WWII

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Filled with paratroopers, a U.S. warplane lumbered down an English runway in 1944 to spearhead the World War II D-Day invasion…

“Undefeated: From Basketball to Battle: West Point’s Perfect Season 1944”Author: Jim Noles Publisher: Casemate BooksPages: 272Price: $29.95…

“The Allies: Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II”Author: Winston Groom Publisher: National GeographicPages:…

“In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust”Author: Dan J. PuckettPublisher: The University of Alabama PressPages:…