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Monday, September 28, 2015
Monday, October 13, 2014
CHANGE PARTNERS
On this day in 1943, Italy declared war on its former ally, Nazi Germany:
You can search for books about the war in Italy in our Online Catalog using this search term:
World War, 1939-1945--Italy
You can search for books about the war in Italy in our Online Catalog using this search term:
World War, 1939-1945--Italy
Monday, August 4, 2014
Monday, July 14, 2014
DOWNFALL
2014-2015 Winston Churchill World War II Film Series
Presented by the St. Louis Public Library and the National Churchill Museum
On June 6, 1944, Allied Forces landed on the beaches of Normandy in what is now recognized as the turning point of World War II. Seventy years later, the St. Louis Public Library and the National Churchill Museum are collaborating on this series which will take you from the beginning of the war through 1945, viewing major films depicting WWII, and listening to commentary on the films while putting each in historical perspective. The series will run through May 3, 2015.
Downfall (German: Der Untergang)
This is a 2004 German war film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler's reign over Nazi Germany in 1945. Unlike many other films which use historical footage, this movie is based on a number of books and the memoirs of Hitler’s secretary, Traudl Junge, who was hired in 1942 and was in the bunker at the end. Critics debated whether the film humanizes Hitler too much or shows how a human being can do such things as he did.
Sunday
August 17, 2014
1:15 p.m.
Central Library Auditorium
The next film in this series, The Dambusters, will be shown on September 7.
Presented by the St. Louis Public Library and the National Churchill Museum
On June 6, 1944, Allied Forces landed on the beaches of Normandy in what is now recognized as the turning point of World War II. Seventy years later, the St. Louis Public Library and the National Churchill Museum are collaborating on this series which will take you from the beginning of the war through 1945, viewing major films depicting WWII, and listening to commentary on the films while putting each in historical perspective. The series will run through May 3, 2015.
Downfall (German: Der Untergang)
This is a 2004 German war film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler's reign over Nazi Germany in 1945. Unlike many other films which use historical footage, this movie is based on a number of books and the memoirs of Hitler’s secretary, Traudl Junge, who was hired in 1942 and was in the bunker at the end. Critics debated whether the film humanizes Hitler too much or shows how a human being can do such things as he did.
Sunday
August 17, 2014
1:15 p.m.
Central Library Auditorium
The next film in this series, The Dambusters, will be shown on September 7.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
D-DAY: JUNE 6, 1944
On 6 June 2014, our nation will observe the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landing during World War II. It can truly be said that the soldiers, sailors, and airmen of this nation and its allies who planned and participated in this historic event delivered us all from evil, and for that they deserve our thanks!
Link to SLPL Catalog
Link to SLPL Catalog
Thursday, January 23, 2014
THE WARSAW UPRISING
INTRODUCTION
The Warsaw Uprising was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army to liberate Warsaw from occupying German forces. The rebellion was timed to coincide with the approach of the Soviet Union's Red Army towards the eastern suburbs of the city while the Germans retreated. The Soviet advance stopped abruptly, however, which enabled the Germans to regroup and demolish the city while inflicting horrific casualties on the Polish resistance, which fought on for 63 days with little outside support.
The Uprising was the largest single military effort undertaken by any European resistance movement during World War II. Warsaw was finally liberated from German control on 17 January 1945 by the Red Army and the First Polish Army—although by this time, 85% of the buildings in Warsaw had been destroyed, and at least 150,000 Polish civilians had been killed in the fighting or executed summarily by the Germans.
Wikipedia article--Warsaw Uprising
LIBRARY LOCATIONS
HG: History, Geography, & Travel Room (Central Library)
ELB: Entertainment, Literature, & Biography Room (Central Library)
ST: Stacks (Central Library)
BU: Buder Branch
CP: Carpenter Branch
DA: Julia Davis Branch
KI: Kingshighway Branch
MA: Machacek Branch
SC: Schlafly Branch
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Title: And we are not saved.
Author/Compiler: Wdowinski, David.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1963.
Format: Books.
Title: The battle of the Warsaw ghetto.
Author/Compiler: Mendelson, Shloyme.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1944.
Format: Books.
Title: Between two evils: the World War II memoir of a girl in occupied Warsaw and a Nazi labor camp.
Author/Compiler: Radlo, Lucyna B.
Local Call Number: B RADLO LUCYNA [DI; MA]
Publication Date: 2009
Format: Books.
Title: Dying, we live: the personal chronicle of a young freedom fighter in Warsaw, 1939-1945.
Author/Compiler: Julian Eugeniusz Kulski.
Local Call Number: 940.53438 [ST]
Publication Date: 1979.
Format: Books.
Title: The fighting ghettos. Translated and edited by Meyer Barkai.
