Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo: Well told story of the Doolittle raid told by one of the pilots on the raid. The story is about the pre-raid, the raid itself, and the aftermath, which tells about the injuries sustained by Capt. Lawson and his crew and the [... more]
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Capturing Enigma -Softbound Edition: How HMS Petard ...
Capturing Enigma: The story of HMS Petard's capture of an enigma machine and related codebooks probably deserves no more than a chapter in a history of World War II. Whilst it is a story of great bravery by a few individuals, it is a lightweight story. [... more]
$9.99
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A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men ...
No maps, but lots of oral history: How can you write a book about the Battle of the Bulge and have no maps. I knew when he said oral history there would be no detailed analysis of the battle. Great first hand experience put into historical perspective: [... more]
$7.99
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Flags of Our Fathers
Amazon.com Review: The Battle of Iwo Jima, fought in the winter of 1945 on a rocky island south of Japan, brought a ferocious slice of hell to earth: in a month's time, more than 22,000 Japanese soldiers would die defending a patch of ground a third the [... more]
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Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored ...
my humble opinion: I agree that the best understanding of history comes from primary source documenation where the source has first-hand knowledge of the facts. This is exactly why moments of the book are quite insightful and moving. For example, the [... more]
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Combat Officer: A Memoir of War in the South Pacific
A Pacific War Combat Memoir: I thoroughly enjoyed this personal recollection of the author's participation in various campaigns as an Army officer in combat: Guadalcanal, Bouganville, and the Philippines, as well as R & R in New Caledonia. You get a [... more]
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Line of Fire: Corps 05
A Marine never leaves anyone behind: This book is all about the Marine code of never leaving anyone behind. Fleming Pickering puts together a team to pull two of their men off a tropical island. They have been left there for quite some time in order to [... more]
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Seven Roads to Hell: A Screaming Eagle at Bastogne ...
Great book, buy the series of 4: Donald Burgett gives a great view of WWII through the eyes of a 101st airborne paratrooper. seven roads to hell: all four of his books are great first person accounts of his military service as a WW2 paratrooper.a very [... more]
$9.99
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1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Civil War
Amazon.com Review: Civil War historian Frank E. Vandiver prefaces his book with the confession that "the length, breadth, cost, and anguish of the American Civil War cannot be encompassed in 1001 entries." He does, however, give it a good shot, [... more]
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World War II Home Front (Witness to History)
Author: Gary E. Barr Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5373 EAN: 9781403445797 ISBN: 1403445796 Number Of Pages: 56 Publication Date: 2004-02 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 [... more]
$9.49
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The Do-or-Die Men: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion at ...
Great telling of a harrowing tale of bravery and sacrifice: Extremely well done tale of a superbly trained group of men who prevailed despite tremendous odds against their success. Much of their actions were as a result, as is usual in war, of trial and [... more]
$6.99
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The Ghetto Fights
remarkable: A spare, gripping account of courage and solidarity in the face of unimaginable adversity. Edelman's eyewitness account of the formation and liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto, and the heroic resistance that flared up at it's bitter end, is [... more]
$7.24
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