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Publisher
Activision Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
PlayStation 4.
Language
English
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"Call of duty: black ops III deploys its players into a future where bio-technology has enabled a new breed of black ops soldier. Players are now always on and always connected to the intelligence grid and their fellow operatives during battle. In a world more divided than ever, this elite squad consists of men and women who have enhanced their combat capabilities to fight faster, stronger, and smarter. Every soldier has to make difficult decisions...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Features nine gay and lesbian veterans who recount how they joined the patriotic war against fascism in the 1940s only to find themselves fighting two battles: one for their country and another for their right to serve. They first remember warm and entertaining stories of finding each other in a compulsory heterosexual environment and reminisce over tales of first love and deep friendships. Their good times were short-lived, however, as they became...
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"Forging Peace" offers a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the British military intervention in Sierra Leone from 2000 to 2002, a crucial period that significantly impacted the trajectory of the country's civil war and its journey towards peace. The book meticulously examines the intervention without the use of interviews, instead relying on an extensive review of available documentation, military records, governmental archives, and media reports.The...
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No matter the war, no matter the army, no matter the nationality, common threads run through the experiences of men at war. Soldiers highlights these shared experiences across 150 years of warfare, from the Napoleonic Wars through World War II and everything in between, such as the Mexican and Crimean Wars, the American Civil War, the U.S. Indian Wars and Britain's imperial bush wars, the Boxer Rebellion, the Boer War, the First World War, and more....
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Attentive to the last detail, rigid in his expectations of drill and execution, and fiercely protective of every man he commanded, General John J. Pershing helped shape the 20th century by leading American troops in a war that saved Europe. Alienating some and inspiring others, Pershing recognized the challenges of modern warfare and embraced them as life's mission. More than 60 years after his death, he personifies the image of an American general....
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Get the Summary of Adam Gamal and Kelly Kennedy's The Unit in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Unit" by Adam Gamal and Kelly Kennedy is a gripping account of Gamal's journey from a vegetable vendor in Alexandria, Egypt, to a key member of the US military's most secretive unit. The narrative follows Gamal's life, starting with his childhood in a culturally rich Alexandria, his family's emphasis on education and...
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Stella di Imbrogliado has always made the most of bad situations – but when her life takes a major detour and her loved-ones betray her, she reroutes her journey altogether. With nothing left to lose, she departs her old life by enlisting in the U.S. Air Force.In this bizarre new world where orders are shouted, showers are a social event, and sweat is the ultimate beauty aid, she taps her unimagined strength and begins to see that her worst day...
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
עברית
Description
The extraordinary story of German officer Wilm Hosenfeld, immortalized in Roman Polanski’s film as the Nazi who saved The Pianist’s life. Hosenfeld’s personal diaries record his chilling, gradual disillusionment with the Nazi war machine he belonged to and that Szpilman, incredibly, is just one of sixty people he saved. Thalau’s group of supporters are inspired to have Hosenfeld memorialized at the local school he led before enlisting in Hitler’s...
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English
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What can one disabled man do for military veterans who suffer from physical pain, mental anguish, social unacceptance, and disturbing thoughts of suicide?
Staff Sgt. Shane Logan is fortunate to have come from a privileged family, and after losing both of his legs in the war, he now has the best prosthetics that money can buy. While Shane is trying to move forward with life, he struggles with memories of his traumatic service and the way people react...
10) SEAL in a Storm
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There is a storm brewing…in his heart…Her name is Rayne.As a former SEAL commander, Dex Carson had participated in more than his share of rescues. When called upon to lead a multi-agency team into the Virgin Islands National Park jungle to rescue high value targets, he knew he was headed for trouble. Ten teenage girls-whose parents were members of Congress-and their chaperones, needed saving from kidnappers. He cringed. The thought of entitled...
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Echos of Eternity: A Love Woven in the Threads of War" is a gripping tale set amidst conflict and chaos. In the war-ravaged streets of Gaza, Layla al-Malik and Israeli soldier Avi Cohen find themselves trapped in the unforgiving grip of violence and uncertainty. As they traverse the dangerous landscape of war, their lives intertwine in unforeseen ways, forging a bond that defies the confines of conflict.Amidst the debris and devastation, Layla and...
12) Choosing Love
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English
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Disappointing his parents was nothing new. Going home didn't change that.
Parker "Griffin" Mitchell V was raised to be a southern gentleman, and to stretch the political power his family had honed for five generations all the way to the White House. He had other ideas for his future. He became a Navy SEAL then went to work for Guardian Security taking the occasional black ops job. When he brought the love of his life home to Augusta, Georgia to meet...
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Embark on an epic journey with Sam Chudwell in "Soldier of Industry," Book 3 of the gripping Sam's Valor series. As Sam navigates the sprawling steampunk city of Mechanopolis, the echoes of his past intertwine with the haunting memories of war. Struggling to reconcile the boy he once was with the hardened soldier he has become, Sam faces emotional turbulence that threatens to shatter his resolve. Meanwhile, outside forces conspire to bring down this...
14) Unguarded Love
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She couldn't lose another sick baby…then he brought her his dying daughterAfter a tragedy in med school, Nita Banks decided she never wanted anything to do with treating sick children ever again. When Ebola breaks out in the middle of a Central American coup, she has her hands full between missions and helping the CDC find a cure.As an undercover CIA agent, Daniel Callahan was an expert at keeping secrets. None of his family or American friends...
15) Fire of Death
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"D.M. Herrmann's...John Henry Chronicles takes us to the post-apocalyptic aftermath of an electromagnetic burst... Tribalism reigns. It is every man for himself, where the bonds of family face off against the remnants of government power in a struggle for supremacy."
-Charles DuPuy, Author of the EZ Kelly Mystery series
Trying to live in peace doesn't always happen.
In Fire of Death, the fourth John Henry Chronicles novel, guerilla warfare...
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Get the Summary of Ian Toll's Pacific Crucible in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Pacific Crucible" by Ian Toll offers a comprehensive account of the early stages of the Pacific War, beginning with the shocking attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The narrative captures the initial confusion and chaos, the devastating impact on the Pacific Fleet, and the unifying effect of the attack on the American public...
18) Rebel Reinvented
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Jesse Ziegfeld lives in a world of pain. The piece of shrapnel lodged against his spine put an end to his career as a Navy SEAL, and left him with no idea how to move on. For now he manages his brother's fitness center until he can find a 'real' job. Life throws him a curve ball when a young teenager tries to rob him as he's leaving the gym. Remembering his own adolescence as the black sheep of his family, he decides not to call the cops but instead...
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Amidst the secluded valleys of Bavaria, 1940, lies a covert Nazi stronghold, the womb to the sinister Project Sea Eagle. Here, in hidden chambers beneath the earth, Nazi scientists toil over an innovative menace: a fleet of aqua-planes intended to unleash a torrent of terror upon Britain's shores once more.
Against the dark tide rises a band of unlikely allies: four anti-Nazi Germans, two audacious SOE operatives, and twenty captive RAF officers....
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The Vikings burst onto the scene in a flash, startling the world with the reach and extent of their raids and the overwhelming destruction they wrought. Their unconventional war strategies, which left the enemy helpless and defenseless, built their reputation as brutal, bloodthirsty barbarians with no regard for God or human life. The reckless raiding of churches and monasteries was due in large part to their ignorance of the unspoken rules of warfare,...
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