History, Military, Wars & Conflicts, World War II
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Above the Pigsty
by Peter Van Essen
In 1943 Peter, a 21-year-old Dutch citizen, faces a choice: forced labour in Germany or go into hiding with the help of the resistance movement. After the war he faces another choice: remain in the Netherlands or emigrate from the war-torn...
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Intrepid's Last Secrets: Then and Now
History, Spies and Lies by Bill Macdonald
In this engrossing follow-up to The True Intrepid, author Bill Macdonald explores secrets only hinted at in that book. The WW II Macdonald explores secrets only hinted at in that book. The WW II Canadian spymaster William Stephenson - known...
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Reflecting on WWII, Manzanar, and the WRA
by Arthur L. Williams
Through autobiographical and historical information, Reflecting on WWII, Manzanar, and the WRA provides a broad overview of life in California both before and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, leading to the creation of the Manzanar War...
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Unseen Body Blows
The "Fighting LST 479" and its Seven Pacific Campaigns, 1943-1945 by William A. Gay
Between 1942 and 1945, 1,051 amphibious tank-landing ships were rapidly produced. These were anonymous vessels, slow and unwieldy, and in the words of one crewmember, they looked like bathtubs. At first, LSTs had a reputation of being expendable...
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The Professor and The Pilots
Letters Home from Wartime London by a Canadian Psychologist by Kathy Myers Krogh and Douglas Myers
This unique collection of letters offers a vivid glimpse of life in wartime London. C. Roger Myers, a young psychology professor at the University of Toronto, was appointed as advisor to the RAF on methods for pilot selection and training. His...
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The King's Shilling and Stalag V111B
by Anthony G. Parnell.
Born in London, England in 1922, Anthony Parnell's interest in aeroplanes took hold of his imagination at an early age. He became a plane spotter with his friend at Croydon Aerodrome. As his love grew, his dream was that one day he would fly....
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Witness
Voices and Choices by George Horak
George Horak shares adventures and experiences from every stage of his life: growing up in an austere Catholic family in the former Czechoslovakia, witnessing the destruction of World War II, rebelling against the communists and escaping to South...
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Write Soon and Often
The Life of a Bomber Pilot Through His Letters Home by Andy Thomson
Travelling through Europe in the summer of 1939, 17-year-old Donald Plaunt witnessed preparations for war in every country he visited. After he completed high school in 1941, Donald became part of that war when he enlisted in the RCAF and became...
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A Witness in Times of War and Peace
The story of Gerhard Hein, a Mennonite Pastor who served in the Wehrmacht During World War II by Wilfried Hein
A Witness in Times of War and Peace is a searing memoir that describes the struggles a Mennonite pastor experiences during the Second World War. Gerhard Hein is a practicing Mennonite when he is called up for duty, and he must reconcile his...
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Celestina
by J.D. Cosmano
This is the true story of Celestina, a courageous Italian woman. Raised by a stern adopted mother who forced her to marry a man she hardly knew, Celestina vowed to provide her future family with a good Christian upbringing. After her husband left...
