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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Following victory in Sicily, while the central command planned the spring 1944 invasion of France, Allied troops crossed into southern Italy in September 1943, expecting to drive Axis forces north and liberate Rome by Christmas. Italy quickly surrendered but German divisions fiercely resisted, and the hoped-for quick victory descended into one of the most challenging and protracted battles of the entire war.
2) The Siege of Vicksburg: climax of the campaign to open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863
Author
Series
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xxvii, 724 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The capture of Vicksburg by the US Army was one of the most important military events of the American Civil War because it opened the Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy in two. The siege operations in and of themselves have a lot to offer to our understanding of the campaign and the war: the extent of the operations, the complexity of the strategy and tactics, the grueling nature of the day-by-day participation, and the effect on all involved....
Author
Publisher
Heritage Books
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
170 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"This work sheds light on the important region along the Upper St. Lawrence River (eastern Ontario and northern New York) during the War of 1812. All the battles and skirmishes are covered including the Wilkinson 1813 campaign which was the largest U.S. operation in, not only the War of 1812, but the largest until the Civil War. The raids on Sackets Harbor and Oswego are also covered as British and Canadians launched their troops and ships from Kingston...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Deutermann follows a young gunnery liaison officer, Lee Bishop, who during the ferocious battle for the island is pulled from his station aboard the USS Nevada to serve on-shore as a spotter, calling in coordinates for the ship to target with missiles. But Bishop is completely unready for what he will witness and experience: a literal hell, during which 26,000 Americans are killed in a fight to the very last man, which culminates in the blistering,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 483 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the Union army, but he was undeterred and later became known as one of the North's greatest heroes: On the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Running against each other for homeowner’s association president, enemies Collins Carter and Nathaniel Adams sink to levels their sleepy suburb has never seen before until hate turns to lust, forcing them to reckon with the feelings they’ve ignored for years.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father's tank battalion, the "Spearhead," that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany--against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turf--and the heroes whose sacrifice won World War II"--
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Publisher
Turner Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jett focuses on the fates of four Pan Am Flying Clippers, each filled with influential passengers. The aircrafts' refueling stops included Midway Atoll, Wake Island, Guam, and Manila-all of which were targeted and attacked within hours of Japan's infamous early-morning attack of Pearl Harbor. Stranded in the sky, these civilian airlines-like any US plane in the region at the time-were unexpectedly at risk of being shot down by Japanese military....
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (340 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"October, 1940. Manchester, England. As valiant Jewish RAF pilot David defends the skies against the Luftwaffe, Harry and Kasia finally arrive home. How will Robina cope with another refugee under her roof? When yet another house guest arrives Sir James, a civil servant on official business he looks set to beguile his host, but will Kasia be charmed as well? Meanwhile, in Berlin, teenager Marga is selected to mother a baby for the Führer, but can...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 459 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and attacked by other Southerners, and blamed for the South's defeat in the...
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