Chronological Period/1940's
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By: Nash, Douglas E.
The Defeat of the Damned: The Destruction of the Dirlewanger Brigade at the Battle of Ipolysag, December 1944
$37.95HardcoverRead moreAn operational history of the notorious Dirlewanger Brigade, culminating in its destruction in Budapest at the hands of the Red Army.
One of the most notorious yet least understood body of troops that … [more below]
- Author: Nash, Douglas E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1636242111
- Language: English
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By: Child, Robert
Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Recipients of World War II
$20.00PaperbackRead moreThe remarkable story of seven African-American soldiers denied the Medal of Honor for more than 50 years due to their race, and their extraordinary acts of bravery.
In 1945, when Congress began revie- Author: Child, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1472852842
- Language: English
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By: Lee, Chris
The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
$19.99PaperbackRead moreThe Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism uncovers the role that footballers and fans have played in the fight against fascism and the far right. Follow the path of football activism from the… [more below]
- Author: Lee, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1801501858
- Language: English
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Hoover Tower at Stanford University
$23.99PaperbackRead moreA Stanford University landmark since 1941, the 285-foot-tall, Art Deco-style Hoover Tower provides a contrasting focal point for the horizontal lines of the Quad’s sandstone arcades. The Quad, begun i… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Danielson, Elena S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1467129208
- Language: English
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By: Kulin, Ayşe
Last Train to Istanbul
$14.95PaperbackRead moreAn international bestseller by one of Turkey’s most beloved authors.
As the daughter of one of Turkey’s last Ottoman pashas, Selva could win the heart of any man in Ankara. Yet the spirited young beaut
- Author: Kulin, Ayşe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 382
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 1477807616
- Language: English
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The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis
$29.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe Book Smugglers is the nearly unbelievable story of ghetto residents who rescued thousands of rare books and manuscripts–first from the Nazis and then from the Soviets–by hiding them on their bod… [more below]
- Author: Fishman, David E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1512603309
- Language: English
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By: Lloyd, Chris
The Unwanted Dead: Winner of the Hwa Gold Crown for Best Historical Fiction
$29.99PaperbackRead more‘A gripping murder mystery and a vivid recreation of Paris under German Occupation.’ ANDREW TAYLOR
*WINNER OF THE HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL FICTION*
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DA- Author: Lloyd, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1409190277
- Language: English
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By: Dougherty, Nancy
The Hangman and His Wife: The Life and Death of Reinhard Heydrich
$40.00HardcoverRead moreAn astonishing journey into the heart of Nazi evil: a portrait of one of the darkest figures of Hitler’s Nazi elite–Reinhard Heydrich, the designer and executor of the Holocaust, chief of the Reich M… [more below]
- Author: Dougherty, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 0394543416
- Language: English
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By: Kershaw, Alex
Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
$32.00PaperbackAdd to cart*The instant New York Times bestseller*
The untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II–all Medal of Honor recipients–from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler’s own mount- Author: Kershaw, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0593556399
- Language: English
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Patton’s Payback: The Battle of El Guettar and General Patton’s Rise to Glory
$30.00HardcoverRead moreA stirring World War II combat story of how the legendary George Patton reinvigorated a defeated and demoralized army corps, and how his men claimed victory over Germany’s most-feared general, Erwin R… [more below]
- Author: Moore, Stephen L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0593183401
- Language: English
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By: Konstam, Angus
Naval Battle of Crete 1941: The Royal Navy at Breaking Point
$25.00PaperbackRead moreA fascinating account of an often overlooked naval action of World War II, and one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of the Royal Navy.
In April 1941, following the Axis invasion of Greece, th- Series: Campaign #388
- Author: Konstam, Angus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1472854047
- Language: English
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By: Gordon, Linda
Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
$19.95PaperbackRead moreCensored by the U.S. Army, Dorothea Lange’s unseen photographs are the extraordinary photographic record of the Japanese American internment saga. This indelible work of visual and social history conf… [more below]
- Author: Gordon, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 17 2008
- ISBN10: 0393330907
- Language: English
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By: Czerkasij, Alla
Deliverance
$12.99PaperbackRead more- Author: Czerkasij, Alla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 143
- Publish Date: February 18 2014
- ISBN10: 0828027153
- Language: English
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By: Nakazawa, Keiji
Barefoot Gen Volume 8: Merchants of Death
$16.95PaperbackRead moreBarefoot Gen Volume Eight ―”Merchants of Death” ― It’s 1950 and Gen is now in middle school, where he meets both a progressive-minded schoolteacher at odds with his conservative superiors,… [more below]
- Series: Barefoot Gen #8
- Author: Nakazawa, Keiji
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0867195991
- Language: English
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By: Young, Edward M.
P-38 Lightning Vs Bf 109: North Africa, Sicily and Italy 1942-43
$23.00PaperbackRead moreAn exciting account of the aerial battles fought by the USAAF’s P38 Lightnings and the Jagdflieger‘s Bf 109Gs for dominance over North Africa and the Mediterranean.
USAAF fighter pilots experienced a- Series: Duel #131
- Author: Young, Edward M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1472859545
- Language: English
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Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded the Future
$17.99HardcoverRead moreClick. Whir. Buzz.
Not so long ago, math problems had to be solved with pencil and paper, mail delivered by postman, and files were stored in paper folders and metal cabinets. But three women, Betty Sn… [more below]- Author: Brown, Tami Lewis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1368011055
- Language: English
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By: Alexander, Larry
76 Hours: A Novel of Tarawa
$27.99HardcoverRead moreThe gripping historical novel of the invasion of Tarawa by US Marines in World War II, from bestselling author, journalist, and historian Larry Alexander.
The island of Tarawa, a tiny spit of sand out
- Author: Alexander, Larry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 9798200816002
- Language: English
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The 406th Fighter Group: P-47s Over Europe in World War II
$19.99HardcoverRead moreThis is the little-known story of the 406th Fighter Group, a famous but unsung P-47 unit in the European theater of operations (ETO) in WWII. The 406th was the first unit in the ETO to employ the 5-in… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Units #2
- Author: Brandt, Steven A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764366521
- Language: English
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By: Stevens, Henry
Hitler’s Flying Saucers: A Guide to German Flying Discs of the Second World War
$19.95PaperbackRead moreWWII expert Stevens shows us the incredible and suppressed technology of the Third Reich and their desire to create highly advanced “wingless” aircraft-yes, flying saucers! Learn why the Schriever-Hab… [more below]
- Author: Stevens, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 20 2013
- ISBN10: 1935487914
- Language: English
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By: Serge, Victor
Last Times
$19.95PaperbackRead moreA story of displacement and resistance during the early days of the Nazi occupation of France.
Last Times, Victor Serge’s epic novel of the fall of France, is based–like much of his fiction–on first- Author: Serge, Victor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 1681375141
- Language: English


