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Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 156 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The German blunder at Dunkirk: Hitler's 1940 Blizkrieg upon Europe drove the British Expeditionary Force into the sea at Dunkirk, but his reckless plan of attack turned his chance to destroy the British into history's greatest escape.
Hitler's declaration of war on the U.S.: Evan with Hitler's forces ravaging Europe, America hesitated to join the fight against him. All that changed, however, with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and a foolish...
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 156 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Japan's mistakes at Midway: On June 4, 1942, the fanatical and efficient Japanese war machine wanted to finish off the U.S. Pacific Fleet, but their blind arrogance and underestimation of American willpower led them to disaster instead.
The failure of the Kamikaze: Steeped in the ancient code of the Samurai, Kamikaze forces on land, sea, and air sacrificed themselves in battle in a desperate bid for victory that spelled ultimate doom for the Japanese...
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The greatest conflict: From the German Blitzkrieg to the Allies' bloody battle for Berlin, experience a breathtaking overview of the savage global fighting that marked the war.
North Africa ... The desert war: This riveting account details the German attack on Kasserine Pass, where the British 1st Army and untested American troops faced the full force of Germany's seasoned Africa Corps.
The beachhead at Anzio: Follow the story of the Allied landing,...
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Series
Publisher
Kennebec Large Print
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
525 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In November 1942 the Allies are poised to liberate Algeria from the Vichy French regime, a client state of Nazi Germany. This is is hoped, will squeeze Rommel's Afirka Korps between two forces and sweep him from North Africa. But no one knows whether the French will greet the Americans as friends or foes. Based on family connections rather than experience, Billy Boyle, a young Irish-American cop from Boston, has become General Dwight D. Eisenhower's...
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Series
Publisher
Regnery Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xiv, 256 pages, [18] pages of plates ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines one of the enigmas of WWII, the fate of the submarine USS Grunion that vanished without a trace in 1942 carrying a crew of 70 men and the Navy's new top-secret MK 14 torpedoes
7) Fury
Series
Language
English
Description
Fury: April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
The Monuments men: An unlikely World War II platoon...
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