World War 2 Historical Documents, Books, Photographs, Brochures, Etc.
The Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives has extensive holdings in both World Wars - We have just begun with uploading our indexes. Please check back often for updates.
- 1939-07-14 Advertisement - Germany - Land of Hospitality. Appeared in the London Times - about six week before Germany invaded Poland. German occupation and hostilities had already begun in the Slovakian region.
- 1999-12-16 The Battle of the Bulge - An Interview with Dr. George Knaphus. George Knaphus was a private in Company B of the 112th Infantry Division during World War 2. This was an account of his experiences during that infamous battle.
- 1941 Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941, William L. Shirer. The great bestseller that records - hour-by-hour, day-by-day the hell that was Hitler's Germany. Paperback
- 1942 The Ships and Aircraft of the United States Fleet: War Edition by James C. Fahey. Published by Ships and Aircraft © 1942. Previous Owner Bernard Holes, Jr. USNR
- 1946 Bilder Vi Ikke Må Glemme by Hans Heiberg og Ulf Johns, © 1946, J.W. Cappelens Forlag, Oslo, Norge, Hardcover, 159 Pages. Photographs taken during the German occupation of Norway during World War II.
- 1947 Memoirs from the War Years by Arne Fjellbu, Translated by L. A. Vigness, © 1947, Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Soft Cover, 199 Pages.
- 1950 Comes the Comrade! by Alexandra Orme
- 1950 Hitler Directs His War. Translated and edited by Felix Gilbert. Paperback
- 1950 The Hinge of Fate: How the Power of the Grand Alliance become Preponderant. The Fourth Volume of Churchill's Dramatic History of World War II by Winston S. Churchill. Book One: The Onslaught of Japan, Book Two: Africa Redeemed.
- 1951 Closing the Ring: How Nazi Germany was Isolated and Assailed on All Sides. Winston S. Churchill. Book One: Italy Won, Book Two: Teheran to Rome
- 1952 Winston Churchill: An Informal Study of Greatness, Robert Lewis Taylor, LOC 52-7606
- 1959 Battle: The Story of the Bulge by John Toland. Paperback
- 1960-02 Abandon Ship! Death of the U.S.S. Indianapolis: A vivid true story of the greatest sea tragedy in the history of the United States Navy by Richard F. Newcomb. Paperback
- 1961-03 Nuremberg Diary by G.M. Gilbert, Ph.D., Formerly Prison Psychologist at the Nuremberg Trial of the Nazi War Criminals. First Printing March 1961. Paperback
- 1964 Norge Under Okkupasjonen by Chr. A. R. Christensen, © 1964, Trykt i Fabritus & Sønners Boktrykkeri, Oslo, Norge, Hardcover, 135 Pages.
- 1966 Norway and the Second World War by Johs. Andenæs, O. Riste, and M. Skodvin, © 1966, Trykt hos Mesna-Trykk A/S, Lillehammer, Norge, Soft Cover, 173 Pages, 82-03-16154-5.
- 1966 The Last Battle: The Battle for Berlin - April 16, 1945 by Cornelius Ryan. LOC 65-18654
- 1967 The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. Translated from the French by Lily Emmet. LOC 75-95981
- 1968 The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry 1933-1945 by Nora Levin. LOC 67-23676
- 1969 The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad by Harrison E. Salisbury. LOC 68-28215
- 1969 The Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940 By William L. Shirer. SBN 671-20337-1 LOC 72-91306
- 1969 The Fall of Berlin With the Russian Army in Berlin and the Last Battle of Nazi Germany By Marshal Vasili I. Chuikov, Former Supreme Commander Soviet Land Forces. Translated from the Russian by Ruth Kisch 1967/1969. LOC 68-10059 Paperback
- 1969 The German Navy in World War II by Edward P. Von der Porten. LOC 69-18674
- 1969-10 The Luftwaffe War Diaries by Cajus Bekker. Translated and edited by Frank Ziegler. First Printing: October, 1969. LOC 68-19007. Paperback
- 1970 Barrage: The Guns in Action. Ballantin's Illustrated History of World War II. Weapons Book, No. 18 by Ian V. Hogg. Paperback
- 1970 Bomber - The Anatomy of a Holocaust by Len Deighton. Events relating to the last flight of an R.A.F. Bomber over Germany on the night of June 30, 1943. LOC 71-123980. Paperback
- 1970 Day of Infamy by Walter Lord. The Moment-By-Moment Story of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. 1957 / December 1970. Paperback
- 1970 Grey Wolf, Grey Sea: Abord the German Submarine U-124 in World War II by E.B. Gasaway. SBN 345-01937-7-095. Paperback
- 1970 Inside The Third Reich: Memoirs by Albert Speer. Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. LOC 70-119132
- 1970 Me 109: Willy Messerschmitt's Peerless Fighter. Ballantin's Illustrated History of World War II. Weapons Book, No. 4 by Martin Caldin. 1968/1970 Paperback
- 1970 Norway 1940-45: The Resistance Movement by Olav Riste and Berit Nökleby, © 1970 Nor-Media A/S, Norge, Hardcover, 93 Pages, 82-03-22087-8.
