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2024 International Conference on WWII

2024 International Conference on WWII

The International Conference on World War II is the premier adult educational event bringing together the best and brightest scholars, authors, historians, and witnesses to history from around the globe to discuss key battles, personalities, strategies, issues, and controversies of the war that changed the world. Joining the featured speakers are hundreds of attendees who travel from all over the world to learn and connect with each other through engaging discussions, question-and-answer periods, book signings, and receptions throughout the weekend.

  • A Different Shade of Justice - PB A Different Shade of Justice - PB

    A Different Shade of Justice - PB

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    A Different Shade of Justice: Asian American Civil Rights in the South by Stephanie HinnershitzPaperback296 pages2020 In the Jim Crow South, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and, later, Vietnamese and Indian Americans faced obstacles similar to those...
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    A War To Be Won PB

    A War To Be Won PB

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    A War To Be Won: Fighting the Second World War by Williamson Murray and Allan Millett Paperback736 Pages In the course of the twentieth century, no war looms as profoundly transformative or as destructive as World War II. Its global scope and human toll...
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  • American Caesars PB-Signed Copy

    American Caesars PB-Signed Copy

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    American Caesars: Lives of the US Presidents - from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush Nigel Hamilton Paperback 576 Pages 2011 Eminent biographer Nigel Hamilton offers a group biography of the twelve caesars of our time: the American...
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  • Between Giants PB-Signed Copy

    Between Giants PB-Signed Copy

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    Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II By Prit Buttar Paperback 400 Pages March 20,2015 From an expert on the Eastern Front of World War II, this book chronicles the cataclysmic experience of the region that includes modern-day...
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  • Beyond Valor

    Beyond Valor - PB- Signed Copy

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    Beyond Valor: World War II's Ranger and Airborne Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combatby Patrick O'DonnellPaperback384 Pages2001 Members of the Ranger and Airborne troops from World War II tell their own action-packed stories of dropping behind enemy...
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  • Black Snow, Hardcover

    Black Snow, Hardcover

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    Black Snow - Curtis LeMay, and the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bombby James ScottHardcover432 PagesSeptember 2022 “Black Snow brilliantly vivifies the horrific reality of the most destructive air attack in history, against...
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  • Commander in Chief PB-Signed Copy

    Commander in Chief PB-Signed Copy

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    Commander in Cheif: FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943 (FDR at War, 2) by Nigel HamiltonPaperback496 PagesMay 2017 From Nigel Hamilton's acclaimed World War II saga, the astonishing story of FDR's yearlong, defining battle with Churchill in 1943, as the...
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  • Crucible of Hell PB-Signed Copy

    Crucible of Hell PB-Signed Copy

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    Crucible of Hellby Saul DavidPaperback488 Pages2021 With Allied forces sweeping across Europe and into Germany in the spring of 1945, one enormous challenge threatened to derail America's audacious drive to win the world back from the Nazis: Japan, the...
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  • D-Day 1944 HC

    D-Day 1944 HC-Signed Copy

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    D-Day 1944: The Making of Victory Anthony Tucker-Jones Hardcover 304 Pages 2019 Two years earlier the Dieppe Raid had ended in disaster – despite their meticulous planning the Allies feared Operation Overlord might go the same way. Instead D-Day...
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  • front cover image of Dauntless by author Rob Citino

    Dauntless - Hardcover-Signed Copy

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    Dauntless: Paul Hilliard in WWII and a Transformed America by Rob Citino with Ken Stickney and Lori OshsnerHardcover200 PagesDecember 2023 Dauntless is the story of Clayton Paul Hilliard, a poor farm boy from Wisconsin who enlisted in the US Marine...
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  • Deadly Sky - PB- Signed Copy

    Deadly Sky - PB- Signed Copy

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    Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II by John C. McManusPaperback476 Pages2016 This insightful chronicle takes readers inside the experiences of America’s fighter pilots and bomber crews, an incredible assortment of men who, in...
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  • Devil Dog PB- Signed Copy

    Devil Dog PB- Signed Copy

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    Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines: From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan By Saul David Paperback 624 Pages 2023 The “Devil Dogs” of King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines—part of the legendary 1st Marine...
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  • Dog Company PB- Signed Copy Dog Company PB- Signed Copy

    Dog Company PB- Signed Copy

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    Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe Patrick K. O'Donnell Paperback 305 Pages 2013 An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the...
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  • Downfall - PB

    Downfall - PB

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    Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire By: Richard B. FrankPaperback496 Pages Downfall is an analysis of the last months of the Pacific War and the unfolding of the American air campaign over Japan. The story opens with a searing description...
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  • Dutch Girl PB

    Dutch Girl PB

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    Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II  By Robert Matzen Paperback 404 pages Uncover the hidden history of Audrey Hepburn's harrowing experiences during World War II in Dutch Girl by Robert Matzen. This gripping biography details...
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  • Everything We Have - Signed Copy

