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World War 2 Soldier Stories Part II

Author : Ryan Jenkins
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500939038
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book World War 2 Soldier Stories Part II written by Ryan Jenkins and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For any historical event, no amount of analysis and discussion can ever take the place of the stories of the brave men and women who actually participated. In this second volume of such tales, you will be given a glimpse into some of the most heroic acts of the Second World War. Building off of the first volume, this release will bring you even more exciting, true stories from the war. Grab your copy today and be inspired. Make sure to check out Part I of Soldier Stories by copying and pasting this code into Amazon's search bar: B00KWPOCRU Here's a Preview of What You Will Learn * Fazal Din's story * The Mad Major * Lt. Col. Charles G.W Anderson * Fritz Cristen * Daniel Inouye

When Books Went to War

Author : Molly Guptill Manning
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544535170
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book When Books Went to War written by Molly Guptill Manning and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestselling account of books parachuted to soldiers during WWII is a “cultural history that does much to explain modern America” (USA Today). When America entered World War II in 1941, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned 100 million books. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops, gathering 20 million hardcover donations. Two years later, the War Department and the publishing industry stepped in with an extraordinary program: 120 million specially printed paperbacks designed for troops to carry in their pockets and rucksacks in every theater of war. These small, lightweight Armed Services Editions were beloved by the troops and are still fondly remembered today. Soldiers read them while waiting to land at Normandy, in hellish trenches in the midst of battles in the Pacific, in field hospitals, and on long bombing flights. This pioneering project not only listed soldiers’ spirits, but also helped rescue The Great Gatsby from obscurity and made Betty Smith, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, into a national icon. “A thoroughly engaging, enlightening, and often uplifting account . . . I was enthralled and moved.” — Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried “Whether or not you’re a book lover, you’ll be moved.” — Entertainment Weekly

The Ghost Army of World War II

Author : Rick Beyer
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1797225308
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book The Ghost Army of World War II written by Rick Beyer and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A riveting tale told through personal accounts and sketches along the way—ultimately, a story of success against great odds. I enjoyed it enormously.” —Tom Brokaw The first book to tell the full story of how a traveling road show of artists wielding imagination, paint, and bravado saved thousands of American lives—now updated with new material. In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs—artists, designers, architects, and sound engineers, including such future luminaries as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, Victor Dowd, Art Kane, and Jack Masey—landed in France to conduct a secret mission. From Normandy to the Rhine, the 1,100 men of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known as the Ghost Army, conjured up phony convoys, phantom divisions, and make-believe headquarters to fool the enemy about the strength and location of American units. Every move they made was top secret, and their story was hushed up for decades after the war's end. Hundreds of color and black-and-white photographs, along with maps, official memos, and letters, accompany Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles’s meticulous research and interviews with many of the soldiers, weaving a compelling narrative of how an unlikely team carried out amazing battlefield deceptions that saved thousands of American lives and helped open the way for the final drive to Germany. The stunning art created between missions also offers a glimpse of life behind the lines during World War II. This updated edition includes: A new afterword by co-author Rick Beyer Never-before-seen additional images The successful campaign to have the unit awarded a Congressional Gold Medal History and WWII enthusiasts will find The Ghost Army of World War II an essential addition to their library.

Best Little Stories from World War II

Author : C. Brian Kelly
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402254857
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Best Little Stories from World War II written by C. Brian Kelly and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 and cowardice, and good and evil. These amazing and unbelievable stories of brotherhood, redemption, escape, and civilian courage shed new light on the war that gripped the entire world. Experience the action through the eyes of people like: Lieutenant Jacob Beser, who was aboard both the Enola Gay and Bock's Car and felt the force of the shockwave that nearly destroyed the planes after dropping the H-bombs that obliterated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Professor William Miller, who collapsed during a death march of POWs in Germany and was saved by the same man who had rescued him from what would have been a fatal car wreck in Pennsylvania five years earlier. The brave civilians who answered the British Admiralty's call to help rescue an army from Dunkirk during the height of a dangerous battle and sailed small fishing boats into relentless German fire, ultimately saving 335,000 men from This is the perfect book for any history buff looking for the untold stories of military and civilian daring during World War 2.

