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Dark Nights, Deadly Waters

American PT Boats at Guadalcanal

by Keith Warren Lloyd ...

Eighty feet long, built of layered mahogany and powered by three monstrous 1500-horsepower V-12 engines, the US Navy’s Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats screamed across the water at over forty knots. They were not only fast, but also armed to the teeth, bristling with a deadly array of machine guns, automatic cannons, torpedoes, and depth charges. Duty aboard the boats was often reserved for the spirited, ... Read more

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Eighty feet long, built of layered mahogany and powered by three monstrous 1500-horsepower V-12 engines, the US Navy’s Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats screamed across the water at over forty knots. They were not only fast, but also armed to the teeth, bristling with a deadly array of machine guns, automatic cannons, torpedoes, and depth charges. Duty aboard the boats was often reserved for the spirited,
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The War Correspondents

The Incredible Stories of the Brave Men and Women Who Covered the Fight Against Hitler's Germany

by Keith Warren Lloyd ...

The War Correspondents unveils the extraordinary bravery and unmatched literary legacy of the journalists who risked their lives to cover WWII’s European TheaterErnie Pyle, John Steinbeck, Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow, Ernest Hemingway, Bill Mauldin, Robert Capa, Margaret Bourke-White, Andy Rooney, Martha Gellhorn, Richard Tregaskis—the list of American correspondents who covered the fighting ... Read more

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The War Correspondents unveils the extraordinary bravery and unmatched literary legacy of the journalists who risked their lives to cover WWII’s European TheaterErnie Pyle, John Steinbeck, Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow, Ernest Hemingway, Bill Mauldin, Robert Capa, Margaret Bourke-White, Andy Rooney, Martha Gellhorn, Richard Tregaskis—the list of American correspondents who covered the fighting
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Great Desert Escape

How the Flight of 25 German Prisoners of War Sparked One of the Largest Manhunts in American History

by Keith Warren Lloyd ...

Dramatic, highly readable, and painstakingly researched, The Great Desert Escape brings to light a little-known escape by 25 determined German sailors from an American prisoner-of-war camp. The disciplined Germans tunneled unnoticed through rock-hard, sunbaked soil and crossed the unforgiving Arizona desert. They were heading for Mexico, where there were sympathizers who could help them return to ... Read more

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Dramatic, highly readable, and painstakingly researched, The Great Desert Escape brings to light a little-known escape by 25 determined German sailors from an American prisoner-of-war camp. The disciplined Germans tunneled unnoticed through rock-hard, sunbaked soil and crossed the unforgiving Arizona desert. They were heading for Mexico, where there were sympathizers who could help them return to
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Avenging Pearl Harbor

The Saga of America's Battleships in the Pacific War

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It was a miracle three years in the making, a testimony to American fortitude and ingenuity—and perhaps the key to why the United States won a war that after Pearl Harbor seemed hopeless.Impeccably researched, Avenging Pearl Harbor is colorfully written, personal, chilling, visceral.Historian Keith Warren Lloyd brings his gift for injecting life and personalities and heretofore untold stories of ... Read more

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It was a miracle three years in the making, a testimony to American fortitude and ingenuity—and perhaps the key to why the United States won a war that after Pearl Harbor seemed hopeless.Impeccably researched, Avenging Pearl Harbor is colorfully written, personal, chilling, visceral.Historian Keith Warren Lloyd brings his gift for injecting life and personalities and heretofore untold stories of
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The Greatest POW Escape Stories Ever Told

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A gripping collection that showcases twelve of the most famous prisoner of war escapes in the history of modern warfare. Although these stories feature escapees of different nationalities, ideologies and allegiances, the reader will be captured by the common traits shared by all of these brave soldiers: loyalty to country and cause, tenacity, resourcefulness, and an abundant amount of courage. ... Read more

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A gripping collection that showcases twelve of the most famous prisoner of war escapes in the history of modern warfare. Although these stories feature escapees of different nationalities, ideologies and allegiances, the reader will be captured by the common traits shared by all of these brave soldiers: loyalty to country and cause, tenacity, resourcefulness, and an abundant amount of courage.
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Band of brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

by Stephen E. Ambrose ...

