The Jeep: History of a World War II Legend, Hardcover

Publisher: Wildside PressAuthor(s): Francis A MarchIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsNumber of pages: 260Publication date: 2008Dimensions...

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DescriptionThe Medium Tank, M4, better known to the British as the Sherman, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and western A...

Reducere. The definitive account of the 1945 Potsdam Conference: the historic summit where Truman, Stalin, and Churchill met to determine the fate of post-Wo...

World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandab...

DescriptionLeft for Dead at Nijmegen recalls the larger-than-life experiences of an American paratrooper, Gene Metcalfe, who served in the 82nd Air...

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Spend the day with a historical figure and discover how people lived in different eras.

Reducere. This is the definitive narrative history of the people, politics, and events of the Second World War - the epic conflict that shaped the modern wor...

Reducere. As combat veterans and high commanders know, logic is often a stranger in wartime. --William B. Breuer, in The annals of World War II are mined wit...

DescriptionThe Second World War Jeep was one of the most famous and influential military vehicles of all time, and over 600, 000 were produced. It ...

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

James Leininger was just two years old when he began having disturbing nightmares that would not stop. He screamed out in the night: 'Plane on fire...

Reducere. An NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People There was a full moon on the evening of September 22, 1943, when Pearl Witherington, age...

Reducere. Thoughtful, Revealing, Insightful A unique narrative takes us from the sandy beaches of the Jersey Shore and post-war real estate boom to charterin...

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

How exactly did we win the war? In a stunningly visual syyle, this illustrated book chronicles World War II from the early rise of Germany's dictat...

Reducere. ``Code Girls reveals a hidden army of female cryptographers, whose work played a crucial role in ending World War II.... Mundy has rescued a piece ...

DescriptionDuring World War II many escape-line organizations contributed to the Allied cause by funneling hundreds of servicemen trapped behind en...

Reducere. Unrestricted Warfare reveals the dramatic story of the harsh baptism by fire faced by U.S. submarine commanders in World War II. The first skippers...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom award-winning author Deborah Heiligman comes Torpedoed, a true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of B...

Reducere. The first comprehensive narrative of racism in America's World War II military and the resistance to it. America's World War II military was a forc...

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Reducere. Explore the history of Pearl Harbor-the attack that brought America into World War 2 On December 7, 1941, the Japanese military launched a surprise...

From top secret spy missions to recently declassified WWII documents, this richly illustrated account of the covert espionage operations of World W...

Reducere. One of the most lauded historians of our time returns to the Second World War in this magnificent retelling of the awe-inspiring raid on German dam...

DescriptionA stirring narrative of World War II's final major battle--the Pacific war's largest, bloodiest, most savagely fought campaign--the last...

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DescriptionIllustrated with detailed artworks of Japanese aircraft and their markings, Japanese Aircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all...

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DescriptionAs the first botanical history of World War II, Plants Go to War examines military history from the perspective of plant science. From v...

DescriptionThe American Provisional Tank Group had been in the Philippines only three weeks when the Japanese attacked the islands hours after the ...

DescriptionIn the Pacific War's early years, Japanese air power was dominant. The only way for the Allies to defeat their enemy was to know it. Thi...

Reducere. In 2001, Tombstone Pictures released the movie Pearl Harbor. Following the Japanese attack on the military installations on Oahu, the movie depicts...

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This is a major new study of Italian naval camouflage schemes developed and used during World War II. When Italy entered the War in June 1940, the ...