General WWII History

Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War Hal Vaughan Paperback 336 Pages 2012 This explosive narrative reveals for the first time the shocking hidden years of Coco Chanel’s life: her collaboration with the Nazis in Paris, her affair with...

Critical Convoy Battles of WWII: Crisis in the North Atlantic, March 1943by Jurgen RohwerPaperback270 Pages2008 "Remarkable...a feat of historical reconstruction."--Paul Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Great...

Luftwaffe KG 200: The German Air Force's Most Secret Unit of World War IIGeoffery Thomas, Barry KerleyPaperback336 Pages Shrouded in secrecy during World War II and obscured by myth ever since, Kampfgeschwader 200 (200th Bomb Wing) remains one of the...

Snapdragon: The World War II Exploits of Darby's Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern Liesl Bradner Hardcover 312 Pages 2018 Prior to Phil Stern's death on December 13, 2014, his original, unfinished, tattered manuscript was discovered,...

Soaring To Glory: A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of World War II by Philip Handleman with Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart JrPaperback288 Pages2021 He had to sit in a segregated rail car on the journey to Army basic training in Mississippi in 1943...

Soldier Dogs #1: Air Raid Search and Rescueby Marcus SutterPaperback224 Pages2018 The paw-biting start to a thrilling new adventure series perfect for fans of Max and the I Survived books, inspired by the brave military dogs who helped our troops win...

Soldier Dogs #3: Secret Mission: Guamby Marcus Sutter(Author) Andie Tong (Illustrator)Paperback192 pages2019 Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inchesAge Range: 8-12 yearsGrade Level: 3-7 Step into the action as the U.S. Marines and the Dobermans of...

Soldier Dogs #4: Victory at NormandyBy: Marcus Sutter (Author) Andie Tong (Illustrator)Paperback192 pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inchesAge Range: 8-12 yearsGrade Level: 3-7 Fans of the bestselling Max and Scout dog stories will love the...

Soldier Dogs #5: Battle of the Bulgeby Marcus Sutter (Author) Andie Tong (Illustrator)Paperback192 pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inchesAge Range: 8 - 12 yearsGrade Level: 3-7 A loyal army of sled dog teams up with an unlikely pair of kids...

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun: A Memoir of the HolocaustBy: Michael GrenbaumPaperback384 PagesApril 2017Resilience shines throughout Michael Gruenbaum’s “riveting memoir” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about his time in the...

Spearhead of the Fifth Army: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Italy, from the Winter Line to AnzioFrank Van LunterenHardcover320 Pages2016 This work is the third book by Frank Van Lunteren on the 504th P.I.R. in World War II, focusing on their...

Spitfires & Yellow Tail Mustangs: The U.S. 52nd Fighter Group in WWII Stackpole Military History SeriesBy: Tom Ivie and Paul Ludwig Paperback336 Pages •Story of one of the best fighter units in the Mediterranean theater, which earned two...

Spy fo No Country: The Story of Ted Hall, the Teenage Atomic Spy Who May Have Saved the World by Dave LindorffHardcover302 PagesNovember 2023 At 18 years of age, Theodore Hall was the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project, hired as a junior at...

Stalag Luft III (Images of War)by Charles MessengerPaperback136 PagesMay 2019 In early 1942 the Third Reich opened a maximum security prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Silesia for captured Allied airmen. Called Stalag Luft III, the camp soon came to contain...

Steel Cavalry: The 8th (New Brunswick) Hussars and the Italian Campaign  by Lee WindsorPaperback200 PagesNovember 2011 Steel Calvary is the story of the transformation of a horse cavalry unit to one of Canada's most famous armoured regiments...

Strategy and the Second World War: How the War was Won and Lost by Jeremy BlackPaperback316 pagesJuly 2021 A concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost..In 1941, the Second World War became...

Strike and HoldT. Moffatt BurrisHardcover254 Pages2000 This fast-moving memoir of T. Moffatt Burriss shows his extraordinary role as a platoon leader and company commander with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Europe and North Africa during World...

Strong Men ArmedBy: Robert LeckiePaperback561 Pages2010 This powerful memoir written by a decorated World War II veteran retells the tumultuous stories of personal struggles and the impact of a chaotic world, told "with that truth recognizable to every...

