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During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, become known as "The Basterds." They are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the Nazis at the theater's movie premier, including Adolph...
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Casemate
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c2010
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One of the most notorious Americans of the twentieth century was a failed Broadway actress turned radio announcer named Mildred Gillars (1900–1988), better known to American GIs as "Axis Sally." Despite the richness of her life story, there has never been a full-length biography of the ambitious, star-struck Ohio girl who evolved into a reviled disseminator of Nazi propaganda. At the outbreak of war in September 1939, Gillars had been living...
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Head of Zeus
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2021.
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Werner Nehmann is a journalist at the German Ministry of Propaganda. His boss, Joseph Goebbels senses a change coming. His words have propelled Germany towards its greater destiny and he won't let morale falter now. But the Minister of Propaganda is uneasy and has pulled Werner into his close confidence. Amid the power struggle between the Nazi Chieftans, Werner will make his mistake and begin his descent into the hell of Stalingrad.
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Conant tells the story of young writer Roald Dahl who is assigned by His Majesty's Government to Washington, D.C. as a diplomat to gather intelligence about America's isolationist circles. In the course of his "spying," he meets or works closely with David Ogilvy, Ian Fleming, and the great spymaster William Stephenson (aka Intrepid).
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PublicAffairs
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2024.
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"From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propagandist Thomas Sefton Delmer confronts hard questions about the nature of information war: what if you can't fight lies with truth? Can a propaganda war ever be won? In the summer of 1941, Hitler ruled Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. Britain was struggling to combat his powerful propaganda machine, crowing victory and smearing his enemies...
12) Great myths of World War II: a shattering revelation that will change the way you view the world
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Paragon Press/Dynapress
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1985
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Contributions in American studies volume no. 37
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Greenwood Press
Pub. Date
1978