Author: Gwenyth Swain
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1620650096
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
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World War I has just exploded in Europe. The peace of the entire world is in danger. How will you help? Will you: Join the Belgian resistance movement? Fight as a British Army soldier? Serve as a volunteer with the American Field Service?
Author: House of Harkness V
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1496914090
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 585
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Captain Donald E. Harkness Sr., DSC, RNAS/RAF, the author of the original WWI diaries this book is based on, was born in Nelson, New Zealand on August 27, 1894, where he was raised and educated. He interrupted his undergraduate studies in engineering to sail off to London, at age 21, in hopes of joining the nascent air service and defend his mother country against the Germans in WWI. Stationed in France with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) since early 1916, he soon specialized as a bomber pilot, and led many bombing raids, which included the raid that earned him the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), as well as his last raid that wounded him and damaged his plane, causing him to crash-land in Holland. There he was interned, and worked with the underground to help Belgian refugees and downed Allied pilots evade capture. Subsequent to WWI he completed his engineering degree at Canterbury College and obtained a position as consulting engineer for New York's Bear Mountain Bridge project. After returning to New Zealand in early 1925, he was appointed Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the Auckland University School of Engineering. In 1926 he married his New York landlord's daughter, and took on additional duties as Acting Head of the Department of Engineering. In 1929 he launched a new aerial delivery service in Auckland, intending in time to include all of New Zealand and Australia. However, on December 12, 1929, he and his mechanic drowned when the seaplane they were test-piloting for this new venture suddenly failed and crashed into Auckland Harbour.
Author: Elizabeth Raum
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 142963457X
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 113
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"Describes the events of World War II and explains the significance of the war today. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of a member of the Dutch resistance, a Canadian soldier, and an American soldier"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Jaroslav Hašek
Publisher: Good Soldier Švejk
ISBN: 1438916701
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
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A picaresque series of tales about an ordinary man's successful quest to survive, and a funny but unrelentingly savage assault on the very idea of bureaucratic officialdom as a human enterprise conferring benefits on those who live under its control, and on the various justifications bureaucracies offer for their own existence.
Author: Steven Otfinoski
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429699647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 113
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"Describes the role infantryman played during World War II. Readers' choices reveal various historical details"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Michael Burgan
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 162065718X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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"Describes the role pilots played during World War II. Readers' choices reveal various historical details"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Eddie Rickenbacker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fighter pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Author: Arthur Henry Cobby
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780858800441
Category : Fighter pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Author: Michael Burgan
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 1620657228
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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"Describes the role spies played during World War II. Readers' choices reveal various historical details"--
Author: Paul Dowswell
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1409555151
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Twelve thrilling true stories of the Second World War. Includes real life tales of epic naval battles, monumental battles and duels between solitary snipers for control of Stalingrad amongst other tales of bravery and heroism. Stories are illustrated with maps and line drawings and there are notes on sources and ideas for further reading. Gripping and engaging for readers who prefer real life to fiction.
