Mr. Maybury presents an idea-based explanation of the Second World War. He focuses on events in the Second World War and how our misunderstanding of this war led to America s subsequent wars, including the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the Iraq-Kuwait War, and the “war on terrorism” that began September 11, 2001.To improve the student’s learning experience, also purchase the student study guide for “World War II” titled “A Bluestocking Guide: World War II” also available through Amazon.Can be usedSale [...]
Tag Archives: Second World War
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The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
The true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War: the battlefield odyssey of a maverick U.S. Army officer and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe – from the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau. From July 10, 1943, the date of the Allied landing in Sicily, to May 8, 1945, when victory in Europe was declared – the entire time it took to [...]
May
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The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
From “Britain’s finest military historian” (The Economist) comes a magisterial new history of World War II and the flawed axis strategy that led to their defeat. The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days, cost $1.5 trillion, and claimed the lives of more than 50 million people. What were the factors that affected the war’s outcome? Why did the Axis lose? And could they, with a different strategy, have won? Andrew Roberts’s acclaimed new history has been hailed as the [...]
May
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The Second World War
Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world’s premier historians of WWII. His multi-award winning books have included Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the twentieth century, the Second World War. In this searing narrative that takes us from Hitler’s invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 to V-J day [...]
May
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Day of the Kamikaze/Eyewitness Kamikaze
Description: Day Of The Kamikaze DVD Eyewitness Kamikaze, witness an unheard of military strategy involving suicide, developed by the Japanese in a last ditch effort to avoid defeat in the second World War. These suicide missions damaged 150 ships and killed more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers before the Japanese conceded defeat, as shown in footage of Japanese kamikaze training, U.S. military footage, interviews with both American and Japanese veterans and historic reenactments. Eyewitness Kamikaze DVDs, show that while this strategy [...]
Mar
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American Commando Book (Hardcover)
Description: The American Commando book (hardcover) tells the true story of Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson and his Marine Raiders. Carlson led an elite fighting battalion behind enemy lines in the Second World War to inflict damage from within. Read the American Commando World War 2 book for a riveting account of Americas first Special Forces mission. In the American Commando book, youll learn that before the Green Berets…before the Navy SEALs…before the Army Rangers…there was the Long Patrol. November 1942: [...]
Mar
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The Ministry of Defeat Book (Hardcover)
Description: The hardcover The Ministry of Defeat book takes a close and tough look at Britain’s long, and devastating, involvement in the Iraq War. Author Richard North pulls no punches and isn’t afraid to point the finger of responsibility at former Prime Minister Tony Blair. North’s Iraq War book, The Ministry of Defeat, digs into the decisions made at the top that put thousands of British men and women in harm’s way. The hardcover The Ministry of Defeat book presents [...]
Dec
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Pearl Harbor DVD Deals Of The Day!
Attack on Pearl Harbor – A Day of InfamyOn the morning of December 7, 1941, a surprise attack by Japanese naval aviation against the American held island of Oahu and Pearl Harbor thrust … read moreSorting products by Total Price Attack on Pearl Harbor: A Day of Infamy 2 DVD COLLECTIBLE TIN! On the morning of December 7, 1941, a surprise attack by more… $9.99 Pearl Harbor (4 Disc Documentary) more… $7.30 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the [...]
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World War II Color Video 1940 Chronicles
Seeing the WWII archives in full color! The great sadness of a war in full force. The consumption of Europe by the Blitzkrieg! France falls, refugees leave their homes. Looks much like the Westward migration of the United States. Home movies of German officers occupying Paris.
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World War II Color Archives Reveal Pre War Germany
Germany Before The War The leadup to WWII in Germany and Russia. The color footage reveals how Hitler and Stalin prepared their respective countries for war. Ethnic cleansing is discussed in great detail here, too! The precursors to the Cold War are discussed.