The Story of World War II

Author : Donald L. Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Story of World War II written by Donald L. Miller and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Story of World War II is a completely rewritten, expanded, and updated version - more than 75 percent new - of the classic narrative of the war that captures all the immediacy of the original work and contains hundreds of new firsthand accounts. The Story of World War II contains more than 130 photographs and 22 maps."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Secret Soldiers

Author : Philip Gerard
Publisher : Dutton Books
ISBN 13 : 9780525946649
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (466 download)

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Download or read book Secret Soldiers written by Philip Gerard and published by Dutton Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Secret Solders" reveals how an extraordinary group of American artists, designers, and engineering wizards became America's unsung heroes of the Second World War. Photo inserts.

World War 2 Soldier Stories Part IX

Author : Ryan Jenkins
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781503216860
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book World War 2 Soldier Stories Part IX written by Ryan Jenkins and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind enemy lines is a harrowing place to be. Few survive and those that do may never be the same again. World War II was no gentleman's war. There was brutality all around and death may have been a welcomed alternative to captivity. Rescue or survival was wanted even more though. There are stories of those that have been caught behind the enemies lines. They are cut off from their allies. Alone. Desperate. These are just a few of those stories. Ask yourself, what would you do to survive? What lengths would you go to in order to make it out alive? This book explores what some did when faced with that very real question. Germany was determined to crush Yugoslavia when it broke ties with them and aligned themselves with the Allied Forces. When a British envoy arrived to meet if Yugoslavian leaders, they find themselves running for their lives as the Germans close in. What was to be a diplomatic mission, soon turns into a nightmare. Will they all make it home alive? The Special Air Service is one of the most elite units in the British military. These men come from all corners of the United Kingdom and are some of the best out there. What happens when an already beleaguered unit finds it's self behind enemy lines and betrayed by possibly one of their own? This is another action packed book on the men that fought, and sometimes died, in World War II. They sacrificed their lives for the freedom of not only others but their own countries as well. Some of their stories are forever immortalized here in these pages.

World War 2 Soldier Stories Part VII

Author : Ryan Jenkins
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781503354814
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book World War 2 Soldier Stories Part VII written by Ryan Jenkins and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All too often, when we think of World War II we recall the great battles that raged on throughout the European continent rather than those that went on in the Pacific. While few will forget Pearl Harbour or the dropping of the atomic bombs, there tends to be some confusion as to what exactly went on over there. This book aims to clear up some of that confusion. Embark on a journey through the often-brutal war that raged on over islands and inlets in the Pacific front of the war. Read more about some of the key battles that were waged and find out what really happened. Learn about Sergeant Major Osborn who made a valiant ultimate sacrifice to protect his men, earning himself the highest military award in the British military. Find out what happened with Brigadier General Lawson's last stand and what happened to cause him to become the highest-ranking Canadian officer killed in WWII combat. Read more about the heroism shown by members of the coast guard. In 224 years only one member of the coast guard has be awarded the Medal of Honor and his story is right here. Read how he and others risked their lives in order to save the lives of others. Find out what happened on "Hara-kiri Valley" when the Japanese would rather die than surrender to the US troops. The truth will shock you but what one Marine did will prove that not all humanity was lost.

Soldiers' Stories

Author : Myra Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998731872
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Soldiers' Stories written by Myra Miller and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are the mysteries of courage, the terrors of violence, and the cruelties and coincidences of war. Here, also, are reminders of the humorous events and day-to-day life during World War II. History is alive.

Heroes of World War II

Author : Kelly Milner Halls
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1648763790
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book Heroes of World War II written by Kelly Milner Halls and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the brave heroes of World War 2 for kids ages 8 to 12 Sometimes all it takes to make a difference is a single person willing to risk their life and take a stand. This inspiring collection of biographies explores the stories of some of the most amazing heroes of World War 2. From Anne Frank and Oskar Schindler to our forgotten African allies, these soldiers, spies, and freedom fighters helped change the world and save millions of lives. What will kids learn from their stories of selflessness and bravery? 50 incredible tales—Kids will learn about what happened in World War II through the eyes of the people who lived and fought during it. Powerful quotations—Help kids better understand who these people were and what they stood for with direct quotes included in each story. Learn more—Kids can find out even more about the heroes in this book thanks to suggestions for further reading at the end of each biography. Introduce kids to the incredible stories of heroic men and women in this standout among biography books.

