10 Badass Heroes of World War II

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  • Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

    • ASIN: 038549565X
    • ISBN: 038549565X
    • Brand: Anchor
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

    “The greatest World War II story never told” (Esquire)—an enthralling account of the heroic mission to rescue the last survivors of the Bataan Death March. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing in a hellish camp... [Read More]

  • The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau

    • ASIN: 0307888002
    • ISBN: 9780307888006
    • Brand: Kershaw Alex
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    The untold story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War. Written with Alex Kershaw's trademark narrative drive and vivid immediacy, The Liberator traces the remarkable battlefield journey of maverick U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks through the Allied liberation of Europe—from the first landing in Italy to th... [Read More]

  • Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II

    • ASIN: 0804176728
    • ISBN: 0804176728
    • Brand: Ballantine Books
    • Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

    NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER “A band of brothers in an American tank . . . Makos drops the reader back into the Pershing’s turret and dials up a battle scene to rival the peak moments of Fury.”—The Wall Street JournalFrom the author of the international bestseller A Higher Call comes t... [Read More]

  • The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II

    • ASIN: 0451490053
    • ISBN: 0451490053
    • Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber

    A NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of The Liberator and Avenue of Spies returns with an utterly immersive, adrenaline-driven account of D-Day combat. “Meet the assaulters: pathfinders plunging from the black, coxswains plowing the whitecaps, bareknuckle Rangers scaling sheer rock . . . Fast-paced and up close, this ... [Read More]

  • Best Little Stories from World War II: More than 100 true stories

    • UPC: 760789230868
    • ASIN: 140224357X
    • ISBN: 140224357X
    • Brand: Brand: Cumberland House
    • Manufacturer: Cumberland House

    The untold stories of bravery, triumph, and redemption in the depths of the darkest world war.Behind the great powers, global military conflict, and infamous battles are more than 100 incredible stories that bring to life the Second World War. During the six years of war were countless little-known moments of profound triumph and tragedy, bravery a... [Read More]

  • The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon

    • ASIN: 0306814404
    • ISBN: 0306814404
    • Brand: Kershaw, Alex
    • Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

    The epic story of the vastly outnumbered platoon that stopped Germany's leading assault in the Ardennes forest and prevented Hitler's most fearsome tanks from overtaking American positionsOn the morning of December 16, 1944, eighteen men of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon attached to the 99th Infantry Division found themselves directly ... [Read More]

  • The Things Our Fathers Saw: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA-Voices of the Pacific Theater

    • ASIN: 0996480005
    • ISBN: 0996480005
    • Manufacturer: Matthew A. Rozell

    How soon we forget. Or perhaps, we were never told. That is understandable, given what they saw. But, it happened. From the book: -'I was talking to a shipmate of mine waiting for the motor launch, and all at once I saw a plane go over our ship. I did not know what it was, but the fellow with me said, 'That's a Jap plane, Jesus!' It went down and d... [Read More]

  • World War II: The Definitive Visual History from Blitzkrieg to the Atom Bomb

    • UPC: 790778036027
    • ASIN: 1465436022
    • ISBN: 1465436022
    • Brand: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
    • Manufacturer: DK

    World War II: The Definitive Visual History is a comprehensive, authoritative, yet accessible guide to the people, politics, events, and lasting effects of World War II. Perhaps the most complex, frightening, and destructive event in global history, the Second World War saw the heights of human courage and the depth of human degradation. World War ... [Read More]

  • JIETENGFEI Army Action Figures.200 Piece Soldier Toys of World War 2.Army in 4 Colors with 4 Flags,America England Germany and Japan in A Bucket 6.3 in X 6.5 in

    • ASIN: B07H5CQZQR
    • Brand: JIETENGFEI
    • Manufacturer: JIETENGFEI

    This big bucket of army men contains soldier figurines from World War 2, including American soldiers, German soldiers, Japanese soldiers, and British soldiers. These military figurines are great for educational lessons, class projects, dioramas, or even party favors.

