world war, 1939-1945

World War II resistance fighter Pearl Witherington Cornioley describes her experiences as a special agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE).

Presents primary source documents and explanatory text that covers the rise of America, as a world power, from 1920 until 1945.

Contains twenty-six accounts of women who performed heroic feats in World War II as members of the Resistance, couriers, spies, and in other roles.

"It's 1945, and Lorna Anderson's life on her father's farm in Scotland consists of endless chores and rationing, knitting Red Cross scarves, and praying for an Allied victory. So when Paul Vogel, a German prisoner of war, is assigned as the new farmhand, Lorna is appalled. How can she possibly work alongside the enemy when her own brothers are risking their lives for their country? But as Lorna reluctantly spends time with Paul, she feels herself changing. The more she learns about him--from his time in the war to his life back home in Germany--the more she sees the boy behind the soldier. Soon Lorna is battling her own warring heart. Loving Paul could mean losing her family and the life she's always known. With tensions rising all around them, Lorna must decide how much she's willing to sacrifice before the end of the war determines their fate"--Amazon.

"To say Virginia 'Dindy' Hall was ambitious would be an understatement. She was that girl at your high school who makes everyone else look like a slacker, no matter how hard they're working. But how many of them can say they've been on Nazi Germany's Most Wanted list? At a time when most women were expected to becomes wives and mothers, Virginia craved adventure. And with the world gearing up for a second World War, this fearless woman knew that she had to find a way to get involved. When the State Department proved to be a sexist boy's club that wouldn't allow her in, she went to England to join their Special Operations unit, which was more than happy to hire this talented, brilliant woman. Even after a terrible accident left her needing a wooden leg, she remained undeterred. Soon Virginia became an essential part of the Allied mission and the French Resistance, earning the dangerous honor of being named 'the most dangerous of all Allied spies' by the Gestapo"--Provided by publisher.

Combines eyewitness accounts, forensic data scanning, and three-dimensional computer modeling to examine the invasion of Normandy, focusing on how the odds of victory were determined by a five hour period on a five mile stretch of Omaha Beach.

When Pearl Harbor was caught by surprise on December 7, 1941, every soldier, sailor and marine at the base rallied to resist the attack. From the field where a whole air force died to the details of the Nevada's run for the sea, survivors recall the cost borne by departed comrades.

A nightclub owner in World War II Morocco remains aloof from the intrigue going on around him until a former lover shows up to ask that he help her husband escape from the Nazis.

An in-depth look at World War II as revealed through the experiences of those who lived through it and archival footage.

Describes how the Czech opera-choral conducter Raphael Scha?chtter taught Verdi's "Requiem" to 150 fellow prisoners in Theresienstadt and chronicles conductor Murry Sidlin's journey to bring "Requiem" back to Terezi?n six decades later.