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Riveting, first-person accounts that put the reader in the cockpit. Dozens of photographs of the planes and the pilots that flew and fought in the skies from Tokyo to Berlin. Find out what it was like to fly some of the all-time classic aircraft of World War II, including the P-51 Mustang, B-17 Flying Fortress, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-38 Lightning, P-4
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Michael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun: U.S. and Japanese Paratroopers at War in the Pacific in World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Panzer Wedge: The German 3rd Panzer Division and the Summer of Victory in the East Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Battle of the Bulge: The Losheim Gap/Holding the Line Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBattle of the Bulge: The 3rd Fallschirmjager Division in Action, December 1944-January 1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMichael Wittmann & the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPanzer Wedge: The German 3rd Panzer Division and Barbarossa's Failure at the Gates of Moscow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Surviving Bataan and Beyond: Colonel Irvin Alexander's Odyssey as a Japanese Prisoner of War Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Battle of the Bulge: Hell at Bütgenbach / Seize the Bridges Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Army of the West: The Weekly Reports of German Army Group B from Normandy to the West Wall Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Panzers in Normandy: General Hans Eberbach and the German Defense of France, 1944 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlying American Combat Aircraft: The Cold War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn the Fire of the Eastern Front: The Experiences of a Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteer, 1941-45 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tours of Duty: Vietnam War Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mission 85: The U.S. Eighth Air Force's Battle over Holland, August 19, 1943 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLuftwaffe Fighter Ace: From the Eastern Front to the Defense of the Homeland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eagles of the Third Reich: Men of the Luftwaffe in WWII Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5War in the Aegean: The Campaign for the Eastern Mediterranean in World War II Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Rommel's Desert War: The Life and Death of the Afrika Korps Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ghost, Thunderbolt, and Wizard: Mosby, Morgan, and Forrest in the Civil War Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Eastern Front Combat: The German Soldier in Battle from Stalingrad to Berlin Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Breaking Point: Sedan and the Fall of France, 1940 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Battle of Sicily: How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Battalion: The Dramatic Story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in WWII Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cavalry Raids of the Civil War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Brigade: The Fifth Canadian Infantry Brigade in World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Here There are Tigers: The Secret Air War in Laos and North Vietnam, 1968-69 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Forging the Thunderbolt: History of the U.S. Army's Armored Forces, 1917-45 Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5
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