Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission, Paperback - Hampton Sides

Reducere. "The greatest World War II story never told" (Esquire)--an enthralling account of the heroic mission to rescue the last survivors of the Bataan Dea...

The must-read thriller inspired by the true story of Nancy Wake, the most decorated servicewoman of the Second World War, soon to be a major blockb...

Reducere. NATIONAL BESTSELLEREdgar Award NomineeOne of the Best Books of the Year: O, The Oprah Magazine, Time, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Mo...

Reducere. Major General Maurice Rose (1899-1945), commander of 3rd Amored, First Army's legendary "Spearhead" division, was the highest-ranking American Jewi...

A magnificent history of the American conquest of the West; "a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Revi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Judith M. HeimannNovember 1944: Their B-24 bomber shot down on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast, ...

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

Reducere. In July 1944, thirty-two-year-old Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Budapest on a mission to rescue the last Jews of Europe.Over the nex...

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

Reducere. AS the twentieth century breathes its very last, with Britpop at its zenith, twenty-seven-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox is slashing and burning h...

DescriptionWhy did the Germans brutally and illegally execute a group of British soldiers who had been trapped behind the lines during the retreat ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mark FeltonIt is April 1945 and the world's most prized horses are about to be slaughtered... As the Red Army closes in on ...

Reducere. Readers around the world have been enthralled by Killing England, Killing the Rising Sun, and Killing Reagan--riveting works of nonfiction that jou...

Reducere. Numbering 4, 000 select officers and men, Combat Team 370 was part of n Europe during World War II the 92nd Infantry Division, the only all-Negro d...

GIs and Germans join forces in a thrilling true adventure story from the last days of the Second World War.

DescriptionDuring the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaign...

Reducere. The adventure continues in the third installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Hero series by Jennifer Li Shotz.Ben and Hero, the incredible...

Reducere. The Stuff of Soldiers uses everyday objects to tell the story of the Great Patriotic War as never before. Brandon Schechter attends to a diverse ar...

DescriptionThe untold story of the most important rescue mission not just of the Vietnam War, but the entire Cold War: one American aviator, who kn...

The untold story of the most important rescue mission not just of the Vietnam War, but the entire Cold War: one American aviator, who knew our most...

Reducere. Praise for The Rescue ""Steven Trent Smith grapples boldly with several big subjects: the Japanese occupation of the Philippines; the capture of Ja...

Reducere. It was a crazy way to win World War II in the Pacific-- All the United States had to do was to attach small incendiary bombs to millions of bats an...

Reducere. A thrilling, moment by moment account of an epic World War II escape and the real-life adventures that followed.On August 30, 1942 - 'Zero Night' -...

Reducere. From the first parachute drops in North Africa to the final battles in Germany, U.S. Ranger and Airborne troops saw the worst action of World War I...

A comprehensive catalogue of all orders, decorations and MIDs awarded for the Battle of Jutland.

75 years on from the end of the second world war, a unique collection from veteran Commonwealth voices who tell how the war changed their lives irr...

Reducere. * Over 30 Large Battlefield Maps * Lots of Photos and Illustrations * Includes Google Map Links to Actual Battlefield Locations * Includes Casualty...

Reducere. "Compellingly chronicles one of the least studied great episodes of World War II with power and authority...A riveting read" (Donald L. Miller, New...

On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world must be made safe for democracy." For the 380, ...

*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!* The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book. From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and ...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents One of World War II's...

A story of two very different men whose lives catastrophically interweaved over the course of some nine months in the late 1960s: one was a thief a...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the battle written by participants *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Incl...

A unique and illuminating collection of witness testimony to the horror, and humour, of the Great War, by veterans mainly from the north-east of Sc...