Books of History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater
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The Waffen SS: Hitler's Elite Guard at War, 1939-1945
By George H. SteinThe Waffen SS: Hitler's Elite Guard at War, 1939-1945
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Western Front
By Ian BaxterThe dreaded and powerful Nazi SS (or Schutzstaffel) began as the elite corps of bodyguards to Hitler, under the command of the infamous Heinrich Himmler. The SS soon expanded to...
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Ireland Standing Firm: My Wartime Mission in Washington ; And, Eamon de Valera : a Memoir
By Robert BrennanTwo memoirs written in the late 1950s by Robert Brennan, a republican activist in the early years of the twentieth century, journalist and close associate of Eamon de Valera. "Ireland...
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Last Letters of Resistance: Farewells from the Bonhoeffer Family
By Eberhard Bethge, Renate BethgeLast Letters of Resistance: Farewells from the Bonhoeffer Family
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Hurricane R4118: The Extraordinary Story of the Discovery and Restoration of a Great Battle of Britain Survivor
By Peter VacherOne of Peter Vacher's great passions in life is restoring Rolls-Royce motor cars. In March 1982 he was travelling in India on research when quite by chance in the grounds...
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Currahee!: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy
By Donald Robert Burgett"Curahee!" was the battle cry of the regiment portrayed in Spielberg's Private Ryan: the 101st Division. Private Burgett's memoir, originally published in 1967, offers firsthand insight into the highs and...
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A Question of Conscience: Conscientious Objection in the Two World Wars
By Felicity GoodallDuring the First and Second World Wars thousands of men and women refused the call to arms. Reviled, starved, beaten and even killed, theirs was a battle of conscience. This...
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Slaughter Over Sicily
By Charles WhitingSlaughter Over Sicily
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Changing Direction: British Military Planning for Post-war Strategic Defence, 1942-1947
By Julian LewisChanging Direction: British Military Planning for Post-war Strategic Defence, 1942-1947
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The Battle of the Generals: The Untold Story of the Falaise Pocket : the Campaign that Should Have Won World...
By Martin BlumensonIn the weeks after D-Day, the Allies hoped to deliver the fatal blow to the retreating German army, entrapping them in the narrow Normandy neck of Falaise. This well-documented narrative...
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The Spitfire Summer: The People's-eye View of the Battle of Britain
By Peter HainingThe Spitfire Summer: The People's-eye View of the Battle of Britain
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The Royal Navy in World War II
By Robert JacksonWhen Nazi Germany struck out from its borders in 1939, the force and efficiency of its land and air forces cut an unstoppable swath through mainland Europe. Only at sea...
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World War II German Military Studies: A Collection of 213 Special Reports on the Second World War Prepared by Former...
By Donald S. DetwilerWorld War II German Military Studies: A Collection of 213 Special Reports on the Second World War Prepared by Former...
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Baseball in World War II Europe
By Gary BedingfieldBaseball in World War II Europe
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French War Brides in America: An Oral History
By Hilary KaiserIn 1944 and 1945, millions of American soldiers took part in the Liberation of France. It was impossible for these GIs, who brought with them freedom, health, and wealth, to...
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Churchill's Secret Agent
By Josephine ButlerChurchill's Secret Agent
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Fortress Europe: Hitler's Atlantic Wall
By George FortyMaths Action Plans is a series of four books for Years 4-6/P5-7, offering flexible, supportive teacher and pupil resources and coherent coverage of the five strands of the Framework for...
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The Battle of France: 10 May-22 June 1940 : Six Weeks which Changed the World
By Philip WarnerFransk Kapitulation, 1940; Fransk-Tyske Våbenstilstand, 1940; Somme; Weygand; Schlieffen-Plan; Maginot-linien; Kampvogne; Tanks; Versailles-traktaten; von Rundstedt; RAF; Reynaud; Flygtninge; Petain; Leopold III; Belgien; Holland; Nantes; Calais; Lord Gort; von Kleist; Hitler;...
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The Front Line of Freedom: British Farming in the Second World War
By John Martin, Brian Short, C. WatkinsIn the 1930s farming was in the doldrums, unable to cope with the weight of cheap imports into the United Kingdom. By the end of the war, farming had been...
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Beaufighters in the Night: The 417th Night Fighter Squadron USAAF
By Braxton EiselThe 417th Night Fighter Squadron USAAF was only the fourth such unit to be formed. In the early days of WWII, the US sent observers to England to study how...