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- Summary
- Behind the great powers, global military conflict, and infamous battles are more than 100 incredible stories that bring to life the Second World War
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (445 p.)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Contents
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- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Prologue; War and Peace at Odds; Ambassador's Briefcase Purloined; Inches from Death; Underground War; Movie Show in Shanghai; Monster Created; Street Fights and Bombs; War of Nerves; "Inspection" Interrupted; Diplomacy Under Physical Stress; War's First Battle; Eagle's Brief Flight; Revolting Visit to Poland; Incredible, Ubiquitous Samaritan; Jockeying for Position; Plans Gone Astray; Dinner Guest; Bold Gamble Supported?; "Intend to Fire Torpedo"; "Never Such a Fleet"; Titanic Connection; Treasure Ships En Route
- Landing with Piggyback RiderParachutist Draped on Wing; Stricken Pilot's Pivotal Decision; Pet Spy in England; Penalty Exacted for Coventry; Blues vs. Reds; Patterns on a Dining Room Table; Generals from the Eighties; Memorable Utterances; Saga Piled upon Saga; Early Martyr at Auschwitz; Whose Planes These?; Warnings Repeatedly Ignored; War "Half as Bad as It Sounds"; Countdown; Farewell from Stalin; Ally in the White House; Fleet of Moles; Mount Your Tanks!; Faith, Hope, and Charity; No Action Taken; Tough Farewell for FDR; War, War, Everywhere War; No Place for a Visitor; Date to Mark
- Footnote to Pearl "Too Damned Old"; Bird Named Swoose; Chennault Strikes Back; Disorderly Ran the Two Ships; Going around FDR's Secrecy; Tale of a Stowaway; MacArthur's Extended Escape; Japanese -American vs. Japan; Bombed by Oranges; Long Odyssey into War; Blind Leading the Blind; Hands of Steel; Early Tokyo Run; Tokyo's Psychological Shock; Tale of Two Ships; Seagoing Guards; He Stopped Rommel; Spinster Ship; Getting from Here to There; Rendezvous for Faithful Companion; Hunt for Tall, Limping Man; Escape to Berlin; High Drama at Sea; Women at War; No Comforts on New Guinea
- Bully That Never FoughtRomance amid Society's Ruins; Hitler's Bathwater Purloined; Intelligence War; War Still Supreme; Tapping the Hot Line; Brave Trigger's Last Patrol; Conversation with the Lord; Non-Swimmer's Worst Nightmare; Constant Companion Cuthbert; Liaison Corps; Ship's Piano Purloined; A "Duckling" Transfixed; Only Harry; Kilroy Really Was; Square Balloon; "Mush" Morton Legend; Plea of the White Rose; Soothed into Agreement; Brothers to the End; Young Man Whittling; Death of Leslie Howard; Shipmates to the End; Stalingrad's "White Rose"; Allies on Ascendancy
- "Hey, We're on Your Side""Smoking Too Much"; Close Call for FDR; Riding Enemy's Truck; "Sure Am Sorry"; Oops, No Parachute; War Story; Courage Extended; Strife at High Levels; Search for "Big Stoop"; Doubling for Monty; One Man Army; New Hope for "Kitty"; Only Ike Did It...All; Two in Single-Seat Fighter; A General and His Dog; Faint Sound in the Distance; Hitchhiker to the Rescue; Marooned in America; Fear and Trembling; Destruction, Destruction Everywhere; Million and One Heroes; Marooned in Modern France; Resistance at Auschwitz; Record Set Escaping; Apology Between Enemies
- Isbn
- 9781402254857
- Link
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- Label
- Best little stories from World War II : more than 100 true stories
- Title
- Best little stories from World War II
- Title remainder
- more than 100 true stories
- Statement of responsibility
- by C. Brian Kelly, with Ingrid Smyer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Behind the great powers, global military conflict, and infamous battles are more than 100 incredible stories that bring to life the Second World War
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- MERUC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kelly, C. Brian
- Dewey number
-
- 940.53
- 940.5481
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- D743
- LC item number
- .K4 2010eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1927-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Smyer-Kelly, Ingrid
- OverDrive, Inc
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Anecdotes
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Label
- Best little stories from World War II : more than 100 true stories, by C. Brian Kelly, with Ingrid Smyer, (electronic resource)
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- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Contents
-
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Prologue; War and Peace at Odds; Ambassador's Briefcase Purloined; Inches from Death; Underground War; Movie Show in Shanghai; Monster Created; Street Fights and Bombs; War of Nerves; "Inspection" Interrupted; Diplomacy Under Physical Stress; War's First Battle; Eagle's Brief Flight; Revolting Visit to Poland; Incredible, Ubiquitous Samaritan; Jockeying for Position; Plans Gone Astray; Dinner Guest; Bold Gamble Supported?; "Intend to Fire Torpedo"; "Never Such a Fleet"; Titanic Connection; Treasure Ships En Route
- Landing with Piggyback RiderParachutist Draped on Wing; Stricken Pilot's Pivotal Decision; Pet Spy in England; Penalty Exacted for Coventry; Blues vs. Reds; Patterns on a Dining Room Table; Generals from the Eighties; Memorable Utterances; Saga Piled upon Saga; Early Martyr at Auschwitz; Whose Planes These?; Warnings Repeatedly Ignored; War "Half as Bad as It Sounds"; Countdown; Farewell from Stalin; Ally in the White House; Fleet of Moles; Mount Your Tanks!; Faith, Hope, and Charity; No Action Taken; Tough Farewell for FDR; War, War, Everywhere War; No Place for a Visitor; Date to Mark