World War 2 Soldier Stories Part X

Author : Ryan Jenkins
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781508543909
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book World War 2 Soldier Stories Part X written by Ryan Jenkins and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-18 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War reaches further than the battlefield. For those on the field, the war is full of bombs and terror. For those at home, the hardships are a difficult battle as well. This battle is fought not with guns and grenades but words and activism. The effects of the Great Depressing were far reaching and wasn't solved overnight. Find out the scope of these effects and what they meant to the later war efforts. Why was German and most of Europe in debt to a country that was younger than they were? Fear makes men do many things. At times, they cause us to do things that we would have never considered in the past. Find out what measures some leaders took to secure the home front any why they should never be repeated again. Learn about the Nazi parties lurking within our own boarders, looking for ways to help their German counterparts win the war. How did they get here? What damage did they cause? Find out more about the home front during World War II and how the landscape of America was changed forever.Comments From Other Readers“We give most of our focus on the war overseas, but there's little thought given it seems to those that kept the world running at home. Though the overseas war effort was staggering, this book's focus is on the behind-the-scenes endeavours that took place in the United States from 1940 to 1945. The book is laden with intricate details of the crucial, but often forgotten, war situations. It should serve as a reference book for the World War II buff and the novice alike.” Davis – New England (USA)“This is a good look at the American Homefront in the early days of WWII. It captures the different moods of the county at the time. It really is a good book to get a good sense of how America was feeling at the onset of war. I'm glad I read this book, because it gives me insight into the lives that came before us, and the way they lived. We are so spoiled!” Laura – Oregon (USA)Tags: WWII, World War Two, Home front, internment camps, isolationism, Nazi, Germany, America

World War 2 Soldier Stories Part VI

Author : Ryan Jenkins
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781503355019
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book World War 2 Soldier Stories Part VI written by Ryan Jenkins and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-11-22 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in military, fighting alongside their male counterparts seems to be a thing of science fiction when looking at today's military. In WWII though, brave women took to the sky, committed themselves to dangerous missions and at times sacrificed so that others may live. They are the embodiment of the brave soldier that we come to applaud. The difference is they are all women, typically the unsung heroes of war. This book covers just some of the amazing feats that women performed in WWII era Europe and Asia. Far from the "Rosie Riveters" back home, this book tells the tales of fearless and courageous women who put their lives on the line to fight for their countries. Their stories will move and excite you. Discover the flight of the "Night Witches". The fearsome women that patrolled the night sky in little more than pine and canvas planes, striking fear in the hearts of men. They organized missions that today are held in high regard for their complexity and organization. Read about the life of a female Nazi pilot who held the regime in high esteem long after the fall of Hitler. Fanaticism aside, she flew flights that some of the bravest men could not stomach. Across the continent in Asia, read the story of a brave nurse who nearly sacrificed her own life in order to save the lives of others. There's the tale of her daring supply raid and the lengths that she went to help some of the children prisoners held along with her. Even in the face of death, she sacrificed so they would be safer. Even if you are not an avid history buff, these stories will fascinate you, intrigue you, and entertain you. The sacrifices and heroics of these brave women should be recognized. Do your part in tell their tale and order your copy now!

True Stories of World War II

Author : Terry Collins
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1429686235
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book True Stories of World War II written by Terry Collins and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In graphic novel format, tells the stories of five men and women who fought for their countries during World War II"--Provided by publisher.

War Stories

Author : Elizabeth Mullener
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807127780
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book War Stories written by Elizabeth Mullener and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2002-04-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Lasoski, an officer in the Polish army, was there on the first day of World War II, thrusting his bayonet awkwardly into a German soldier hours after Hitler’s army invaded his homeland in 1939. And Jacques Smith was there on the last, a member of the honor guard aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese signed the documents of surrender in 1945. From start to finish, this chronicle of fifty-three personal testimonies illuminates the Second World War in a way no mere accumulation of facts can. In a journalistic tour de force, Elizabeth Mullener over the course of twelve years found eyewitnesses to virtually every major event of World War II, and she found them all in one American city—New Orleans. Some are natives of the city and some are not, a testament to the upheaval of war and its power to scatter people around the globe. The people she writes about are not grand heroes or prime movers. They are young men shaking in their foxholes, young women stitching up wounded soldiers, and children facing a world gone topsy-turvy. And they saw it all. They witnessed the London Blitz and the siege of Stalingrad; the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Bataan Death March; the battle of Iwo Jima and the Nuremberg trials; the Normandy invasion and parties at the USO. Their memories are powerful. Harold Eck recalls sharks grazing his legs as he treaded water for four days after the USS Indianapolis sank in the Pacific Ocean. Anthony DeLucca saw bodies stacked like cordwood at Buchenwald. Christine Strevinsky slid a knife through the neck of a Nazi commandant at the age of nine. Frank Rosato played “The Missouri Waltz” for Harry Truman at Potsdam. All poignantly related through Mullener’s graceful and compelling prose, the episodes in War Stories provide an unusually intimate history of World War II and a direct, visceral connection to the central event of the twentieth century.