Author/Compiler: Zuckerman, Isaac.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1962.
Format: Books.
Title: I remember nothing more: the Warsaw Children's Hospital and the Jewish resistance / Adina Blady Szwajger; translated from the Polish by Tasja Darowski and Danusia Stok.
Local Call Number: 940.5318 [ST]
Publication Date: 1990.
Format: Books.
Title: I saw the siege of Warsaw.
Author/Compiler: Polonius, Alexander.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1941.
Format: Books.
Title: Martyrs and fighters; the epic of the Warsaw ghetto.
Author/Compiler: Friedman, Philip.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1954.
Format: Books.
Title: The pianist : the extraordinary true story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 / Wladyslaw Szpilman ; with extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld ; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman ; epilogue by Wolf Biermann ; translated by Anthea Bell.
Local Call Number: 940.5318092 [SC]
Publication Date: 2003.
Format: Books.
Title: Secret city : the hidden Jews of Warsaw, 1940-1945.
Author/Compiler: Paulsson, Gunnar S.
Local Call Number: 940.53180 [ST]
Publication Date: 2002.
Format: Books.
Title: A square of sky; recollections of my childhood.
Author/Compiler: David, Janina.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1966.
Format: Books.
Title: The stars bear witness, tr. and ed. by Leonard Goldstein.
Author/Compiler: Goldstein, Bernard.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1949.
Format: Books.
Title: Tale of a city.
Author/Compiler: United States. Office of War Information.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1942
Format: Books.
Title: Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler, and the Warsaw uprising.
Author/Compiler: Richie, Alexandra.
Local Call Number: 940.534384 [BU]
Format: Books.
Title: Warsaw ghetto, a diary by Mary Berg, edited by S.L.Shneiderman.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1945.
Format: Books.
Title: Warsaw in chains. Translated from the original Polish by Norbert Guterman.
Author/Compiler: Korbonski, Stefan.
Local Call Number: 943.8 [ST]
Publication Date: 1959.
Format: Books.
The Warsaw Uprising was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army to liberate Warsaw from occupying German forces. The rebellion was timed to coincide with the approach of the Soviet Union's Red Army towards the eastern suburbs of the city while the Germans retreated. The Soviet advance stopped abruptly, however, which enabled the Germans to regroup and demolish the city while inflicting horrific casualties on the Polish resistance, which fought on for 63 days with little outside support.
The Uprising was the largest single military effort undertaken by any European resistance movement during World War II. Warsaw was finally liberated from German control on 17 January 1945 by the Red Army and the First Polish Army—although by this time, 85% of the buildings in Warsaw had been destroyed, and at least 150,000 Polish civilians had been killed in the fighting or executed summarily by the Germans.
Wikipedia article--Warsaw Uprising
LIBRARY LOCATIONS
HG: History, Geography, & Travel Room (Central Library)
ELB: Entertainment, Literature, & Biography Room (Central Library)
ST: Stacks (Central Library)
BU: Buder Branch
CP: Carpenter Branch
DA: Julia Davis Branch
KI: Kingshighway Branch
MA: Machacek Branch
SC: Schlafly Branch
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Title: And we are not saved.
Author/Compiler: Wdowinski, David.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1963.
Format: Books.
Title: The battle of the Warsaw ghetto.
Author/Compiler: Mendelson, Shloyme.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1944.
Format: Books.
Title: Between two evils: the World War II memoir of a girl in occupied Warsaw and a Nazi labor camp.
Author/Compiler: Radlo, Lucyna B.
Local Call Number: B RADLO LUCYNA [DI; MA]
Publication Date: 2009
Format: Books.
Title: Dying, we live: the personal chronicle of a young freedom fighter in Warsaw, 1939-1945.
Author/Compiler: Julian Eugeniusz Kulski.
Local Call Number: 940.53438 [ST]
Publication Date: 1979.
Format: Books.
Title: The fighting ghettos. Translated and edited by Meyer Barkai.
Author/Compiler: Zuckerman, Isaac.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1962.
Format: Books.
Title: I remember nothing more: the Warsaw Children's Hospital and the Jewish resistance / Adina Blady Szwajger; translated from the Polish by Tasja Darowski and Danusia Stok.
Local Call Number: 940.5318 [ST]
Publication Date: 1990.
Format: Books.
Title: I saw the siege of Warsaw.
Author/Compiler: Polonius, Alexander.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1941.
Format: Books.
Title: Martyrs and fighters; the epic of the Warsaw ghetto.
Author/Compiler: Friedman, Philip.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1954.
Format: Books.
Title: The pianist : the extraordinary true story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 / Wladyslaw Szpilman ; with extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld ; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman ; epilogue by Wolf Biermann ; translated by Anthea Bell.
