William B. Breuer (September 17, 1922 – August 18, 2010) was a soldier, journalist and American military historian, who specialized in the World War II epoch.
Legacy His work, The Great Raid on Cabanatuan along with Hampton Sides' Ghost Soldiers, was adapted into a film titled The Great Raid (2005).
Bibliography Agony at Anzio The Air-raid Warden Was a Spy: and Other Tales from Home-front America in World War II. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003. An American Saga Bizarre tales from World War II. Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 2005, c1999. Bloody Clash at Sadzot: Hitler's Final Strike for Antwerp. New York: Jove, 1981. Captain Cool Daring Missions of World War II, 2002. Death of a Nazi Army: the Falaise Pocket. New York: Stein and Day, 1985. Devil Boats: the PT War against Japan. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1987. Drop Zone, Sicily: Allied Airborne Strike, July 1943. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1983. Feuding Allies: the Private Wars of the High Command. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995. Geronimo!: American paratroopers in World War II . New York: St. Martin's, 1989. Guts!: 27 Courageous People and Their Triumphs Over Adversity. New Horizon Press, 2005. The Great Raid on Cabanatuan: Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor. Wiley, 1994. Hitler's Fortress Cherbourg: the conquest of a bastion. New York: Stein and Day, 1984. Hitler's Undercover War: the Nazi Espionage Invasion of the U.S.A. New York: St. Martin's, 1989. Hoodwinking Hitler J. Edgar Hoover and His G-Men MacArthur's Undercover War: Spies, Saboteurs, Guerrillas, and Secret Missions. Nazi Spies in America Operation Dragoon: the Allied Invasion of the South of France. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1987. Operation Torch: The Allied Gamble to Invade North Africa. Race to the Moon: America's Duel with the Soviets. Praeger, 1993. Retaking the Philippines: America's Return to Corregidor and Bataan, October 1944-March 1945. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. Sea Wolf: a Biography of John D. Bulkeley, USN. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1989. The Secret War with Germany: Deception, Espionage, and Dirty Tricks, 1939-1945. New York: Jove Books, 1989, c1988. Secret Weapons of World War II Shadow Warriors: the Covert War in Korea. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. Storming Hitler’s Rhine: the Allied Assault, February–March 1945. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. They Jumped at Midnight Top Secret Tales of World War II Undercover Tales of World War II Unexplained Mysteries of World War II Vendetta: Castro and the Kennedy Brothers War and American Women: Heroism, Deeds, and Controversy. Praeger, 1997.
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External links Military historian William Breuer dies at 87 In Memory of William B. Breuer