Heroes of World War II

Title
Heroes of World War II

Personal Author EPSB
Paul. Beck

Summary
In Heroes of World War II, you'll read about Allied freedom fighters, spies, invisible ink, code names, secret passages, and underground railroads. Discover how people, including schoolchildren, around the world took it upon themselves to thwart Hitler's quest for world domination.

Other Title
Heroes of World War 2
 
Heroes of World War Two

Year Published
2013

Physical Description
64 pages : illustrations (some colored), colored map ; 28 cm

Contents
Prologue -- Occupation and resistance -- Hortense Clews -- Oskar Schindler's change of heart -- Irena Sendler -- Raoul Wallenberg -- Corrrie Ten Boom -- The spymasters and Secret agents -- The code-breakers of Bletchley Park -- The little ships of Dunkirk -- Tuskegee Airmen -- Pearl Harbor -- WASPs in the air -- Aircraft of World War II -- Japanese-American prisoners of war -- Daniel Inouye and the Nisei Soldiers -- Raising the flag on Iwo Jima -- Navajo code talkers -- The angels of Bataan and Corregidor -- Working for victory -- Rosie the Riveter -- Life at home -- Victory in style -- Propaganda posters -- Animal heroes -- D-Day -- Liberation -- The Monuments Men -- Return to Normandy -- Timeline of World War II -- After the war.

Subject
Heroes and heroines -- Biography.
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.

Added Author
Walsh, Anne Marie.

Summary
In Heroes of World War II, you'll read about Allied freedom fighters, spies, invisible ink, code names, secret passages, and underground railroads. Discover how people, including schoolchildren, around the world took it upon themselves to thwart Hitler's quest for world domination.

ISBN
9780545637480

Publisher
New York : Tangerine Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2013]
 
©2013


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Elizabeth Finch940.54 BECBook31459000168055Non-Fiction