Local Call Number: 940.5318092 [SC]
Publication Date: 2003.
Format: Books.
Title: Secret city : the hidden Jews of Warsaw, 1940-1945.
Author/Compiler: Paulsson, Gunnar S.
Local Call Number: 940.53180 [ST]
Publication Date: 2002.
Format: Books.
Title: A square of sky; recollections of my childhood.
Author/Compiler: David, Janina.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1966.
Format: Books.
Title: The stars bear witness, tr. and ed. by Leonard Goldstein.
Author/Compiler: Goldstein, Bernard.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1949.
Format: Books.
Title: Tale of a city.
Author/Compiler: United States. Office of War Information.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1942
Format: Books.
Title: Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler, and the Warsaw uprising.
Author/Compiler: Richie, Alexandra.
Local Call Number: 940.534384 [BU]
Format: Books.
Title: Warsaw ghetto, a diary by Mary Berg, edited by S.L.Shneiderman.
Local Call Number: 940.92 [ST]
Publication Date: 1945.
Format: Books.
Title: Warsaw in chains. Translated from the original Polish by Norbert Guterman.
Author/Compiler: Korbonski, Stefan.
Local Call Number: 943.8 [ST]
Publication Date: 1959.
Format: Books.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
INTRODUCTION
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive of World War II. It began on 16 December 1944, when German forces broke through Allied defenses in the Ardennes. The German drive was intended to seize Antwerp, split Allied forces in the west, and bring about the surrender of one or more Allied armies. Bad weather (bitter cold and heavy snow) hampered Allied air and supply operations, although it also hindered German movements. Improved weather conditions allowed Allied forces to reinforce weak points in their lines, and to resume air operations against German offensive positions and supply lines.
American forces suffered nearly 90,000 casualties during this German offensive, including 19,000 soldiers killed in action.
Wikipedia article on The Battle of the Bulge
LIBRARY LOCATIONS:
Central Library—History, Geography, & Travel (HG)
Central Library—Stacks (ST)
Buder Branch—(BU)
Carpenter Branch—(CP)
Schlafly Branch—(SC)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ambrose, Stephen E. Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944--May 7, 1945. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1997. ST,BU,CP, SC—940.5421
Astor, Gerald. A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It. New York: Donald I. Fine, 1992. HG—940.5421431
Goolrick, William K, and Ogden Tanner. The Battle of the Bulge. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1979. ST—940.5421
Hastings, Max. Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-45. New York: A.A. Knopf, 2004.HG, BU—940.5421
Kershaw, Alex. The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2004. HG, BU—940.421934
MacDonald, Charles B. A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge. New York: Morrow, 1984. ST—940.5421
McManus, John C. Alamo in the Ardennes: The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possible. Hoboken, N.J: J. Wiley, 2007. HG, BU—940.5421
Neill, George W. Infantry Soldier: Holding the Line at the Battle of the Bulge. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000. HG—940.5421431
Nobécourt, Jacques. Hitler's Last Gamble: The Battle of the Ardennes. London: Chatto & Windus, 1967. ST—940.92
Schrijvers, Peter. The Unknown Dead: Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2005. ST—940.53161
Whiting, Charles. Massacre at Malmedy: The Story of Jochen Peiper's Battle Group, Ardennes, December, 1944. New York: Stein and Day, 1971. ST—940.547
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive of World War II. It began on 16 December 1944, when German forces broke through Allied defenses in the Ardennes. The German drive was intended to seize Antwerp, split Allied forces in the west, and bring about the surrender of one or more Allied armies. Bad weather (bitter cold and heavy snow) hampered Allied air and supply operations, although it also hindered German movements. Improved weather conditions allowed Allied forces to reinforce weak points in their lines, and to resume air operations against German offensive positions and supply lines.
American forces suffered nearly 90,000 casualties during this German offensive, including 19,000 soldiers killed in action.
