Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Guns at Last Light The Guns at Last Light Rick Atkinson This book is the magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II. It is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a stag… OL16804185W
Saving Italy Saving Italy Robert M. Edsel When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the… OL16811128W
Breaking the silence Breaking the silence Walter Laqueur "The story of Eduard Schulte, the German industrialist who risked everything to oppose the Nazis and was the first to tell the world of the fate of the Jews in Hitler's Europe"--Jacket. OL1914397W
The monuments men The monuments men Robert M. Edsel "In a race against time, a group of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others--called the Monuments Men--risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destructio… OL19971954W
Hunting Hitler's Nukes Hunting Hitler's Nukes Damien Lewis xxii, 425 pages : 20 cm OL21595825W
Allied fighters 1939-45 Allied fighters 1939-45 Christopher Chant Features more than 200 colour artworks with full specifications of every major type of fighter airplane flown by the allies in the European theatre during World War II. OL27057086W
Dunkirk Dunkirk Hugh Sebag-Montefiore The rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk was not just about what happened at sea and on the beaches. The evacuation would never have succeeded had… OL8255989W