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43) December 7th
Series
Publisher
GoodTimes DVD
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
December 7th: Reconstructs the events at Pearl Harbor on the day of the Japanese attack. The fleet that came to stay: explains the invasion of Okinawa from the U.S. Navy point of view and illustrates the operation using scenes of the combat.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A major new biography of one of America's most storied military figures. General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal. James Lee McDonough offers fresh insight into a man tormented by the fear that history would pass him by, who was plagued by personal debts, and who lived much of his life separated from his family. As a soldier,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Battalion 3/5 suffered the highest number of casualties in the war in Afghanistan. This is the story of one platoon in that distinguished battalion. Aware of U.S. plans to withdraw from the country, knowing their efforts were only a footprint in the sand, the fifty Marines of 3rd Platoon fought in Sangin, the most dangerous district in all of Afghanistan. So heavy were the casualties that the Secretary of Defense offered to pull the Marines out. Instead,...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Hailed as "a monumental achievement!" (Douglas Brinkley) The Force tells the riveting, true story of the group of elite U.S. and Canadian soldiers--mountain men, lumberjacks, hunters, and explorers--who sacrificed everything to accomplish a crucial but nearly impossible World War II mission.I mission.
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenhill Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In June 1941, when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, she left her university studies, ignored the offer of a position as a nurse, to become one of Soviet Russia's 2000 female snipers. Less than a year later she had 309 recorded kills, including 29 enemy sniper kills. She was withdrawn from active duty after being injured. She was also regarded as a key heroic figure for the war effort. She spoke at rallies in Canada and the US and the folk singer...
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"...[C]hronicles the epic struggle of America and her allies against Imperial Japan: fighting vast air, land and sea battles across an ocean covering two-thirds of the world's surface. Waged against the background of the war in Europe, the Pacific campaign made WW II a truly global conflict. This DVD takes you from the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, to the American and allied battles to recapture the Gilbert Islands of Makin and Tarawa....
53) MacArthur
Author
Series
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Profiles five-star general Douglas MacArthur, focusing on his contributions to military strategy and leadership, his role as an early proponent of the Air Force as an integral part of modern warfare, and his management of peace during the U.S. occupation of Japan.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War."--Provided by publisher.
On October 15, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur convinced President Harry Truman that the Communist forces of Kim Il-sung would be utterly defeated by Thanksgiving. The Chinese, he said with near certainty, would not intervene in the war. As he was speaking, 300,000 Red Chinese soldiers...
Author
Publisher
Great Spirit Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
During the coldest winter in years, known as the "Hunger Winter of Holland", Wim Diephof and his best friends face gnawing hunger and the perils of a world at war. As he makes courageous attempts to find food, and deal with his growing concerns for his family, Wim learns about forgiveness and sacrifice along the stormy path of adulthood.
Author
Series
Pacific War trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire, island by island. This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific Warthe period between mid-1942 and mid-1944when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide," concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
This biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower places particular emphasis on his brilliant generalship and leadership in World War II, and provides, with the advantage of hindsight, a far more acute analysis of his character and personality than any previously available, reaching the conclusion that he was perhaps America's greatest general and one of America's best presidents. The book starts with the story of D-Day--it was Ike's plan, Ike's decision, Ike's...
59) The desert rats
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A courageous band of Australian soldiers stops Rommel's march to the Suez Canal in this stirring blend of action and history.
Author
Language
English
Description
"June, 1950: the North Korean army, a formidable force backed by Soviet arms and training, invades South Korea, with the intent of uniting the country under Communist rule. In response, the United States mobilizes a force to defend the overmatched South Korean troops. But the US is no better equipped than their allies. The American and United nations troops are fighting for their lives against the most brutal weather conditions imaginable, and an...
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