Wikipedia article on The Battle of the Bulge
LIBRARY LOCATIONS:
Central Library—History, Geography, & Travel (HG)
Central Library—Stacks (ST)
Buder Branch—(BU)
Carpenter Branch—(CP)
Schlafly Branch—(SC)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ambrose, Stephen E. Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944--May 7, 1945. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1997. ST,BU,CP, SC—940.5421
Astor, Gerald. A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It. New York: Donald I. Fine, 1992. HG—940.5421431
Goolrick, William K, and Ogden Tanner. The Battle of the Bulge. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1979. ST—940.5421
Hastings, Max. Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-45. New York: A.A. Knopf, 2004.HG, BU—940.5421
Kershaw, Alex. The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2004. HG, BU—940.421934
MacDonald, Charles B. A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge. New York: Morrow, 1984. ST—940.5421
McManus, John C. Alamo in the Ardennes: The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possible. Hoboken, N.J: J. Wiley, 2007. HG, BU—940.5421
Neill, George W. Infantry Soldier: Holding the Line at the Battle of the Bulge. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000. HG—940.5421431
Nobécourt, Jacques. Hitler's Last Gamble: The Battle of the Ardennes. London: Chatto & Windus, 1967. ST—940.92
Schrijvers, Peter. The Unknown Dead: Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2005. ST—940.53161
Whiting, Charles. Massacre at Malmedy: The Story of Jochen Peiper's Battle Group, Ardennes, December, 1944. New York: Stein and Day, 1971. ST—940.547
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
WAR BENEATH THE WAVES
INTRODUCTION
Sometime in the spring of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the U.S. Navy to patrol shipping lanes to Europe. By July, U.S. warships were convoying for protection against German U-Boats, and by September were attacking German submarines when necessary (see the book below by Michael Gannon for more information). In November, the Neutrality Act was partly repealed to allow continuing U.S. military aid to Britain.
Submarine Warfare (Wikipedia article): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_warfare
ABBREVIATIONS
DA—Julia Davis Branch
HGT—History, Geography, and Travel (Central Library)
MA—Machacek Branch
ST—Stacks (Central Library)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bekker, Cajus. Hitler's Naval War. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, 1974. ST—940.5459
Calvert, James F. Silent Running: My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine. New York: J. Wiley, 1995. ST—940.5426
Fluckey, Eugene B. Thunder Below! The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992. ST-940.545974
Galantin, I J. Take Her Deep!: A Submarine Against Japan in World War II. Chapel Hill, N.C: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. ST—940.5451
Gannon, Michael. Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II. New York: Harper & Row, 1990. ST—940.5451
Lowder, Hughston E, and Jack Scott. Batfish, the Champion "Submarine-Killer" Submarine of World War II. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1980. ST—940.5451
O'Kane, Richard H. Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1987. ST,MA—940.5451
Ruhe, William J. War in the Boats: My World War II Submarine Battles. Washington [D.C.: Brassey's, 1994. ST—940.5426
Werner, Herbert A. Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. ST—940.5421
Wheeler, Keith. War Under the Pacific. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1980. DA—940.5451
Sometime in the spring of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the U.S. Navy to patrol shipping lanes to Europe. By July, U.S. warships were convoying for protection against German U-Boats, and by September were attacking German submarines when necessary (see the book below by Michael Gannon for more information). In November, the Neutrality Act was partly repealed to allow continuing U.S. military aid to Britain.
Submarine Warfare (Wikipedia article): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_warfare
ABBREVIATIONS
DA—Julia Davis Branch
HGT—History, Geography, and Travel (Central Library)
MA—Machacek Branch
ST—Stacks (Central Library)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bekker, Cajus. Hitler's Naval War. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, 1974. ST—940.5459
Calvert, James F. Silent Running: My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine. New York: J. Wiley, 1995. ST—940.5426
Fluckey, Eugene B. Thunder Below! The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992. ST-940.545974
Galantin, I J. Take Her Deep!: A Submarine Against Japan in World War II. Chapel Hill, N.C: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. ST—940.5451
Gannon, Michael. Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II. New York: Harper & Row, 1990. ST—940.5451
Lowder, Hughston E, and Jack Scott. Batfish, the Champion "Submarine-Killer" Submarine of World War II. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1980. ST—940.5451
O'Kane, Richard H. Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1987. ST,MA—940.5451
Ruhe, William J. War in the Boats: My World War II Submarine Battles. Washington [D.C.: Brassey's, 1994. ST—940.5426
Werner, Herbert A. Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. ST—940.5421
Wheeler, Keith. War Under the Pacific. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1980. DA—940.5451
Friday, August 2, 2013
AIR WAR OVER GERMANY
During World War II, American bombers dropped 1,463,423 tons of munitions on German cities and military installations during 74,818 sorties. Such duty was extremely hazardous; 9,949 American bombers and 79,265 American military personnel were casualties of the air war over Germany.
