1939-1945 - Participation
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Navajo Code Talkers: Secret American Indian Heroes of World War II
$8.99 Add to cartDuring World War II, the Japanese military cracked the codes used by the American Army and Navy, but never the Marines. What made the Marines’ code different? They used Navajo Code Talkers, specially … [more below]
- Series: Military Heroes
- Author: Baker, Brynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1491449055
- Language: English
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Night Witches
$17.99 Read more16-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She’s a pilot who’s always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya’s been fo… [more below]
- Author: Lasky, Kathryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0545682983
- Language: English
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Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II
$35.00 Add to cartOne of the last, great untold stories of World War II–kept hidden for decades–even after most of the World War II records were declassified in 1972, many of the files remained untouched in various a… [more below]
- Author: Henderson, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0525655816
- Language: English
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Jane Kendeigh: Brave Nurse of World War II
$36.65 Read moreAn inspiring graphic novel about Jane Kendeigh, a nurse who helped wounded soldiers in combat zones during World War II. During World War II, the United States’ fight against the Japanese on islands i… [more below]
- Series: Women Warriors of World War II
- Author: Vega, Karen de la
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669013545
- Language: English
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Jane Kendeigh: Brave Nurse of World War II
$8.99 Read moreAn inspiring graphic novel about Jane Kendeigh, a nurse who helped wounded soldiers in combat zones during World War II. During World War II, the United States’ fight against the Japanese on islands i… [more below]
- Series: Women Warriors of World War II
- Author: Vega, Karen de la
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669013499
- Language: English
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At the Mountain’s Base
$18.99 Add to cartA family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical picture book celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots.
A- Author: Sorell, Traci
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 0735230609
- Language: English
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Divisions: A New History of Racism and Resistance in America’s World War II Military
$40.99 Add to cartThe first comprehensive narrative of racism in America’s World War II military and the resistance to it.
America’s World War II military was a force of unalloyed good. While saving the world from Nazi- Author: Guglielmo, Thomas A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0195342658
- Language: English
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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
$23.00 Add to cartA 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 Literature
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF- Author: Alexievich, Svetlana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 03 2018
- ISBN10: 0399588744
- Language: English
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The Language of Victory: Code Talkers of WWI and WWII
$14.95 Add to cartFeaturing rare interviews with Comanche, Choctaw and Navajo code talkers, this easy-to-read non-fiction book recounts how American Indian soldiers from twenty different tribes used their native langua
- Author: Robinson, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0980027276
- Language: English
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Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler
$19.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller
The definitive story of the Ritchie Boys, as featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes
“An irresistible history of the WWII Jewish refugees who returned to Europe to fight the Nazis.” —New
- Author: Henderson, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 03 2018
- ISBN10: 0062419102
- Language: English
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Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields
$19.99 Add to cartNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST. A revelatory history of the role of German women in the Holocaust, not only as plunderers and direct witnesses, but as actual killers on the Eastern Front during World Wa… [more below]
- Author: Lower, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0544334493
- Language: English
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Fighting for America: Nisei Soldiers
$19.95 Add to cartThe last installment in a series of graphic novels that began with We Hereby Refuse (Washington State Book Award Finalist) and Those Who Helped Us:
This book tells the stories of six courageous Japane
- Author: Matsuda, Lawrence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 163405055X
- Language: English
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The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life
$19.99 Add to cartAn inspiring true story, perfect for fans of Hidden Figures, about an American woman who pioneered codebreaking in WWI and WWII but was only recently recognized for her extraordinary contributions.
A- Author: Greenfield, Amy Butler
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0593127196
- Language: English
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Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
$21.99 Add to cartThe award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II–a “prodigiously researched and engrossing” (New York Times) book that “shi… [more below]
- Author: Mundy, Liza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0316352543
- Language: English
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Facing the Mountain (Adapted for Young Readers): A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
$19.99 Add to cartAdapted for young readers from the New York Times bestseller by Daniel James Brown, Facing the Mountain is the remarkable true story of three brave Japanese American soldiers who fought for the United
- Author: Brown, Daniel James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593465660
- Language: English
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Facing the Mountain: An Inspiring Story of Japanese American Patriots in World War II
$19.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Winner of the Christopher Award “Masterly. An epic story of four Japane
One of NPR’s “Books We Love” of 2021
Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography- Author: Brown, Daniel James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: May 10, 2022
- ISBN10: 0525557423
- Language: English
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Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II
$32.99 Add to cartNational Bestseller * Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist
“An ingenious look at WWII.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
A groundbreaking new history of the role of American servicewomen in WWII, illumi
- Author: Andrews, Lena S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063088339
- Language: English
