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Day one: before Hiroshima and after
Par Peter Wyden. 1984
The full story of the creation and use of the atom bomb. Reveals the scientific breakthrough that made the bomb…
possible and the reality of "Day One" in Hiroshima where 130,000 people died. Bestseller 1984.Duel of eagles
Par Peter Townsend. 1991
The Battle of Britain was the collision towards which aviation developments on both sides had been heading for more than…
twenty years. Group Captain Townsend traces the background of two air forces with a common past of rivalry and respect. This dramatic account vividly recalls the days when Britain's fate hung in the balance until allied airmen, the author among them, secured a victory which saved Britain from invasion and paved the way for Hitler's final defeat. 1991.Dresden, Tuesday, February 13, 1945: Tuesday, February 13 1945
Par Fred Taylor. 2004
Historian examines the World War II controversial Allied bombing of the ancient German cultural centre and industrial city, deemed a…
"legitimate military target." Along with historical background provides a minute-by-minute account of the air raid and reviews the post-war moral debate over the magnitude of destruction and civilian casualties. c2004.Dieppe: Canada's darkest day of World War II
Par Hugh Brewster. 2009
On the night of August 19, 1942, a force of five thousand Canadians launched an attack on the Nazi-held French…
port of Dieppe. When it was over, the Allies were forced to retreat, nearly a thousand Canadian troops lay dead, and almost two thousand were taken prisoner. For years, defenders of the raid claimed that the Allies learned valuable lessons from Dieppe that were put to use later in the war, but others believed that the Canadian soldiers had been used as cannon fodder. Includes sections about the evacuation and the POW experiences. Explicit descriptions of violence. Grades 3-6. 2009.Defiance: the Bielski partisans
Par Nechama Tec. 2008
The prevailing image of European Jews during the Holocaust is one of helpless victims, but many Jews struggled against the…
terrors of the Third Reich. This is the history of one such group, a forest community numbering more than 1,200 Jews, that carried out the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews in World War II. These men and women of all ages - hungry, largely unarmed, and exposed to harsh winter weather - smuggled Jews out of heavily guarded ghettos, led retaliatory raids against Nazi collaborators, and offered protection to all Jewish fugitives who could find their way to them. Some descriptions of violence. 2008.D-day landings: the story of the Allied invasion (Dk readers)
Par Richard Platt. 2004
How did the Allies of World War II plan and execute the most massive and daring invasion in military history?…
Early in the morning of June 6, 1944, more ships, men, and air support than ever before landed on the beaches of Normandy. Learn about the background, events and consequences of the attack. Some violence. Grades 2-4. 2004.Crash dive: in action with HMS Safari, 1942-43
Par Arthur Dickison. 2003
This record of life on board HMS Safari during World War II is based on original first-hand accounts. As the…
boat's leading telegraphist, Arthur Dickison had a privileged position in the crew, with access to all signals traffic and the navigation officer as his boss, who gave him an insight into why they were doing what they did. During 18 months of war patrols, Dickison kept a personal diary of life aboard Safari. In it he recorded daily events ranging from the tedium of long sea passages to stalking enemy convoys, crash dives and fighting it out on the surface. 2003.Camp X
Par David Stafford. 1986
Camp X, established during World War II near Whitby, Ontario, was the first secret-agent training school in North America. The…
graduates became spies, secret agents and guerrilla fighters. An intriguing history of covert Allied co-operations. c1986.Conduct unbecoming: the story of the murder of Canadian prisoners of war in Normandy
Par Howard Margolian. 1998
Shortly after the allies landed at Normandy more than 150 Canadian Prisoners of War were murdered by German soldiers. Margolian…
examines how both the Canadians and the Germans ended up where they were. 1998.Canadians behind enemy lines, 1939-1945
Par Roy MacLaren. 1981
The story of almost 100 Canadians who volunteered during World War II to live within enemy borders, and work to…
bring an end to the war through sabotage and local resistance. c1981.Boys, bombs, and brussels sprouts: a knees-up, wheels-up chronicle of WW II
Par J. Douglas Harvey. 1981
Blood, tears and folly: an objective look at World War II
Par Len Deighton. 1995
A global history of "the darkest hour of the Second World War", from the invasion of Czechoslovakia to the aftermath…
of Pearl Harbour. Each section is set against a larger historical perspective. 1995.Cockleshell heroes (Pan grand strategy)
Par C.E. Lucas Phillips. 2000
In December 1942, 10 Royal Marines launched a daring canoe attack on German ships lying in Bordeaux harbour - a…
hazardous and successful offensive, in which only two survived. This book tells the story of those "cockleshell heroes". 2000.Cairo in the war 1939-1945
Par Artemis Cooper. 1989
The role of Egypt during the years of the 2nd World War is deftly and thoroughly illuminated in this comprehensively…
researched history. The role of the British Armed Forces is graphically described, as are the internal politics of this monarchy and its Arab neighbours which led to the forced abdication of King Farouk in 1952. 1989.Bridge with three men: across China to the Western Heaven in 1942
Par Anthony Hewitt. 1986
On Christmas Day in 1941 the Japanese forces marched into the city of Hong Kong. They had been at war…
with China since 1937 and much of the south was overrun. The author was taken to a POW camp and when he, a medic and a New Zealand pilot escaped, they met up with a band of Communist guerillas who took them to their camp in the mountains. They were given food, medical aid and an escort to the safety of the Chinese Nationalist lines. 1986.Berlin: the downfall, 1945
Par Antony Beevor. 1992
This is the story of those caught up in the nightmare crescendo of the Third Reich's final defeat - encompassing…
sufferings inflicted through folly, cruelty, and the exercise of naked power. The battle for Berlin is revealed as a terrifying example of violence, mass rape, and murder. Descriptions of violence. 1992.Berlin at war: Life And Death In Hitler's Capital, 1939-45
Par Roger Moorhouse. 2010
Berlin was the city at the very centre of World War Two - it was the launching pad for Hitler's…
empire, the embodiment of his vision of a "world metropolis", and it also suffered more air raids than any other German city and endured the full force of a Soviet siege. Moorhouse uses diaries, memoirs, and interviews to provide a first-hand account of life and death in the Nazi capital. Explicit descriptions of violence and some strong language. c2010.Bomber command
Par Max Hastings. 1981
Bomber Command's offensive against the German cities of Hamburg, Berlin and Dresden was one of the epic campaigns of the…
Second World War. This book traces the development of area bombing through a wealth of documents, letters, diaries and interviews with key surviving witnesses. "Bomber Command" at last lays bare the reality of one of the most controversial struggles of the War. 1981.Beyond top secret U
Par Ewen Montagu. 1977
The author writes of the extraordinary achievements of Section 17M during the last war, and of the committee running the…
Double Cross system of which he was the naval member. 1977.Battle in the arctic seas: the story of convoy PQ 17
Par Theodore Taylor. 1976
In the summer of 1942, the British admiralty decided to abandon a convoy sent from Iceland to Murmansk. The merchant…
ships attempted to avoid German attacks, but the result was the worst convoy disaster up to that time. For junior and senior high readers. c1976.