Abbreviations include:
Library branches:
BU: Buder Branch
CP: Carpenter Branch
MA: Machacek Branch
SC: Schlafly Branch
Central Library locations:
CE: Central Express
HG: History, Geography, & Travel Room
ST: Stacks
Ambrose, Stephen E. The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. 940.544973 [most locations]
Freeman, Gregory A. The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys: Courage, Tragedy, and Justice in World War II. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. HG,CE, SC—940.5405
Grayling, A C. Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan. New York: Walker & Co, 2006. HG—940.544973
Kennedy, Paul M. Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War. New York: Random House, 2013. HG, CE,BU,CP,MA,SC—940.54
Makos, Adam, and Larry Alexander. A Higher Call. New York: Berkley Books, 2013. CP,MA—940.5440922
Middlebrook, Martin. The Battle of Hamburg: Allied Bomber Forces against a German City in 1943. New York: Scribner, 1981. ST—940.5421
Mrazek, Robert J. To Kingdom Come: An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War over Germany. New York: NAL Caliber, 2011. HG,CE, BU, SC—940.5421347
Neillands, Robin. The Bomber War: The Allied Air Offensive against Nazi Germany. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2001. ST—940.544941
Nichol, John, and Tony Rennell. Tail-end Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War, 1944-45. New York: T. Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2006. ST—940.544941
Nossack, Hans E, and Joel Agee. The End: Hamburg 1943. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. ST,BU—940.421351
Abbreviations include:
Library branches:
BU: Buder Branch
CP: Carpenter Branch
MA: Machacek Branch
SC: Schlafly Branch
Central Library locations:
CE: Central Express
HG: History, Geography, & Travel Room
ST: Stacks
Ambrose, Stephen E. The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. 940.544973 [most locations]
Freeman, Gregory A. The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys: Courage, Tragedy, and Justice in World War II. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. HG,CE, SC—940.5405
Grayling, A C. Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan. New York: Walker & Co, 2006. HG—940.544973
Kennedy, Paul M. Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War. New York: Random House, 2013. HG, CE,BU,CP,MA,SC—940.54
Makos, Adam, and Larry Alexander. A Higher Call. New York: Berkley Books, 2013. CP,MA—940.5440922
Middlebrook, Martin. The Battle of Hamburg: Allied Bomber Forces against a German City in 1943. New York: Scribner, 1981. ST—940.5421
Mrazek, Robert J. To Kingdom Come: An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War over Germany. New York: NAL Caliber, 2011. HG,CE, BU, SC—940.5421347
Neillands, Robin. The Bomber War: The Allied Air Offensive against Nazi Germany. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2001. ST—940.544941
Nichol, John, and Tony Rennell. Tail-end Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War, 1944-45. New York: T. Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2006. ST—940.544941
Nossack, Hans E, and Joel Agee. The End: Hamburg 1943. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. ST,BU—940.421351
Saturday, June 29, 2013
SICILY AND THE WAR IN ITALY
The following books discuss the Allied conquest of Sicily and the Italian Peninsula during World War II. Abbreviations include:
Library branches:
BU: Buder Branch
CO: Carondelet Branch
CP: Carpenter Branch
DA: Julia Davis Branch
SC: Schlafly Branch
WA: Walnut Park Branch
Central Library locations:
HG: History, Geography, & Travel Room
ST: Stacks
Atkinson, Rick. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944. New York: Henry Holt, 2007. HG—940.54215
Botjer, George F. Sideshow War: The Italian Campaign, 1943-1945. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1996. ST—940.54215
D'Este, Carlo. Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily, 1943. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988.ST—940.5421
Franklin, Robert J. Medic! How I Fought World War II with Morphine, Sulfa, and Iodine Swabs. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. BU—940.5475092
Gibran, Daniel K. The 92nd Infantry Division and the Italian Campaign in World War II. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 2001. DA—940.541273 Hargrove, Hondon B. Buffalo Soldiers in Italy: Black Americans in World War II. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1985. ST, WA—940.5412
Kershaw, Alex. The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau. New York: Crown, 2012. BU, CO, SC—940.541273
Neillands, Robin. Eighth Army: The Triumphant Desert Army That Held the Axis at Bay from North Africa to the Alps, 1939-1945. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2004. HG—940.541241
Parker, Matthew. Monte Cassino: The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II. New York: Doubleday, 2004.HG, CP—940.5421562
Wallace, Robert. The Italian Campaign. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1978.ST—940.5421
Library branches:
BU: Buder Branch
CO: Carondelet Branch
CP: Carpenter Branch
DA: Julia Davis Branch
SC: Schlafly Branch
WA: Walnut Park Branch
Central Library locations:
HG: History, Geography, & Travel Room
ST: Stacks
Atkinson, Rick. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944. New York: Henry Holt, 2007. HG—940.54215
Botjer, George F. Sideshow War: The Italian Campaign, 1943-1945. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1996. ST—940.54215
D'Este, Carlo. Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily, 1943. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988.ST—940.5421
Franklin, Robert J. Medic! How I Fought World War II with Morphine, Sulfa, and Iodine Swabs. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. BU—940.5475092
Gibran, Daniel K. The 92nd Infantry Division and the Italian Campaign in World War II. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 2001. DA—940.541273 Hargrove, Hondon B. Buffalo Soldiers in Italy: Black Americans in World War II. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1985. ST, WA—940.5412
Kershaw, Alex. The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau. New York: Crown, 2012. BU, CO, SC—940.541273
Neillands, Robin. Eighth Army: The Triumphant Desert Army That Held the Axis at Bay from North Africa to the Alps, 1939-1945. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2004. HG—940.541241
Parker, Matthew. Monte Cassino: The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II. New York: Doubleday, 2004.HG, CP—940.5421562
Wallace, Robert. The Italian Campaign. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1978.ST—940.5421
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
GERMAN IMMIGRATION TO THE U. S., 1683-1978:
1683--First permanent German settlement in U.S. is founded at Germantown, PA.