Sunniland  by Stephen O. SearsPaperbacK282 PagesAugust 2019 During 1942 and 1943, German U-boats sank over one hundred tankers in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, blocking the flow of crude oil to the refineries in the northeastern US. In...

Surprise Attack!: Nickolas Flux and the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Nickolas Flux History Chronicles) Terry Collins, author Amerigo Pinelli, illustrator Paperback 40 Pages 2014 Age Range: 8 - 14 Grade Level: 3 - 4 When a spontaneous time leap sends...

Survival In AuschwitzBy: Primo LeviPaperback187 Pages1995 The true and harrowing account of Primo Levi’s experience at the German concentration camp of Auschwitz and his miraculous survival; hailed by The Times Literary Supplement as a...

Sophie Scholl Fights Hitlers Regime (Taking a Stand)By: Clara MacCaraldPaperback48 Pages2019 Age Range: 8-12 YearsGrade Level: 4-6  Explores the history, events, and aftermath of Sophie Scholl's fight against Hitler's regime. Through insightful...

Calliope: The Tale of a Police Horse in WWII By: Diane Condon-Boutier (Author) and Elisabeth Gontier (Illustrator)Paperback48 Pages2018 Calliope is a horse, but not an ordinary horse. She’s a Metropolitan Police horse working in London...

Tales of War - Zip: The Story of a Carrier Pigeon in WWII By: Diane Condon-Boutier (Author) and Elisabeth Gontier (Illustrator)Paperback64 Pages2017 Zip is a pigeon, but not just an ordinary pigeon. He’s a carrier pigeon trained to carry...

Tank Killers: A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Forceby Harry YeidePaperback256 Pages2018 This is the story of the specialized U.S. armored force designed specifically to kill enemy tanks in direct combat. It follows the men who fought...

Tank Spotter's Guide by Marcus Cowper and Christopher PannellPaperback128 PagesMay 2011 Invented during World War I to break the grim deadlock of the Western Front trenches, tanks went on to revolutionize warfare. From the lightning Blitzkrieg assaults...

Tank Tactics: From Normandy to Lorraine Stackpole Military History SeriesBy: Roman JarymowyczPaperback400 Pages •Explores the doctrinal, strategic, and tactical ideas behind World War II tank combat•Contains detailed maps and...

Tap Dancing All the Way to Omaha Beach By: Max Jacobson and Ron Jacobson Paperback 80 Pages 2011 "THIS IS MY LIFE AS I REMEMBER" was what my Dad wrote. And so it remains as the opening Title to the memoir. But as the title of the book I...

Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermathby Michael Norman and Elizabeth NormanPaperback488 Pages2010 For the first four months of 1942, American, Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought America's first major land battle...

The 1942 Sears Christmas Book Sears Roebuck and Co (Author) Ben B. Judd Jr.(Introduction) Paperback 224 Pages 2019 For generations, the much-anticipated arrival of the Sears gift catalog signaled the start of the holiday season. This faithful...

The 8th Army Air Force in Color: As Seen Through The Eyes of Kodak FilmNathan HowlandHardcover280 Pages2016 This book showcases a comprehensive catalog of restored WWII color Kodachrome slides. Many were taken during the heat of battle by individuals...

The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950sby William I. HitchcockPaperback672 Pages2019 A New York Times bestseller, this is the “outstanding” (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower’s...

The All American: A History of the 82nd Airborne Division from 1917 to the Presentby Robert AnzuoniHardcover1752001 This new book tells the complete story of the famous 82nd Airborne Division from its formation in 1917, through its legendary World War II...

The Battle of Midway: Turning the Tide of World War IIBy: Wil MaraPaperback32 pages2017Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.2 x 8.7 inchesAge Range: 9 - 13 yearsGrade Level: 4 - 8 Explores the Battle of Midway of World War II. Authoritative text, colorful...

They Called Themselves the Battling Bastards of Bataan (World War II Comix) By: Jay Wertz & Wes Locher Paperback 24 pages 2017 Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.1 x 10.1 inches Age Range: 10 and up This fully-illustrated account details all the major...

