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03293aam a22003738i 4500 001 7EC427FEEAB411EB95DB475F3FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210722010305 008 210422t20212021utu b 000 0ceng 010 $a 2021013205 020 $a 1629729345 : HRD 020 $a 9781629729343 : HRD 040 $a UPB/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a D736 $b .B675 2021 100 1 $a Borrowman, Jerry, $e author. 245 10 $a Why we fought : $b inspiring stories of resisting Hitler and defending freedom / $c Jerry Borrowman. 263 $a 2109 264 1 $a Salt Lake City : $b Shadow Mountain, $c [2021] 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Virginia Hall : "We must find and destroy her" -- The Ghost Army -- William Sebold and sabotage in America -- Marlene Dietrich : Hollywood actor spies on the Nazis -- Juan Pujol : the Allies' most successful double agent -- Carl Lutz Saves 72,000 Jewish lives -- The Battle for Castle Itter. 520 $a "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.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.Some were ordinary citizens like William Sebold, a German immigrant and UScitizen, 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. 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 menand women who would not surrender or compromise. They resisted and fought with total commitment for freedom and democracy despite the personal cost"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Biography. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Underground movements $v Biography. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / World War II $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l VKPE334 $d 20220607013651.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20220223012303.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20211013010540.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211001010058.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722064739.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7EC427FEEAB411EB95DB475F3FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search