599 items in the WWII Store
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Bill Mauldin's Army:
Bill Mauldin's Greatest World War II Cartoons
Paperback (384 pages)
His WWII cartoons depict American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters "Willie and Joe," two weary and bedraggled infantry troopers who stoically endure the difficulties and dangers of duty in the field.
The Woman in the Zoot Suit:
Gender, Nationalism, and the Cultural Politics of Memory
Paperback (256 pages)
The female "pachuca" zoot suiter donned the same style of zoot suit that her male counterparts wore, both representing a new generation of Mexican American youth.
Zoot Suit:
The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style
Hardcover (248 pages), kindle
Created by poor African American men and obscure tailors, the "drape shape" was embraced by Mexican American pachucos, working-class youth, entertainers, and swing dancers, yet condemned by the US government as wasteful and unpatriotic in a time of war.
The Power of the Zoot:
Youth Culture and Resistance during World War II
Paperback (336 pages)
They embraced popular culture to oppose accepted modes of youthful behavior, the dominance of white middle-class norms, and expectations from within their own communities.
Fighting with the Soviets:
The Failure of Operation FRANTIC, 1944-1945
Hardcover (288 pages)
Using Ukrainian air bases, FRANTIC was designed to help deliver the knockout blow to the Nazi war machine while minimizing the severe losses experienced by Allied air forces in daylight bombing campaigns over Germany.
WASPs of WWII
Paperback (68 pages)
The WASPs were pioneers and their expertise in flying every type of military aircraft, from the fastest fighters to the heaviest bombers, blazed a trail for women of future generations.
Nazi Wireless Propaganda:
Lord Haw-Haw and British Public Opinion in the Second World War
Paperback (224 pages) includes 1-hour audio CD
The sophisticated, stupefying Nazi propaganda assault on the social and economic fabric of British society through wireless broadcasts.
Hitler's Hangman:
The Life of Heydrich
Paperback (416 pages), kindle
Widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the twentieth century, Reinhard Heydrich was an appalling figure even within the context of the Nazi leadership.
Hood and Bismarck:
The Deep-Sea Discovery of an Epic Battle
Paperback (224 pages)
A mixture of history and adventure that includes interviews with survivors of both ships.
Double Cross:
The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Paperback (416 pages), kindle, audiobook
Operation Fortitude and the Double Cross system were the most sophisticated deception operations ever carried out, ensuring Allied success on D-Day.
Hollywood Goes to War:
How Politics, Profits and Propaganda Shaped World War II Movies
Paperback (384 pages)
The little-explored story of how politics, propaganda, and profits were combined to create the drama, imagery and fantasy that was American film during WWII.
Last Team Standing:
How the Steelers and the Eagles - the 'Steagles' - Saved Pro Football During World War II
Paperback (288 pages), kindle
With the army drafting their players, the Steelers and Eagles kept football alive by merging to become the "Steagles" for the 1943 season.
Dambusters -
Operation Chastise 1943
Paperback (64 pages), kindle
A specially established RAF squadron made its permanent imprint on history by flying a high-risk, low-level, nighttime attack against German hydro-electric dams vital to the Nazi armaments industry.
Enigma:
The Battle for the Code
Paperback (448 pages), kindle
Churchill called the cracking of the German Enigma Code "the secret weapon that won the war."
The Day Peace Broke Out:
The VE-Day Experience
Paperback (192 pages), kindle
The perceptions of how victory was to be celebrated and what post-war Britain should look like were very different from the visions the people and the politicians had in 1940.
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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
Paperback (320 pages), kindle
If you're going to read this book, you should start at the very beginning (a very good place to start).
Frank M. Andrews:
Marshall's Airman
Paperback (32 pages), kindle
The magnitude of the tragic loss of Lt Gen Andrews to the Allied war effort was characterized by Gen George Marshall by describing him as one of the nation’s "few great captains."
Aces of the Rising Sun 1937-1945
1937-1945
Paperback (208 pages)
In eight years of near-constant warfare, 150 Japanese Air Force and 21 Japanese Navy pilots achieved "ace" status.
