Frank Carlson Library

A look at the exploits of the men of E Company during World War II describes how they parachuted into France early D-Day morning, parachuted into Holland during the Arnhem campaign, and captured Hitler's Bavarian outpost.

Kelly's heroes: World War II soldiers learn of a fortune of gold bars that the Germans have stashed in enemy territory, and decide to steal the loot. The dirty dozen: Twelve tough criminals are offered absolution if they undertake a suicide mission into Nazi Germany. Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should also be told to trust nothing, including the search-and-rescue order just issued to them....

A British military historian offers an in-depth account of two critical offensives led by Allied troops against the Nazi power base on the Rhine, examining the strategies, military leaders, and campaign of the two airborne assaults, the events leading up to combat, the power struggle among Allied leadership, and the results of the battles on the war's outcome.

A trilogy of World War II (WWII) battlefield tour films which include "The Americans on D-Day," "The Americans on Hell's Highway," and "The Americans in the Bulge." With its fast-paced tour of the battlefields of Europe, the film series engages a wide audience interested in history and travel. Unlike most war documentaries, this series is filmed in the exact locations, and weather conditions, that existed when the actions took place. The charismatic...