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Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
The Bismarck was the fabled German battleship of World War II. Traces the "life" of the Bismarck from its launching (courtesy of newsreel footage) through its many battles and narrow escapes, concluding with its far-from-inevitable sinking in the Spring of 1941. The story concentrates on the human element, specifically a British intelligence captain, who has lost his family in the London blitz and thus has a personal reason for seeing the Bismarck...
2) Das boot
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
Deutsch
Description
Follows the daring patrol of U-96, one of the famed German U-boats known as the "gray wolves."
3) Midway
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2001, c1976
Language
English
Description
The leaders of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific prepare for and fight the pivotal Battle of Midway in 1942.
10) Wolf packs
Publisher
Time-Life
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi Germany. Contents: Birth of the "U-boat peril" --A time for aces--Expanding the killing ground--The last, furious gasp.
Author
Language
English
Description
Although only 23 years old at the time of publication, Theodore Roosevelt made his mark as a military scholar with this detailed analysis of naval combat between the United States and Great Britain from 1812--15. Engagingly written and comprehensively researched, The Naval War of 1812 exercised considerable influence on the formation of the modern American Navy and remains a cornerstone work in its field. Drawing upon official documents, letters,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
First published in 1882, "The Naval War of 1812" is the first book by future United States president Theodore Roosevelt. Written two years after he graduated from Harvard, this seminal study of naval strategy was the culmination of several years of research by Roosevelt that he began while a college student. The book examines the naval battles between the United States and Great Britain during the War of 1812 and presents the facts in an unbiased...
16) Victory at sea
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Documentary about the naval operations of World War II, considered to be a classic.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells, in graphic-novel format, the history of the ironclad steam warships used in the Civil War, revealing facts about the ship's inventor, William Cushing--who pranked his way through the entire war--and other real-life characters.
18) The War of 1812
Publisher
Arts and Entertainment Network :
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
The first episode, "First invasion : the War of 1812," depicts how only 30 years after winning the independence, the upstart United States waged another war with Great Britain. Motivated by the high-seas capture of American sailors and the desire to annex Canadian lands, President Madison declared war. Thanks to the aim of a lone sniper, the skill of Andrew Jackson, the fortitude of the people of Baltimore, and the events of September 11, 1814, America...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever; he vowed to sail, as he put it, "in harm's way." John Paul Jones is more than a great sea story. Jones is a character for the ages. John Adams called him the "most ambitious and intriguing officer in the American...
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