Tag: WWII

Great Aircraft of WWII


Free Download Alfred Price, Mike Spick – Great Aircraft of WWII
Abbeydale Press | 1997 | ISBN: 1861470010 | English | 336 pages | PDF | 204.32 MB
Battle-action photographs of historic planes, from the Spitfire Mark 5B and the P-51 Mustang to the B-17 and the Avro Lancaster, are combined with cutaway illustrations that detail their structure and characteristics to provides a complete visual documentary.

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The Poppa and The Punkin A WWII Romance Told in Letters


Free Download Tim Dunn, "The Poppa and The Punkin: A WWII Romance Told in Letters "
English | ISBN: 1098315006 | 2020 | 206 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
The Poppa and The Punkin: A World War II Romance Told in Letters 1939-1946, is the story of a young couple who send 600-700 letters to each other during the war when they are separated. One of their moms also writes her son and the wife also writes to her baby brother. They share the collective feelings of the family throughout the war whether they are on the Pacific front, the European front or on the Homefront. The couple’s son who has discovered this trove of letters has developed an accounting of WWII by weaving these letters, their differing reactions to the major events of WWII and how they cope with their loneliness, sadness, and fears and aspirations for the future after the war. The couple argues, feel hurt, differ over life’s future decisions and disagree over such major events as the atomic bomb, the United Nations and even the very nature of war. The husband worries about his health, the opinion of his men and the utter waste of the army’s resources and function when the war end. His wife is lonely but is more agitated by the loss of life on both sides, the unemployment that will follow the war and the families of men who will not come back. But what is most true about the letters is in the couple’s separation, utter joy and delight upon receiving a letter from the other, that carries them through the weeks of loneliness.

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The Logics and Politics of Post-WWII Migration to Western Europe


Free Download Anthony M. Messina, "The Logics and Politics of Post-WWII Migration to Western Europe"
English | 2007 | pages: 310 | ISBN: 0521821347, 0521528860 | PDF | 1,7 mb
Few phenomena have been more disruptive to West European politics and society than the accumulative experience of post-WWII immigration. Against this backdrop spring two questions: Why have the immigrant-receiving states historically permitted high levels of immigration? To what degree can the social and political fallout precipitated by immigration be politically managed? Utilizing evidence from a variety of sources, this study explores the links between immigration and the surge of popular support for anti-immigrant groups; its implications for state sovereignty; its elevation to the policy agenda of the European Union; and its domestic legacies. It argues that post-WWII migration is primarily an interest-driven phenomenon that has historically served the macroeconomic and political interests of the receiving countries. Moreover, it is the role of politics in adjudicating the claims presented by domestic economic actors, foreign policy commitments, and humanitarian norms that creates a permissive environment for significant migration to Western Europe.

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Forgotten Island The WWII Story of One Sailor’s Survival on Japanese-Occupied Guam


Free Download Forgotten Island: The WWII Story of One Sailor’s Survival on Japanese-Occupied Guam by John J. Domagalski
English | July 16th, 2024 | ISBN: 9798888452806 | 336 pages | True EPUB | 4.76 MB
The opening days of World War II in the Pacific found the island of Guam in the Mariana Islands to be an isolated American possession that was nearly surrounded by Japanese territory. The island came under immediate attack with the start of hostilities. The small garrison of marines, navy personnel, and Guamanians surrendered to Japanese invaders after offering only token resistance.

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The Silent Service in WWII The Fleet Type Submarine


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Periscope Film LLC | 2009 | ISBN: 1411677536 | English | 252 pages | PDF | 212.38 MB
Originally published by the U.S. Navy in 1946, "The Fleet Type Submarine" uses the USS Perch SS313 to explain operating principles, technologies, and systems. It contains numerous diagrams and photos and offers definitions of components and terminology. It provides descriptions of various systems such as ballast tanks, trim, ventilation and steering. It also contains a brief history of the submarine and a discussion of patrol routines. This is the most complete technical guide to the boats that won WWII in the Pacific. Nothing close to it was ever assembled before, or since. Periscopefilm.com’s affordable reprint comes in a soft bound edition with attractive covers. Although some of the book has been reformatted, and color images are reproduced in black and white, all of the original content is preserved. (A color supplement is also available). This is a must-have for anyone interested in submarines and an important reference for any historian, docent, or modeler.

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Sheer Misery Soldiers in Battle in WWII


Free Download Mary Louise Roberts, "Sheer Misery: Soldiers in Battle in WWII"
English | ISBN: 022675314X | 2021 | 208 pages | AZW3 | 4 MB
Marching across occupied France in 1944, American GI Leroy Stewart had neither death nor glory on his mind: he was worried about his underwear, which was engaged in a relentless crawl of its own. Similar complaints of physical discomfort pervade infantrymen’s memories of the European theater, whether the soldiers were British, American, German, or French. Wet, freezing misery with no end in sight-this was life for millions of enlisted men during World War II.

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