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Darkest hour : how Churchill brought England back from the brink / by McCarten, Anthony,1961-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.; World War, 1939-1945; Great Britain; Political leadership; Prime ministers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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D-Day Girls The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II [electronic resource] : by Rose, Sarah.aut; cloudLibrary;
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The dramatic, untold history of the heroic women recruited by Britain’s elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory in World War II “Gripping. Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains, courage, and treachery (lots of treachery)—and all of it true.”—Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was on the front lines. To “set Europe ablaze,” in the words of Winston Churchill, the Special Operations Executive  (SOE), whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharpshooting, was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women. Thirty-nine answered the call, leaving their lives and families to become saboteurs in France. In D-Day Girls, Sarah Rose draws on recently de­classified files, diaries, and oral histories to tell the thrilling story of three of these remarkable women. There’s Andrée Borrel, a scrappy and streetwise Parisian who blew up power lines with the Gestapo hot on her heels; Odette Sansom, an unhappily married suburban mother who saw the SOE as her ticket out of domestic life and into a meaningful adventure; and Lise de Baissac, a fiercely independent member of French colonial high society and the SOE’s unflap­pable “queen.” Together, they destroyed train lines, ambushed Nazis, plotted prison breaks, and gathered crucial intelligence—laying the groundwork for the D-Day invasion that proved to be the turning point in the war. Rigorously researched and written with razor-sharp wit, D-Day Girls is an inspiring story for our own moment of resistance: a reminder of what courage—and the energy of politically animated women—can accomplish when the stakes seem incalculably high. Praise for D-Day Girls “Rigorously researched . . . [a] thriller in the form of a non-fiction book.”—Refinery29 “Equal parts espionage-romance thriller and historical narrative, D-Day Girls traces the lives and secret activities of the 39 women who answered the call to infiltrate France. . . . While chronicling the James Bond-worthy missions and love affairs of these women, Rose vividly captures the broken landscape of war.”—The Washington Post “Gripping history . . . thoroughly researched and written as smoothly as a good thriller, this is a mesmerizing story of creativity, perseverance, and astonishing heroism.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Subjects: Electronic books.; Women; World War II; Intelligence & Espionage;
© 2019., Crown,
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American midnight : the Great War, a violent peace, and democracy's forgotten crisis / by Hochschild, Adam,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A character-driven look at a pivotal period in American history, 1917-1920: the tumultuous home front during WWI and its aftermath, when violence broke out across the country thanks to the first Red Scare, labor strife, and immigration battles"--
Subjects: Labor movement; Political violence; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hitler : downfall, 1939-1945 / by Ullrich, Volker,author.; Chase, Jefferson S.,translator.; translation of:Ullrich, Volker.Adolf Hitler: die Jahre des Untergangs 1939-1945.English.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-809) and index."From the author of Hitler: ascent, 1889-1939, [an] ... account of the dictator's final years, when he got the war he wanted but his leadership led to catastrophe for his nation, the world, and himself"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Heads of state; National socialism.; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Black code [videorecording] / by De Pencier, Nick,producer,film director.; Deibert, Ronald,on-screen participant.; Music Box Films,film distributor.;
Featuring Ronald Deibert.Where big data meets big brother -- The story of how governments manipulate the internet to censor and monitor their citizens, and how those citizens are fighting back. This battle for control of cyberspace will challenge our ideas of privacy, citizenship and democracy to the very core. Examines the global impact that the Internet has had on free speech and privacy, and how activists have responded to various governments' control and manipulation of information across the world.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Civil rights.; Freedom of speech.; Internet; Internet; Internet; Cyberspace.; Privacy.; World Wide Web.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Les Parisiennes : how the women of Paris lived, loved, and died under Nazi occupation / by Sebba, Anne,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Paris (France); Women; Women; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hitler's girl : the British aristocracy and the Third Reich on the eve of WWII / by Young, Lauren E.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.This alternative history of 1930s Britain examines how fascist sympathizers in the aristocracy nearly helped authoritarianism take hold in Great Britain as it did in Italy and Germany, through secret organizations like the Right Club.
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Mitford, Unity, 1914-1948.; Aristocracy (Social class); Aristocracy (Social class); Fascism; National socialism; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Book and Dagger How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II [electronic resource] : by Graham, Elyse.aut; cloudLibrary;
The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war At the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today’s CIA, was quickly formed—and, in an effort to fill its ranks with experts, the OSS turned to academia for recruits. Suddenly, literature professors, librarians, and historians were training to perform undercover operations and investigative work—and these surprising spies would go on to profoundly shape both the course of the war and our cultural institutions with their efforts. In Book and Dagger, Elyse Graham draws on personal histories, letters, and declassified OSS files to tell the story of a small but connected group of humanities scholars turned spies. Among them are Joseph Curtiss, a literature professor who hunted down German spies and turned them into double agents; Sherman Kent, a smart-mouthed history professor who rose to become the head of analysis for all of Europe and Africa; and Adele Kibre, an archivist who was sent to Stockholm to secretly acquire documents for the OSS. These unforgettable characters would ultimately help lay the foundations of modern intelligence and transform American higher education when they returned after the war. Thrillingly paced and rigorously researched, Book and Dagger is an inspiring and gripping true story about a group of academics who helped beat the Nazis—a tale that reveals the indelible power of the humanities to change the world.
Subjects: Electronic books.; 20th Century; Historical; World War II; Intelligence & Espionage; Germany;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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A nation is born : World War I and independence, 1910-1929 / by Nelson, Sheila.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 82), Internet addresses (p. 83) and index.Explains how Canada's identity and independence strengthened as a result of its successful battlefield victories during World War I.
Subjects: Nationalism; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2006., Mason Crest Publishers,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Anthropoid [videorecording] / by Ellis, Sean,1970-screenwriter,film director,film producer,director of photography.; Dornan, Jamie,1982-actor.; Geislerová, Aňa,1976-actor.; Jones, Toby,1967-actor.; Lebon, Charlotte,actor.; Lloyd, Harry,1983-actor.; Murphy, Cillian,1976-actor.; Bleecker Street Films (Firm),presenter.; LD Entertainment,presenter,production company.; Elevation Pictures,publisher,film distributor.;
Cinematographer, Sean Ellis ; film editor, Richard Mettler ; music, Robin Foster.Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte le Bon, Anna Geislerová, Harry Lloyd, Toby Jones.Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the code name for the secret Czechoslovakian mission to assassinate Nazi SS officer Reinhard Heydrich. Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution to the Jewish question, was the Reich's third in command and the leader of Nazi forces in Czechoslovakia.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; widescreen presentation (2.35:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Gabčík, Josef, 1912-1942; Heydrich, Reinhard, 1904-1942; Kubiš, Jan, 1913-1942; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel; Nazis; Operation Anthropoid, 1942; World War, 1939-1945;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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