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McIntyre, Colin World War II At Sea Mallard Press 1990 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1012218. ISBN #0792453735 / 9780792453734. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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McIntyre, Colin World War II At Sea Mallard Press 1990 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1012218. ISBN #0792453735 / 9780792453734. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary World War II at Sea, using a fine selection of contemporary pictures, looks again at most of the major naval engagements fought between 1939 and 1945 and asks whether everything was as clear cut as earlier accounts have suggested. For instance, how many battles might have had a different outcome if one side or the other had had better communications, or better intelligence, or just that little bit of extra luck? World War II at Sea considers whether those involved fully appreciated the role of aerial reconnaissance, of carrier tactics and of the submarine, the latter proving all but decisive in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. It also examines whether there was too great an emphasis on destroyers fighting U-bots, and not enough on the safe and timely arrival of convoys. Finally, this book asks the reader to bear in mind the importance of a factor so often ignored in naval histories: the role of the sea itself.
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McManus, John C. Americans at D-Day: The American Experience at the Normandy Invasion Forge Books 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1154422. ISBN #0765307448 / 9780765307446. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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McManus, John C. Americans at D-Day: The American Experience at the Normandy Invasion Forge Books 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1154422. ISBN #0765307448 / 9780765307446. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In the first of two volumes on the American contribution to the Allied victory at Normandy, John C. McManus examines, with great intensity and thoroughness, the American experience in the weeks leading up to D-Day and on the great day itself. From the build up in England to the night drops of airborne forces behind German lines and the landings on the beaches at dawn, from the famed figures of Eisenhower, Bradley, and Lightin' Joe Collins to the courageous, but little-known privates who fought so bravely, and under terrifying conditions, this is the story of the American experience at D-Day. What were the battles really like for the Americans at Utah and Omaha? What drove them to fight despite all adversity? How and why did they triumph? Thanks to extensive archival research, and the use of hundreds of first hand accounts, McManus answers these questions and many more. Impressively researched, engrossing, lightning quick, and filled with human sorrow and elation, The Americans at D-Day honors those Americans who lost their lives on D-Day, as well as those who were fortunate enough to survive.
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Melton, Brad & Dean Smith (editors) Arizona Goes to War: The Home Front and the Front Lines During World War II The University of Arizona Press 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1157068. ISBN #0816521905 / 9780816521906. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Mercey, Arch A.; Grove, Lee (Edited By) Sea, Surf and Hell: The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1012793. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Merrill, James M. (Signed) Target Tokyo Rand McNally & Company 1964 hardcover. Inscribed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1147650. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Middlebrook, Martin and Patrick Mahoney Battleship : Sinking of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse Charles Scibner's Sons 1979 hardcover. . Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1151038. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Mila as told to Jean C. Colp The Walk Through Hell: True Story of a WWII Courier Unlimited Publishing 2002 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1159930. ISBN #1588320537 / 9781588320537. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Miller, Donald L. Masters Of The Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought The Air War Against Nazi Germany Simon & Schuster 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1147312. ISBN #0743235452 / 9780743235457. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Miller, Donald L. Masters Of The Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought The Air War Against Nazi Germany Simon & Schuster 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1147312. ISBN #0743235452 / 9780743235457. