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Unexplained Mysteries of World War II

Unexplained Mysteries of World War II

Jeremy Harwood

3.0(1)on Hardcover

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Historian Jeremy Harwood describes the mysteries in authoritative narrative with authentic period photographs animating the text. The 25 unexplained mysteries include: Bomb in a beer cellar (1939) -- One man's plot to kill Hitler, Europe's looted art (1940-45) -- Systematic art looting on a scale unseen since the fall of the Roman Empire, Strange case of Rudolf Hess (1941)) -- Why did Hitler's deputy fly to Scotland? "Battle" of Los Angeles (1941) -- Was the Los Angeles air raid a false alarm or something more sinister? Target America: The Nazi plan to bomb New York (1942-44)-- The prototype bombers intended to raze Manhattan, Mystery of the murdered redhead (1943-44) -- Was the beautiful queen of Stockholm society a secret agent or a tragic victim of diplomatic power plays? Lost Liberator (1943) -- A bomber goes missing in the Libyan desert, Drugs, doctors and the Fuhrer (1945) -- The closely guarded secret of Hitler's incurable illnesses, Race for the A-bomb (1945) -- How close did the Nazis get to the nuclear bomb?

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OL Work ID
OL21265143W

Subjects

World war, 1939-1945, miscellanea

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