The Story of World War II

Author : Donald L. Miller
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439128227
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Story of World War II written by Donald L. Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-08 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare ever published. Here are the horror and heroism of World War II in the words of the men who fought it, the journalists who covered it, and the civilians who were caught in its fury. Miller gives us an up-close, deeply personal view of a war that was more savagely fought—and whose outcome was in greater doubt—than readers might imagine. This is the war that Americans at the home front would have read about had they had access to the previously censored testimony of the soldiers on which Miller builds his gripping narrative. Miller covers the entire war—on land, at sea, and in the air—and provides new coverage of the brutal island fighting in the Pacific, the bomber war over Europe, the liberation of the death camps, and the contributions of African Americans and other minorities. He concludes with a suspenseful, never-before-told story of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, based on interviews with the men who flew the mission that ended the war.

X Troop

Author : Leah Garrett
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0358177421
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (581 download)

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Download or read book X Troop written by Leah Garrett and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE MONTH "This is the incredible World War II saga of the German-Jewish commandos who fought in Britain’s most secretive special-forces unit—but whose story has gone untold until now." —Wall Street Journal “Brilliantly researched, utterly gripping history: the first full account of a remarkable group of Jewish refugees—a top-secret band of brothers—who waged war on Hitler.”—Alex Kershaw, New York Times best-selling author of The Longest Winter and The Liberator The incredible World War II saga of the German-Jewish commandos who fought in Britain’s most secretive special-forces unit—but whose story has gone untold until now June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich has fallen across the European continent. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees who have escaped to Britain. The resulting volunteers are a motley group of intellectuals, artists, and athletes, most from Germany and Austria. Many have been interned as enemy aliens, and have lost their families, their homes—their whole worlds. They will stop at nothing to defeat the Nazis. Trained in counterintelligence and advanced combat, this top secret unit becomes known as X Troop. Some simply call them a suicide squad. Drawing on extensive original research, including interviews with the last surviving members, Leah Garrett follows this unique band of brothers from Germany to England and back again, with stops at British internment camps, the beaches of Normandy, the battlefields of Italy and Holland, and the hellscape of Terezin concentration camp—the scene of one of the most dramatic, untold rescues of the war. For the first time, X Troop tells the astonishing story of these secret shock troops and their devastating blows against the Nazis. “Garrett’s detective work is stunning, and her storytelling is masterful. This is an original account of Jewish rescue, resistance, and revenge.”—Wendy Lower, author of The Ravine and National Book Award finalist Hitler’s Furies

When We Were One

Author : W.c. Heinz
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786749881
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book When We Were One written by W.c. Heinz and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before W. C. Heinz embarked on his illustrious career as one of the premier sports writers of the past fifty years, he served as a war correspondent for the New York Sun. Now for the first time ever, Heinz's finest work on World War II, written both during and after the war, is collected in one volume. From his first-person account aboard the U.S.S. Nevada during D-Day in 1944 to his legendary dispatches from the towns and battlefields of the European front, Heinz vividly conveys the courage, humor, and humanity of men under fire. Whether describing a battle scene or a soldier, Heinz brings home the war like few others ever have. In the second half of the book, he and his fourteen-year-old son, Bud, revisit the beaches of Normandy with D-Day veteran Major General Earl Rudder, who recounts his experiences there; in another story he describes, in his patented you-are-there style, the morning three German spies were executed; and in the concluding piece, Heinz revisits many of the towns he journeyed through as the American army fought its way across Europe twenty years before.When We Were One is a superb collection of writing on World War II that ranks with the finest ever assembled on any war.