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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
As the war in the Pacific heats up in 1945, Private Clay Adams dreams of finding glory like his brother, while Admiral Chester Nimitz struggles to unite rival army and marine commanders so they can defeat the Japanese and end the war.
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
Formats
Description
Civil War novel traces the lives, passions, and careers of military leaders Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joshua Chamberlain, and Robert E. Lee, who all meet on the same battlefield for the first time at Fredericksburg, where they experience the battle from four very different points of view.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A fictional account of D-Day and the Allied invasion of Europe chronicles the events of the World War II campaign and the personalities who took part, from the ordinary soldiers on the land and in the air, to such leaders as Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, and Omar Bradley, as their efforts changed the course of the war.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"June, 1950: the North Korean army, a formidable force backed by Soviet arms and training, invades South Korea, with the intent of uniting the country under Communist rule. In response, the United States mobilizes a force to defend the overmatched South Korean troops. But the US is no better equipped than their allies. The American and United nations troops are fighting for their lives against the most brutal weather conditions imaginable, and an...
Author
Series
Civil War volume 4
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara comes the riveting final installment in the Civil War series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Dawn. November 1864: As the Civil War rolls into its fourth bloody year, the tide has turned decidedly in favor of the Union. A grateful Abraham Lincoln responds to Ulysses S. Grant's successes by bringing the general east, promoting Grant to command...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt watches uneasily as the world heads rapidly down a dangerous path. The Japanese have waged an aggressive campaign against China, and they now begin to expand their ambitions to other parts of Asia. As their expansion efforts grow bolder, their enemies know that Japan's ultimate goal is total conquest over the region, especially when the Japanese align themselves with Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy,...
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