NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. In honor of the 75th Anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World War II, the popular primetime Fox News anchor of The Story with Martha MacCallum pays tribute to the heroic men who sacrificed everything at Iwo Jima to defeat the Armed Forces of Emperor Hirohito-among them, a member of her own family, Harry Gray. Admiral Chester Nimitz spoke of the "uncommon valor" of the men who fought on Iwo Jima, one...

"For Americans, World War II began in December of 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; in Soviet historical accounts, the war was prompted by the German invasion of June 1941; for the British and the French, the war was not taken seriously until the German forces penetrated French territory in May 1940. But for Poland, the war began on September 1, 1939 when the Nazi army invaded Poland by land and by air, where they were soon joined by Stalin's...

"Since she was nine, Alina Dziak knew she would marry her best friend, Tomasz. Now fifteen and engaged, Alina believes her neighbors and the Nazi soldiers at the Polish border pose no threat, and dreams of the day Tomasz returns from college in Warsaw. But little by little, the Nazi occupation takes hold and Alina's village is divided by fear and hate. Then Tomasz disappears. Alina once measured time between visits from her beloved; now she measures...

Presents an account of America's early efforts in World War II and portrays 1942 as a year of perseverance, innovation, tactics, tragedy, and triumph and the defining act in the great drama of the war.

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Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From...

Presents a history of World War II, traces the major developments from Hitler's refusal to retreat from the Soviet Union to Stalin's ruthlessness in his fight to wear down the German army, and shows the impact of war on the people.

"As bombs rain down on Warsaw and Hitler's forces surround the city, childhood friends Marta and Janina join the war effort using one of the only weapons that still feel safe to them: literature, fighting to preserve their culture and community and finding hope in each other in order to survive.