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Reprint of the classic World War II memoir German General Kurt "Panzer" Meyer's autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of Germany's most highly decorated and successful soldiers of World War II. If you love small-unit actions, this is the book for you. Follow Meyer with the 1st SS-Panzer Division "Leibstandarte" and the 12th SS-Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend," from the first day of the war in Poland, through service in France,...
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In this title, readers will examine the technology used by military forces during Revolutionary War. Engaging text introduces readers to flintlock and smoothbore muskets, rifles, cannons, mortars, howitzers, frigates, brigs, sloops, schooners, invisible ink, and the roles they played in military campaigns. A short history of the war is also included. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint...
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By 1945, the US Army had sixty-eight infantry divisions, forty-two of which fought in the great campaign in northwest Europe that began with the amphibious landings on D-Day and ended eleven months later with Germany's surrender. Beyond the Beachhead examines the experience of one infantry division-the 29th-during forty-five days of combat from Omaha Beach on D-Day to the liberation of St. Lô. Using interviews, official records, and unit histories...
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Military life volume 3
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Provides resources and guidance to help military veterans recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and combat-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI), discussing treatment options, diagnostic criteria and techniques, prevention techniques, barriers to receiving proper care, and related topics.
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A tribute to the heroism shown by military pilots and aircrew from rural California towns who risked their lives and made their mark on American history. During World War II, thousands of volunteer combat aviators trained at places like Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and Hancock Field in Santa Maria. Some air cadets and WASPs-young women pilots-lost their lives in training accidents. The graduates would go on to fight in both the Pacific and European...
8) Jet planes
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QEB Pub
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[2012]
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"Describes how jet planes such as fighters and bombers are used in military combat, and how these planes work. Includes facts and figures about specific military planes"--Provided by publisher.
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From an expert on the Eastern Front of World War II, this book chronicles the cataclysmic experience of the region that includes modern-day Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.
The Baltic States suffered more than almost any other territory during World War II, caught on the front-line of some of the war's most vicious battles and squeezed between the vast military might of the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army.
Combining new archival...
The Baltic States suffered more than almost any other territory during World War II, caught on the front-line of some of the war's most vicious battles and squeezed between the vast military might of the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army.
Combining new archival...
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A military investigator is targeted by the killer who murdered her Amish family in this romantic suspense novel of faith in the face of danger.
Eight years ago, a drifter destroyed Becca Miller's ties to her Amish community-and murdered her family. Now she's a special agent with Fort Rickman's criminal investigation department, helping other victims seek justice. Becca thought for a time that she had left her traumatic past behind her. But now...
11) Submarines
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QEB Pub
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[2012]
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"Describes how a submarine functions in the military with information on diving, surfacing, and navigating underwater. Contains facts and figures on specific submarine models"--Provided by publisher.
12) Tanks
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QEB Pub
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[2012]
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"Explains how main battle tanks and infantry vehicles are used in the military, including the parts and functions of tanks. Includes facts about current and historical tank models"--Provided by publisher.
14) U.S. Air Force
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Black Rabbit Books
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[2023]
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"Engage young readers with information about the U.S. Air Force. From the group's fleet of aircraft to the people who fly and care for it, readers will learn all about how the U.S. Air Force protects the United States." --
15) U.S. Army
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Black Rabbit Books
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[2023]
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"Engage young readers with information about the U.S. Army. From the group's weapons and vehicles to the people who use them, readers will learn all about how the U.S. Army protects the United States"--
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In 1775, Captain Henry Mowat infamously ordered the burning of Falmouth-now Portland. That act cast him as the arch-villain in the state's Revolutionary history, but Mowat's impact on Maine went far beyond a single order. The Scottish Mowat began his North American career by surveying the Maine coast, capturing and confiscating colonial merchant ships he suspected of smuggling. Already feared by Mainers when the war broke out, his legacy was further...
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World War I continued with fury in the spring of 1918 as American Yanks endeavored to play the key role in stemming the German tide. Montana's Marines suffered the bloodiest day in their history as they became "Devil Dogs," charging through hell on earth at Belleau Wood. Locals in the Wild West Division stormed "over the top" into the Argonne Forest, while nurses, "hello girls," Navy Yeomanettes and YMCA workers blazed new gender roles. And young...
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For the first time in the lives of many Medina County residents, places across the world became real, not just dots on a map. With the outbreak of World War II, men and women who had never left their corner of Ohio were encircling the globe. They were at Pearl Harbor and the Canal, Anzio and the Bulge. They built atomic bombs and bought millions in war bonds. Discover not one great hero but an entire generation of heroism. Eli R. Beachy traces the...
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The effects of the war raging across Europe were visible in Richmond as early as 1939, and Richmonders are always ready to fight for their cause. In that year, the city saw its first parking meters on the streets and began to collect aluminum scrap for use in war industries. In 1940, pursuant to the new draft law, Richmond's sons between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-five registered for the draft. While bomb shelters were put up all over the town,...
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1775 belonged to Boston but after April of 1776, the Revolutionary War's focus became New York City and the highly strategic Long Island, from Brooklyn's terminal moraine high ground to Queens's Hell Gate. 1776 was the year when revolution came to Long Island, and in particualr the future Long Island City. The failures, defeats and eventual occupation of the area at the hands of the British forged the resolve and strength of character that would later...
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