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2015., Anchor Bay Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Against Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Three US Navy airmen crash land their torpedo bomber in the South Pacific and find themselves on a tiny life raft, surrounded by open ocean. Against incredible odds, these three virtual strangers must survive storms, sharks, starvation, and each other, as they try to sail more than a thousand miles to safety.
![Against the sun [DVD] (2015). Directed by Brian Falk](/Library/images/~imageCT81640.JPG "Against the sun [DVD] (2015). Directed by Brian Falk")
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1962., General, Batsford Call No: 940.5 C699b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Reproductions of newspaper articles, military documents, a German propaganda leaflet, combat reports, and other materials help recreate the Battle of Britain.
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2021., Little, Brown and company Call No: 940.54 G542b Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the "Bomber Mafia", asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, "Was it worth it?" Things might have gone differently had LeMay's predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war"--
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The Bomber Mafia [eAudiobook] : a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the Second World War2021., Adult, Findaway World, LLC Edition: Unabridged. Connect to this eAudiobook title Summary Note: In The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War, Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers including Talking to Strangers and host of the podcast Revisionist History, uses original interviews, archival footage and his trademark insight to weave together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard. As listeners hear these stories unfurl, Gladwell examines one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This "Bomber Mafia" asked: What if precision bombing could, just by taking out critical choke points -- industrial or transportation hubs - cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In Revisionist History, Gladwell re-examines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time. In The Bomber Mafia, he employs all the production techniques that make Revisionist History so engaging, stepping back from the bombing of Tokyo, the deadliest night of the war, and asking, "Was it worth it?" The attack was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives but may have spared more by averting a planned US invasion.Things might have gone differently had LeMay's predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. As a key member of the Bomber Mafia, Haywood's theories of precision bombing had been foiled by bad weather, enemy jet fighters, and human error. When he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II.The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.
![The Bomber Mafia [eAudiobook] : a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the Second World War](/Library/images/~imageCT101921.JPG "The Bomber Mafia [eAudiobook] : a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the Second World War")
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2001., Adult, CANAV Books Call No: 358.40097 M638c (v.1) Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: No-one interested in the history of Canadian military aviation will want to miss this 3-volume (eventually 4) series from Larry Milberry! With its vast text and more than 2000 photos, Canada's Air Force at War and Peace is the grandest of all publications dealing with the Royal Canadian Air Force, its predecessors and successors. This series is something that no air force veterans will want to miss. Canada's Air Force at War and Peace begins with the major role played during WWI by Canadians in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Volume 1 begins in 1914 with the one-plane Canadian Aviation Corps, then moves to Canada's part in the British air services. The emphasis is on new material. With more than 30,000 words and 80 photos covering Canadians on fighters, bombers, coastal patrol & training, Chapter 1 gets CAFWP off to an exciting start. Chapter 2 covers the interwar years, tracing the CAF/RCAF from its civil-oriented start in photography & surveying, fisheries & sovereignty patrols, treaty flights & training. With little money the RCAF grows more military. Dozens of photos take you from HS-2L to Atlas, Siskin, Stranraer, Hurricane. Chapter 3 deals with Canada on the homefront 1939-45. Besides some 42,000 words, with 230 photos the visual coverage is spectacular. Main themes include: BCATP, home defence, domestic transport, and industry (Tiger Moths, Lancasters, etc.). Vol.1 finishes by taking you afield in the first overseas chapter -- Day Fighters 1939-45. This is another knock-out, starting with Canadians in the pre-war RAF, moving to No.1 Squadron in the Battle of Britain, on to post D-Day and the march through Europe, Far East, etc. Hurricanes, Mustangs, Spitfires, Thunderbolts & Typhoons fly off the pages. Published 2000, 296 pages, 700 black & white photographs, hardcover, large format (9" x 12") Never has so much RCAF/CF history been combined with such a photo collection. Writes the Halifax Sunday Herald of Vol.1: "This compelling volume can best be described as a combination history lesson, yearbook ... and biography ... a fitting tribute to the countless air force personnel and their families who risked everything for their country." In September 2000 Britain's prestigious Scale Aviation Modeller International selected Vol.1 as its "Book of the Month": "Well, what can we say! This is a book that truly deserves the 'must have' title... one that all RCAF and Canadian aviation fans will want to add to their collection." Writes Airforce: "Milberry has pulled off another winner ... the most comprehensive history of Canada's air force ever produced." In his review in Canadian Flight Bob Merrick announces "the grand-daddy of all Christmas presents for air force vets ... one aeronautical treat after another ... a superb work to delight all RCAF or CF veterans".