    Everything We Have - Signed Copy

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    Everything We HaveDr. Gordon H. "Nick" MuellerHardcover256 Pages2019 June 6, 1944 will be a day forever remembered as the largest naval, air, and land operation in history: D-Day. An estimated 160,000 troops landed by sea and air, with nearly 20,000...
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  • Fire and Fortitude PB-Signed Copy

    Fire and Fortitude PB-Signed Copy

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    Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 By: John C. McManusPaperbackAugust 2020640 Pages WINNER OF THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORYAn engrossing, epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War, from the acclaimed author...
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  • Fireball PB-Signed Copy

    Fireball PB-Signed Copy

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    Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 By Robert Matzen Paperback 432 Pages 2017 This fresh look at Hollywood's "Queen of Screwball," Carole Lombard, presents a first-ever examination of the events that led to the shocking flight...
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  • For the Common Defense - PB

    For the Common Defense - PB

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    For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America By: Allan R. Millett and Peter MaslowskiPaperback720 Pages Called "the preeminent survey of American military history" by Russell F. Weigley, America's foremost military...
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  • Grunts -PB- Signed Copy

    Grunts -PB- Signed Copy

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    Grunts: Inside the American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II Through Iraq By: John C. McManusPaperback528 Pages John C. McManus covers six decades of warfare in which the courage of American troops proved the crucial difference between victory...
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  • Guadalcanal PB

    Guadalcanal PB

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    Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle By: Richard B. FrankPaperback816 Pages A history of the battle at Guadalcanal draws on first-time translations of official Japanese defense accounts and declassified U.S. radio intelligence to...
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  • Hell to Pay PB- Signed Copy

    Hell to Pay PB- Signed Copy

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    Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 By D.M. Giangrgeco Paperback 584 pages November 15, 2020 Hell to Pay by D.M. Giangreco offers an exhaustive analysis of Operation Downfall, the planned but never-executed Allied...
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  • Hero City HC-Signed Copy

    Hero City HC-Signed Copy

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    Hero City: Leningrad 1943–44 By Prit Buttar Hardcover 464 pages September 10, 2024 One of the greatest ever sieges is masterfully brought to life by a leading expert on the Eastern Front.At the height of World War II the people of Leningrad endured...
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  • Hitler's Armed SS HC-Signed Copy

    Hitler's Armed SS HC-Signed Copy

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    Hitler's Armed SS: The Waffen-SS at War, 1939–1945 By Anthony Tucker-Jones Hardcover 240 pages The Waffen-SS was one of the most formidable German military formations of the Second World War – feared for its tenacity and ruthlessness in...
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  • Hitler's Panzers HC-Signed Copy

    Hitler's Panzers HC-Signed Copy

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    Hitler's Panzers: The Complete History 1933–1945 By Anthony Tucker Jones Hardcover 229 pages Anthony Tucker-Jones traces the evolution of the panzers from their modest beginnings to the most powerful German tanks used in World War II.Often it is...
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  • Hitler's Winter HC-Signed Copy

    Hitler's Winter HC-Signed Copy

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    Hitler’s Winter: The German Battle of the Bulge By Anthony Tucker-Jones Hardcover 320 pages The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive in the West. Launched in the depths of winter to neutralize the overwhelming Allied air...
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  • Island Infernos - HC-Signed Copy

    Island Infernos - HC-Signed Copy

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    Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944 by John C. McManusHardback656 pages2021 In Fire and Fortitude—winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History—John C. McManus presented a riveting account of the US Army's...
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  • Japanese Combined Fleet 1942-43 PB

    Japanese Combined Fleet 1942-43 PB

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    Japanese Combined Fleet 1942–43: Guadalcanal to the Solomons Campaign By Mark E. Stille Paperback 80 pages A superbly illustrated account of the Japanese Navy during the fierce battles of Guadalcanal and the Solomons, explaining how and why it...
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    Leyte Gulf HC

    Leyte Gulf HC

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    Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle By Mark E Stille Hardcover 320 pages A fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the entire...
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  • Meat Grinder HC-Signed Copy

    Meat Grinder HC-Signed Copy

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    Meat Grinder: The Battles for the Rzhev Salient, 1942–43 By Prit Buttar Hardcover 464 pages October 25, 2022 An engrossing history of the desperate battles for the Rzhev Salient, a forgotten story brought to life by the harrowing memoirs of German...
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  • Mission HC

    Mission HC

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    Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe Robert Matzen Hardcover 400 Pages 2016 In March 1941, Jimmy Stewart, America’s boy next door and recent Academy Award winner, left fame and fortune behind and joined the United States Army Air Corps...
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  • On A Knife's Edge PB

    On A Knife's Edge PB

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    On a Knife's Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943 By Prit Buttar Paperback 464 pages From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, this is the engrossing story of the German resurgence after the battle of Stalingrad. Containing...
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  • Rampage, HC - Signed Copy

