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Green Beach
Par James Leasor. 1975
This is a true-life account of one aspect of the Dieppe raid in 1942. A key objective was to test…
the German radar defences. Dressed in a Canadian uniform was British radar expert, Jack Nissenthal, whose presence was so critical that he was protected by ten sharp-shooting bodyguards. 1975.Hitler's silent partners: Swiss banks, Nazi gold, and the pursuit of justice
Par Isabel Vincent. 1997
During World War Two many Jews opened numbered, untraceable accounts with Swiss banks in an attempt to protect their money…
from Hitler's Nazis. What they didn't know was that many of these banks were also doing business with the Nazis. Here the author follows one family in their quest to reclaim what is rightfully theirs. 1997.Hidden children: forgotten survivors of the Holocaust
Par André Stein. 1993
Ten stories of children who experienced unbelievable cruelty and unexpected acts of compassion during World War II. These children, who…
were hidden during the war, remained silent in the shadow of those who survived the death camps, but their experiences affected the rest of their lives. Some violence. 1993.Hitler's army: soldiers, Nazis, and war in the Third Reich (part work)
Par Omer Bartov. 1991
The author challenges the view that the German Army of the Second World War was an apolitical, professional fighting force,…
having little to do with the Nazi Party. Bartov focuses on the titanic struggle between Germany and the Soviet Union to show how the savagery of war reshaped the army in Hitler's image. He probes the experience of the average soldier faced with government propaganda and indoctrination, horrific weather conditions and scarcity of food, and a severe military justice system that saw the execution of over fifteen thousand German soldiers. 1991.Ghost soldiers: the forgotten epic story of World War II's most dramatic mission
Par Hampton Sides. 2001
In 1945, 121 U.S. Army Rangers raided the Cabanatuan prisoner of war camp in the Philippines to rescue long-suffering soldiers.…
Depicts the atrocities of war, the conditions endured by the prisoners, and the bravery of the liberators. Bestseller. 2001.Frozen in time: an epic story of survival and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II
Par Mitchell Zuckoff. 2013
On November 5, 1942, a U.S. cargo plane slammed into the Greenland ice cap. Four days later, a B-17 on…
the search-and-rescue mission also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on the B-17 survived. The U.S. military launched a second daring rescue operation, but the Grumman Duck amphibious plane sent to find the men vanished. Zuckoff offers a spellbinding account of these harrowing crashes and the fate of the survivors and their would-be saviours. Places us at the centre of a group of valiant airmen fighting to stay alive through 148 days of a brutal Arctic winter until an expedition attempts to bring them to safety. But that is only part of the story. In present-day Greenland, Zuckoff joins the Coast Guard and North South Polar Inc. on a dangerous expedition to recover the remains of the lost plane's crew. Bestseller. 2013.Escape from the deep: the epic story of a legendary submarine and her courageous crew
Par Alex Kershaw. 2008
Recounts the final patrol of the USS Tang, which sank off China’s coast in October 1944 after a torpedo malfunction.…
Describes the nine survivors’ escape from the wreck and months of deprivation and torture at a Japanese prison camp. 2008.Eichmann in Jerusalem: a report on the banality of evil
Par Hannah Arendt. 2011
Hannah Arendt's authoritative report on the trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann. Includes material that came to light after the…
trial, as well as Arendt's postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account. 2011.Fiasco: the break-out of the German battleships
Par John Deane Potter. 1970
In February 1942, the German navy defied the British forces in an attempt to pass through the English Channel. The…
ensuing battle is documented here, using contemporary records and recollections of survivors from both sides. 1970.Fields of fire: the Canadians in Normandy (Joanne Goodman lectures ; #1998)
Par Terry Copp. 2003
Canadian military historian Terry Copp believes that "the evidence demonstrates that the achievement of the Allied and especially Canadian armies…
in Normandy has been greatly underrated - the defeat and near destruction of two German armies in just seventy-six days was one of the most remarkable military victories of the Second World War." 2003.Finest hour: the battle of Britain
Par Tim Clayton, Phil Craig. 1999
Personal accounts from the attempted invasion of Britain by Nazi Germany in 1940. Uses interviews, archival material, letters, and diaries…
to relate the struggle by both civilians and the military to defend the country. Includes the retreat at Dunkirk, the bombing of London, and the sinking of convoy ships. 1999.Fighter: the true story of the Battle of Britain
Par Len Deighton. 1977
Escape from Germany: the methods of escape used by RAF airmen during the Second World War
Par Aidan Crawley. 1985
An authoritative account of the heroic efforts of the members of the RAF and Army who tried to escape from…
prisoner of war camps in Germany. It includes such remarkable stories as "The Wooden Horse" - a hollow vaulting horse that was used to disguise a tunnel entrance, enabling three men to escape and finally reach England, and of the persistent and ingenious attempts to escape made at Colditz, known as "The Escapers' Camp". 1985.Enemy at the gates: the battle for Stalingrad
Par William Craig. 2001
Historical account of a pivotal World War II battle: the 1943 surrender of the elite German Sixth Army to the…
Russians at Stalingrad. Describes the incredible march of the German army across southern Russia and the equally amazing victory of the Soviet army. Bestseller. 2001.Day of infamy
Par Walter Lord. 1998
Deadly allies: Canada's Secret War, 1937-1947
Par John Bryden. 1989
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.