Generals in the Making. How Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Their Peers Became the Commanders Who Won World War II, Hardback - Benjamin Runkle

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Published to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of General George Patton's death, a gripping firsthand account of World War II written by a ...

Poignant . . . Well worth the read. --Wall Street JournalIn December 1944, Frank Sisson deployed to Europe as part of General George S. Patton's fa...

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During the Second World War the master strategy of the West was shaped by four titanic figures: Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, and their...

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Throughout the book, Colley uses postwar comments by German generals to support his arguments. -- New York Journal of BooksImagine how many lives w...

With exclusive interviews, a Signal Corps veteran tells the full story of how cryptography helped defeat the Axis powers, at Bletchley Park and bey...

A comprehensive illustrated history of snipers and their battlefield role in World War II, using neglected or forgotten sources to illuminate their...

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Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Chris DeRoseIllustration(s): Plus one 16-page black-and-white photograph insertNumber of pages: 352Publicati...

A Team of Rivals for World War II--the inside story of how FDR and the towering personalities around him waged war in the corridors of Washington, ...

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A concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost..

Reducere. Recalls the group of scientists whose invention of radar during World War II contributed to the Allied victory, and chronicles their post-war achie...

The extraordinary story of one of the first British men to oppose slavery

Publisher: Walker Books LtdAuthor(s): Mara RockliffNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 230 x 287 x 10Cover type: HardbackIllustrat...

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This thorough account of the postwar search for 150 suspected Nazi collaborators in the United States explains how they immigrated into the United ...

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Madge Addy was a working-class Manchester woman who volunteered to fight Fascism and Nazism in two major wars, her story is a truly remarkable one....

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Delving behind the headlines of history, this book showcases twenty brave Americans who showed exceptional leadership in the Spanish-American War, ...

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Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Hans LengererIllustration(s): 150 b/w photos & line drawingsNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022...

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