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Hitler's Austria:
Popular Sentiment in the Nazi Era, 1938-1945
Paperback (336 pages)
Although Austrians comprised only 8 percent of the population of Hitler's Reich, they made up 14 percent of SS members and 40 percent of those involved in the Nazis' killing operations.
In Perfect Time
by Sarah Sundin
Paperback (416 pages), kindle
Bold, sophisticated, and flirtatious, Army Air Force flight nurse Lt Kay Jobson collects hearts wherever she flies, leaving men pining in airfields all across Europe.
Grey Wolves:
The U-Boat War 1939-1945
Hardcover (240 pages), kindle, audiobook
To the Allies, the elite force of German submariners was embarking on a mission of unequivocal evil.
Katyn
DVD - Polish, English subtitles
This award winning film presents a history lesson that most people never heard about: the mass murder of tens of thousands of Polish officers by the Russians in 1940.
Letters from Iwo Jima / Flags of Our Fathers
Five-Disc Commemorative Edition
DVD, Blu-ray
Two great special edition movies jammed-packed with bonus features, commentaries and documentaries from Clint Eastwood.
Marines in World War II
The Recapture of Guam
Kindle (~437 pages)
Captured by the Japanese soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Guam was retaken in 1944, but not easily.
No Surrender!:
Seven Japanese WWII Soldiers Who Refused to Surrender After the War
Paperback (108 pages), kindle
For a Japanese soldier to choose not to surrender, but go into hiding and become a holdout, meant deprivation, hardship and shame, which for some lasted 10 to 30 years.
Princes of Darkness:
The Lives of Two Luftwaffe Night Fighter Aces
Hardcover (96 pages)
An illustrated account of the careers of two fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe's night fighter force, both killed in action.
Marking Time:
My time in the ATS
Kindle (~117 pages)
A Bristol woman's story of her time spent in Britain's Auxiliary Territorial Service.
The Model Occupation:
The Channel Islands Under German Rule 1940-1945
Paperback (384 pages), kindle
Every islander was faced with uncomfortable choices during the German occupation of Britain's Channel Islands.
Struggle for the Middle Sea:
The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940 - 1945
Hardcover (360 pages), kindle
It was the most intensely contested body of water in World War II. More major naval actions were fought in the Mediterranean than in the Atlantic or Pacific.
Nuremberg - Tyranny on Trial
DVD from the History Channel
World War II did not end on the battlefield, but in a courtroom in Germany, where the full scope of Nazi Germany's atrocities brought justice to top Nazi leaders. Yet no sentence could be harsher than what was meted out to innocent people by the regime these men served.
Patton:
Ordeal and Triumph
Paperback (896 pages), kindle
This is the book credited in the opening of the 1970 film Patton. He was, and remains to this day, America's most famous general, representing toughness, focus and the ideal of achievement in the face of overwhelming odds.
Mrs Adolf Hitler:
The Eva Braun Photograph Albums 1912-45
Hardcover (208 pages), kindle
Strange-but-true saga of the life of Eva Braun, richly illustrated from her own personal photograph albums.
Yank Bomber Boys in Norfolk:
A Photographic Record of the USAAF in the Second World War
Hardcover (344 pages), kindle
Over 500 personal photographs produce a unique flavor of life in and around the airbase plots of "Little America" in Norfolk.
Soldiers with Spanners:
The B-24 Ground Crew's View During the Second World War
Paperback (160 pages), kindle
A photographic history of life as soldier on a US airbase in the UK during WWII, as seen through the camera lenses of the GIs themselves.
Eisenstaedt:
Witness to Our Time
Paperback (348 pages)
Starting with Alfred Eisenstaedt's early photographs of the crowned heads of Europe and of the rise of Hitler, this book covers decades of US history, from Hollywood in the golden 1930s, to the home front during World War II, including, of course, his iconic Times Square Kiss photo.
The Alaska Highway
Paperback (112 pages)
An exciting collection of photographs presenting the story of the planning, construction and maintenance of the Alcan Highway and the impact and influence it made on the landscape and the First Nations people along the route.
The Berlin Wall:
A World Divided, 1961-1989
Paperback (528 pages), kindle
The physical manifestation of the struggle between Soviet Communism and American capitalism that stood for nearly thirty years.
