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"Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This 'Bomber Mafia' asked:...
2) A higher call: an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II
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English
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This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.
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Viking
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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From the acclaimed World War II historian and author of Why the Allies Won, a startling new history of the Allied bombing war against targets across the width and breadth of Europe. Richard Overy assesses not just the bombing strategies and the pattern of operations but also how the bombed communities coped with the devastation. This is a unique history of the bombing war from below as well as from above. Book jacket.
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English
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"On Wednesday, 27 September 1944, a force of 283 Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers from the USAAF's 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing, took off from their bases in Britain and headed out across the North Sea escorted by 198 P-51 Mustang fighters. The bombers' target was the industrial city of Kassel in northern Germany. Among the bombers assigned to the raid were the aircraft of the 445th Heavy Bombardment Group. Thirty-five of the 445th's Liberators,...
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"In this important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during WWII--the only enemy ever to do so--and comes back 20 years later to apologize."--Provided by publisher.
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Kennedy, award-winning author of "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers" and one of today's most renowned historians, now provides a new and unique look at how World War II was won. It is a fascinating nuts-and-bolts account of the strategic factors that led to Allied victory.
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Set in 1942, tells the story of the first B-25 crews, under the command of General Jimmy Doolittle, training for a bombing mission over Japan.
A classic World War II thriller - the true life story of the first American air raids on Japan. Spencer Tracy plays Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, the tough and inspiring mastermind of the historic crew of the "Ruptured Duck," commanded by Captain Ted Lawson. Lawson's daydreams of the bride he left behind...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This 'Bomber Mafia' asked:...
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