Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a 21-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. It was their first mission. Suddenly, a sleek, dark shape pulled up on the bomber’s tail—a German Messerschmitt fighter. Worse, the German pilot was an ace, a man able to destroy the American bomber in the squeeze of a trigger. What happened next would defy imagination and later be called [...]
Tag Archives: Story
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The Complete Story: World War I
This collection includes eleven episodes on three DVDs that were painstakingly researched and assembled to include rare original material and long-lost footage that takes viewers from the carefree Europe of the turn of the century to the uneasy peace that ended it. Narrated by RobertSale Price: Read More
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With Lee In Virginia: A Story Of The American Civil War
Sometimes Ashley would draw together a score of troopers, and crossing the river in a ferryboat, would ride twenty miles north, and, dashing into quiet villages, astonish the inhabitants by the sight of the Confederate uniform. Then the villagers would be questioned as to the news that had reached them of the movement of the troops; the post office would be seized and the letters broken open; any useful -information contained in them beingSale Price: Read More
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Surviving D Day DVD
Description: This is an epic story of the twelve-hour battle for Omaha Beach, which changed the course of World War 2. But one of the biggest turning points in modern history hinges on some surprising factors. It is a battle where strategy was decided by stage magicians. Where conventional weapons were used along side outlandish inventions like floating tanks and exploding paratroopers. And where spies sent paintings with hidden messages . It is a battle where skill and cunning sit [...]
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The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War’s Eve
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again – worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from each sold copy. As a reader of [...]
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Bully Able Leader: The Story of a Fighter-Bomber Pilot in the Korean War
Action-packed memoir by an American pilot and squadron commander in the Korean War What it was like to fly the F-80 Shooting Star against MiGs and ground targets Author flew 112 combat missions in five major campaigns in 1950-51 “Bully Able Leader” was the author’s radio callSale Price: Read More
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The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
November 1950, the Korean Peninsula: After General MacArthur ignores Mao’s warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is to fight their way south through the Toktong Pass, a narrow gorge that will need to be held open at all costs. The mission is handed to Captain William Barber and the 234 Marines of [...]
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The Korean War: The Story and Photographs (America Goes to War)
This compelling photographic history examines the war in its entirety, from its causes and protagonists to the strategies, weapons and battles. Goldstein and Maihafer have collected more than 450 vivid photographs, many never before seen by the general public. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Korean conflict, The Korean War remembers the experience of the American fighting man in “the forgottenSale Price: Read More
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The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
Robert adams is a strong willed southern captain in the midst of the american civil war whose leadership & heart of fire rally his men to fight for their land. Filled with passion blood & tragedy this is the tumultuous true story of one mans love for country & his love for a girl from the north. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 06/26/2007 Starring: Mickey Rooney Julian Adams Run time: 96Sale Price: Read More
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The Story of World War II: Revised, expanded, and updated from the original text by Henry Steele Commanger
Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare ever published. Here are the horror and heroism of World War II in the words of the men who fought it, the journalists who covered it, and the civilians who were caught in its fury. Miller gives us an up-close, deeply personal view of a war that was more savagely fought — and whose outcome [...]
