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Flights from Fassberg
How a German Town Built for War Became a Beacon of Peace
Inbunden, 2021
352 kr
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Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, Colonel, US Air Force (Ret.), interweaves his story and that of his family with the larger history of World War II and the postwar world through a moving recollection and exploration of Fassberg, a small town in Germany few have heard of and fewer remember. Created in 1933 by …
P-38 Lightning and the Men Who Flew It
Inbunden, 2025
363 kr
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The P-38 Lightning was one of the fastest operational fighters of World War II, famous for its successes in North Africa and the Pacific. In The P-38 Lightning and the Men Who Flew It, Wolfgang W. E. Samuel shares the stories of the young men who climbed into the cockpits of the P-38 to fight for …
German Boy
A Refugee's Story
Inbunden, 2000
425 kr
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What was the experience of war for a child in bombed and ravaged Germany? In this memoir, the voice of innocence is heard.""This is great stuff,"" exclaims Stephen E. Ambrose.""I love this book.""In this gripping account, a boy and his mother are wrenched from their tranquil lives to forge a path …
War of Our Childhood
Memories of World War II
Inbunden, 2002
425 kr
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One survivor tells of the fire-bombing of Dresden. Another recounts the pervasive fear of marauding Russian and Czech bandits raping and killing. Children recall fathers who were only photographs and mothers who were saviors and heroes.These are typical in the stories collected in The War of Our …
American Raiders
The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe’s Secrets
Inbunden, 2004
342 kr
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At the close of World War II, Allied forces faced frightening new German secret weapons--buzz bombs, V-2's, and the first jet fighters. When Hitler's war machine began to collapse, the race was on to snatch these secrets before the Soviet Red Army found them.The last battle of World War II, then, …
Coming to Colorado
A Young Immigrant's Journey to Become an American Flyer
Inbunden, 2006
352 kr
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In his acclaimed memoir German Boy: A Refugee's Story, Wolfgang W. E. Samuel relates his experiences as a child surviving war and its hellish aftermath in occupied Germany. On January 24, 1951, exactly six years after his traumatic flight from Russian tanks, Samuel finds himself standing at the …
In Defense of Freedom
Stories of Courage and Sacrifice of World War II Army Air Forces Flyers
Inbunden, 2015
352 kr
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The twenty-seven stories in this book serve as a graphic reminder of the selfless heroism of America's World War II Army Air Forces flyers and how necessary they were to achieve Allied victory. Wolfgang Samuel and the pilots he interviewed reveal the peril these men faced to achieve a daunting …