The Berlin Aircraft: The Worlds Largest Ever Air Supply Opperationby John GrehanPaperback192 Pages 2019 The fate of the free world hung in the balance. Stalin’s Soviet Union sought to drive the Western democracies from Germany to continue the...

The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews Peter Duffy Paperback 336 Pages 2004 In 1941, three brothers witnessed their parents and two other siblingsbeing led away...

The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe 1940-1945By: Richard OveryPaperback592 pagesTechnology shapes the nature of all wars, and the Second World War hinged on a most unpredictable weapon: the bomb. Day and night, Britain and the United...

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...

The Bughouse: The Poetry, Politics, and Madness of Ezra Pound by Daniel SwiftPaperbackNovember 2017320 Pages In 1945, the American poet Ezra Pound was due to stand trial for treason for his broadcasts in Fascist Italy during the Second World War. Before...

The Cake Tree in the Ruins (Pushkin Collection)by Akiyuki Nosaka (Author) Translated by Ginny Tapley TakemoriPaperback160 pagesDecember 2018Intensely moving stories that tell of the absurd violence of war, and tenderly depict the animals and children...

The Castaway's War: One Man's Battle against Imperial Japanby Stephen HardingHardcover320 Pages2016 In the early hours of July 5, 1943, the destroyer USS Strong was hit by a Japanese torpedo. The powerful weapon broke the destroyer's back, flooded her...

The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming Of Age In Terezin By: Susan Goldman Rubin and Ela Weissberger Paperback 40 Pages Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3 and up Ela Stein was eleven years old in February of 1942 when she was sent to the Terezin...

The Christmas Doll: A Repair Shop Story By: Amy Sparkes Illustrated By: Katie Hickey Hardcover Reading Age: 7-9 Years Grade Level: 2-4 2023 A little girl in wartime England finds that a simple act of generosity and kindness changes her life forever in...

The Churchill Factor:How One Man Made History By:Boris Johnson Hardback 288 pages On the fiftieth anniversary of Churchill’s death, Boris Johnson celebrates the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century...

The Churchill Quiz Book: How Much do you know about Britian's wartime leader? by Kieran WhitworthHardcover256 PagesApril 2021 An informative and visually appealing quiz book covering all aspects of Churchill's extraordinary life.Do you think you know...

The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America by: Christopher C. GorhamHardcover529 PagesFeb. 2023Perfect for readers of A Woman of No Importance, Three Ordinary Girls, and Eleanor: A...

The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Foundby Bart Van EsPaperback304 PagesAugust 2019The extraordinary true story of a young Jewish girl in Holland during World War II, who hides from the Nazis in the homes of an underground network of...

The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944By: Rick AtkinsonHardcover823 Pages In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the...

The Day the Nazis Came: My Childhood Journey from Britain to a German Concentration Camp by Stephen R. Matthews (Author)  Hardcover229 PagesDecember 2016   By the time he was six years old, Stephen had been bombarded by the...

The Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 by Robert M. CitinoPaperback431 Pages For Hitler and the German military, 1942 was a key turning point of World War II, as an overstretched but still lethal Wehrmacht replaced brilliant victories...

The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War by James ConroyHardcover432 PagesJune 2023 Written with “a cinematic sense of urgency and realism” (Evan Osnos, National Book Award–winning author), this is the...

The Diary of a Young Girl By: Anne Frank(Author), Otto H. Frank (Editor), Mirjam Pressler (Editor), Susan Massotty (Translator), Francine Prose (Introduction) Hardcover 320 Pages The Diary of a Young Girl is the record of two years in the life of a...

The Dog Who Could Fly: The Incredible True Story of a WWII Airman and the Four-Legged Hero Who Flew At His Sideby: Damien LewisHardcover304 PagesJuly 2015 “A thoroughly enjoyable story of heroism and true friendship” (Publishers Weekly,...

The End: The Defiance And Destruction Of Hitler's Germany, 1944 1945 Ian Kershaw Paperback 2012 Examines why the Third Reich resisted surrender for months after it had clearly lost World War II, drawing on testimony from civilians and former...

The Fear and the Freedom: How the Second World War Changed Us by Keith LowePaperback576 Pages2018 Bestselling historian Keith Lowe's The Fear and the Freedom looks at the astonishing innovations that sprang from World War II and how they changed the...

