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The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank

The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank

Paperback (204 pages), kindle

The "unwritten" final chapter of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl tells the story of the time between Anne Frank's arrest and her death through the testimony of 6 Jewish women who survived the hell from which Anne Frank never returned.

Kilroy Was Here:

Kilroy Was Here:

The Best American Humor from World War II

Paperback (288 pages)

War is hell, but it can also be hilarious. The title refers to the ubiquitous graffiti that US servicemen scrawled in bizarre and unlikely places; a joke that everybody was in on. While there is nothing remotely funny about the war itself, it's clear that some of the hardships endured in that conflict were made more bearable by generous doses of humor.

Tanks for the Memories:

Tanks for the Memories:

Expanded Second Edition

Paperback (357 pages)

The stories of the 712th Tank Battalion not only make for powerful reading, but they show how ordinary men performed extraordinary feats of courage and heroism under the deadliest of conditions.

From The Bronx To Berchtesgaden:

From The Bronx To Berchtesgaden:

The Combat Memoir of a WWII Hero

Paperback (195 pages), kindle

The author, Murray Soskil, is the recipient of two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star, and six Battle Stars for service in southern France and Germany with the 3rd Infantry Division. His memoir is testimony to the bravery of American servicemen in the face of evil.

The Boys In The B-17:

The Boys In The B-17:

8th Air Force Combat Stories Of WWII

Paperback (260 pages), kindle

The author's third book contains short stories of boys on B-17 Flying Fortress crews in deadly missions with the Eighth Air Force in World War II and stories of his own teenage combat experiences as radio/gunner on twenty missions with the Mighty Eighth.

We Die Alone:

We Die Alone:

A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

Paperback (496 pages), kindle, audiobook

An unforgettable portrait of the determination of the human spirit. If this story of espionage and survival were a novel, readers might dismiss the Shackleton-like exploits of its hero as too fantastic to be taken seriously.

World War II

World War II - the events and their impact on real people

Hardcover (192 pages), paperback

For ages 10 and up.
Beginning with the complex political and social circumstances that led to World War II, this volume comprehensively discusses the decisions made, battles fought, lives affected, and subsequent results of the war that defined the twentieth century.
Includes a DVD featuring moving footage that supplements the material in the book.

Of Windmills and War

Of Windmills and War

Paperback (596 pages), kindle

A a story that takes the reader from the protagonist's (Danny McClain's) adolescence to his WWII flying experiences and unlikely romance with a Dutch resistance fighter to a happy ending.

Unbroken

Unbroken

A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Paperback (528 pages), kindle, audiobook

During a routine search mission over the Pacific, Louis Zamperini’s plane crashed into the ocean, and what happened to him over the next three years of his life is a story that will keep you glued to the pages, eagerly awaiting the next turn in the story and fearing it at the same time.

A Higher Call:

A Higher Call:

An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

Hardcover (400 pages), paperback, kindle, audiobook

This book grips you like a movie. The true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies: the American — 2nd Lt Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17 — and the German — 2nd Lt Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.

The Forgotten 500:

The Forgotten 500:

The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

Paperback (336 pages), kindle, audiobook

In 1944 the OSS set out to recover more than 500 downed airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of this unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now being told for the first time.

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