- 1970-11 The Last 100 Days By John Toland. Fifth Printing November 1970 Paperback
- 1970 The Nuremberg Rallies - Ballantin's Illustrated History of World War II : Campaign Book, No. 8 by Alan Wykes 1970. ISBN 345-01926-1-100 Paperback
- 1971 Battle of the Ruhr Pocket - Ballantin's Illustrated History of the Violent Century. Battle Book, No. 2 by Charles Whiting 1970/1971 Paperback
- 1971 Bir Hakim: Desert Citadel - Ballantin's Illustrated History of the Violent Century. Battle Book, No. 23 by Richard Holmes Paperback
- 1971 For Those I Loved by Martin Gray With Max Gallo. Translated from the French by Anthony White. ISBN 0-316-325767, LOC 72-7301
- 1971 Hitler's Secret Service by Walter Schellenberg. Formerly titled The Labyrinth. First Complete and Unexpurgated Paperback Edition. 1956/1971. LOC 56-8761 Paperback
- 1971 SS and Gestapo: Rule by Terror - Ballantin's Illustrated History of World War II. Weapons Book, No. 8 by Roger Manvell Advised by Heinrich Fraenkel. 1969/1971 Paperback
- 1971 T-34 Russian Armor - Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II. Weapons Book No. 21 by Douglas Orgill. Paperback
- 1971 The 12-Year Reich: A Social History of Nazi Germany 1933-1945 by Richard Grunberger. LOC 69-16189, ISBN 03-076435-1
- 1971 The Conspirators: 20th July 1944 - Ballantin's Illustrated History of the Violent Century. Politics in Action No. 1 by Roger Manvell - Paperback
- 1971-10 The Order of the Death's Head: The Story of Hitler's SS by Heinz Höhne. Translated from the German by Richard Barry. LOC 69-19032, ISBN 345-02399-4-195. First Prining: October 1971. Paperback
- 1972 Duel of Eagles by Peter Townsend. The Dramatic Bestseller of the R.A.F. and the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. ISBN 671-78520-6, LOC 79-116510 - Paperback
- 1972 Gestapo: The most hated and feared of Hitler's madmen on a sadistic rampage of blood, lust and murder! by Sven Hassel - Paperback
- 1972 The Hindenburg: The Book That Answers One of the Most Fascinating Riddles of Our Century! by Michael M. Mooney - Paperback
- 1973 The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation By Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn. Translated from the Russian by Thomas P. Whitney. LOC 73-22756, ISBN 0-06-013914-5
- 1974 A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan. LOC 74-3253, ISBN 0-671-21792-5
- 1974 The Bitter Years: The Invasion and Occupation of Denmark and Norway, April 1940 - May 1945, Richard Petrow, © 1974, Morrow Quill Paperbacks, New York, Soft cover, 403 Pages, 0-688-05275-4, 940.54'21.
- 1976-04 The Boat: Terror Under the Sea... The Extraordinary Novel of Life and Death in a World War II German Submarine by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Translated from the German by Denver and Helen Lindley. April 1976. Paperback
- 1978 Holocaust : A Novel of Survival and Triumph By Gerald Green. ISBN 0-553-11877-3. An NBC-TV Big Event. Paperback
- 1981 Battles For Scandinavia: World War II by John Robert Elting. Time Life Books 0809433958
- 1987 Norway 1940 by François Kersaudy, © 1987, St. Martin's Press, New York, Hard cover, 272 Pages, 0-312-06427-6, 940.54'2181--dc20.
- 1989 Skis Against The Atom by Knut Haukelid, © 1989, North American Heritage Press, Minot, North Dakota, Soft cover, 244 Pages, 0-942323-07-6. First-hand account of heroism and daring sabotage during the Nazi occupation of Norway.
- 1990 Scandinavian Misadventure: The Campaign In Norway - 1940 by Maurice Harvey, © 1990, Spellmount Ltd., Kent, United Kingdom, Hardcover, 323 Pages, 0-946771-44-8, 940-542181. Clash of the arms series; 2
- 1994 Knight's Cross: A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel by David Fraser. ISBN 0-06-01822-9, LOC 93-43832
- 1994 Military Leaders of World War II by Walter Oleksy, © 1994, Facts On Files, Inc., New York, Hard cover, 154 Pages, 0-8160-3008-1, 940.54'4973-dc20
- 1995 Folklore Fights - The Nazis: Humor in Occupied Norway, 1940-1945 by Kathleen Stokker, © 1995, The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin, Soft cover, 273 Pages, 0-299-15444-0, 940.54'12481--dc21.
- 1999 Not Me! The World War II Memoir of a Reluctant Rifleman by Alexander H. Hadden, © 1999, Merriam Press, Bennington, Vermont, Hardcover, 160 Pages, 1-57638-094-7. The story of Company B, 112th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Division which included George Knaphus.
- 1999 The Memoirs Of A Merchant Marine During WW2.1939-1945 By F.I. Dutch Eylders, On Board The Ss New Amsterdam, Flagship Of The Holland America Line. September, 1999...1st Edition Autographed To A Friend Of The Author. Paperback .Large Format...Spiral Bound.172 Pages
- 2003 Running the Gauntlet: How Three Giant Liners Carried a Million Men to War, 1942-1945 by Alister Satchell © 2001 Printed by Chatham Publishing London. ISBN-10: 1861761643 ISBN-13: 978-1861761644
- 2005 Ten Days to D-Day. by David Stafford - WW2 D-Day Nazi Deception Garbo History Espionage Omaha. ISBN-10: 0306814226 Softcover
