Humble, Richard.
Summary: A brief history of German submarine warfare during World War II and the measures taken by the Allies to combat the U-boats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1990
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 940.54 HUMJordan, David (David John)
Summary: Hitler's U-boat arm formed the backbone of the German war effort at sea. Th is study describes the evolution, design, construction, strategy and techno logy of these mighty oceanic submarines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble Books 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.5451 JORWilliams, Andrew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.542 WILHoyt, Edwin Palmer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stein and Day 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5451 HOYRead, Simon
Summary: "The sea had become a mass grave by 1941 as Hitler's four capital warships--Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Tirpitz, and Bismarck, the largest warship on the ocean--roamed the wind-swept waves, threatening the Allied war effort and sending thousands of men to theicy depths of the North Atlantic. Bristling with guns and steeled in heavy armor, these reapers of the sea could outrun and outgun any...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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Summary: "The triumphant true story of the young women who helped to devise the winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic." -- From book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 PARWalling, Michael G.
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Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine/McGraw-Hill 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WALSummary: Fifty years after World War II, a team of divers discovered an unidentified German U-boat off the New Jersey coast. What boat was it? And what secret mission had brought it there? This video also traces the history of submarines and undersea warfare from the American Revolution through World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2004
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HITOffley, Edward.
Summary: "On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, women, and children gaped from the shore, two damaged oil tankers fell out of line and began to sink. Then a small escort warship blew apart in a violent explosion. Navy warships and aircraft...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars OffleyPitt, Barrie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1977
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.53 WORSyrett, David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of South Carolina Press 1994
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Publisher / Publication Date: BasicBooks 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.542 WILGannon, Michael
Summary: Examines U-boat technology and warfare and describes the adventures of U-123 in American waters during WW2.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5451 GANSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: In 1940, the merchant ship Glencairn rolls and shivers in the black North Atlantic. On board, her anxious crewmen search the sky for German planes and hope they'll survive "The long voyage home."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LONMcClain, S. (Sally)
Summary: Based on first-person accounts and Marine Corps documents, and featuring the original code dictionary, Navajo Weapon tells how the code talkers created a unique code within a code, served their country in combat, and saved American lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rio Nuevo Publishers 2001
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Summary: "Follow two storylines-one about the scientific discoveries that led to the creation of radar, the other about people stranded on a raft in WWII-that come together when radar finds the raft"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 LANSummary: An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished prespective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants - from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2004
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WORSummary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISBruning, John R.
Summary: "On August 20, 1942, twelve Marine dive-bombers and nineteen Marine fighters landed at Guadalcanal. Their mission: defeat the Japanese navy and prevent it from sending more men and supplies to "Starvation Island," as Guadalcanal was nicknamed. The Japanese were turning the remote, jungle-covered mountain in the south Solomon Islands into an air base from which they could attack the supply lines...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 BRUMakos, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022