Why we fought : inspiring stories of resisting Hitler and defending freedom /
Borrowman, Jerry,
Why we fought : inspiring stories of resisting Hitler and defending freedom / Jerry Borrowman. - Salt Lake City : Shadow Mountain, 2021. - 204 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
Virginia Hall : "We must find and destroy her" -- The Ghost Army -- William Sebold and sabotage in America -- Marlene Dietrich : Hollywood actor spies on the Nazis -- Juan Pujol : the Allies' most successful double agent -- Carl Lutz Saves 72,000 Jewish lives -- The Battle for Castle Itter.
"Author Jerry Borrowman recounts seven lesser-known stories of World War II spies, resisters, and others who fought for freedom against the Nazi threat"-- "The struggle to combat the Nazis during World War II encompassed front lines far beyond conventional battlefields. In a panoramic and compelling account, author Jerry Borrowman shares seven largely untold stories of people who undertook extraordinary efforts to defeat the Third Reich at enormous personal risk.Some were soldiers like the Ghost Army, an eclectic group of former artists, actors, and engineers who engaged in top-secret tactical deceptions by staging ingenious decoy armies. Using inflatable tanks, radio transmissions, and sound effects, they were able to trick the Germans throughout the course of the war, often working close to the front lines of the fiercest fighting.Some were ordinary citizens like William Sebold, a German immigrant and US citizen, who could have been a deadly foe, but instead chose the Allied cause. When he was coerced by the Gestapo into becoming a spy in America, he instead approached the FBI and offered to become a double agent. His efforts successfully helped bring down a dangerous German spy network that was dedicated to stealing industrial and wartime secrets and sabotaging America on home soil. These dramatic and inspiring personal stories shed light on some of the darkest days of World War II and one of the most perilous times in human history. As the Nazis swept through Europe, citizens around the world faced an individual and national complex moral question: How do you respond to the tyranny and bloodthirsty madness of the Nazis? These are stories of ordinary men and women who would not surrender or compromise. They resisted and fought with total commitment for freedom and democracy despite the personal cost"--
9781629729343
2021013205
Hall, Virgina.
Sebold, William.
Dietrich, Marlene.
Pujol, Juan.
Lutz, Carl.
World War, 1939-1945--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Biography.
HISTORY / Military / World War II
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
Biographies.
D736 / .B675 2021
940.54
Why we fought : inspiring stories of resisting Hitler and defending freedom / Jerry Borrowman. - Salt Lake City : Shadow Mountain, 2021. - 204 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
Virginia Hall : "We must find and destroy her" -- The Ghost Army -- William Sebold and sabotage in America -- Marlene Dietrich : Hollywood actor spies on the Nazis -- Juan Pujol : the Allies' most successful double agent -- Carl Lutz Saves 72,000 Jewish lives -- The Battle for Castle Itter.
"Author Jerry Borrowman recounts seven lesser-known stories of World War II spies, resisters, and others who fought for freedom against the Nazi threat"-- "The struggle to combat the Nazis during World War II encompassed front lines far beyond conventional battlefields. In a panoramic and compelling account, author Jerry Borrowman shares seven largely untold stories of people who undertook extraordinary efforts to defeat the Third Reich at enormous personal risk.Some were soldiers like the Ghost Army, an eclectic group of former artists, actors, and engineers who engaged in top-secret tactical deceptions by staging ingenious decoy armies. Using inflatable tanks, radio transmissions, and sound effects, they were able to trick the Germans throughout the course of the war, often working close to the front lines of the fiercest fighting.Some were ordinary citizens like William Sebold, a German immigrant and US citizen, who could have been a deadly foe, but instead chose the Allied cause. When he was coerced by the Gestapo into becoming a spy in America, he instead approached the FBI and offered to become a double agent. His efforts successfully helped bring down a dangerous German spy network that was dedicated to stealing industrial and wartime secrets and sabotaging America on home soil. These dramatic and inspiring personal stories shed light on some of the darkest days of World War II and one of the most perilous times in human history. As the Nazis swept through Europe, citizens around the world faced an individual and national complex moral question: How do you respond to the tyranny and bloodthirsty madness of the Nazis? These are stories of ordinary men and women who would not surrender or compromise. They resisted and fought with total commitment for freedom and democracy despite the personal cost"--
9781629729343
2021013205
Hall, Virgina.
Sebold, William.
Dietrich, Marlene.
Pujol, Juan.
Lutz, Carl.
World War, 1939-1945--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Biography.
HISTORY / Military / World War II
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
Biographies.
D736 / .B675 2021
940.54