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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A soldier's sketchbook A soldier's sketchbook Joseph Farris "New Yorker cartoonist and painter Joseph Farris chronicles his experience in World War II through letters and sketches that he wrote at the time. The letters, some of which are reproduced as facsimi… OL16624472W
Home front to battlefront Home front to battlefront Franklin L. Lavin "Carl Lavin was a high school senior in Canton, Ohio, when Pearl Harbor was attacked. In his freshman year of college, he joined the reserves, a decision that would take him with the US Army from tra… OL19671021W
The battle of Hurtgen Forest The battle of Hurtgen Forest Charles Whiting The officially covered-up defeat of 12 US Divisions, the lead up to the Battle of the Bulge. OL19829904W
The Caucasus 1942-43 The Caucasus 1942-43 Robert Forczyk Learning from their experiences during the sweeping advances of Operation Barbarossa a year before, Wehrmacht commanders knew that Nazi Germany's lack of oil was a huge strategic problem. Seizure of… OL20005181W
Impact Impact Benjamin King It all began with a loose-knit group of scientists and engineers in Weimar Germany. Fixated on the idea of rocket propulsion, they formed "The Society for Space Travel" in 1927. Some people called th… OL2011020W
Battle order 204 Battle order 204 Christobel Mattingley The riveting true story account of a young WW2 pilot's heroic journey, illustrated throughout with fascinating photographs, maps and excerpts from his log books.'Bomb doors open!'It was the call that… OL2479027W
The Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission The Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission Martin Middlebrook On August 17, 1943, the entire strength of the American heavy bomber forces in England set out to raid two vital industrial targets deep in southern Germany. For American commanders it was the culmin… OL3666081W
Deutschlands Rolle in der Vorgeschichte der beiden Weltkriege Deutschlands Rolle in der Vorgeschichte der beiden Weltkriege Andreas Hillgruber One of the most hotly disputed topics in twentieth-century history has been Germany's share of responsibility -- "its guilt" -- for the outbreak of the two world wars. In this short, penetrating stud… OL4681150W
Crossing the Sauer Crossing the Sauer Charles Reis Felix *Crossing the Sauer* is a tough, vivid, honest, and tautly written memoir of advancing through Germany with Patton’s Third Army. Join Charley Felix and his Fifth Division mates on a tour of duty with… OL5848546W
Honoring Sergeant Carter Honoring Sergeant Carter Allene G. Carter Allene Carter's father-in-law was a decorated veteran. Yet it was not until the Carter family received a call from the White House that she discovered he was a heroic force in the Rhineland campaign.… OL5957894W
Last days of the Reich Last days of the Reich James Sidney Lucas Though it gives an unusual vision ftom the Nazi side, the author is so clearly biased in favour of the germans that he hardly finds any fault with them. Totally partial . Avoid reading it. Grrald Do… OL757346W
It never snows in September It never snows in September Robert J. Kershaw Arnhem was a resounding defeat for the British, but in human endurance terms, the stuff of legend. Press glamorisation at the time laid the basis for a ‘legend’ upheld by Allied historians for years.… OL789160W
Eisenhower's lieutenants Eisenhower's lieutenants Russell F. Weigley Includes material on "Field Marshal Montgomery and Ike's lieutenants--Omar N. Bradley, Jacob L. Devers, Courtney H. Hodges, George S. Patton, Jr., Alexander M. Patch, William H. Simpson, Leonard T. G… OL7993837W