Arizona's War Town: Flagstaff, Navajo Ordnance Depot, and World War II, Paperback - John S. Westerlund

Few American towns went untouched by World War II, even those in remote corners of the country. During that era, the federal government forever cha...

Was World War II really such a "good war"? Popular memory insists that it was, in fact, "the best war ever." After all, we knew who the enemy was, ...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring World War II U.S. forces had to keep battle plans and other top secret information out of the enemy's hands. Coded messages were ...

Reducere. On February 23, 1945, U.S. Marines claimed victory in the battle of Iwo Jima, one of the most important battles in the Pacific islands during World...

Reducere. Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassado...

Uses photographs from British history that show us what life was like in the past

The untold story of Audrey Hepburn under fire in World War II.

Reducere. This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens. World War II was a total a...

Reducere. DescriptionUp to 750, 000 Mexican American men served in World War II, earning more Medals of Honor and other decorations in proportion to their nu...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Aljean HarmetzCritically acclaimed when published in 1992 as Round Up the Usual Suspects, The Making of Casablanca offers t...

Reducere. When first published in 1995, this book was hailed as an absolutely indispensable contribution to the history of the Pacific War. Drawing heavily f...

Publisher: Skyhorse PublishingAuthor(s): Dr. John PimlottIllustration(s): full color and b-w photographs-illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 2...

Reducere. DescriptionEditorial Reviews From Booklist Called to active duty late in 1943, University of California-San Francisco surgical resident Kerner went...

Reducere. I fought like mad as the Japanese stormed down the hill yelling "Malians you die, Malians you die." I emptied my rifle magazine, twice. Out of ammo...

Reducere. Spy school, poison pens, exploding muffins, and Night Witches were all a part of World War II, but you won't learn that in your history books Crack...

Reducere. On September 30, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew back to London from his meeting in Munich with German Chancellor Adolf Hitle...

The collective consciousness of World War II revolved around the virtues of bravery, sacrifice, and commitment. Members of the "Greatest Generation...

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

Reducere. DescriptionBetween the First and Second World Wars, the U.S. Navy used the experience it had gained in battle to prepare for future wars through si...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert S. JohnsonAuthor: Martin CaidinThunderbolt , first published in 1958, is the memoir of Robert S. Johnson, one of the...

Reducere. Martin Weigen was eleven when the Nazis invaded his hometown of Starachowice, Poland. He survived the death march from Auschwitz, imprisonment at B...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Last Corpsman, chronicles the life of John I. Unger from his birth in Austria in 1920, his immigration to the US, joining the Navy, ...

DescriptionEverything changed on the morning of December 7, 1941, and life in San Francisco was no exception. Flush with excitement and tourism in ...

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. Welcome to the intriguing world of an adventurous American Intelligence Agent, Colonel Sidney Mashbir (1891-1973), who spent the 1920s and 1930s se...

Reducere. Harry L. Runyan served the United States as an engineering officer during World War II. Supported by award-winning historian and author John V. Qua...

Reducere. Robert S. Kim contributes to a fuller understanding of Asia in World War II by revealing the role of American Christian missionary families in the ...

Publisher: State House PressAuthor(s): John A. PearceNumber of pages: 300Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 227 x 30Cover type: Paperback / so...

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...

``A superb book--an American equivalent to John Keegan's The Face of Battle. I sincerely believe that Grunts is destined to be a classic.``--Dave G...

A new edition of the hidden history of Britain's WWII heroines, repackaging for the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Written in the own words of the wom...

Reducere. Bang-Bang Boys, Jedburghs, and the House of Horrors is an authoritative look at the history of the training and operations of the Office of Strateg...

DescriptionThe story of an iconic model in the long history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, the WLA, which was used by Allied forces during WWII, i...