Makos, Adam

Summary: Adapted for young adults from the New York Times best-seller, this gripping true account of a WWII American tank gunner, who met his destiny in an armor duel and forged an enduring bond with his enemy, brings to life the perils of war.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SMO

Summary: Think of WWII Europe, and black-and-white newsreel images likely come to mind. But the war unfolded in color. And that's how Academy Award-winning director George Stevens captured it in this acclaimed compilation of the personal wartime diary he filmed while on the frontlines.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GEO

Bolger, Daniel P.

Summary: "A general-turned-historian reveals the remarkable battlefield heroics of Major General Maurice Rose, the World War II tank commander whose 3rd Armored Division struck fear into the hearts of Hitler's panzer crews"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Caliber 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars Bolger

Hogan, William R.

Summary: "A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father's tank battalion, the "Spearhead," that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany-against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turf-and the heroes whose sacrifice won World War II"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HOG

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HOG

Garland, Joseph E.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Protean Press 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5412 GAR

Alexander, Larry

Summary: Through the epic war chronicle Band of Brothers, an entirely new generation of Americans learned of the heroism, sacrifice, and camaraderie of the soldiers who served, fought, and died in Easy Company, 101st Airborne, during World War II. Larry Alexander returns to the very battlefields that made Easy Company a legend. Accompanied by Easy veteran Sergeant Forrest Guth, Alexander crosses an...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: NAL Caliber 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 ALE

LoFaro, Guy.

Summary: In the midst of the battle of the Bulge, there occurred on exchange that, perhaps more than any other, exemplifies the attitude of the troopers of the 82nd Airborne Division. It was 22 December 1944. The U.S. First Army was still in headlong retreat from the onrushing panzers that were seemingly everywhere. A column of American tanks came upon a lone bazooka gunner in a snow-covered...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5412 LOF

Malarkey, Don

Summary: Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who beat the odds to become an elite paratrooper, and lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne. Drafted in 1942, Malarkey became one of the one-in-six soldiers who earned their Eagle wings. He went to England in 1943 to provide cover on the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5412 MAL

Summary: "In harm's way": An epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, details the devastating sneak attack on the Naval base as well as the explosive behind-the-scenes stories, and the counter-offensive. (167 min.).

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AME

Miller, Donald L.

Summary: Chronicle of the U.S. 8th Air Force's daylight bombing campaign over Europe during World War II, from its genesis to the end of the war.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2007

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5449 MIL

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.5449 MIL

Simons, Gerald.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1982

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.53 WOR

Patton, George S. (George Smith)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.542 PAT

Gerard, Philip.

Summary: Profiles the virtually unknown 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, an elite, thousand-man "ghost army" that helped win the war in Europe and fought in more campaigns than any other unit in the European theater of operations.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5412 GER

Kershaw, Alex

Summary: "The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II-all Medal of Honor recipients-from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler's own mountaintop fortress As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Maurice "Footsie" Britt, a former professional...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Caliber 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 KER

Winters, Richard D.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press/Thomson/Gale 2006

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5421 WIN

Summary: Includes an overview of World War II from the German Blitzkeieg to the Allies' bloody battle for Berlin, as well as the desert war in northern Africa, the landing of the Allies and the brutal German counterattack at Anzio, and the largest amphibious assault in world history, the Normandy invasion.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2006

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WOR

Larimore, Walt

Summary: What makes 2nd Lieutenant Phil Larimore's story special is what happened in World War II's closing days and the people, and horses, he interacted with in this Forrest Gump-like tale that is emotional, heartbreaking, and inspiring.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Permuted Press, LLC 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LARIMORE, PHILIP B. LAR

Stout, Jay A.

Summary: During the air battles that destroyed Nazi Germany's ability to wage war, one bomb group was especially distinguished. The Hell's Angels. At the outbreak of World War II, the United States was in no way prepared to wage war. Although the U.S declared war against Germany in December 1941, the country lacked the manpower, the equipment, and the experience it needed to fight. Even had an invasion...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 STO

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars Stout

Kershaw, Alex.

Summary: 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 liberate Europe -- no regiment saw more action, and no single platoon, company, or battalion endured worse, than the ones commanded by Felix Sparks, who had entered the war as a greenhorn second lieutenant of the 157th "Eager for Duty" Infantry Regiment...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio Publishing Group 2012

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: DVD 940.54 KER

Parker, Ken.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Horizon Books 1984

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5481 PARKER, KEN PAR
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 940.5481 PAR

Knappe, Siegfried.

Summary: An uncommonly reflective and illuminating memoir by a German officer who served on virtually all fronts in Europe, Soldat offers a unique inside look at the German side of World War II and a world in ruins.As military history, Soldat is a rich vein of valuable ore, thanks to Siegfried Knappe's eyewitness participation in so many crucial and significant campaigns of the war--including the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orion Books 1992

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 KNA

Makos, Adam

Summary: "Clarence Smoyer began the war as a gentle giant, a factory worker from Pennsylvania coal country reluctant to unleash the power of the Sherman tank he crewed. But as his tank platoon fought its way from Normandy to the Rhine and beyond, and he watched his friends cut down one by one, he learned to kill with deadly accuracy and efficiency. His fight would climax in Cologne, in the shadow of the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMOYER, CLARENCE MAK

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: History War Makos

Liebling, A. J. (Abbott Joseph)

Contents: The road back to Paris -- Mollie and other war pieces -- Uncollected war journalism -- Normandy revisited.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.548 LIE