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Best Little Stories from World War II: More than 100 true stories

The untold stories of bravery, triumph, and redemption in the depths of the darkest world war. Behind the great powers, global military conflict, and infamous battles are more than 100 incredible stories that bring to life the Second World War. During the six years of war were countless little-known moments of profound triumph and tragedy, bravery and cowardice, and good and evil. These amazing and unbelievable stories of brotherhood, redemption, escape, and civilian courage shed new light on the war that gripped the entire world. Experience the action through the eyes of people This is the perfect book for any history buff looking for the untold stories of military and civilian daring during World War 2.

448 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 1988

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C. Brian Kelly

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C. BRIAN KELLY, a prize-winning journalist, is president and founder of Montpelier Publishing and a columnist and editor emeritus for Military History magazine. He also is a lecturer in newswriting at the University of Virginia. Kelly's articles have appeared in Reader's Digest, Friends, Yankee, Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, and other magazines, and he is the author of several books on American history.

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393 reviews22 followers
October 6, 2009
The book is made up of quick little stories most of them only a couple of pages, that's great for reading in snippets. I wasn't crazy about the writing style, however.
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July 22, 2026
Really read this bit by bit over a month. Each story is only a few pages long but interesting reading. A fun book to pick up and put down multiple times.
37 reviews3 followers
September 24, 2014
Interesting reading

This is a good read, the stories are about real people, what they faced, and what they did in response. Their suffering, the triumphs and tragedies. This is not a dry read history book but a tale of many stories that range from tragic to uplifting.

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19 reviews
September 11, 2016
Interesting events of world war 2

Very in formative stories about hero's and decision makers during one of the most difficult time America went through. Men and women stepped forward and did their duty
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645 reviews
March 2, 2016
A little long, but full of incredible stories of lesser known incidents of WWII.
6 reviews
April 20, 2016
Great to have on shelf for students who have forgotten books
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3,727 reviews73 followers
January 28, 2022
Taken from books, more than one about Hitler surviving close shaves only to kill millions later. Early Patton years. Sad tales too.

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