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German Light Cruisers of World War II
Emden, Konigsberg, Karlsruhe, Koln, Leipzig, Nurnberg
By Gerhard Koop and Klaus-Peter Schmolke
The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subjects in naval history with many books devoted to the subject. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships, it is difficult to beat the six volumes in the Warships of the Kriegsmarine series. Now ...
Available Formats: Softcover
The Last Kilometer
Marching to Victory in Europe with the Big Red One, 1944-1945
By A. Preston Price

Presented in cooperation with the Association of the U.S. Army, this is the story of life as an infantryman during the final phases of World War II. Having served as an 81-mm mortar forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division (the"Big Red One"), the author skillfully recreates this military combat experience through both personal recollections and excerpts from his letters ...

Available Formats: Hardcover
Beside Me Still
A Memoir of Love and Loss in World War II
By Elizabeth R. P. Shaw

Here is a compelling portrait of the other side of war—hose who must wait at home, uncertain what the Fates will decide—and Elizabeth Shaw knows this side of war all too well. She waited first for one husband, VanOstrand Perkins, who was killed in battle in the Pacific, and then another, James Shaw, who ultimately survived. This is a story ...

Available Formats: Hardcover