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"Evasión en el Monte Kenia" de Felice Benuzzi (Editorial XPLORA)

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La historia real de tres prisioneros de guerra que se fugan con el objetivo de escalar una montaña de más de 5.000 metros de altura, símbolo de libertad y dignidad humana.

En 1943, tres prisioneros de guerra italianos se fugaron del campamento de prisioneros británico de Nanyuki en Kenia...read more

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 HQ Batallón) December 09, 2014

"Omaha Beach On D-Day" by Jean-David Morvan and Séverine Tréfouel

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First Second Books announced earlier today the publication of Omaha Beach On D-Day, the first book in a new series hoping to explore "iconic moments in World War II history" (from the PR). The initial work was written by Jean-David Morvan and Séverine Tréfouel, with art from Domnique Bertail - ...read more

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"The Good War That Wasn’t—And Why It Matters: World War II’s Moral Legacy" by Ted Grimsrud (Cascade Books)

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A war is always a moral event. However, the most destructive war in human history has not received much moral scrutiny. The Good War That Wasn’t—And Why It Mattersexamines the moral legacy of this war, especially for the United States.

Drawing on the just war tradition and on moral values...read more

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"British Writers and the Approach of World War I"I by Steve Ellis (Cambridge University Press)

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This book considers the literary construction of what E. M. Forster calls 'the 1939 State', namely the anticipation of the Second World War between the Munich crisis of 1938 and the end of the Phoney War in the spring of 1940. Steve Ellis investigates not only myriad responses to the imminent...read more

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 Lieutenant) November 29, 2014

Allarme! Bombardieri su Pavia (Pime Editrice)

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Il libro di Pier Vittorio Chierico rievoca le incursioni del 1944 e ’45 utilizzando anche documenti Usa desecretati bombardamenti e quelle del trecentesco Ponte vecchio sul Ticino, tenace nella sua ostinata resistenza, prima della resa finale agli attacchi degli aerei alleati, persero la vita...read more

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 Lieutenant) October 18, 2014

"Cove: A Village at War" by Arthur Lunn (Footmark Publications)

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The story of Cove during the Second World War, told through the experiences of residents and soldiers called up to fight, is laid out in a book published 16 years ago.

The second book by Arthur Lunn, who was an army recruit himself in 1940, Cove: A Village at War contains some fascinating...read more

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