The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt's Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Backby Shannon McKennaHardcover352 PagesApril 2024 The first book to tell the full story of Eleanor Roosevelt's unprecedented and courageous trip to the Pacific...

The First Strange Place: Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii by Beth BaileyPaperback296 Pages1994 As the forward base and staging area for all US military operations in the Pacific during World War II, Hawaii was the "first strange place" for close to a...

The Flight: A Father's War, A Son's Searchby Tyler BridgesHardback240 Pages2021 Both history and memoir, The Flight tells the story of Richard W. “Dick” Bridges’s heroic service in World War II. Bridges survived a German attack on his...

  The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan   By: Sam Kleiner PaperbackMay 2019 304 Pages   The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the...

The Footsteps of Anne Frank By: Ernst Schnabel Paperback 192 Pages 2015 Ernst Schnabel interviewed 42 of the people mentioned by Anne Frank in her diary, including her father, other family members, and close relatives and friends, in order to...

The General's Niece Paige Bowers Hardcover 288 Pages 2017 "My dear Uncle Charles," twenty-two-year-old Genevieve de Gaulle wrote on May 6, 1943. "Maybe you have already heard about the different events affecting the family." The general's brother...

The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich by Robert M. Citino Paperback428 Pages For Frederick the Great, the prescription for warfare was simple: kurz und vives ("short and lively") - wars that relied upon swift, powerful,...

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War IIby Denise KiernanPaperback400 pages2013 At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City...

  The Golden Thirteen: How Black Men Won the Right to Wear Navy GoldBy: Dan Goldberg Hardcover288 Pages 2020   The story of the 13 courageous black men who integrated the officer corps of the US Navy during World War II—leading...

The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust By: Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland Desaix Hardcover 40 Pages Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3 and up When the Nazis occupied Paris, no Jew was safe from...

The Great Escaper: The Life and Death of Roger Bushellby Simon PearsonPaperback456 PagesMay 2021A Sunday Times bestseller, the real story behind the mastermind of the most famous breakout in history—The Great Escape.While the most famous...

The Great Secret HCJennet Conant 400 Pages2020 The gripping story of a chemical weapons catastrophe, the cover-up, and how one American Army doctor’s discovery led to the development of the first drug to combat cancer, known today as chemotherapy...

The Great War In The Air: Military Aviation from 1909 to 1921 (Smithonian History of Aviation Series) by John H. MorrowPaperback510 Pages2009 In The Great War in the Air, John Morrow details the evolution of aerial warfare in World War I, analyzing how...

The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War IIby Andrew NagorskiPaperback368 Pages2007 The battle for Moscow was the biggest battle of World War II—the biggest battle of all time...

The Greatet Generationby Tom BrokawHardcover464 Pages2004 Brokaw defines "the greatest generation" as American citizens who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America. The vehicle used to define...

The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflectionsby Tom BrokawPaperback237 PagesJune 2001NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation...

The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History: The Story of the Monuments MenBy Robert M. Edsel Hardcover368 pages2019Age Range: 9 - 12Grade Level: 4 - 7 Robert M. Edsel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men, brings this story to young...

The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945By: Rick AtkinsonHardcover896 Pages The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II. It is the twentieth...

The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World WarMartin GilbertPaperback976 pages1987 Deftly weaving together historical research and survivors' testimonies, The Holcaust is Gilbert's acclaimed and definitive history of the...

The Holocaust (Uncovering the Past: Analyzing Primary Sources)by Lynn PeppasPaperback48 Pages20157¼ x 9¼ inchesAge Range: 11 - 14Grade Level: 6 - 9 The Holocaust was the deliberate extermination of Jews and other people deemed undesirable...

The Invasion of Normandy: Epic Battle of World War IIBy: Moira Rose DonohuePaperback32 pages2017Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.4 x 8.8 inchesAge Range: 9 - 13 yearsGrade Level: 4 - 8 Explores the Invasion of Normandy of World War II. Authoritative text,...

The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime WashingtonBy Jennet ConantPaperback 416 PagesSeptember 2009 Following her extraordinary, bestselling, and much-acclaimed accounts of the most guarded secrets of the Second World War,...