  • Honesty in World War 2

    • ASIN: B07FTFDC1L
    • Manufacturer: BookRix

    WW2 through the eyes of a child: It is mid-summer, 1944 and Britain is embroiled in war. A large percentage of city and town dwellers are being killed; homes bombed, and personal belongings destroyed. The people not only fear for their own safety, but they also realize, that even if they are fortunate enough to survive there is a slim chance their ... [Read More]

  • Empires, Soldiers, and Citizens: A World War I Sourcebook

    • ASIN: 0470655836
    • ISBN: 9780470655832
    • Brand: Wiley-Blackwell
    • Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell

    Empires, Soldiers, and Citizens 2/e offers a vivid range of eyewitness perspectives - from female munitions workers to Indian troops in France - which explore the social, cultural, and military dimensions of World War I. This second edition includes added material to reflect the very latest historical thinking.  Combines documents and themes tha... [Read More]

  • The Winter Soldier

    • ASIN: 0316477591
    • ISBN: 0316477591
    • Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

    Winner of the Northern California Book AwardA New York Times Editors' Choice PickA Washington Post Notable Book of 2018A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2018An NPR Best Book of 2018National Bestseller"The Winter Soldier brims with improbable narrative pleasures...These pages crackle with excitement... A spectacular success." --Anthony Marra, N... [Read More]

  • Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

    • ASIN: 0142405965
    • ISBN: 0142405965
    • Brand: Speak
    • Manufacturer: Speak

    "Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find."—Booklist, starred review Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakab... [Read More]

  • Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

    • ASIN: 1400064163
    • ISBN: 9781400064168
    • Brand: Random House
    • Manufacturer: Random House

  • Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940

    • ASIN: 1565122496
    • ISBN: 1565122496
    • Brand: Algonquin Books
    • Manufacturer: Algonquin Books

    In 1939, tiny Finland waged war-the kind of war that spawns legends-against the mighty Soviet Union, and yet their epic struggle has been largely ignored. Guerrillas on skis, heroic single-handed attacks on tanks, unfathomable endurance, and the charismatic leadership of one of this century's true military geniuses-these are the elements of both th... [Read More]

  • Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

    • ASIN: 0393320278
    • ISBN: 0393320278
    • Brand: W W Norton Company
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the 1999 National Book Award for Nonfiction, finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Embracing Defeat is John W. Dower's brilliant examination of Japan in the immediate, shattering aftermath of World War II. Drawing on a vast range of Japanese sources and illustrated with dozens of... [Read More]

  • Life: World War 2: History's Greatest Conflict in Pictures

    • ASIN: 0821227718
    • ISBN: 0821227718
    • Brand: Brand: Time Warner
    • Manufacturer: Bulfinch

    Mining the extensive LIFE archives and the finest photo collections, this is a picture history of unparalleled depth and power. Included are remarkable unpublished images, like photos of Hitler taken by his personal photographer, alongside the classic LIFE coverage that brought the war home. From the escalating tensions of the pre-war world to the ... [Read More]

  • War on the Eastern Front: The German Soldier in Russia 1941-1945

    • ASIN: B00XYX8VG0
    • Manufacturer: Frontline Books

    Dawn on Sunday 22 June 1941 saw the opening onslaughts of Operation Barbarossa as German forces stormed forward into the Soviet Union. Few of them were to survive the five long years of bitter struggle.A posting to the Eastern Front during the Second World War was rightly regarded with dread by the German soldiers. They were faced by the unremittin... [Read More]

  • The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier Normandy France, 1944

    • ASIN: 0439050138
    • ISBN: 9780439050135
    • Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.

    A historical novel presents the thoughts of a young soldier during war while capturing the feelings of being in battle through the sights, sounds, and struggles he experiences at the battle of Normandy during World War II.

  • The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II

    • ASIN: 0399588744
    • ISBN: 0399588744
    • Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks

    A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia—from the winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • The Guardian • NPR • The Economist • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • Kirkus ReviewsFor more than th... [Read More]

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