1683-1820--Emigration from Germany during this period is caused mainly by religious persecution & economic hardship. Emigration includes a large number of Protestants from the Palatinate (southwest Germany).
1700-1800--Many German Protestants settle in Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia. German Catholics begin arriving in Maryland. Approximately 200,000 Germans emigrate to U.S. during this period, and 70,000 of them settle in PA.
1708-1710--Most intense winter in memory begins in Germany in October 1708 and continues until April 1709. The intense cold destroys fruit trees and vineyards. Many Germans leave southwest Germany for London. British government originally encourages settlement of German Protestants in Ireland, but later encourages their settlement in America. Groups of German settlers leave England in 1710 bound for the Carolinas and New York.
1775-1783--Large numbers of Hessians (German soldiers hired out by their monarchs to the King of Great Britain) serve in the British Army during the American Revolution. At least 12,000 desert and remain behind in America and Canada.
1789-1800--French Revolution rocks Europe; various European wars occur during this time period.
1803-1815--Napoleonic wars; France more or less constantly at war with one or more other European powers, including Prussia & Austria.
1821-1871--Emigration from Germany during this time period is caused mainly by economic hardship and war. Emigration includes large numbers of persons from Alsace-Lorraine, Baden, Hessen, Rheinland, and Wurttemberg (southeast Germany).
1848--Revolutions in Europe begin. Various German principalities rebel, although rebellion is probably most widespread in Baden.
1849--After the revolutions fail, revolutionaries flee to Zurich, London, and America.
1850--Hamburg passenger lists begin. Hamburg and Bremen become popular places to emigrate from because city fathers realize that money can be made feeding and housing emigrants while they wait to sail, and by making them pay a tax to emigrate. Bremen is more popular, because it has a reputation for treating emigrants better than does Hamburg.
1851--The advent of the steamship in the 1850s cuts trans-Atlantic travel time from 43 days (sailing ship) to 13 days.
1854--250,000 Germans arrive at U.S. ports.
1862-1865--Germans who serve in the Union Army can become American citizens after 1 year of residency in the U.S. States like Pennsylvania and New York actively recruit Army volunteers in Germany, paying their passage and enlistment bounties.
1866--Prussia defeats Austria in Seven Weeks’ War.
1870-1871--Many men flee Germany to avoid serving in the Franco-Prussian War. German Empire founded in 1871.
1871-1914--Emigration to the U.S. becomes more common from all parts of Germany.
1880--200,000 Germans arrive at U.S. ports.
1890--Large German-born populations are living in NY, PA, OH, IL, MN, WI, and MO. 70,000 German-born persons are living in Deep South, including 15,000 in New Orleans. More German citizens are living in New York City than live in Hamburg, Germany.
1920--Between 1820 and 1920, more than 5,500,000 Germans emigrate to U.S., more than any other nationality including the Irish (4,400,000).
1944--Nearly all existing Bremen passenger lists are destroyed during Allied bombing raid on October 6, 1944. All that remains are some records for 1907 and 1913-1914.
1978--A study shows that nearly 7,000,000 Germans settled in U.S. between 1820 and 1977.
The following books are available in the Genealogy Room at St. Louis Public Library (Central Library, 3rd Floor). This list includes just a few of the books, microfilm sets, and reference databases in our collection that can be of use to the person researching German ancestors. We can check books/microfilm sets that are indexed (or arranged in alphabetical order by surname) for you; just email us at webref@slpl.org.
