History / World War II

Hidden Warbirds: The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Rebuilding WWII's Lost Aircraft

by Nicholas A. Veronico

"If you only have room in your collection for one book on WWII-era warbird wreck histories and recoveries, then it should be this one. Nicholas Veronico's thorough research and clear, concise writing style make ...

The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War II

by Richard Alexander Hough & Denis Richards

A definitive account of the three-month air battle in 1940 between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe.The victory of the Battle of Britain ranks with Marathon and the Marne as a decisive point in history....

The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II

by Charles Glass

"[A]n impressive achievement: a boot-level take on the conflict that is fresh without being cynically revisionist." --The New Republic

A groundbreaking history of ordinary soldiers struggling on the front lines,...

Stephen E. Ambrose The Men of War E-book Box Set: Victors, Citizen Soldiers, Wild Blue

by Stephen E. Ambrose

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Beyond the Call of Duty: Army Flight Nursing in World War II

by Judith Barger

At the height of World War II, five hundred Army flight nurses served with the Army Air Forces as members of thirty-one medical air evacuation squadrons located throughout the world on both the European and...

Roosevelt's Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II

by Joseph E. Persico

All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt...

D-Day: The Decision to Launch: A Selection from D-Day: The Battle for Normandy (Penguin Tracks)

by Antony Beevor

The little-known drama of the last-minute decision to launch the invasion of Normandy-excerpted from the internationally bestselling D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

In D-Day: The Decision to Launch, excerpted...

The Freedom Line

by Peter Eisner

The romance of Casablanca ... the gripping narrative of Eye of the Needle ... both come together in this enthralling true story of World War II resistance fighters and the airmen they saved.

As war raged against...

Japanese Destroyer Captain

by Tameichi Hara, Fred Saito & Roger Pineau

This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in...

Steaming to Victory: How Britain's Railways Won the War

by Michael Williams

In the seven decades since the darkest moments of the Second World War it seems every tenebrous corner of the conflict has been laid bare, prodded and examined from every perspective of military and social history....

The Guns at Last Light

World War II Liberation Trilogy #3

by Rick Atkinson

The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson’s acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II

It is the twentieth century’s unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United...

A Shaky Do: The Skoda Works Raid 16/17th April 1943

by Peter Cunliffe

A Shaky do-The Skoda works raid 16/17th April 1943, is a detailed account of a Bomber Command raid on the Skoda arms factory at Plzen Czechoslovakia. The book gives numerous personal accounts by veterans who...

First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942

by John B. Lundstrom

From huddled command conferences to cramped cockpits, John Lundstrom guides readers though the maelstrom of air combat at Guadalcanal in this impressively researched sequel to his earlier study. Picking up the...

The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan

by James Scott

THE WAR BELOW is the riveting story of the submarine force that helped win World War II in the Pacific by ravaging Japan’s merchant fleet and destroying the nation’s economy.

Focusing on the unique stories...

Shrapnel

by William Wharton

Author of such classic wartime novels as Birdy and A Midnight Clear, William Wharton was one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. However, he was also a very private man—he wrote under a pseudonym...

Conspiracy of One: Tyler Kent's Secret Plot against FDR, Churchill, and the Allied War Effort

by Peter Rand

Officers from the U.S. Embassy, Scotland Yard, and MI5 broke into Tyler Kent’s bedroom. They found the suave young American code clerk beside his unmade bed, wearing striped pajama bottoms. His mistress was...

Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home

by Maurice Isserman, Walter Iv Cronkite & Tom Brokaw

A giant in American journalism in the vanguard of "The Greatest Generation" reveals his World War II experiences in this National Geographic book. Walter Cronkite, an obscure 23-year-old United Press wire service...

The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe

by Stephen Harding

The true story of US & German soldiers fighting side by side in the final days of WW II

The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines

by Cate Lineberry

The compelling untold story of a group of stranded U.S. Army nurses and medics fighting to escape Nazi-occupied Europe.

When 26 Army nurses and medics-part of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron-boarded...

The Measure of a Man: My Father, the Marine Corps, and Saipan

by Kathleen Broome Williams

Maj. Roger G. B. Broome, USMCR, died from wounds received on Saipan before his daughter had a chance to know him. Now a well-known naval historian and author of award-winning books, that daughter, Kathleen Broome...