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On the highways of the skies

the 8th Air Force in World War II
2008

WW2 Victory in Europe Experience

from D-day to the destruction of the Third Reich
1994

Biggest brother

the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the band of brothers
2005
Chronicles the life of Major Dick Winters, focusing on the courage and loyalty to the other members of his fighting unit during World War II that led him to become one of history's greatest war heroes.

War as I knew it

1995
A 1947 memoir in which American General George S. Patton, Jr., recounts his experiences of battle, and shares excerpts from his diaries, in which he recorded details of the U.S. armed forces campaign across Western Europe during World War II.

Soldiering for freedom

a GI's account of World War II
2005
The author presents a collection of letters he wrote home during during World War Two, and recalls his experience in basic training and in Europe, as part of the American occupation force in Germany, of witnessing the Nuremburg trials, and much more.

Beyond band of brothers

2006
A war-time memoir of Major Dick Winters, who assumed command of Easy Company, known as the "Band of Brothers, " when they parachuted into France on D-Day, and describes their trek across Europe, the Battle of the Bulge, liberation of concentration camps, and capture of Hitler's alpine retreat.

The hundred days offensive

the Allies' push to win World War I
2009
Chronicles the Allied offensive against the German army near Amiens, France, in 1918 that led to the end of World War I.

The battlefields of the First World War

the unseen panoramas of the Western Front
2005
A comprehensive study of the battlefields of World War I that includes two CD-ROMs with full panoramic photographs of the Western Front along with recollections of the soldiers who fought there.

Trench

a history of trench warfare on the Western front
2010
Describes trench warfare tactics used on the Western front during World War I, featuring photographs and first-hand accounts, and discussing the different types of trenches, how they were constructed and fortified, and the weapons and strategies used to defend them.

A company of heroes

personal memories about the real band of brothers and the legacy they left us
2010
Based upon the notes, journals, letters, photographs, and interviews of veterans and survivors of Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division of World War II, the author reveals the untold stories about the real Band of Brothers.

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