Colletta, John P. They Came in Ships: A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record. Orem, Utah: Ancestry, 2002. [Genealogy Room—929.1]
Glazier, Ira A, and P W. Filby. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. 67 vols. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 1988. [Genealogy Room—929.308931]
Glazier, Ira A. Germans to America: Series II. 7 vols. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 2002. [Genealogy Room—929.308931]
Hansen, Claus B. Passenger Liners from Germany, 1816-1990. West Chester, Pa: Schiffer Pub, 1991. [Stacks-Oversize—387.2432]
Smith, Clifford N. From Bremen to America in 1850: Fourteen Rare Emigrant Ship Lists. Baltimore, Md: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co, 1987. [Genealogy Room—929.343]
Smith, Clifford N. Reconstructed Passenger Lists for 1850: Hamburg to Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, and the United States. McNeal, Ariz: Westland Publications, 1980. [Genealogy Room—929.343]
Smith, Clifford N. Reconstructed Passenger Lists for 1851 Via Hamburg: Emigrants from Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, and Switzerland to Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the United States, and Venezuela. McNeal, Ariz: Westland Publications, 1986. [Genealogy Room—929.343]
Strassburger, Ralph B, and William J. Hinke. Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1966. [Genealogy Room—929.343]
Yoder, Don. Pennsylvania German Immigrants, 1709-1786: Lists Consolidated from Yearbooks of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1980. [Genealogy Room—929.3748]
Zimmerman, Gary J, and Marion Wolfert. German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York [dates], with Places of Origin. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1985. [Genealogy Room—929.343]
1683-1820--Emigration from Germany during this period is caused mainly by religious persecution & economic hardship. Emigration includes a large number of Protestants from the Palatinate (southwest Germany).
1700-1800--Many German Protestants settle in Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia. German Catholics begin arriving in Maryland. Approximately 200,000 Germans emigrate to U.S. during this period, and 70,000 of them settle in PA.
1708-1710--Most intense winter in memory begins in Germany in October 1708 and continues until April 1709. The intense cold destroys fruit trees and vineyards. Many Germans leave southwest Germany for London. British government originally encourages settlement of German Protestants in Ireland, but later encourages their settlement in America. Groups of German settlers leave England in 1710 bound for the Carolinas and New York.
1775-1783--Large numbers of Hessians (German soldiers hired out by their monarchs to the King of Great Britain) serve in the British Army during the American Revolution. At least 12,000 desert and remain behind in America and Canada.
1789-1800--French Revolution rocks Europe; various European wars occur during this time period.
1803-1815--Napoleonic wars; France more or less constantly at war with one or more other European powers, including Prussia & Austria.
1821-1871--Emigration from Germany during this time period is caused mainly by economic hardship and war. Emigration includes large numbers of persons from Alsace-Lorraine, Baden, Hessen, Rheinland, and Wurttemberg (southeast Germany).
1848--Revolutions in Europe begin. Various German principalities rebel, although rebellion is probably most widespread in Baden.
1849--After the revolutions fail, revolutionaries flee to Zurich, London, and America.
1850--Hamburg passenger lists begin. Hamburg and Bremen become popular places to emigrate from because city fathers realize that money can be made feeding and housing emigrants while they wait to sail, and by making them pay a tax to emigrate. Bremen is more popular, because it has a reputation for treating emigrants better than does Hamburg.
1851--The advent of the steamship in the 1850s cuts trans-Atlantic travel time from 43 days (sailing ship) to 13 days.
1854--250,000 Germans arrive at U.S. ports.
1862-1865--Germans who serve in the Union Army can become American citizens after 1 year of residency in the U.S. States like Pennsylvania and New York actively recruit Army volunteers in Germany, paying their passage and enlistment bounties.
1866--Prussia defeats Austria in Seven Weeks’ War.
1870-1871--Many men flee Germany to avoid serving in the Franco-Prussian War. German Empire founded in 1871.
1871-1914--Emigration to the U.S. becomes more common from all parts of Germany.
1880--200,000 Germans arrive at U.S. ports.
1890--Large German-born populations are living in NY, PA, OH, IL, MN, WI, and MO. 70,000 German-born persons are living in Deep South, including 15,000 in New Orleans. More German citizens are living in New York City than live in Hamburg, Germany.
1920--Between 1820 and 1920, more than 5,500,000 Germans emigrate to U.S., more than any other nationality including the Irish (4,400,000).
1944--Nearly all existing Bremen passenger lists are destroyed during Allied bombing raid on October 6, 1944. All that remains are some records for 1907 and 1913-1914.
1978--A study shows that nearly 7,000,000 Germans settled in U.S. between 1820 and 1977.
The following books are available in the Genealogy Room at St. Louis Public Library (Central Library, 3rd Floor). This list includes just a few of the books, microfilm sets, and reference databases in our collection that can be of use to the person researching German ancestors. We can check books/microfilm sets that are indexed (or arranged in alphabetical order by surname) for you; just email us at webref@slpl.org.
