Ruby Sisson Library

Recent research has discovered color films that show what World War II really looked like to those who were there. Covers the events that happened on the Brtish home front between 1934 and 1945. Includes color film of Winston Churchill before the 1945 election, British prisoners of war at a liberated prison camp in Burma and footage of the D-Day landings.

"The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers...

The experience of six men who were part of the 5th Royal Tank Regiment, fighting against the Nazis. The men describe their experience of tank warfare.

"Even before the first rumblings of secession shook the halls of Congress, British involvement in the coming schism was inevitable. Britain was dependent on the South for cotton, and in turn the Confederacy relied almost exclusively on Britain for guns, bullets, and ships. The Union sought to block any diplomacy between the two and consistently teetered on the brink of war with Britain. For four years the complex web of relationships between the countries...