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2000., Adult, CANAV Books Call No: 358.40097 M638c (v.2) Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: With its vast text and more than 2000 photos, Canada's Air Force At War And Peace, is the grandest of all publications dealing with the Royal Canadian Air Force, its predecessors and successors. This 3-volume series is something that no air force veteran will want to miss. No-one interested in the history of Canadian military aviation will want to miss this 3-volume series from Larry Milberry! Volume 2 completes 1939-45. Chapters 1 & 2 cover night fighters, intruders & medium bombers. Much on Canadians on Defiants, Beaufighters & Mosquitos, the former a period of frustration, the latter of success. Many personal stories end happily, but sad times also fill the pages. Chapter 3 deals with Bomber Command, beginning with Canadians on RAF squadrons, then moves to the first RCAF squadrons on Hampdens & Wellingtons. With some 70,000 words, Chapter 3 says much of the bombing campaign. If CAFWP has a brutal chapter, this is it -- some 10,000 young Canadians die on bombers. Chief data sources are the official 6 Group records + diaries, logs & albums of the men who were there. Chapter 4 studies Coastal Command on Beaufighters, Liberators, Sunderlands, etc. 60,000 words of new coverage and photos. While RCAF at War revealed new material on the Hornell VC, more is added here. Special coverage of 422 & 423 Sqns (Sunderlands) is not to be missed, nor are the excerpts from combat reports. Air transport is the theme of Chapter 5, with more of Norseman, Dakota, Fortress, etc. War art + awards & decorations complete Published 2000, 256 pages, 600 black & white photographs, hardcover, large format (9" x 12").
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c2008., HarperCollins Call No: Fic Hum Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Harriet, a widow, stands on the roof of Coventry Cathedral as part of the nightly fire watch, when first the factories and then the church itself are set on fire in an air attack. In the ensuing chaos Harriet and a young man have to find the way back to his home where he left his mother.
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-- World War II warplanes.c1996., Grange Books Call No: 623.7 G258g Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2011., Random House Call No: Fic Mas Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Inspired by the wartime experiences of her late father-in-law, award-winning author Bobbie Ann Mason has written an unforgettable novel about an American World War II pilot shot down in Occupied Europe. When Marshall Stone returns to his crash site decades later, he finds himself drawn back in time to the brave people who helped him escape from the Nazis. He especially recalls one intrepid girl guide who risked her life to help him--the girl in the blue beret. At twenty-three, Marshall Stone was a U.S. flyboy stationed in England. Headstrong and cocksure, he had nine exhilarating bombing raids under his belt when enemy fighters forced his B-17 to crash-land in a Belgian field near the border of France. The memories of what happened next--the frantic moments right after the fiery crash, the guilt of leaving his wounded crewmates and fleeing into the woods to escape German troops, the terror of being alone in a foreign country--all come rushing back when Marshall sets foot on that Belgian field again. Marshall was saved only by the kindness of ordinary citizens who, as part of the Resistance, moved downed Allied airmen through clandestine, often outrageous routes (over the Pyrenees to Spain) to get them back to their bases in England. Even though Marshall shared a close bond with several of the Resistance members who risked their lives for him, after the war he did not look back. But now he wants to find them again--to thank them and renew their ties. Most of all, Marshall wants to find the courageous woman who guided him through Paris. She was a mere teenager at the time, one link in the underground line to freedom. Marshall's search becomes a wrenching odyssey of discovery that threatens to break his heart--and also sets him on a new course for the rest of his life. In his journey, he finds astonishing revelations about the people he knew during the war--none more electrifying and inspiring than the story of the girl in the blue beret. Intimate and haunting, The Girl in the Blue Beret is a beautiful and affecting story of love and courage, war and redemption, and the startling promise of second chances.
