03937cam a2200733 4500 1133895703 TxAuBib 20240131120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781649330321 1649330324 59536d95-6769-4dfa-b9c7-ac428e438be2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6442159 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Borrowman, Jerry,. Why We Fought: Inspiring Stories of Resisting Hitler and Defending Freedom [Libby]. Shadow Mountain Publishing, 2021. World War II. swiss. Marlene Dietrich. D-Day. army. Navy. Bravery. Normandy. Jews. Military. Allies. Civics. Austria. uso. soldiers. Marines. Gestapo. CIA. French resistance. Nazi propaganda. freedom fighters. preserving liberty. fighting the nazis. ghost army. Virginia Hall. double-agent. ordinary heroes. allied heroes. Battle for Castle Itter. Carl Lutz. decoy armies. Juan Pujol Garcia. Opposing tyranny. William Sebold. WW II hero. WW II heroes. WW II stories. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 901kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.<br /> 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.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-01-31 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=59536d95-6769-4dfa-b9c7-ac428e438be2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=59536d95-6769-4dfa-b9c7-ac428e438be2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)