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1) Essex dogs
Author
Series
Essex dogs trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
July 1346. Ten men land on the beaches of Normandy. They call themselves the Essex Dogs: an unruly platoon of archers and men-at-arms led by a battle-scarred captain whose best days are behind him. The fight for the throne of the largest kingdom in Western Europe has begun. Heading ever deeper into enemy territory toward Crécy, this band of brothers knows they are off to fight a battle that will forge nations, and shape the very fabric of human lives....
Author
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive in the West. Launched in the depths of winter to neutralize the overwhelming Allied air superiority, three German armies attacked through the Ardennes, the weakest part of the American lines, with the aim of splitting the Allied armies and seizing the vital port of Antwerp within a week. It was a tall order, as the Panzers had to get across the Our, Amblève, Ourthe and Meuse rivers, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Sent off into remote South Pacific operating areas with orders to find and destroy Japanese submarines, the commanders of The Hayward make a discovery that changes the course of the war, in this gripping tale of anti-submarine warfare in the WWII Pacific Theater.
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
The tale of a 1943 WWII French Algerian Unit facing discrimination by its European counterparts due to prejudice and ignorance. The French armed forces are preparing to land troops in Europe to win back their homeland from the Axis Powers, but they cannot accomplish their task without recruiting men from their African colonies. The Africans themselves start their long journey full of hope and anticipation, but as they get closer to their goal they...
5) The patriot
Language
English
Formats
Description
Benjamin Martin is a former war hero who has renounced fighting forever - until the Revolutionary War arrives at his front door. Faced with the harsh reality of fighting to protect those he loves, Martin takes up arms and commands a brave rebel militia in fierce battles against the well-armed English army, fighting for his family and his young nation's freedom.
6) Windtalkers
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A battle-weary Marine is assigned to guard--and ultimately befriends--a young Navajo soldier who has been trained to be a code talker. This code, the Navajo code, and the men who knew the code, were to be guarded as they went into action. It was the unspoken duty of the Marine to kill the Navajo soldier before he could be taken prisoner of war by the Japanese. This is the one wartime code that was never broken by the enemy.
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The place: World War II Burma. The mission: drive a fatal wedge between an enemy link-up. The troops: the 5307th Composite Unit, led by Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill and manned by Stock, Chowhound, Kolowicz and other young dogfaces who after a few weeks of basic training had the fate of the world loaded on their backs.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"At the onset of World War II, [Billy] Williams formed Elephant Company and was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in Burma and saving refugees, including on his own 'Hannibal Trek, ' [becoming] a media sensation during the war, telling reporters that the elephants did more for him than he was ever able to do for them"--
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tigerland: Just released from the base stockade, recruit Roland Bozz joins a platoon of young soldiers preparing to ship out to Vietnam. His independence and outright defiance draw fire from his own men as well as commanding officers. But when the platoon is sent to Tigerland, a hellish training ground, Bozz's leadership and loyalty bring his men together, triggering extraordinary consequences.
Hart's war: In a prison camp for American airmen in...
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