A Good Place to Hide: How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives in World War II, Paperback - Peter Grose

Reducere. This is the story of an isolated community in the upper reaches of the Loire Valley that conspired to save the lives of 3, 500 Jews under the noses...

The astonishing true story of how a whole village defied the Nazis at the height of the French occupation, and saved 5000 lives.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A band of brothers in an American tank . . . Makos drops the ...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner's journey into the heart...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Adam MakosNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 150 x 316 x 38Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

The first children's book about one of Ireland's greatest heroines, who saved the lives of hundreds of children during World War II.

Reducere. When President Roosevelt called for the country to be the great ``Arsenal of Democracy, `` Detroit helped turn the tide against fascism with its in...

The Special Boat Squadron was Britain's most exclusive Special Forces unit during World War II. Highly trained, and totally secretive, the SBS was ...

Reducere. Niagara Falls, both a natural wonder and a tourist destination, played a prominent role on the homefront during the Second World War. Many men and ...

"Linda's story is uniquely American - overcoming all odds to form a partnership between community and military that was unheard of in 1968 ... a pa...

Covers the different types and variations of German motorcycles used in WWII.

Reducere. DescriptionMankind had reached a threshold in the forth decade of the twentieth century. There were unprecedented scientific and technological achi...

Broken down by campaign and key battles within each theatre of war, German Luftwaffe in WWII illustrates the strengths and organizational structure...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring World War II, many Georgians witnessed the enemy in their backyards. More than twelve thousand German and Italian prisoners captu...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring World War II, Michigan became a temporary home to six thousand German and Italian POWs. At a time of homefront labor shortages, t...

Reducere. This is the official postwar history of the 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy), comprised of the 23rd, 31st, 72nd and 394th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy...

Reducere. "The conventional view of World War II as a conflict that was not fought in the Americas is debunked in this fascinating book. German submarine war...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): James LucasNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescop...

Reducere. DescriptionThis reader brings together 78 primary documents that capture the diversity of experiences of Americans who lived through World War II, ...

One of the most famous units of World War II and all of military history. First Americans to see active combat in the European theater. Expands on ...

The Japanese had promised that there would be no Dunkirk in Singapore, and its fall led to imprisonment, torture, and death for thousands of allied...

During the Second World War, British artists produced over 6, 000 works of war art, the result of a government scheme partly designed to prevent th...

DescriptionThe United States Marine Corps was one of the phenomena of the Second World War. Greatly expanded from its prewar order of battle of sca...

Shown are the weaponry, uniforms and other equipment of the German cavalry as used on all fronts throughout World War II.

Publisher: Walker Books LtdAuthor(s): Michael RosenNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 14Cover type: Paperback / soft...

Reducere. "The story of true innocents caught up in the machinery of war. Exquisitely researched, beautifully told, this tiny corner of Scotland came alive f...

Reducere. Originally published in 1948, this WWII division history has long been out-of-print. It remains today the definitive WWII history of the "Buckeye D...

Reducere. The war is a war of machines; it will be won on the assembly line. - Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production Just as vital as the battle ...

Reducere. A classic and poignant treatment of Japan's struggle between recognition of the kamikaze's futility and the country's pride in having made the atte...

"If death must come--then far better for it to come when I'm shoulder to shoulder with these men who are fighting to preserve our country. . . . Th...

Reducere. Alois Dwenger, writing from the front in May of 1942, complained that people forgot ``the actions of simple soldiers....I believe that true heroism...

Reducere. After the end of World War II, General George Patton declared that artillery had won the war. Yet howitzers did not achieve victory on their own. C...

Reducere. A history of America in World War II is told through the lives of an ethnically diverse group of ordinary Americans struggling for equality at home...

Reducere. German infantry during World War Two was the most highly trained infantry in the world. They trained hard and fought even harder. These individuals...

Between 1940 and 1945, Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) carried out sabotage and organised resistance across occupied Europe. Over 5 ye...

Reducere. Action-packed stories of the T-34 in action Vivid recollections of tank warfare on the Eastern Front Vivid recollections of tank warfare on the Eas...

Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Adam ZamoyskiIllustration(s): 30 PhotosNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 233 x 156 x...

A heartbreaking World War II novel of one mother's search for her daughter against all odds.Publisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s): Alexis LandauN...

Reducere. During the course of the Second World War, the United States Army raised and maintained eight-nine combat divisions, including sixteen armored divi...

Col. Mark James Alexander was the only airborne officer to lead three different battalions into combat in World War II, successively commanding the...

Reducere. A million pages of new World War II codebreaking records have been released by the U.S. Army and Navy and the British government over the last five...

Reducere. Under one cover, an edited collection of the best works by noted military historians on the importance of military logistics in World War II. *** P...

Leader of the Pack recounts the incredible history of USS Batfish, a record-setting American World War II fleet submarine. Batfish entered the pant...

Reducere. Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation's brutal experience during World War II. Now they celebrate the "victory"--a key fo...

Reducere. The story of the underground battle of the Italians against the Nazis and Fascisti, largely unknown outside Italy, was, unlike the French Resistanc...

Reducere. When author Gail Okawa was in high school in Honolulu, a neighbor mentioned that her maternal grandfather had been imprisoned in a World War II con...

The 92nd Infantry (""Buffalo"") Division was the last segregated (all-black) US Army division and the only black division to fight in World War II ...

Award NameYalsa Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young AdultsAward categoryYoung Adult NonfictionExcellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults F...