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. With the narrative power of fiction, Donald Miller takes readers on a harrowing ride through the fire-filled skies over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden and describes the terrible cost of bombing for the German people. Fighting at 25,000 feet in thin, freezing air that no warriors had ever encountered before, bomber crews battled new kinds of assaults on body and mind. Air combat was deadly but intermittent: periods of inactivity and anxiety were followed by short bursts of fire and fear. Unlike infantrymen, bomber boys slept on clean sheets, drank beer in local pubs, and danced to the swing music of Glenn Miller's Air Force band, which toured U.S. air bases in England. But they had a much greater chance of dying than ground soldiers. In 1943, an American bomber crewman stood only a one-in-five chance of surviving his tour of duty, twenty-five missions. The Eighth Air Force lost more men in the war than the U.S. Marine Corps. The bomber crews were an elite group of warriors who were a microcosm of America -- white America, anyway. African-Americans could not serve in the Eighth Air Force except in a support capacity. The actor Jimmy Stewart was a bomber boy, and so was the "King of Hollywood," Clark Gable. And the air war was filmed by Oscar-winning director William Wyler and covered by reporters like Andy Rooney and Walter Cronkite, all of whom flew combat missions with the men.The Anglo-American bombing campaign against Nazi Germany was the longest military campaign of World War II, a war within a war. Until Allied soldiers crossed into Germany in the final months of the war, it was the only battle fought inside the German homeland. Strategic bombing did not win the war, but the war could not have been won without it. American airpower destroyed the rail facilities and oil refineries that supplied the German war machine. The bombing campaign was a shared enterprise: the British flew under the cover of night while American bombers attacked by day, a technique that British commanders thought was suicidal. Masters of the Air is a story, as well, of life in wartime England and in the German prison camps, where tens of thousands of airmen spent part of the war. It ends with a vivid description of the grisly hunger marches captured airmen were forced to make near the end of the war through the country their bombs destroyed. Drawn from recent interviews, oral histories, and American, British, German, and other archives, Masters of the Air is an authoritative, deeply moving account of the world's first and only bomber war.
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Miller, Edward G. A Dark and Bloody Ground: The Hürtgen Forest and the Roer River Dams, 1944-1945 Texas A&M University Press 1995 hardcover. . Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1157192. ISBN #0890966265 / 9780890966266. (keywords: Hurtgen Second World War II Western Germany American Soldiers) (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Miller, Francis Trevelyan General Douglas MacArthur: Fighter For Freedom The John C. Winston Company 1942 hardcover. Dustjacket is heavily chipped. . BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1142662. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Miller, Lee G. Ernie Pyle Album : Indiana to IE Shima hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067177. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Mingos, Howard American Heroes Of The War in The Air: By Howard Mingos Lanciar Publishers, inc 1943 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Weak binding. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Tears and damage to jacket. Some Chipping. Book #or1146237. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Mitcham Jr., Samuel W. Triumphant Fox: Erwin Rommel And The Rise Of The Afrika Korps Cooper Square Press 2000 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1152036. ISBN #0815410557 / 9780815410553. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Mitcham, Samuel W. Jr. The Desert Fox in Normandy: Rommel's Defense of Fortress Europe Praeger Pub Text 1997 hardcover. . Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1146590. ISBN #0275954846 / 9780275954840. (keywords: ROMMEL ERWIN 1891 1944 WORLD) (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Montagu, Ewen Man Who Never Was hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1077822. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Moon, Tom This Grim And Savage Game: The OSS And U.S. Covert Operations In World War II Da Capo Press 2000 paperback. Inscribed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1021451. ISBN #0306809567 / 9780306809569. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
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Moon, Tom This Grim And Savage Game: The OSS And U.S. Covert Operations In World War II Da Capo Press 2000 paperback. Inscribed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1021451. ISBN #0306809567 / 9780306809569. (filed under: World War 2 ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This is a true story of daring and adventure during World War II with such unexpected players as Marlene Dietrich, who took part in the "musical warfare," and Julia Child, whose duties were clerical but who nonetheless felt she was "saving the world." To quote Tom Moon: "Anything that could hurt the enemy and aid the Allies was fair game. The rules of warfare were to be abolished for this organization." "This organization" was the Office of Strategic Services OSS , the precursor to the CIA, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered into existence five months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The eclectic group of specially skilled agents included scientists, professors, policemen, forgers, pickpockets-and a nineteen-year-old French-speaking draftee from Nebraska named Tom Moon. Their mission: to gather information and to carry out sabotage and guerrilla operations behind enemy lines any way they could, anywhere in the world. Here is a little-known but crucial aspect of the war effort, told as only an insider can.
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