Preston, Diana
Summary: "In six weeks during April and May 1915, as World War I escalated, Germany forever altered the way war would be fought. On April 22, at Ypres, German canisters spewed poison gas at French and Canadian soldiers in their trenches; on May 7, the German submarine U-20, without warning, torpedoed the passenger liner Lusitania, killing 1,198 civilians; and on May 31, a German Zeppelin began the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 PRESummary: On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg, the world's largest airship, ignited in a giant fireball as it prepared to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey - a disaster immortalized by searing newsreel footage and Herbert Morrison's unforgettable 'Oh, the humanity!' commentary. The chain of events that ignited Hindenburg's hydrogen remains one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HINBenoit, Peter
Summary: Describes the crash of the Hindenburg airship in 1937, relaying the history of international airship flight and the events leading to the disaster, and explains what measures have been taken to make airship travel safer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.12 BENGuilliatt, Richard
Summary: Documents the story of the secret German ship that was responsible for attacks on Allied vessels and housed prisoners, describing the crew's efforts to survive naval attacks and limited resources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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Summary: "Full of drama and intrigue, with master spies and double agents, diabolical sabotage devices, secret codes, and invisible ink, this is the true story of a German agent sent to the United States during World War I to launch a terror campaign of sabotage and murder, and the American counterintelligence effort that led to his capture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2024