Colletta, John P. They Came in Ships: A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record. Orem, Utah: Ancestry, 2002. [Genealogy Room—929.1]
Glazier, Ira A, and P W. Filby. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. 67 vols. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 1988. [Genealogy Room—929.308931]
Glazier, Ira A. Germans to America: Series II. 7 vols. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 2002. [Genealogy Room—929.308931]
Hansen, Claus B. Passenger Liners from Germany, 1816-1990. West Chester, Pa: Schiffer Pub, 1991. [Stacks-Oversize—387.2432]
Smith, Clifford N. From Bremen to America in 1850: Fourteen Rare Emigrant Ship Lists. Baltimore, Md: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co, 1987. [Genealogy Room—929.343]
Smith, Clifford N. Reconstructed Passenger Lists for 1850: Hamburg to Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, and the United States. McNeal, Ariz: Westland Publications, 1980. [Genealogy Room—929.343]
Smith, Clifford N. Reconstructed Passenger Lists for 1851 Via Hamburg: Emigrants from Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, and Switzerland to Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the United States, and Venezuela. McNeal, Ariz: Westland Publications, 1986. [Genealogy Room—929.343]
Strassburger, Ralph B, and William J. Hinke. Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1966. [Genealogy Room—929.343]
Yoder, Don. Pennsylvania German Immigrants, 1709-1786: Lists Consolidated from Yearbooks of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1980. [Genealogy Room—929.3748]
Zimmerman, Gary J, and Marion Wolfert. German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York [dates], with Places of Origin. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1985. [Genealogy Room—929.343]
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
MAJOR AMERICAN MILITARY CONFLICTS, PART II
REVOLUTIONARY WAR-- MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS & ROSTERS
Microfilm
1. General Index to Compiled Service Records of Revolutionary War Veterans [58 reels]. (Central-Microfilm)
2. Revolutionary War Service Records [138 reels]. (Central-Microfilm)
Books
3. Atwood, Rodney. The Hessians: Mercenaries from Hessen-Kassel in the American Revolution. NY: Cambridge University Press, 1980. (Central-ST 973.342)
4. Carrington, Henry B. Battles of the American Revolution: Battle Maps and Charts of the Revolution. New York: New York Times, 1968. (Central-ST 973.33)
5. Daughters of the American Revolution. Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor’s Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972 [160 volumes].(Central-HG 929.373)
6. Myers, Paul W. Pennsylvania Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, Living in States Other Than Pennsylvania. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1987. (Central-HG 973.3448)
7. Smith, Clifford Neal. Brunswick Deserter-Immigrants of the American Revolution. Thomson, IL: Heritage House, 1973. (Central-HG 929.343)
8. Smith, Clifford Neal. Mercenaries from Ansbach and Bayreuth, Germany, Who Remained in America after the Revolution. McNeal, AZ: Westland Publications, 1979. (Central-HG 973.342)
9. Smith, Clifford Neal. Muster Rolls and Prisoner of War Lists in American Archival Collections Pertaining to the German Mercenary Troops who Served with the British Forces during the American Revolution. DeKalb, IL: Westland Publications, 1976. (Central-HG 973.342)
10. The State Records of North Carolina. Raleigh: P. M. Hale, 1886-1914 [30 vols]. (Central-ST 975.6)
Volume 16 has a list of soldiers in the North Carolina Continental Line.
11. White, Virgil D. Index to Revolutionary War Service Records. Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1995 [4 vols]. (Central-HG 973.4)
Microfilm
1. General Index to Compiled Service Records of Revolutionary War Veterans [58 reels]. (Central-Microfilm)
2. Revolutionary War Service Records [138 reels]. (Central-Microfilm)
Books
3. Atwood, Rodney. The Hessians: Mercenaries from Hessen-Kassel in the American Revolution. NY: Cambridge University Press, 1980. (Central-ST 973.342)
4. Carrington, Henry B. Battles of the American Revolution: Battle Maps and Charts of the Revolution. New York: New York Times, 1968. (Central-ST 973.33)
5. Daughters of the American Revolution. Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor’s Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972 [160 volumes].(Central-HG 929.373)
6. Myers, Paul W. Pennsylvania Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, Living in States Other Than Pennsylvania. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1987. (Central-HG 973.3448)
7. Smith, Clifford Neal. Brunswick Deserter-Immigrants of the American Revolution. Thomson, IL: Heritage House, 1973. (Central-HG 929.343)
8. Smith, Clifford Neal. Mercenaries from Ansbach and Bayreuth, Germany, Who Remained in America after the Revolution. McNeal, AZ: Westland Publications, 1979. (Central-HG 973.342)
9. Smith, Clifford Neal. Muster Rolls and Prisoner of War Lists in American Archival Collections Pertaining to the German Mercenary Troops who Served with the British Forces during the American Revolution. DeKalb, IL: Westland Publications, 1976. (Central-HG 973.342)
10. The State Records of North Carolina. Raleigh: P. M. Hale, 1886-1914 [30 vols]. (Central-ST 975.6)
Volume 16 has a list of soldiers in the North Carolina Continental Line.
11. White, Virgil D. Index to Revolutionary War Service Records. Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1995 [4 vols]. (Central-HG 973.4)
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