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World War II Aeronautical Research at Langley
9781467149846
Regular price $23.99 Sale price $12.00 Save 50%The effort to win the war began at home--and for the researchers at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, enhancing America's military aviation arsenal was the key to victory.
Formed in 1915, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics established itself over the next 25 years as one of the world's finest research organizations. When World War II began in 1939, the NACA employed a mere 500 workers and maintained a budget slightly in excess of $4 million. To meet the demands of the war, a special partnership was quickly forged between NACA researchers, industry designers, and military planners. The Langley laboratory possessed world class aeronautical research facilities and flight research operations, making it ideally suited to help America win the war.
Military historian Mark Chambers tells the story of the monumental task of developing the planes that spurred Allied victory in World War II.
Virginia POW Camps in World War II
9781467144414
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Tour the camps, learn stories of the daily lives of the POWs, and discover the impact they had on the Old Dominion.
During World War II, Virginians watched as German and Italian prisoners invaded the Old Dominion. At least 17,000 Germans and countless Italians lived in over twenty camps across the state and worked on five military installations. Farmers hired POWs to pick apples. Fertilizer companies, lumber yards, and hospitals hired them. At first a phenomenon of war in Virginia's backyard, these former enemy combatants became familiar to many--often developing a rapport with their employers. Among them were die-hired Nazis and Fascists, but they benefited from double standards that placed them in better jobs and conditions than African Americans.
Historians Kathryn Coker and Jason Wetzel tell a different story of the Old Dominion at War.
The Road to Yorktown: Jefferson, Lafayette and the British Invasion of Virginia
9781626193918
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The Union Cavalry Comes of Age
9780738503578
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9781467135245
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Pittsylvania County and the War of 1812
9781626197503
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Virginia in the American Revolution
9781467157445
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Portraits of Valor
The stories of the passions and personalities that placed Virginia in the forefront of the Revolutionary War were replete with grief and sacrifice. The breakup of families over political differences was common. Bereavement spared few, as evidenced by the death of George Washington’s stepson. But courageous characters persisted, from the “Paul Revere of Virginia” to the enslaved man turned American spy who helped ensure the Continental Army’s final victory at Yorktown. Author and TV host Chuck Mills documents the human side of the Revolution in the Old Dominion, including chronicles of battles, leaders and the impact of war on ordinary men and women.
World War II Richmond, Virginia
9781626190269
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