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2121) Black cross
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x, 644 pages ; 19 cm
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English
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A physician from Georgia and a German Jew, in a risky maneuver, attempt to destroy a poison nerve gas laboratory in Hitler's Germany.
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1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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From March 1942 to May 1946, the United States government imprisoned over 4,000 Japanese and Japanese-American men at a camp in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Using twenty hours of interviews with the prisoners and their families as well as declassified government documents and private photographs, this documentary attempts to tell the previously untold story of these prisoners.
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x, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustration, map ; 24 cm
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English
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"A gripping true-life thriller about the first US submarine to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier, and the sub's tragic twist of fate"--
In 1939 off the New England coast, the submarine USS Squalus accidentally sinks to the bottom of the sea during a training exercise, killing half her crew. Coming to the rescue is the USS Sculpin, in many ways the Squalus's twin. As their oxygen supply dwindles, the remaining crew aboard the Squalus are saved in a...
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4 audio discs (4 hrs., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked...
2129) Monsignor
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Monsignor is a provocative and controversial drama about an ambitious American priest at war with his principles while embroiled in the high stakes of Vatican politics and finance. His clerical vows are further tested as he finds himself passionately drawn to a young postulant nun.
2130) The tango war: the struggle for the hearts, minds and riches of Latin America during World War II
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xiv, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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English
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"The gripping and little known story of the fight for the allegiance of Latin America during World War II. The Tango War fills an important gap in WWII history. Beginning in the thirties, both sides were well aware of the need to control not just the hearts and minds but also the resources of Latin America. The fight was often dirty: residents were captured to exchange for U.S. prisoners of war and rival spy networks shadowed each other across the...
2131) Sisu
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1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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During WWII, a solitary prospector crosses paths with Nazis in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover he is no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word "sisu," the legendary ex-commando will embody what it means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. And this one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold...
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1 videodisc (approximately 131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
During World War II, an American naval ship is sunk in shark infested waters by a Japanese submarine.
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ix, 260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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"A nonfiction manuscript for young readers about a group of Allied spies and codebreakers that cracked the Nazis's infamous cypher, allowing them to read secret military messages and turn the tide of World War II. During WWII, as the Germans waged war, every Nazi plan, every attack, was sent over radio. But to the Allies listening in, the messages sounded like gibberish. The communications were encoded with a powerful cypher -- unless you could unlock...
2135) The whispering town
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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In Denmark during World War II, young Annet, her parents, and their neighbors help a Jewish family hide from Nazi soldiers until it is safe for them to leave Annet's basement.
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450, 17 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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In 1939 Romy and her family leave Austria to settle in Shanghai as Jewish refugees and Romy forms a deep friendship with Li, and in 2016, Romy's granddaughter Alexandra transfers to Shanghai to search for clues about her mother's history.
1939, Shanghai: Beautiful local Li and Jewish refugee Romy form a fierce friendship, but the deepening shadows of World War II fall over the women as they slip between the city's glamorous French Concession district...
2138) The secret letter
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417 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"London, 2018: When ninety-four-year-old Imogen receives a letter addressed to her in neat, unfamiliar handwriting, she notices the postmark is stamped from Germany--and it sends shivers down her spine ... Germany, 1939: Thirteen-year-old Magda is devastated by the loss of her best friend, shy and gentle Lotte, cruelly snatched from her and sent to a concentration camp--the Star of David sewn on her faded, brown coat. As the Nazi's power takes hold,...
2139) Somebody at the door
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233 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"In the winter of 1942, England lies cold and dark in the wartime blackout. One bleak evening, Councillor Grayling steps off the 6.12 from Euston, carrying £120 in cash, and oblivious to the fate that awaits him in the snow-covered suburbs"--Amazon.com.
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xvi, 431 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who are thrust into extraordinary circumstances, and through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as FDR's fourth-term vice president for his well-praised work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Harry S. Truman--a midwesterner who had no college degree and had never had the money to buy his own home--was the prototypical ordinary man. Until, that is, he found himself...
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