    Rampage, HC - Signed Copy

    L883.12
    Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila by James M. ScottHardcover640 Pages2018 The definitive history of one of the most brutal campaigns of the war in the Pacific. Before World War II, Manila was a slice of America in Asia, populated...
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  • September Hope - PB-Signed Copy

    September Hope - PB-Signed Copy

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    September Hope: The American Side of a Bridge Too Far By: John C. McManus Paperback512 Pages2013 Acclaimed historian John C. McManus explores World War II's most ambitious invasion, Operation Market Garden, an immense, daring offensive to defeat Nazi...
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  • Shattered Sword - PB- Signed Copy

    Shattered Sword - PB- Signed Copy

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    Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of MidwayBy: Jonathan Parshall, Anthony TullyPaperback640 Pages Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is, without question, one of the most famous battles in...
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  • Sky Warriors HC- Signed Copy

    Sky Warriors HC- Signed Copy

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    Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces In The Second World War By Saul David Hardcover 576 pages 2024 From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War. Sky Warriors tells the...
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  • Strategy in Crisis HC-Signed Copy

    Strategy in Crisis HC-Signed Copy

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    Strategy in Crisis: The Pacific War, 1937-1945 By John KuehnHardcover240 Pages2023 The Pacific War (1937-1945) remains a crucial topic for strategic discussion, especially as Japan's push for a broader conflict in 1941 still fascinates historians. That...
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  • Target Tokyo HC-Signed Copy

    Target Tokyo HC-Signed Copy

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    Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolitte and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor By: James M. ScottHardcover672 Pages2015 In December 1941, as American forces tallied the dead at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gathered with his senior military counselors...
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  • Targeted Beirut HC-Signed Copy

    Targeted Beirut HC-Signed Copy

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    Targeted: Beirut: The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror By James Scott and Jack Carr Hardcover 464 Pages 2024 The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that...
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  • The Brenner Assignment PB

    The Brenner Assignment PB

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    The Brenner Assignment: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Spy Mission of World War II By Patrick O'Donnell Paperback 320 pages 2009 An impossible missionBehind enemy linesThe never-before-told true story of a small team of American saboteurs with...
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  • The Mantle of Command PB-Signed Copy

    The Mantle of Command PB-Signed Copy

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    The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942 Nigel Hamilton Paperback 544 Pages 2014 Based on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving aides and Roosevelt family members, Nigel Hamilton offers a definitive account of FDR’s...
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  • The Reckoning PB-Signed Copy

    The Reckoning PB-Signed Copy

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    The Reckoning: The Defeat of Army Group South, 1944 By Prit Buttar Paperback 496 pages This book tells the detailed and engrossing account of the fighting in Ukraine in 1944, making use of the extensive memoirs of German and Russian soldiers...
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  • The War Below PB

    The War Below PB - Signed Copy

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    The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines that Battled Japan James ScottPaperback448 Pages2013 This is the riveting story of the heroic and tragic US submarine force that helped win World War II in the Pacific. Focusing on the unique stories of three...
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  • The War for Korea 1950 to 1951 - HC

    The War for Korea 1950 to 1951 - HC

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    The War for Korea, 1950-1951: They Came from the North by Allan MillettHardcover664 Pages In The War for Korea, 1945-1950: A House Burning, one of our most distinguished military historians argued that the conflict on the Korean peninsula in the middle...
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  • To Besiege A City HC-Signed Copy

    To Besiege A City HC-Signed Copy

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    To Besiege a City: Leningrad 1941–42 By Prit Buttar Hardcover 464 pages September 12, 2023 A ground-breaking history of one of the greatest ever sieges. Masterfully brought to life by a leading expert using original Russian and German source...
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  • Towards The American Century HC

    Towards The American Century HC

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    Towards the American Century: Austrians in the United States Gunther BischofHardcover280 Pages2019 The present volume chronicles Austrian immigration to the United States against the backdrop of bilateral relations between the two countries, across the...
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  • Tower of Skulls HC

    Tower of Skulls HC

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    Tower of Skulls  Richard B. Frank Hardcover 768 pages March, 2020 An eye-opening, pathbreaking account of the onset of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and Guadalcanal. In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the...
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  • War and Peace HC-Signed Copy

    War and Peace HC-Signed Copy

    L804.05
    War and Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943–1945 Nigel Hamilton Hardcover 592 Pages 2019 Nigel Hamilton's celebrated trilogy culminates with a story of triumph and tragedy. Just as FDR was proven right by the D-day landings he had...
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  • Warsaw 1944, PB- Signed Copy

    Warsaw 1944, PB- Signed Copy

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    Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler and the Crushing of a City by Alexandra RichiePaperback704 Pages2014 The traumatic story of one of the last major battles of World War II, in which the Poles fought off German troops and police, street by street, for...
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