599 items in the WWII Store
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Balloons at War:
Gasbags, Flying Bombs & Cold War Secrets
Paperback (160 pages)
The balloon saw more new and imaginative uses during WWII, from barrage balloons to prevent incursions by enemy aircraft to the dropping of bombs.
The Battle of Los Angeles, 1942:
The Mystery Air Raid
Paperback (208 pages), audiobook
What happened that morning in the skies over Los Angeles is still an unexplained mystery that remains open to speculation and accusations of a cover-up.
Service With Character
The Disney Studio and World War II
Kindle only (~670 pages)
The onset of the war couldn't have come at a worse time for Walt Disney and his Studio. But Disney and his staff quickly adapted to the new reality by becoming a bonafide war plant.
Yalta:
The Price of Peace
Paperback (480 pages), kindle, audiobook
Did FDR give too much to Stalin and thus pave the way to the Cold War? Since 1945, opinion has been bitterly divided on what FDR, Churchill and Stalin achieved at the Yalta Conference.
A History of Freedom
Lecture Series by Professor J Rufus Fear
DVD - 3 discs
Join historian and classical scholar J Rufus Fears as he tells freedom's dramatic story from ancient Greece to our own day, exploring a concept so close to us we may never have considered it with the thoroughness it deserves.
Island Victory:
The Battle of Kwajalein Atoll
Paperback (118 pages)
A uniquely written account of a WWII battle when a platoon of soldiers was interviewed as a group just fresh from the front lines of the Battle of Kwajalein Atoll.
Desert Prelude 2:
Operation Compass
Paperback (196 pages), kindle
The air war between the British, French and Italians over North Africa in 1940-41 was the last major combat in which both sides flew fighter bi-planes.
Code Name Caesar:
The Secret Hunt for U-Boat 864 During World War II
Paperback (304 pages), kindle
History is made in a cat-and-mouse battle beneath the waves between two submarines, one British and one German, as they hunted one another, each waiting to strike.
City Behind A Fence:
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1942-1946
Paperback (272 pages), kindle
Created by the US government as part of rhe Manhattan Project to aid in the construction of the first atomic bomb, Oak Ridge grew to a population of 70,000 in 1945.
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors:
The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
Paperback (499 pages), kindle, audiobook
The men, the strategies, and the sacrifices that turned certain defeat of the Battle off Samar into a legendary naval victory.
Our Supreme Task:
How Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech Defined the Cold War Alliance
Paperback (306 pages), kindle
A portrait of the irrepressible man who delivered the "Iron Curtain Speech" and fundamentally defined the dangers of Soviet totalitarian Communism.
Our Finest Hour:
The Triumphant Spirit of America's World War II Generation
Paperback (192 pages)
Who better to retell the vibrant and diverse stories of WWII and the Greatest Generation than LIFE magazine?
New Deal or Raw Deal?:
How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America
Paperback (336 pages), kindle, audiobook
Sharply critical new look at FDR's presidency reveals government policies that hindered economic recovery from the Great Depression - and are still hurting America today.
Oil and War:
How the Deadly Struggle for Fuel in WWII Meant Victory or Defeat
Hardcover (384 pages)
World War II was a process driven by the need for fuel, which was absolutely necessary to run the engines of war.
Hitler's Olympics:
The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games
Paperback (336 pages), kindle
Germany was chosen to host the 1936 Olympics to signal its return to the world community, but Hitler used the Games as a massive propaganda campaign.
Liberal Fascism:
The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change
Paperback (512 pages), kindle, audiobook
Ever since the emergence of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, both sides of the American political spectrum have campaigned vigorously to distance themselves from the likes of Mussolini and Hitler by likening their opposition to those despicable regimes.
The Execution of Private Slovik
Paperback (256 pages)
Hundreds of soldiers were tried for desertion during WWII and sentenced to die, but only Eddie Slovik paid the price - the only American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War.
Landmark Speeches of National Socialism
Paperback (176 pages), kindle
Public oratory has seldom been as pivotal in generating and sustaining the vitality of a movement as it was during the rise and rule of the charismatic Adolf Hitler.
Hitler's Airwaves:
The Inside Story of Nazi Radio Broadcasting and Propaganda Swing
Hardcover (384 pages)
Jazz was banned from German broadcasting as soon as the Nazis came to power in 1933. Yet throughout the war, American jazz and swing were core components of the Third Reich's propaganda.