- Footnote to Pearl "Too Damned Old"; Bird Named Swoose; Chennault Strikes Back; Disorderly Ran the Two Ships; Going around FDR's Secrecy; Tale of a Stowaway; MacArthur's Extended Escape; Japanese -American vs. Japan; Bombed by Oranges; Long Odyssey into War; Blind Leading the Blind; Hands of Steel; Early Tokyo Run; Tokyo's Psychological Shock; Tale of Two Ships; Seagoing Guards; He Stopped Rommel; Spinster Ship; Getting from Here to There; Rendezvous for Faithful Companion; Hunt for Tall, Limping Man; Escape to Berlin; High Drama at Sea; Women at War; No Comforts on New Guinea
- Bully That Never FoughtRomance amid Society's Ruins; Hitler's Bathwater Purloined; Intelligence War; War Still Supreme; Tapping the Hot Line; Brave Trigger's Last Patrol; Conversation with the Lord; Non-Swimmer's Worst Nightmare; Constant Companion Cuthbert; Liaison Corps; Ship's Piano Purloined; A "Duckling" Transfixed; Only Harry; Kilroy Really Was; Square Balloon; "Mush" Morton Legend; Plea of the White Rose; Soothed into Agreement; Brothers to the End; Young Man Whittling; Death of Leslie Howard; Shipmates to the End; Stalingrad's "White Rose"; Allies on Ascendancy
- "Hey, We're on Your Side""Smoking Too Much"; Close Call for FDR; Riding Enemy's Truck; "Sure Am Sorry"; Oops, No Parachute; War Story; Courage Extended; Strife at High Levels; Search for "Big Stoop"; Doubling for Monty; One Man Army; New Hope for "Kitty"; Only Ike Did It...All; Two in Single-Seat Fighter; A General and His Dog; Faint Sound in the Distance; Hitchhiker to the Rescue; Marooned in America; Fear and Trembling; Destruction, Destruction Everywhere; Million and One Heroes; Marooned in Modern France; Resistance at Auschwitz; Record Set Escaping; Apology Between Enemies
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (445 p.)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781402254857
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
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- 3762244c-b033-47cc-b1e3-d561302f1f2a
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- Best little stories from World War II : more than 100 true stories, by C. Brian Kelly, with Ingrid Smyer, (electronic resource)
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- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Contents
-
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Prologue; War and Peace at Odds; Ambassador's Briefcase Purloined; Inches from Death; Underground War; Movie Show in Shanghai; Monster Created; Street Fights and Bombs; War of Nerves; "Inspection" Interrupted; Diplomacy Under Physical Stress; War's First Battle; Eagle's Brief Flight; Revolting Visit to Poland; Incredible, Ubiquitous Samaritan; Jockeying for Position; Plans Gone Astray; Dinner Guest; Bold Gamble Supported?; "Intend to Fire Torpedo"; "Never Such a Fleet"; Titanic Connection; Treasure Ships En Route
- Landing with Piggyback RiderParachutist Draped on Wing; Stricken Pilot's Pivotal Decision; Pet Spy in England; Penalty Exacted for Coventry; Blues vs. Reds; Patterns on a Dining Room Table; Generals from the Eighties; Memorable Utterances; Saga Piled upon Saga; Early Martyr at Auschwitz; Whose Planes These?; Warnings Repeatedly Ignored; War "Half as Bad as It Sounds"; Countdown; Farewell from Stalin; Ally in the White House; Fleet of Moles; Mount Your Tanks!; Faith, Hope, and Charity; No Action Taken; Tough Farewell for FDR; War, War, Everywhere War; No Place for a Visitor; Date to Mark
- Footnote to Pearl "Too Damned Old"; Bird Named Swoose; Chennault Strikes Back; Disorderly Ran the Two Ships; Going around FDR's Secrecy; Tale of a Stowaway; MacArthur's Extended Escape; Japanese -American vs. Japan; Bombed by Oranges; Long Odyssey into War; Blind Leading the Blind; Hands of Steel; Early Tokyo Run; Tokyo's Psychological Shock; Tale of Two Ships; Seagoing Guards; He Stopped Rommel; Spinster Ship; Getting from Here to There; Rendezvous for Faithful Companion; Hunt for Tall, Limping Man; Escape to Berlin; High Drama at Sea; Women at War; No Comforts on New Guinea
- Bully That Never FoughtRomance amid Society's Ruins; Hitler's Bathwater Purloined; Intelligence War; War Still Supreme; Tapping the Hot Line; Brave Trigger's Last Patrol; Conversation with the Lord; Non-Swimmer's Worst Nightmare; Constant Companion Cuthbert; Liaison Corps; Ship's Piano Purloined; A "Duckling" Transfixed; Only Harry; Kilroy Really Was; Square Balloon; "Mush" Morton Legend; Plea of the White Rose; Soothed into Agreement; Brothers to the End; Young Man Whittling; Death of Leslie Howard; Shipmates to the End; Stalingrad's "White Rose"; Allies on Ascendancy
- "Hey, We're on Your Side""Smoking Too Much"; Close Call for FDR; Riding Enemy's Truck; "Sure Am Sorry"; Oops, No Parachute; War Story; Courage Extended; Strife at High Levels; Search for "Big Stoop"; Doubling for Monty; One Man Army; New Hope for "Kitty"; Only Ike Did It...All; Two in Single-Seat Fighter; A General and His Dog; Faint Sound in the Distance; Hitchhiker to the Rescue; Marooned in America; Fear and Trembling; Destruction, Destruction Everywhere; Million and One Heroes; Marooned in Modern France; Resistance at Auschwitz; Record Set Escaping; Apology Between Enemies
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (445 p.)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781402254857
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 3762244c-b033-47cc-b1e3-d561302f1f2a
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)817902375
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- 916090
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