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Forgotten Voices of the Secret War
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Roderick Bailey |
The definitive oral history of a unique and extraordinary organisation tasked to 'set Europe ablaze' in the Second World War.The Gestapo kept me three days in this interrogation house. They especiall… |
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Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat
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John Lukacs |
On 13 May 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Parliament to deliver his first speech as prime minister. German troops were advancing across Europe; Neville Chamberlain’s government had … |
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Life under occupation
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Charlie Samuels |
"Describes life for people in countries under occupation by German and Japanese soldiers during World War II"--Provided by publisher. |
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Pacific Crucible
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Ian W. Toll |
On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the… |
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The real Tenko
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Mark Felton |
"This book details the treatment of Allied service-women, female civilians and local women by the Japanese occupation forces. While a number of memoirs have been published there is no dedicated volum… |
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Saving Italy
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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… |
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The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941
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James Holland |
" In The Rise of Germany, the first of a major new three-part history of World War II in the West, he weaves together the experiences of dozens of individuals, from civilians and infantrymen, to line… |
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Year zero
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Ian Buruma |
Ian Buruma examines the seven months (in Europe) and four months (in Asia) that followed surrender of the Axis powers, from the fate of Holocaust survivors liberated from the concetration camps, and … |
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Dispatches from the front
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Halton, David (News correspondent) |
A biography of Canadian foreign and war correspondent, Matthew Halton, written by his son, David Halton, drawn from archival research and interviews. |
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Headlines of World War I
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SHARMAN,Patience Coster,Ken Hills |
In the form of newspaper headlines accompanied by short blurbs, presents important events that occurred around the world from 1910 to 1919. |
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The First World War
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Paul Cornish |
Revisits World War I, drawing on the archives of the Imperial War Museum, including oral histories, photographs, works of art, personal correspondence and diaries, and artifacts from machine guns to … |
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Allied fighters 1939-45
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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. |
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Das Schweigen der Eulen
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Jan De Leeuw |
Arnoud, fast 14, verbringt den Sommer 1996 unfreiwillig im kleinen flämischen Heimatdorf seiner Grosseltern. Die Oma ist gestorben und er soll seinem Vater dabei helfen, das Haus zu entrümpeln. Arnou… |
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The World War II reader
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Robert Leckie |
The World War II Reader presents in one extraordinary book the thrilling story of the greatest generation in its finest hour in the best essays from the world's most distinguished historians compiled… |
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World War Two today
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Roger Cremers |
Fotoboek over de wijze waarop in Europa de Tweede Wereldoorlog wordt herdacht in de breedste zin van het woord. |
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We gave our today
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Fowler, Will |
Details the British Army's fight against the Japanese Army in Burma that was the turning point in the war in the Pacific theater. |
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World War II
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Charles Messenger,Robin Cross,H. P. Willmott |
Combines period photographs, maps, and timelines into a narrative that offers an overview of World War II, including the causes of the conflict, the objectives of the combatants, the campaigns and ba… |
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The thousand-mile war
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Brian Garfield |
The Thousand-Mile War, a powerful story of the battles of the United States and Japan on the bitter rim of the North Pacific, has been acclaimed as one of the great accounts of World War II. Brian Ga… |
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War As I Knew It
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George S. Patton |
Adored by many, loathed by some, General George S. Patton, Jr., was one of the most brilliant military strategists in history. War As I Knew It is the personal and candid account of his celebrated, r… |
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The New Dealers' war
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Thomas J. Fleming |
"Solidly challenging the idea that World War II was a "good war," The New Dealers' War offers a drastically new look at the conflict that has dominated the history of the twentieth century. For many … |
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