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A Hero Not Forgotten:
The Combat Diary Of Sgt Michael Botsko
Paperback (110 pages), kindle
Sgt Blotsko gives a vivid account of his 35 courageous missions in a B-17 ball turret over the deadly skies of Europe.
Too Close For Comfort
Paperback (150 pages), kindle
On April 28, 1945, 50 miles south of Okinawa, a Japanese kamikaze pilot rammed his bomb-filled plane into the US Navy hospital ship Comfort.
The Most Noble Adventure:
The Marshall Plan and How America Helped Rebuild Europe
Paperback (464 pages), kindle
A character-driven history that tells the story of the Marshall Plan, the unprecedented and audacious policy through which America helped rebuild war-ravaged Western Europe.
The Nazi Voter:
The Social Foundations of Fascism in Germany, 1919-1933
Paperback (383 pages), kindle
A systematic examination of Nazi campaign strategy - who voted for Hitler's Nazi party and why.
Waking to Danger:
Americans and Nazi Germany, 1933-1941
Hardcover (222 pages), kindle
American public opinion about Germany spiraled from ignorance and isolationism to a sense of danger and interventionism.
The Great Oil Conspiracy:
How the US Government Hid the Nazi Discovery of Abiotic Oil from the American People
Paperback (176 pages), kindle, audiobook
Although it came too late, Nazi Germany's scientists did unlock the secrets to developing all the synthetic oil they needed to wage war. Yet their confiscated documents remained largely ignored in the US.
The Zoot-Suit Riots:
The Psychology of Symbolic Annihilation
Paperback (179 pages), kindle
In the end no one was killed, few were seriously injured and property damage was slight and yet, even today, the zoot-suit riots are remembered and hold emotional and symbolic significance for Mexican Americans and Anglos alike.
The Boy Who Invented Television:
A Story of Inspiration, Persistence, and Quiet Passion
Paperback (296 pages), kindle
At age 14, a farm boy from Rigby, Idaho, Philo T Farnsworth dreamed of trapping light in an empty jar and transmitting it, one line at a time, on a magnetically deflected beam of electrons.
Daughter of the Air:
The Brief Soaring Life of Cornelia Fort
Paperback (246 pages)
In a remarkable coincidence of fate, Cornelia Fort was flying over Oahu on the morning of December 7, 1941, and was one of the few to witness the bombing of Pearl Harbor from the air.
US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1922-45:
Prewar Classes
Paperback (48 pages), kindle
The USS Langley was the first step in a new direction for the US Navy and naval warfare.
Admiring the Goose-Steps -
How Hitler Succeeded in Intimidating the World Powers
Paperback (260 pages)
For six years Hitler, and his mostly-bloodless Nazi revolution, captured the excitement of the German people with a string of amazing achievements. The world that feared him couldn't help but admire him, too.
Rocket Man:
Robert H Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age
Paperback (352 pages), kindle
No rocket or jet plane could have flown without the genius of Robert H Goddard, the American father of rocketry and space flight.
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
Paperback (256 pages), kindle
Protesting in the name of principles Hitler thought he had killed forever, Sophie Scholl and other members of the White Rose realized that the Germanization Hitler sought to enforce was cruel and inhuman, and that they could not be content to remain silent in its midst.
The Theory and Practice of Hell:
The German Concentration Camps and the System Behind Them
Paperback (368 pages)
Upon liberation from the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945, a German political prisoner who had been an inmate there since 1939, was asked to draft a report on the camp.
Hitler's Prisons
Hardcover (560 pages)
A look at the world of Nazi prisons, their victims, and the judicial and penal officials who built and operated this system of brutal legal terror.
My Hometown Concentration Camp:
A Survivor's Account to Life in the Krakow Ghetto and Plaszow Concentration Camp
Paperback (133 pages)
Young Bernard Offen's story of endurance and survival of the Krakow Ghetto and five concentration camps.
Mountbatten
Paperback (459 pages), kindle
His wartime achievements brought him public acclaim. Lord Louis Mountbatten accepted the Japanese surrender in 1945, was the last Viceroy of India, and was murdered by the IRA.
Hitler's Eagles:
The Luftwaffe 1933-45
Hardcover (400 pages), kindle
The turbulent history of the Luftwaffe from its earliest days as the world's most advanced air force to its ultimate downfall.
Japan's World War II Balloon Bomb Attacks on North America
Paperback (96 pages)
Intended to spark forest fires and shake American morale, Japan's balloons were beset by technical problems and never achieved their destructive potential.
