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Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Rockridge Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 135 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores stories of spies, espionage, code breakers, and secret agents active during World War II whose work helped end the war. Discusses spy schools, ciphers, concealed tools, and even secret armies that worked undercover during World War II. Includes a glossary.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"By August 1945, World War II was over in Europe, but the fighting continued between American forces and the Japanese, who were losing but determined to fight till the bitter end. And so it fell to a new president--Harry S. Truman--to make the fateful decision to drop two atomic bombs--one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki--and bring the war to rapid close. Now, even seventy years later, can anyone know if this was the right choice? In a thoughtful...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[48] p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.