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Battle for the North Atlantic : the strategic Naval campaign that Won World II in Europe / by Bruning, John R.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;
© 2013., MBI Pub.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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We were freedom : Canadian stories of the Second World War : a project of the Historica-Dominion Institute / by Cohen, Andrew,1955-; Cook, Tim,1971-; MacDonell, George S.; Historica-Dominion Institute.;
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;
© c2010., Key Porter Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Stella Bain : a novel / by Shreve, Anita.;
"An epic story, set against the backdrop of World War I, from bestselling author Anita Shreve. When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in. A gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his houseguest. Stella had been working as a nurse's aide near the front, but she can't remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield. In a narrative that takes us from London to America and back again, Shreve has created an engrossing and wrenching tale about love and the meaning of memory, set against the haunting backdrop of a war that destroyed an entire generation."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War neuroses; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All the lights above us : a novel inspired by the women of D-Day / by Henry, M. B.,author.;
Across Europe, on what history will call D-Day, five unforgettable women from all walks of life strive to survive the most terrifying night of their lives. June 6, 1944. Allied forces hit the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Among the countless lives shattered are those of five spirited women with starkly different lives. As the war reaches its tipping point, each of the women fight for the survival of themselves, their countries, and their way of life during one of the most pivotal days in history. American expatriate Mildred, better known as Axis Sally, has a thriving career as a Nazi radio propagandist, but her conscience haunts her. Meanwhile, across the English Channel, young medical volunteer Theda is pushed to her limit as shiploads of casualties dock in Portsmouth. Closer to the front, intrepid Flora aids the French resistance, while she seeks out her vanished parents. Iron-willed Emilia has climbed the Gestapo ranks, but she is now bent on betraying them. Finally, dignified Adelaide's faith is shaken when she is forced to quarter German soldiers. Now, during the most perilous twenty-four hours of their lives, all five women must summon courage they never knew they had, as they confront the physical dangers of war, alongside treacherous family secrets, heartbreak, and the ability to trust themselves. For these women, their inner strength is their only hope. But is it enough? How far can one person go for the things they believe in?
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The light of days : the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos / by Batalion, Judith,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."One of the most important untold stories of World War I.I. The light of days is a soaring landmark history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who helped weaponize Poland's Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis. Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland--some still in their teens--became the nerves of a wide-ranging resistance network that fought the Nazis"--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Personal narratives.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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War at the margins : Indigenous experiences in World War II / by Poyer, Lin,1953-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-306) and index."War at the Margins offers a broad comparative view of the impact of World War II on Indigenous societies. Using historical and ethnographic sources, Lin Poyer examines how Indigenous communities emerged from the trauma of the wartime era with social forms and cultural ideas that laid the foundations for their twenty-first century emergence as players on the world's political stage. With a focus on Indigenous voices and agency, a global overview reveals the enormous range of wartime activities and impacts on these groups, connecting this work with comparative history, Indigenous studies, and anthropology. The distinctiveness of Indigenous peoples offers a valuable perspective on World War II, as those on the margins of Allied and Axis empires and nation-states were drawn in as soldiers, scouts, guides, laborers, and victims. Questions of loyalty and citizenship shaped Indigenous combat roles-from integration in national armies to service in separate ethnic units to unofficial use of their special skills, where local knowledge tilted the balance in military outcomes. Front lines crossed Indigenous territory most consequentially in northern Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands, but the impacts of war go well beyond combat. Like others around the world, Indigenous civilian men and women suffered bombing and invasion, displacement, forced labor, military occupation, and economic and social disruption. Infrastructure construction and demand for key resources affected even areas far from front lines. World War II dissolved empires and laid the foundation for the postcolonial world. Indigenous people in newly independent nations struggled for autonomy, while other veterans returned to home fronts still steeped in racism. National governments saw military service as evidence that Indigenous peoples wished to assimilate, but wartime experiences confirmed many communities' commitment to their home cultures and opened new avenues for activism. By century's end, Indigenous Rights became an international political force, offering alternative visions of how the global order might make room for greater local self-determination and cultural diversity. In examining this transformative era, War at the Margins adds an important contribution to both World War II history and to the development of global Indigenous identity"--
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Who's who in WWII / by Hawes, Alison,1952-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31), Internet addresses, and index.LSC
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;
© c2011., Crabtree Pub. Co.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The diary keepers : World War II in the Netherlands, as written by the people who lived through it / by Siegal, Nina,1969-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Based on select writings from a collection of more than two thousand Dutch diaries written during World War II in order to record this unparalleled time, and maintained by devoted archivists. The Diary Keepers illuminates a part of history we haven't seen in quite this way before, from the stories of a Nazi sympathizing police officer to a Jewish journalist who documented daily activities at a transport camp"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Diaries.; Personal narratives.; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Winter of the world / by Follett, Ken.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Twentieth century; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2012., Dutton,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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On to victory : the Canadian liberation of the Netherlands, March 23 - May 5, 1945 / by Zuehlke, Mark.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Canada. Canadian Army; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© 2010., Douglas & McIntyre,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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