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The story begins with World War II's historic D-Day invasion of Normandy beach. Once the men move beyond the beach, Captain John Miller must take his men behind the German lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have already been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own...
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I survived volume 18
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When Paul, a French boy living in a Nazi controlled village, finds an American paratrooper in a tree near his home, he has a chance to play a role in the Allies plan to crush the Nazis.
3) Allies
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It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this...
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"The magic tree house has taken Jack and Annie back in time to England in 1944. England is fighting for its life in World War II. Before long, Jack and Annie find themselves parachuting into Normandy, France, behind enemy lines. The date is June 5. Will the brave brother and sister team be able to make a difference during one of the darkest times in history?"--
5) Overlord
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Paramount
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American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion's success, on the eve of D-Day. But as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in this Nazi-occupied village than a simple military operation. They find themselves fighting against supernatural forces, part of a Nazi experiment.
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c2012
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"The story of D-Day has been told from many points of view, but never before from the perspectives of the key individuals in the Double Cross system. These include its director (a brilliant, urbane intelligence officer), a colorful assortment of MI5 handlers (as well as their counterparts in Nazi intelligence), and the five spies who formed Double Cross's nucleus: a dashing Serbian playboy, a Polish fighter pilot, a bisexual Peruvian party girl, a...
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Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2015]
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107 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
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"In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D-Day, as the invasion was called, spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned and carried out and how it overwhelmed the Germans who...
9) D-Day
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
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xviii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Presents a young reader's adaptation of "The Guns at Last Light," tracing the Battle of Normandy and the Allied liberation of Western Europe through the end of World War II.
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Ranger in time volume 7
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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118 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Ranger, a time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, heads to Normandy on the morning of the D-Day invasion where he meets Leo, a Jewish boy who is hiding with a local farmer, and Walt, a young American soldier fighting to free France from the Nazis.
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
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1 DVD (ca. 89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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In March of 1944, recently appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Eisenhower, meets with Prime Minister Winston Churchill. They must come up with a brilliant strategy to put an end to World War II.
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Koch Vision :
Pub. Date
2009
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2 videodiscs (268 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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Disc 1: Produced by the Allied military during 1944-1945 as a permanent visual record of the campaigns in Europe. Covers every major engagement from D-Day to the fall of Berlin. The true glory: Widely regarded as one of the greatest war documentaries ever made and utilized the footage of combat cameramen from nine nations. From Italy to D-Day: Covers the war in Europe from July 1943 to June 1944 and concentrates on the land operations of the Western...
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A white-knuckle account of the 1st Infantry Division's harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach, acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that will stand as the last word on this titanic battle. Nicknamed the Big Red One, 1st Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and rabble-rousers in the rear. Yet on D-Day, these jaded combat veterans...
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2008
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xxvi, 493 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
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A fictional account of D-Day and the Allied invasion of Europe chronicles the events of the World War II campaign and the personalities who took part, from the ordinary soldiers on the land and in the air, to such leaders as Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, and Omar Bradley, as their efforts changed the course of the war.
18) D-Day 360
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Pbs
Pub. Date
©2014
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1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sound, color. ; 4 3/4 in.
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It D-Day back to its raw data to reveal how the odds of victory, in the greatest gamble of World War II, swung on what happened over a five-hour period on a five mile stretch of French coastline. Data gathered though forensic laser scanning, 3D computer modeling, and eye-witness accounts bring the battlefield to life as never before.
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A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
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2 DVDs (5 hr., 25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Captures the entire arc of one of the world's great battles, with four complete full-length programs. A comprehensive compilation that fully renders the valor, the tragedy, and the humanity of one of the most monumental events of WWII.
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