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When World War II becomes imminent, Roman decides to put aside minor league baseball in order to enlist in the US Army, leaving behind his fiancée Hannah. During basic training he discovers that he has a definite talent for driving tanks and Roman is eager to join his fellow soldiers on the front line .
The Machine Gunners is a children's historical novel by Robert Westall, published by Macmillan in 1975.Set in northeastern England shortly after the Battle of Britain (February 1941), it features children who find a crashed German aircraft with a machine gun and ammunition; they build a fortress and capture and imprison a German gunner.
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war .
The third book, Guts & Glory: World War II came out on March 1, 2016. [10] Starting from the Defense of Sihang Warehouse , the book tells about the major battles like Operation Barbarossa and D-day , while also telling the stories of the escape from the Sobibor death camp and Nancy Wake , besides others.
Children's books about the internment of Japanese Americans (6 P) Pages in category "Children's books set during World War II" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total.
The Second World War is a history of the period from the end of the First World War to July 1945, written by Winston Churchill.Churchill labelled the "moral of the work" as follows: "In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill". [2]
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World War II, or the Second World War was a global military conflict that was fought between September 1, 1939, and September 2, 1945. The war pitted two major military alliances against each other: the Allies of the United States, Soviet Union , United Kingdom, China and others against the Axis of Germany , Japan , Italy and others .