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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking new history of the role of American women in World War II, a top military analyst for the CIA presents the inspiring, shocking and heartbreaking stories of these servicewomen that reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of combat in the war and illustrates important realities about modern warfighting.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After D-Day, two heroic Red Cross women, Irene Woodward and Dorothy Dunford join the Allied soldiers streaming into France where they are embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald, and where Irene learns to trust again through their friendship.
3) Sisu
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
During WWII, a solitary prospector crosses paths with Nazis in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover he is no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word "sisu," the legendary ex-commando will embody what it means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. And this one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the dramatic opening months of the Italian Campaign in unflinching and insightful detail, The Savage Storm is unlike any campaign history yet written. Weaving together a wealth of letters, diaries, and other documents, Holland traces the battles as they were experienced. Such close-up views persuade Holland to recast important aspects of the campaign, reappraising the reputations of senior commanders of the U.S. Fifth and British Eighth...
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
As the country entered WWII, millions of men enlisted to join the fight and fly on missions for their country. These are the true stories told by the men who were shot down behind enemy lines and taken prisoner, their attempts to escape, and their harrowing experiences at the POW camps during the deadliest conflict in human history.
6) Lancaster
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the iconic WW2 bomber, through the words of the last surviving veterans of the bombing campaign.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
World War II arrives at the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate and MI5 operative and family friend Ben Cresswell is covertly tasked with investigating at the same time one of the daughters takes a secret job at Bletchley Park.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Written in 1945 and never before published, Yank is a memoir of World War II by an American who joined the British army in 1941. Ted Ellsworth's memoir covers his assignment to a tank regiment in North Africa and the campaign there; his participation in the invasion of Italy and the second wave of D-Day; incredible accounts of fierce battles, being taken prisoner by the Germans, and trying to get home to the U.S. and his hometown of Dubuque, Iowa....
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In 1943, 14-year-old Massimo, rescued by a mysterious man called Pietro Houdini who preserves the treasures within the Benedictine abbey's wall, accompanies him on a World War II art-heist adventure where they lie, cheat, steal, fight, kill and sin to survive, while smuggling Renaissance masterpieces they've rescued from the "safe keeping" of the Germans.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In 1945 Malaya, when her family is in terrible danger due to a choice she made 10 years earlier, Cecily Alcantara, who was lured into a life of espionage for the invading Japanese forces during World War II, finds her actions catching up with her and will do anything to save those she loves.
12) Tailspin
Author
Publisher
Ten16 Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
World War II tail gunner Gene Moran fell four miles through the sky without a parachute and lived. Captured by the Germans, he survived a harrowing eighteen months as a prisoner of war. When Gene returned home, he kept those memories locked up for nearly seventy years. His children knew little of their dad's war story. But when John, a young history teacher, learns of Gene's amazing fall, he's desperate to learn more. Finally, Gene agrees. So begins...
Author
Series
Christmastime volume 0.5
Publisher
Linda Mahkovec
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Set in Brooklyn, we meet the young widow Lillian Hapsey and her two sons, Tommy and Gabriel. Even though the Christmas season is just around the corner, Lillian has no Christmas spirit. Alone, unhappy with her job, and plagued by financial concerns, Christmas has become a burden to her. Overshadowing everything is the war in Europe. Despite the setbacks, Lillian is determined to give her sons a happy Christmas. Can she rekindle her girlhood love for...
14) Hacksaw Ridge
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Tells the extraordinary story of Desmond Doss, a U.S. Army medic who refused to carry a gun but nevertheless saved 75 men during the bloodiest battle of WWII on Okinawa, becoming the the first conscientious objector to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Author
Language
English
Description
A trustworthy boy who has never told a lie, 11-year-old Nico Krispis, duped by a German officer into leading his family and fellow Jewish residents to their doom, becomes a pathological liar, in a story that explores honesty, devotion and revenge—and the power of love to ultimately redeem us.
Author
Language
English
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During World War II, Sophia Alexander, after her mother dies and her father is sent to a concentration camp, becomes increasingly involved in the resistance and while working with the convent nuns, the Sisters of Mercy she risks everything to help those in need—no matter what the cost.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A history recounting the events and experiences of the World War II bomber pilots of the U.S. Eighth Air Force, the armed forces group that conducted daytime bombing of Germany in advance of the Allied soldiers' arrival on the ground.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
This thrilling, meticulously researched account of the three men who were intimately involved with America’s decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan’s decision to surrender draws on their diaries to bring these critical events to life and contemplate the immense weight of their historic decision.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
During the final year of World War II, eight-year-old Yukie, who lives with her family on a tiny island with a lighthouse in the north of Japan, is scared the war will come closer until she sees a miraculous sight that finally allows her to be a kid again.
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