Chronological Period/1940's
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The Few: The American Knights of the Air Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain
$21.99 Add to cartFrom the author of national bestsellers The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter comes “a rousing tale of little-known heroes” (Booklist).
The Few tells the dramatic and unforgettable story of eight you… [more below]- Author: Kershaw, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: August 28 2007
- ISBN10: 0306815729
- Language: English
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Collected Poems 1943-2004
$19.99 Add to cartOne of the most honored poets of 20th-century American verse, Richard Wilbur won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his poetry.
With a distinguished career spanning more than sixt… [more below]
- Author: Wilbur, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: April 03 2006
- ISBN10: 0156030799
- Language: English
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April 1865: The Month That Saved America
$19.99 Add to cartOne month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond, a daring last-ditch Southern plan for guerrilla warfare, Lee’s harrowing retreat, and then, Appomattox. It saw Lincoln’s assassination just f
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Winik, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 15 2006
- ISBN10: 0060899689
- Language: English
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The G.I. Collector’s Guide: U.S. Army Service Forces Catalog, European Theater of Operations: Volume 2
$69.95 Add to cartIn World War II, the U.S. Army not only supplied its soldiers with the most modern equipment and uniforms, suitable for any combat situation, but went as far as providing them with their favorite drin… [more below]
- Series: G.I. Collector’s Guide
- Author: Enjames, Henri-Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1636242030
- Language: English
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Mosin-Nagant M1891: Facts and Circumstance in the History and Development of the Mosin-Nagant Rifle
$10.99 Add to cartKNOW YOUR RIFLE!
This essential book is perfect for someone who has always wanted to own a Mosin-Nagan, or, for that matter, a shooter who already does.
Copiously illustrated, its words and pictures tel
- Author: Faust, Frederic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: January 21 2022
- ISBN10: 0934523495
- Language: English
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The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II
$20.00 Read moreThe prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of D-Day reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of Arnhem in this gripping new account.
On September 17, 1944, General Kurt Stud- Author: Beevor, Antony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0143128833
- Language: English
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Black Cross Red Star Air War Over the Eastern Front: Volume 4, Stalingrad to Kuban 1942-1943
$49.99 Add to cartRegarded as the standard work on the air war over the Eastern Front during World War II, Christer Bergstr m’s unique Black Cross/Red Star series covers the history of the air war on the Eastern Front
- Series: Black Cross Red Star – Air War Over the Eastern Fr #VOL.
- Author: Bergström, Christer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: September 16 2019
- ISBN10: 9188441504
- Language: English
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The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz
$20.99 Add to cartCOSTA BOOK AWARD WINNER: BOOK OF THE YEAR – #1 SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER
“Superbly written and breathtakingly researched, The Volunteer smuggles us into Auschwitz and shows us–as if watching a movi
- Author: Fairweather, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: June 23 2020
- ISBN10: 0062561537
- Language: English
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Tuskegee Airmen WWII Fighter Pilots: The Story of an Original Tuskegee Pilot, Lt. Col. Hiram E. Mann
$24.99 Read moreThis book honors the Tuskegee Airmen – African American pilots known
as the “Red Tails,” who never lost escorted bombers during World War
II. These decorated pilots overcame the prejudicial conclusion o
- Author: Coggins, Patrick C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: December 26, 2017
- ISBN10: 1948262754
- Language: English
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Historic Photos of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$42.99 Add to cartFDR became an American icon. The hundreds of photos in Historic Photos of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from the collections of the FDR presidential library, portray him throughout his life and career,
- Series: Historic Photos
- Author: Gilmore, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1683369815
- Language: English
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Hitler’s Girl: The British Aristocracy and the Third Reich on the Eve of WWII
$19.99 Read moreA timely, riveting book that presents for the first time an alternative history of 1930s Britain, revealing how prominent fascist sympathizers nearly succeeded in overturning British democracy–using
- Author: Young, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0062936743
- Language: English
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Doughnut Dollies: American Red Cross girls during World War II
$19.95 Add to cartAmerican service men in England during World War II called American Red Cross girls “Doughnut Dollies.” It was a warm and affectionate term designed to show the soldiers’ appreciation for the morale-b
- Author: Airy, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0865341044
- Language: English
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Marshal of Victory: The WWII Memoirs of Soviet General Georgy Zhukov, 1941-1945
$24.95 Read moreThe second volume of Georgy Zhukov’s memoirs begins with the desperate defense of Moscow in the late fall and winter of 1941 and continues through more than three years of war. – Covers Stalingrad, Le… [more below]
- Series: Stackpole Military History #VOLU
- Author: Zhukov, Georgy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: July 15 2015
- ISBN10: 081171554X
- Language: English
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Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness: Four Short Novels: The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away, Prize Stock, Teach Us to Outgrow Our
$18.00 Add to cartThese four novels display Oe’s passionate and original vision. Oe was ten when American jeeps first drove into the mountain village where he lived, and his literary work reveals the tension and ambigu… [more below]
- Series: OE, Kenzaburo
- Author: Oe, Kenzaburo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 261
- Publish Date: October 13 1994
- ISBN10: 080215185X
- Language: English
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Hiroshima Notes
$17.00 Add to cartHiroshima Notes is a powerful statement on the Hiroshima bombing and its terrible legacy by the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature. Oe’s account of the lives of the many victims of Hiroshima and the v… [more below]
- Author: Oe, Kenzaburo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 07 1996
- ISBN10: 0802134645
- Language: English
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Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc — The Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day’s Toughest Mission and Led the Way Across Europe
$21.99 Add to cartAn epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in Europe
It is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can make the difference between- Author: O’Donnell, Patrick K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0306822644
- Language: English
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Overture of Hope: Two Sisters’ Daring Plan That Saved Opera’s Jewish Stars from the Third Reich
$27.99 Read moreSchindler’s List meets The Sound of Music as best-selling New York Post investigative journalist Isabel Vincent delves into pre-World-War-II history to recover the amazing story of two British spinste… [more below]
- Author: Vincent, Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1684513499
- Language: English
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
$34.50 Add to cartInstant New York Times Bestseller – Winner of the General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
“Buzz Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights is an American classic. With The Mo
- Author: Bissinger, Buzz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 63242257
- Language: English
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Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner’s Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
$18.99 Add to cartJoe Pappalardo’s Inferno tells the true story of the men who flew the deadliest missions of World War II, and an unlikely hero who received the Medal of Honor in the midst of the bloodiest military ca
- Author: Pappalardo, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1250264251
- Language: English
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Japan at War in the Pacific: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire in Asia: 1868-1945
$22.99 Add to cart“A lucid history of the rise and fall of militarism in Japan…” —New York Journal of Books
Japan at War in the Pacific recounts the dramatic story of Japan’s transformation from a Samurai-led feudal- Author: Clements, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 4805316470
- Language: English
