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The Longest Day
Cornelius Ryan
This is the classic story of the invasion of
Normandy, and a book that endures as a masterpiece of living
history. A compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and
tragedy, The Longest Day painstakingly recreates the
fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion
of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would
turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the
grip of Nazi Germany.
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Band
of Brothers
Stephen E. Ambrose
"As good a rifle company as any in the world,
Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting
the tough assignements - responsible for everything from parachuting
into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's
Nest at Berchtesgaden. In Band of Brothers, Ambrose tells of
the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and
died, a company that took 150 percent casualties and considered
the Purple Heart a badge of office."
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Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of
Paris
John Keegan
On D-Day, 1944, the armies of six nations converged
on the beaches of France and began the final dramatic chapter
of WW II. The Americans, British, Canadians, Poles, Free French
and Germans each had specific goals. Politics shaped many military
considerations; where one began and the other ended was often
unclear.
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Dawn of D-Day: These Men Were There, 6 June 1944
David Armine Howarth
The power and the glory of the D-Day landings
as recounted by the men who fought their way ashore. A tale
told by a master of prose, this account is among the best you'll
ever read of the greatest amphibious invasion ever.
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The History of World War II
Eddy Bauer
The History of World War II describes in depth
the events and participants of the major war of the twentieth
century, a war that saw almost fifty million soldiers and civilians
die, and dwarfed its predecessor of 1914-18 in terms of the
misery and destruction it caused for mankind. The book explores
every major event and action of the war.
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Semper Fi, Mac: Living Memories of the U.S. Marines in
WWII
Henry Berry
Semper Fi, Mac brings to life the Marines of
World War II - the tough, battle-trained troops who stormed
the beaches of Bouganville, Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa
- in some of the bitterest and bloodiest fighting of the war.
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