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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M Edsel Publisher Comments At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Manstein: Hitler's Greatest General by Mungo Melvin Publisher Comments Among students of military history, the genius of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein (1887-1973) is respected perhaps more than that of any other World War II soldier. He displayed his strategic brilliance in such campaigns as the invasion of Poland, the... (read more) Your price: $37.50 New - Hardcover
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With Wings Like Eagles: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda Publisher Comments In the summer of 1940, fewer than three thousand young fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force stood between Hitler and the victory that seemed almost within his grasp. In this superb history of three epic months that saved the world, Michael Korda... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Military Vehicles in Detail #1: Hanomag SDKFZ II by Terry J Gander Publisher Comments Examines the history of this controversial project to build an ultra-long-range, four-engined aircraft capable of bombing the USA from airfields in Germany. Originally mooted in 1939, Messerschmitt's personal influence was such that he was given the go... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation by Charles Glass Publisher Comments An unforgettable portrait of the diverse American community in Paris during the occupation. From the spring of 1940 to liberation in the summer of 1944, Americans in Paris recounts tales of adventure, intrigue, passion, deceit, and survival under the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen Ambrose Publisher Comments As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments -- responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope (Stackpole Military History) by John Manrho Synopsis Definitive account of the last great Luftwaffe attack of World War II Gripping stories of Fw 190s and Bf 109s in combat Contains hundreds of eyewitness accounts and rare photos In the early morning of January 1, 1945, as the Battle of the Bulge smoldered... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Emotional Gauntlet From Life in Peacetime America To the War in European Skies by Stuart J Wright Publisher Comments Skillfully researched and written to describe the terror and comaraderie of a US bomber crews operational tour in WWII.... (read more) Your price: $17.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941-1945 by Leo Marks Publisher Comments In 1942, with a black-market chicken tucked under his arm by his mother, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight the war. He was twenty-two. Soon recognized as a cryptographer of genius, he became head... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Pegasus Bridge by Stephen E Ambrose Publisher Comments In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by David Armin Howarth Publisher Comments “A book that I absolutely could not put down . . . and one that I will never forget.” —Stephen E. Ambrose “One of the great escape stories of our time.” —Chicago Sun-Times “We Die Alone is a spine... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman Staff Pick Ackerman's bestselling books, including A Natural History of the Senses and An Alchemy of Mind, are illuminating windows into the human condition, and are distinguished not only by Ackerman's graceful and exuberant prose but by her inclusion of her own... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds by Robin Olds Publisher Comments Robin Olds was many things to many people. To his West Point football coach he was an All American destined for the National College Football Hall of Fame. To his P-38 and P-51 wartime squadrons in WWII he was the aggressive fighter pilot who made... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre Publisher Comments “Ben Macintyres rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus- spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh.” —William Grimes, The New York Times A New York Times Notable Book of the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Call of Duty: My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers by Lynn Compton Publisher Comments The national bestselling World War II memoir with a foreword by John McCain. As part of the elite 101st Airborne paratroopers, Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton fought in critical battles of World War II as a member of Easy Company, immortalized as the Band of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Blitzkrieg Unleashed: The German Invasion of Poland (Stackpole Military History) by Richard Hargreaves Synopsis On-the-ground account of the opening campaign of World War II Told from the perspective of the Germans who conquered Poland Based on letters, diaries, official documents, histories, and newspapers At dawn on September 1, 1939, the Germans launched their... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Twelve Desperate Miles: The Epic WWII Voyage of the SS Contessa by Tim Brady Publisher Comments The Dirty Dozen meets Band of Brothers in this true story of how a rusty old New Orleans banana boat staffed with an unlikely crew of international merchant seamen, a gang of inmates from a local jail, and a French harbor pilot... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge by Charles B Macdonald Publisher Comments On December 16, 1944, the vanguard of three German armies, totaling half a million men, attacked U.S. forces in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg, achieveing what had been considered impossible -- total surprise. In the most abysmal failure... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 by Max Hastings Publisher Comments Armageddon is the epic story of the last eight months of World War II in Europe by Max Hastings–one of Britains most highly regarded military historians, whose accounts of past battles John Keegan has described as worthy “to stand with that... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 by Rick Atkinson Publisher Comments A triumph of narrative history, elegantly written, thick with unforgettable description and rooted in the sight and sounds of battle.--The New York Times In An Army at Dawn--winner of the Pulitzer Prize--Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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