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"Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power. Beginning in the French countryside during the Great War, the conflict between these...
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Defines and helps children explore the terms American Revolution, Civil War, World War I, World War II and Cold War. Divided into segments, it is designed to reinforce and support a child's comprehension and retention of these terms through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Viewers will see and hear the terms used in a variety of contexts, providing a model for how to appropriately use the words....
4) Vikings
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Series
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explorers and warriors, Vikings traveled across oceans to conquer new lands. Delve into their world and find out which segment of society became Vikings, where they were from, and how and why they fought.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 42
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English
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On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, Eisenhower biographer and World War II historian Stephen E. Ambrose reveals for the first time anywhere that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1944, had to be abandoned before the first shot was fired.
The true story of D-Day, as Ambrose relates it, is about the citizen soldiers - junior officers and enlisted men - taking the initiative to act on their own to break...
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English
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"Robert Harris returns to the thrilling historical fiction he has so brilliantly made his own. This is the story of the infamous Dreyfus affair told as a chillingly dark, hard-edged novel of conspiracy and espionage. Paris in 1895. Alfred Dreyfus, a young Jewish officer, has just been convicted of treason, sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island, and stripped of his rank in front of a baying crowd of twenty-thousand. Among the witnesses to...
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English
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Traces the story of the mixed-race swordsman and father of novelist Alexandre Dumas, discussing his rise to the French aristocracy, his military triumphs ,and the adventures that inspired such classics as "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo."
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English
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Describes the values, strategic thinking, and leadership qualities of military leaders from World War II to the present day and how the widening separation between performance and accountability has not resulted in any recent Marshalls, Eisenhowers, or Pattons.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 18
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The effects of the Battle of Hastings were deeply felt at the time, causing a lasting shift in British cultural identity and national pride. Jim Bradbury explores the full military background of the battle and investigates both what actually happened on that fateful day in 1066 and the role that the battle plays in the British national myth. The Battle of Hastings starts by looking at the Normans--who they were, where they came from--and the career...
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Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"The WWII invasion of Allied troops into German-occupied Europe, known as D-Day, was the largest military endeavor in history. By the time it occurred on June 6, 1944, Hitler and the Axis powers had a chokehold grip on the European continent, which the Allies called "Fortress Europe." Behind enemy lines, Nazi Germany was engaged in the mass extermination of the Jewish people and the oppression of civilians across Europe. The goal of D-Day was no less...
16) Air Force Eagles
Author
Series
Air Force trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 19
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Pinned behind enemy lines with ammunition low and gunpowder wet, Major Richard Sharpe and his troops must hold a war-battered fort against a legion of two thousand strong under General Calvert.
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 17
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
A shrewd priest of the Inquisition, his cruel brother, and a secret that can win the war for Napoleon combine to threaten the undercover mission of Major Richard Sharpe.
Author
Series
Liberation trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Tells the dramatic story of the titanic battle for Western Europe from D-Day to the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich.
Author
Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Draws from more than two centuries of soldiers' personal encounters with combat--through excerpts from letters, diaries, memoirs, audio recordings, film, and blogs--to capture the essence of the American military experience firsthand.
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