Band of Brothers tells the extraordinary true story of Easy Company, a unit of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, who fought their way across Europe in World War II. From their grueling training in Georgia in 1942 to the final victory at Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in 1945, these men—ordinary citizens transformed into elite paratroopers—faced some of the war’s ... Read more

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Band of Brothers tells the extraordinary true story of Easy Company, a unit of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, who fought their way across Europe in World War II. From their grueling training in Georgia in 1942 to the final victory at Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in 1945, these men—ordinary citizens transformed into elite paratroopers—faced some of the war’s
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The Liberator

One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau

by Alex Kershaw ...

The untold story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War—now a Netflix original series starring Jose Miguel Vasquez, Bryan Hibbard, and Bradley James“Exceptional . . . worthy addition to vibrant classics of small-unit history like Stephen Ambrose’s Band of Brothers.”—Wall Street JournalWritten with Alex Kershaw's trademark narrative drive and vivid immediacy, ... Read more

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The untold story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War—now a Netflix original series starring Jose Miguel Vasquez, Bryan Hibbard, and Bradley James“Exceptional . . . worthy addition to vibrant classics of small-unit history like Stephen Ambrose’s Band of Brothers.”—Wall Street JournalWritten with Alex Kershaw's trademark narrative drive and vivid immediacy,
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Storm of Steel

by Ernst Junger ...

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Series series Penguin Modern Classics
Presenting the desperate conflict of the First World War through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier, Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel is translated by Michael Hofmann in Penguin Modern Classics.'As though walking through a deep dream, I saw steel helmets approaching through the craters. They seemed to sprout from the fire-harrowed soil like some iron harvest.'A memoir of astonishing power, ... Read more

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Presenting the desperate conflict of the First World War through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier, Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel is translated by Michael Hofmann in Penguin Modern Classics.'As though walking through a deep dream, I saw steel helmets approaching through the craters. They seemed to sprout from the fire-harrowed soil like some iron harvest.'A memoir of astonishing power,
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Masters of the Air

America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

by Donald L. Miller ...

The inspiration for the major Apple TV+ series, streaming now!The riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in World War II and the young men who flew the bombers that helped beat the Nazis and liberate Europe, brilliantly told by historian and World War II expert Donald L. Miller. The Masters of the Air streaming series stars Austin Butler and Callum Turner, and is produced by Tom Hanks ... Read more

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The inspiration for the major Apple TV+ series, streaming now!The riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in World War II and the young men who flew the bombers that helped beat the Nazis and liberate Europe, brilliantly told by historian and World War II expert Donald L. Miller. The Masters of the Air streaming series stars Austin Butler and Callum Turner, and is produced by Tom Hanks
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Devil's Guard

by George R. Elford ...

Condemned to death for the bloodbaths of World War II, they served their sentence—on the killing fields of Vietnam. The fascinating, true story of the French Foreign Legion’s Nazi battalionWHAT THEY DID IN WORLD WAS II WAS HITORY’S BLOODIEST NIGHTMARE.The ashes of World War II were still cooling when France went to war in the jungles of Southeast Asia. In that struggle, its frontline troops were ... Read more

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Condemned to death for the bloodbaths of World War II, they served their sentence—on the killing fields of Vietnam. The fascinating, true story of the French Foreign Legion’s Nazi battalionWHAT THEY DID IN WORLD WAS II WAS HITORY’S BLOODIEST NIGHTMARE.The ashes of World War II were still cooling when France went to war in the jungles of Southeast Asia. In that struggle, its frontline troops were
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The Day of Battle

The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944

by Rick Atkinson ...

Series Book 2 - The Liberation Trilogy
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and ItalyIn An Army at Dawn—winner of the Pulitzer Prize—Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and ItalyIn An Army at Dawn—winner of the Pulitzer Prize—Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the
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Beyond Band of Brothers

The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

by Dick Winters, Cole C. Kingseed ...

**“Tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose, whose Band of Brothers was the inspiration for the HBO miniseries...laced with Winters’s soldierly exaltations of pride in his comrades’ bravery.”—Publishers WeeklyLook for the Band of Brothers miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix!**They were called Easy Company—but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they ... Read more

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**“Tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose, whose Band of Brothers was the inspiration for the HBO miniseries...laced with Winters’s soldierly exaltations of pride in his comrades’ bravery.”—Publishers WeeklyLook for the Band of Brothers miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix!**They were called Easy Company—but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they
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