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The Ones Who Got Away: Mighty Eighth Airmen on the run in Occupied Europe
Bill Yenne - Osprey Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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A remarkable collection of accounts of intrepid American aircrew shot down over enemy lines during World War II and how they got away. . To be an airman in the Eighth Air Force flying over the war-torn skies of Europe required skill, tenacity, and luck. Those who were shot down and evaded... |
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Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany
James Wyllie - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Goering, Goebbels, Himmler, Heydrich, Hess, Bormann -- names synonymous with power and influence in the Third Reich. Perhaps less familiar are Carin, Emmy, Magda, Margarete, Lina, Ilse and Gerda... These are the women behind the infamous men -- complex individuals with distinctive personalities... |
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The Handy Armed Forces Answer Book: Your Guide to the Whats and Whys of the U.S. Military
Richard Estep - Visible Ink Press
Format: Paperback
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The story of the United States military is the story of the country
itself. Both have grown and changed over time. Learn about the unique
histories, traditions, weapons, leaders, stats, and fun facts of the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Space Force,
and their roles... |
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Normandy '44: D-Day and the Retaking of Europe
James Holland - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the West -- the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. The story is a familiar one -- and yet, approaching the 75th... |
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The Wild West in Color: A Photographic Account of our Nation's Westward Expansion
John C. Guntzelman - Crestline Books
Format: Hardcover
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The lure of the Wild West has been a driving force in the American experience. Originally the stuff of dreams, dime novels, and Wild West shows, the fascination continued in motion pictures such as The Great Train Robbery, High Noon, The Magnificent Seven, the so-called spaghetti westerns... |
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To Begin the World Over Again: How the American Revolution Devastated the Globe
Matthew Lockwood - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The first exploration of the profound and often catastrophic impact the American Revolution had on the rest of the world While the American Revolution led to domestic peace and liberty, it ultimately had a catastrophic global impact - it strengthened the British Empire and led to widespread... |
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