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Chastise : the Dambusters story 1943 / by Hastings, Max,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A brand new history of the Dambusters raid from best-selling and critically acclaimed military historian, Max Hastings. Operation Chastise, the destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams in northwest Germany by the RAF's 617 Squadron on the night of 16/17 May 1943, was an epic that has passed into Britain's national legend. Max Hastings grew up embracing the story, the classic 1955 movie and the memory of Guy Gibson, the 24-year-old wing-commander who led the raid. In the 21st Century, however, he urges that we should see the dambusters in much more complex shades. The aircrew's heroism was entirely real, as was the brilliance of Barnes Wallis, inventor of the ‘bouncing bombs'. But commanders who promised their young fliers that success could shorten the war fantasised as ruthlessly as they did about the entire bomber offensive. Some 1,400 civilians perished in the biblical floods that swept through the Mohne valley, more than half of them Russian and Polish women, slave labourers. Hastings vividly describes the evolution of Wallis' bomb, and of the squadron which broke the dams. But he also portrays in harrowing detail those swept away by the torrents. He argues that what modern Germans call the Mohnekatastrophe imposed on the Nazi war machine temporary disruption, rather than a crippling blow. Ironically, Air Marshal Sir Arthur ‘Bomber' Harris gained much of the public credit, though he bitterly opposed Chastise as a distraction from his city-burning blitz. Harris also made perhaps the operation's biggest mistake-- failure to launch a conventional attack on the huge post-raid repair operation which could have transformed the impact of the dam breaches on Ruhr industry. Here once again is a dramatic retake on familiar history by a master of the art. Hastings sets the Dams Raid in the big picture of the bomber offensive and of the Second World War, with moving portraits of the young airmen, so many of whom died; of Barnes Wallis; the monstrous Harris; the tragic Guy Gibson, together with superb narrative of the action of one of the most extraordinary episodes in British history.
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617; Dams; Operation Chastise, 1943.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Under the iron bridge / by Kacer, Kathy,1954-;
Its 1938 in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Paul is feeling pressured to join the Hitler Youth... Inspired by the true story of the Edelweiss Pirates, a group that declared Eternal War on the Hitler Youth, 'Under the Iron Bridge' is a tale of courage in the face of cruelty.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Edelweisspiraten (Resistance groups); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
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Pegasus : a novel / by Steel, Danielle.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Aristocracy (Social class); Circus; Fathers and sons; Lipizzaner horse; Man-woman relationships; Refugees; Widowers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Tom Clancy red winter / by Cameron, Marc,author.; Clancy, Tom,1947-2013,creator.;
"In this previously untold adventure, a young Jack Ryan goes behind the Iron Curtain to seek the truth about a potential Soviet defector in the most shocking entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Novels.; Ryan, Jack, Sr. (Fictitious character); United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Assassins; Intelligence officers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Tom Clancy red winter [sound recording] / by Cameron, Marc,author.; Brick, Scott,narrator.; Clancy, Tom,1947-2013,creator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Scott Brick."In this previously untold adventure, a young Jack Ryan goes behind the Iron Curtain to seek the truth about a potential Soviet defector in the most shocking entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Novels.; Spy fiction.; Ryan, Jack, Sr. (Fictitious character); United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Assassins; Intelligence officers;
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Tom Clancy red winter [text (large print)] / by Cameron, Marc,author.; Clancy, Tom,1947-2013,creator.;
"In this previously untold adventure, a young Jack Ryan goes behind the Iron Curtain to seek the truth about a potential Soviet defector in the most shocking entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large type books.; Spy fiction.; Novels.; Ryan, Jack, Sr. (Fictitious character); United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Assassins; Intelligence officers;
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Inheritance of secrets / by Bates, Sonya Spreen,1963-author.;
"Juliet's elderly grandparents are killed in their Adelaide home. Who would commit such a heinous crime - and why? The only clue is her grandfather Karl's missing signet ring. When Juliet's estranged sister, Lily, returns in fear for her life, Juliet suspects something far more sinister than a simple break-in gone wrong. Before Juliet can get any answers, Lily vanishes once more. Juliet only knew Karl Weiss as a loving grandfather, a German soldier who emigrated to Australia to build a new life. What was he hiding that could have led to his murder? While attempting to find out, Juliet uncovers some disturbing secrets from WWII that will put both her and her sister's lives in danger ..."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Family secrets; Germans; Grandparents; Murder; Sisters; World War, 1939-1945;
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17 carnations : the Royals, the Nazis, and the biggest cover-up in history / by Morton, Andrew,1953-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.; Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972;
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Max in the land of lies : a tale of World War II / by Gidwitz, Adam.;
Includes bibliographical references.Max Bretzfeld has become a British spy and is returning to Germany with two missions: to infiltrate the Funkhaus, the center of Nazi radio and propaganda; and to find his parents.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Fantasy fiction.; Spies; Jews; Spirits; World War, 1939-1945;
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Max in the house of spies : a tale of World War II / by Gidwitz, Adam.;
Includes bibliographical references."To find his way back home to his family in Germany during WWII, Max Bretzfeld, with a kobold named Berg on one shoulder and a dybbuk named Stein on the other, sets out to do the impossible--become a British spy"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Fantasy fiction.; Spies; Jews; Spirits; World War, 1939-1945;
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