally bestselling author of D-Day and The Battle of Arnhem. In August 1942, Hitler's huge Sixth Army reached the city that bore...
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Easy Company Soldier

The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers"

by Don Malarkey, Bob Welch
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2008

Elite paratrooper Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the World War II battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne. Drafted in 1942, Malarkey arrived at Camp Toccoa in Georgia and...
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Undefeated

America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor

by Bill Sloan
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012

Based on exclusive interviews with more than thirty survivors, Undefeated tells the courageous story of the outnumbered American soldiers and airmen who stood against invading Japanese forces in the Philippines at the beginning of World War II, and continued to resist through three harrowing years...
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by Denton Dabbs
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1999

Dabbs writes the stories of the service generation during WWII. Many of the men in this book were in columns he wrote for the Dade County Sentinel in Trenton, Georgia.
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Sharks of the Air Willy Messerschmitt and How He Built the World's First Operational Jet Fighter

Willy Messerschmitt and How He Built the World’s First Operational Jet Fighter

by James Neal Harvey
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2011

In July 1944 the Allies were stunned by the appearance of the Messerschmitt Me-262 the worlds first operational jet warplane. This new German fighter was more than 100 mph faster than any other aircraft in the skies. Although always greatly outnumbered the Me-262 gained scores of victories over Allied...
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Canadian Spies

Tales of Espionage in Nazi-Occupied Europe During World War II

by Tom Douglas
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011

During World War II, some of the most treacherous jobs were those performed by men and women located deep within enemy territory. Always in danger of being exposed and subjected to torture, imprisonment, and even death, their stories are chilling accounts of bravery and luck--and, in some cases, what happens when the luck runs out.
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