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3) Allies
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this...
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Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The little-known story of how Southern forces came close to invading the capital of Pennsylvania-includes photos. In June 1863, Harrisburg braced for an invasion. The Confederate troops of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell steadily moved toward the Pennsylvania capital. Capturing Carlisle en route, Ewell sent forth a brigade of cavalry under Brigadier Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins. After occupying Mechanicsburg for two days, Jenkins's troops skirmished with...
Author
Series
Landmark books volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1981] c1956
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the battle on the coast of Normandy in June, 1944, which was the turning point of World War II.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the soldiers of the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces in the European Theater of Operations in World War II, following their activities from D-Day on June 7, 1944 to Germany's surrender eleven months later on May 7, 1945.
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Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In World War II, two historic Allied invasions played key roles in the defeat of the Axis powers. In this gripping DVD, witness the magnificent D-Day invasion of Normandy, when 150,000 brave soldiers stormed ashore to begin their march across Europe. Then discover the details surrounding another great invasion, the Beachhead at Anzio, in Italy. Here, a daring and aggressive maneuver cut the German lines between Rome and Cassino, and the Allied heroics...
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Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Intense passion, unwavering courage and the highest sense of honor came together in one man, George Washington, who changed the course of history. He led a rag-tag array of farmers and woodsmen to victory over the greatest army in the world ... and then oversaw the formation of a new nation. And instead of being crowned king, he became president under the idea that people can govern themselves.
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Tried by fire: Two part epic that shows the role of the 84th Infantry Division in the breakthrough of the former impregnable Siegfried Line and the dramatic conflict known as the Battle of the Bulge. Also includes the crossing of the Roer and Rhine rivers.
Bridge at Remagen: Watch the events surrounding the capture of the important bridge at Remagen by American troops March 7, 1945. This gave the U.S. troops the first bridgehead on the Rhine River....
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Presents the memoirs of Joseph Plumb Martin, a fifteen-year-old boy who enlisted in the revolutionary army in 1776, fighting under Washington, wintering at Valley Forge, and staying in the fight until the end of the war in 1783.
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Journey back to July 21, 1861 along Bull Run Creek in Manassas Junction, Virginia. As two opposing armies meet, watch as the bloodiest single day of war our country has ever seen unfolds before your eyes. Learn all the details of that fateful day, including the turbulent political climate, the Union's military mistakes, the blunders of Washington socialites and the role of Confederate General T. Jonathan Jackson, who earned the name 'Stonewall'...
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Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"The Union was aiming to draw the curtain on the war while the Confederacy was hoping to rekindle its dying flame, Confederate General John Bell Hood turned toward Nashville, hoping to wrest it from Union control. But overt aggressiveness, crippling pain, and maybe even lost love, sealed the fate of his army."
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Though one of the largest calvary engagements of the entire war, the Battle of Mine Creek in Kansas is often overlooked. On October 25, 1864, only one half hour and 2800 Union soldiers were needed to defeat a Confederate calvary of 7,000. How did the Union army succeed despite the overwhelming odds? Why is this battle excluded from the historical records? Discover new information about the weapons, soldiers and tactics through archival letters,...
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