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.Wartime Scrapbook: From Blitz to Victory 1939-1945
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by: Robert Opie

October 15, 2004
When I saw this book, I knew I was going to love it. It includes page after page of nostalgic and evocative images of over 1000 items that shaped the Second World War.
They range from a photo of a Wartime larder, to photos of genuine wartime sweets and chocolate to photos of some of the newspapers that brandish many of the headlines that act as turning points that changed the whole course of the War.
Along side each page of vivid images, is an informative yet interesting explanation about the items on the page which gives you a true unterstanding of them.
If all this wasn't enough, then there is also a useful wartime timeline at the end of the book.
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.Second Reich to Third Reich Germany 1918-45 (Access to History)
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by: Geoff Layton

June 27, 2008
When I saw this book, I knew I was going to love it. It includes page after page of nostalgic and evocative images of over 1000 items that shaped the Second World War.
They range from a photo of a Wartime larder, to photos of genuine wartime sweets and chocolate to photos of some of the newspapers that brandish many of the headlines that act as turning points that changed the whole course of the War.
Along side each page of vivid images, is an informative yet interesting explanation about the items on the page which gives you a true unterstanding of them.
If all this wasn't enough, then there is also a useful wartime timeline at the end of the book.
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.Shadow Divers: How Two Men Discovered Hitler's Lost Sub and Solved One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
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by: Robert Kurson

August 15, 2005
If you are a diver yourself - and particularly if you are a wreck diver - reading this book will bring you back the memory of the smell of salvages items. You will be reminded of the fierce competition when it comes to be the first to salvage precious items such as the bell of a wreck. You will be brought back into the secrecy surrounding a new position of a wreck. You will review the hassel of composing a diving team willing to dive deep and spend a substantial amount of time preparing for the dive and go into the game where the whether at the end of the day has the final saying if you will dive or not.
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.The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
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by: William L. Shirer

May 02, 1991
The American Journalist William L. Shirer is one of the few Westerners still alive who had the opportunity to view Hitler 'in the flesh' and also had access to the Voluminous amount of material recovered by the Allies at the end of the war.

The result of his work is a volume which is difficult to beat as a guide to the History of the Hitler regime. It is detailed, objective and informative. Though it has since been surpassed by later historical works, it still remains essential reading for historians of the third Reich. Thoroughly recommended and easily accessible for the General reader also.
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.The Avengers: A Jewish War Story
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by: Rich Cohen

2000-11
During the war,when the holocust was at is peak three young jews who were,nt even twenty years of age one young man Abba kovner, and two young women Vitka Kempner and Ruska marle,escape from ghetto and live out in the Polish forest and lead orther jews who help revenge all the orther jews that were murdered by the germans. The three avengers use the sewers to travel and transport guns and bomb factories and bridges,the bravery and determination is ingredible.The later part of the book reveals what they planned [and how would revenge the Germans when the war was over]. Even when the war was over and they try and eventually go to Palestine their troubles are far from over.A book that everyone should read.
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.The Wildest Province: SOE in the Land of the Eagle
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by: Roderick Bailey

February 07, 2008
This excellent and gripping book is a must buy for anyone serious about understanding the Second World War and its aftermath, as well as for anyone serious about cracking good reads. On almost every page there is a fascinating fact - not least legendary British actor Anthony Quayle's involvement in SOE - and they are all woven into a skillful whole that will by the end give the reader a new perspective on Europe and the perils of messing about in other people's countries. By turns breathtaking, funny, tragic and sometimes horrifying, the book is an indictment of the human spirit and what it is capable of: courage, determination, betrayal and dreadful violence. The best kind of modern history writing.
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.The Greatest Raid of All (Pan Grand Strategy)
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by: C.E.Lucas Phillips

August 11, 2000
Without going in to depth, this is a fantastic book that accurately recounts, in detail, the remarkable Commando Raid on St Nazaire. There is nothing like this. This is a book and subject that I shall be making my subalterns read and digest.
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.The Great Escape
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by: Anton Gill

November 04, 2002
I have just finished reading this book tonight and it was brilliant. All the men that took part in the Great Escape digging the tunnel as well as helpers that did not escape were so brave. I would recommed this book to anyone that has a interest in World War 2. Well worth reading.
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.Mussolini
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by: R.J.B. Bosworth

October 31, 2002
Mussolini by R.J.B. Bosworth is an interesting book which offers some insights into the rise and fall of Mussolini. It shows that Mussolini was a terrible man but not as bad as some of his contemporaries and perhaps could if the Second World War had not happened could have perhaps ended up like Franco in Spain. It also dispels the view that he was an incompetent figure of ridicule by showing that while not being an intellectual he was far from a buffoon. However, the book suffers from a lack of structure in places, the mention of figures and events with no explanation as to who they were or why they occured and in places a rather pretentious tone. All in all a good book but rather wordy and a little hard-going.
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.Nazism 1919-1945, Volume Two: State, Economy and Society 1933-1939: A Documentary Reader (Exeter Studies in History): 2
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by: Jeremy Noakes

September 01, 2000
I'm a 6th form student, and using this book is such a life saver. Anything I'm atudying in school, I look in the index, find it in the book and I am provided with, knowledge facts and figures and everything else that I need.
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