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Disney During World War II:
How the Walt Disney Studio Contributed to Victory in the War
Hardcover (192 pages)
Walt Disney deeply invested himself in the war by patriotically placing his studio at the disposal of Uncle Sam, producing films, shorts and features, home front posters and stunning military unit insignias that provided those serving the in the armed forces with a morale-boosting reminder of home.
Ace of Aces:
The Story of Fighter Pilot Dick Bong
Kindle only (~88 pages)
The illustrious career of Richard Ira "Dick" Bong, P-38 fighter pilot and America's highest-scoring air Ace.
The American Newsreel:
A Complete History, 1911-1967
Paperback (250 pages)
Released twice a week, less than ten minutes long, the newsreel was a fixture in American movie theaters for 50 years. Each had news footage that combined journalism with entertainment. With the advent of television after WWII, newsreels began to be obsolete, but were for decades a unique source of information - and misinformation.
Schindler's List
20th Anniversary Limited Edition
DVD, Blu-ray
Steven Spielberg's cinematic masterpiece: In Poland during WW II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Hitler's Last Soldier in America
Hardcover (184 pages)
The personal story of Georg Gaertner, a German POW who escaped from a camp in New Mexico to avoid being sent back to Soviet occupation. He slipped into American society and lived a quiet American life for forty years.
The Doodlebugs:
Story of the Flying Bombs
Paperback (560 pages)
Anyone who had lived in London through 1944 and 1945 would be able to tell you with a shudder the ominous feeling down your spine as you heard a V-1 flying overhead.
Television Under the Swastika
DVD
Nazi leaders, determined to become the world's first television broadcaster, began Greater German Television in March 1935. German viewers enjoyed their TV broadcasts until September 1944, as Allied troops closed in.
Sticklers, Sideburns and Bikinis:
The Military Origins of Everyday Words and Phrases
Paperback (280 pages), kindle
An intriguing and entertaining trip through the words and phrases that originated in the military, but are now used by soldier and civilian alike. Jam-packed with many amazing facts, the sources of many are surprising and their original use is often far removed from how we use the word today.
Enemy in the Mirror:
Love and Fury in the Pacific War
Paperback (344 pages), kindle
When a Japanese submarine surfaces on a summer night in 1942 to shell a gun battery on the Oregon coast, two young men embark on separate journeys. One will savor early victory, ecstatic love and the fiery destruction of his Japanese homeland. The other will lose his innocence in the ferocity of the Pacific War - well researched historical fiction.
Target Berlin:
Mission 250: 6 March 1944
Paperback (256 pages)
When the Americans launched their first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin, they paid a very high price: 69 heavy bombers and 11 escort fighters failed to return, the highest number in any raid mounted by the US 8th Air Force.
Just A Woman:
Romping Through Poetry with Anna Laurene Arnett
Paperback (198 pages)
This is not a World War II book, but a book of poetry published by the same people behind this Scanning WWII website, albetit under the name of Punkin Roller Publishing.
Ernie Pyle's War:
America's Eyewitness to World War II
Paperback (336 pages), kindle
Ernie Pyle, better than any other WWII journalist, conveyed the triumphs and tribulations of the common soldier trying to survive a brutal conflict. From North Africa and Normandy, Anzio and Okinawa - where he died - Pyle brought the war home to America.
Singapore Burning:
Heroism and Surrender in World War II
Paperback (688 pages), kindle
The full and terrifying story of the fall of Singapore, the largest surrender of British-led forces in history.
Superman on Radio
5 CDs with Booklet
Audiobook CD (5 discs) with booklet
27 action-packed radio episodes, starting off with the explosion of Krypton and working in all of the classic Superman elements: Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, Clark Kent and the Man of Steel.
Superman:
The Golden Age Sundays: 1943-1946
Hardcover (184 pages)
170 classic Superman Sunday newspaper comic pages, beginning May 9, 1943 and continuing through August 4, 1946, that have previously never been reprinted.
Anne Frank:
The Diary of a Young Girl
Paperback (304 pages)
A world classic - a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
The Vatican Pimpernel:
The World War II Exploits of the Monsignor Who Saved Over 6,500 Lives
Paperback (224 pages), kindle, audiobook
During the German occupation of Rome from 1942–1944, Irishman Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty ran an escape organization for Allied POWs and civilians, including Jews, safe within the Vatican state.
Operation Nordwind 1945:
Hitler's Last Offensive in the West
Paperback (96 pages), kindle
Largely overshadowed by the Battle of the Bulge, Operation Norwind was the last major German offensive of WWII on the Western Front.
The Search for Major Plagge:
The Nazi Who Saved Jews
Paperback (288 pages), kindle
The amazing story of the German commander of a Lithuanian work camp who saved hundreds of Jewish lives in the Vilna ghetto - including the life of the author's mother.