The Journey of the Purple Heart: A First Infantry Division Soldier's Story from Stateside to North Africa, Sicily and Normandy during World War II as told by Robert W. BaumerPaperback544 PagesFebruary 2022 Bob, a happy-go-lucky kid from Connecticut,...

The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and Peace David Woolner Hardcover 368 Pages 2017 A revealing portrait of the end of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's life and presidency, shedding new light on how he made his momentous final policy decisions The...

The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure, and Betrayal Howard Blum Hardcover 528 Pages 2016 The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Dark Invasion, channels Erik Larson and Ben Macintyre in this riveting...

The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battallion and the Battle That Defined WWIIby Bob Drury and Tom ClavinHardcover416 PagesNov. 2022 Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's...

The Last of the 357th Infantry: Harold Frank's WWII Story of Faith and Courageby Mark HagerHardcover324 PagesMay 2022For those who loved Stephen E. Ambrose's Band of Brothers and E.B. Sledge's With the Old Breed. Drawing on toughness and skills...

The Life of Anne FrankBy: Kay WoodwardHardback48 PagesAges: 9-14Grade: 4-122020 Produced in association with the Anne Frank House. A compelling visual account of how a Jewish family tried to escape Nazism. In August 1944, Anne Frank and her family were...

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettoby Judy BatalionHardcover576 pagesApril 2021 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston...

The Lost Eleven: The Forgotten Story of Black American Soldiers Brutally Massacred in World War II By: Denise George and Robert Child Hardcover 416 Pages Nearly forgotten by history, this is the story of the Wereth Eleven, African-American soldiers...

The Lou Conter Story: From USS Arizona Survivor to Unsung American Hero by Louis Conter, Annette Hull, and Warren HullPaperback239 PagesJanuary 2021 The Lou Conter Story: From USS Arizona Survivor to Unsung American Hero tells the incredible story...

The Making of the Atomic BombBy: Richard RhodesPaperback896 Pages1986 The definitive history of nuclear weapons and the Manhattan Project. From the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan, Richard...

The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle: Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot Col. Robert Morgan Paperback 416 Pages 2011 A powerful chronicle of loyalty, love, and heroism under fire, this is the unforgettable memoir of a member of the Greatest Generation...

The Manhattan Project (Heroes of World War II) by Matt DoedenHardcover32 PagesAugust 2018Ages: 8-12 yearsGrade: 3-6 The Manhattan Project produced the world's first nuclear weapons. The US military later dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, effectively...

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...

The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-Boatsby William GerouxPaperback432 PagesMarch 21, 2017 “Vividly drawn and emotionally gripping."—Daniel James Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The...

The Matryoshka Memoirs: A Story of the Ukrainian Forced Labour, the Lecia Camera Factory, and the Nazi Resistance by Sasha ColbyPaperback248 PagesSeptember 2023 “[Colby] breathes new life into well-trodden WWII tropes, building a vivid,...

The Merchant Navy Seaman Pocket Manual 1939-1945 (The Pocket Manual Series)Edited By Chris McNabHardcover160 Pages2018 "He is usually dressed rather like a tramp. His sweater is worn, his trousers frayed, while what was once a cap is perched askew on his...

Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History By: Robert M. Edsel Paperback 512 Pages The astonishing true story of the special Allied forces who saved civilization's treasures from Hitler's grasp--now a major...

The Mosquito in the USAAF: DeHavilland's Wooden Wonder in American Service by Tony FairbairnHardcover304 PagesDecember 2021 On 20 April 1941, a group of distinguished Americans headed by the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, John Winant, and which...

The Nazi and the PsychiatristBy: Jack El-HaiPaperback305 Pages2014In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, accompanied by sixteen suitcases and...

The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany Gwen Strauss Hardback336 Pages2021 The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female...

The Orgins of Nazi Genocide: From Euthanasia to the Final Solution by: Henry FriedlanderPaperback448 PagesSeptember 1997Tracing the rise of racist and eugenic ideologies, Henry Friedlander explores in chilling detail how the Nazi program of secretly...

  The Paratroopers Generals: Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and the American Airborne from D-Day through Normandy By: Mitchell Yockelson 320 Pages 2020   Generals during World War II usually stayed to the rear, but not Matthew Ridgway and...