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A visual guide to Native American history examines the experiences of tribes from coast to coast and their influence on the development of North America, in a volume that features removable facsimiles of rare historical documents in pockets throughout text.

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Breaks down the history and happenings of the singular event that ensured the Allied victory. Learn about the personalities that planned and put in motion the invasion, the awesome & fearsome weapons that made it possible, connect with the 75th anniversary events. This is your one-stop guide to the knowledge and excitement of D-Day.

The Normandy Landing, Cross Channel Invasion, Operation Overlord - the World War II event known by all these names, but most commonly referred to simply as D-Day, is the best known of all the war¿s pivotal moment. Seventy-five years after its occurrence, Monroe Publications and World War II Comix are pleased to present the story of D-Day as a graphic history. This 24-page work takes the form of a modern comic book, with cutting edge graphics a...

D-Day, 75th Anniversary is a guide to the famous D-Day landings that is specifically aimed at the younger generations. As the memory of D-day passes further and further into history, this book aims to inspire and educate those born long after these pivotal events. Released to coincide with the 75th anniversary, this book serves as an introduction to D-Day, the tanks, ships and planes that were used during the campaign and provides a wealth of ...

The catastrophic consequences of the discovery of the Western hemisphere by Europeans, as felt by Native Americans, is explored as both a historical and ongoing phenomenon.

Like the Halls of Montezuma and the Shores of Tripoli, Guadalcanal will forever be a part of United States Marine Corps history and lore. On this rustic South Pacific island, Marines made the first invasion of lands seized by the Japanese in their initial sweep through the region. At stake was air superiority in a wide area of the South Pacific and beyond. The bloody six-month campaign ended with U. S. and Allied victory, but in the process th...

Firsthand recollections and perspectives from those who witnessed the Battle of Britain, codes and codebreakers, the early war in North Africa and the Balkans, Nazis in the United States, Americans in the war before Pearl Harbor and the Axis powers looking toward world domination.

Starting with the background of Japan¿s rise to military prominence and the Asian country¿s aggressive behavior against its neighbors, this graphic history covers all the significant events leading up to that fateful aerial attack on December 7, 1941. Japan¿s simultaneous surprise attacks in the Philippines and elsewhere in Asia and the Pacific are included, as is America¿s reaction to the bombing of Hawaii. Also includes the introduction to a...

This fully-illustrated account details all the major battles, decisions and outcomes as the Japanese military sought to collapse the United States' principal military enclave in East Asia and seize a country rich in natural and human resources for their Greater East Asia Prosperity Sphere. The planned 50-day campaign took 133 days because they underestimated the grit of their foes. Despite horrendous conditions, lack of air support, food and m...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor the U. S. Pacific Fleet was bent but not broken. The fact that the fleet¿s aircraft carriers were away from base at the time of the attack helped the navy under new commander Admiral Chester Nimitz react to further Japanese expansion in the Pacific. American task forces staged a series of raids, mostly ineffective except in letting the Japanese know that their continued aggression would not go unchecked. Then c...

The World Turns to War weaves stories of combat veterans into an event by event history of the war. Includes the words of veterans of all forces ¿ in all theaters of operations. Illustrated by high-quality photographs, full-color images and detailed maps, War Stories: World War II Firsthand¿ is the only multi-volume history of the war to include hundreds of first person interviews and oral history recollections of the soldiers on the ground, t...

The second volume in theWar Stories: World War II Firsthand series tackles the largest amphibious invasion ever attempted until that time -- the historic landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944. More than eighty veterans on both sides of the Atlantic Wall give their perspectives on the event, and the bloody two-month struggle which resulted in the Anglo-American allies wrestling France from the German defenders. Preparations for Operation Overlord...

The third volume in theWar Stories: World War II Firsthand series is anchored on the words and experiences of 100 Marines, soldiers, sailors, airmen and other frontline personnel who became embroiled in the devastating island campaign of the Pacific War. Never before or since was so much blood shed for so little real estate. The volume contains blow by blow descriptions of some of the most destructive naval and air battles of the war, as well ...

This powerful initial volume in the War Stories: World War II Firsthand series includes events that took place before and after the devastating Pearl Harbor attack that brought the United States and Japan face to face in war. Included are eyewitness accounts of survivors of the December 7, 1941 attack on America's major battleships, defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, participants in the pivotal Battle of Midway, the Marines that first waded a...

I nativi americani hanno affascinato il mondo intero. Sin dalla scoperta dell'emisfero occidentale da parte degli esploratori europei. Questo volume racconta tutta la loro storia, dalle migrazioni durante l'era glaciale all'evoluzione delle tribù aborigene primitive, dal turbolento rapporto con i colonizzatori all'influenza esercitata ancora oggi dalla loro cultura. Nelle sue 64 pagine, il libro contiene oltre 200 illustrazioni e 15 documenti ...