world war ii

Presents an introduction to special operations forces that fought during World War II.

Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage unttil time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland.

"An allegorical tale about Nazi occupied Poland in which a town's residents are forced to turn over their musical instruments. A young student rescues the hurdy-gurdy of her teacher, who has presumably befallen a terrible fate, and later, a young boy finds the instrument and intends to pass it--and the importance of remembering--on to his future grandchildren"--Provided by publisher.

World War II fighter pilot Eric Carter was one of the members of a secret mission code-named "Force Benedict". The men in this mission were dispatched to defend Murmansk, Russia's only port not under Nazi occupation. If Murmansk fell, Soviet resistance against the Nazis would be difficult to sustain and Hitler would then be able to turn all his forces on Britain. Many members of the mission thought they would never survive, but they did, and were threatened with court martial if they talked about where they had been. Seventy years later, Eric Carter tells of his experiences in Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic Circle.

The author was the only writer authorized by the Nazi party to write a biography of Adolf Hitler for the English-speaking world. The result was a 1938 publication. This 2014 edition has a new introduction by historian Bob Carruthers, and is based on the same interviews and information in the 1938 book.

It's 1939 in Germany and for young Georg life is full of cream cakes, school, and loving parents. But all of that is about to change. Although Georg has been told he has the "perfect Aryan-shaped head", perhaps inherited from his German mother, his father, An English academic professor living in Germany, has Jewish ancestors. When a university graduation ceremony turns into a pro-Nazi demonstration and Jewish students, Georg's father,and others are killed, Georg is smuggled out of Germany to London in a suitcase, and then to Australia. He must forget that he is German, with Jewish ancestors, in order to survive.

Recalls the ill-fated voyage of the St. Louis and it's Jewish passengers as they were attempting to flee Nazi Germany and the author's own journey of remembrance and hope to honor his grandfather seventy years later.

In graphic novel format, relates the events of the Battle of the Bulge, in which the forces of Nazi Germany were unable to stop the Allied advance into their homeland, and discusses the military strategies employed by each side.

In 1943, a group of brave Danish and Norwegian hunters carried out one of the more dramatic operations of World War II. Their mission was to patrol a section of the Greenland coast and to guard against any of the enemy coming ashore. It seemed an unlikely scenario, given the cruel climate. But one day a footprint was spotted on desolate Sabine Island, along with other enemy signs. Not expecting the find this trouble, Sledge Patrol members fled to the nearest hunting hut, only to be pursued by the Germans. In the dead of the Arctic night, the men escaped capture at the last instant and without their coats or sled dogs, walked fifty-six miles to get back to their base.