History / World War II

Twilight of the Gods

by Thorolf Hillblad

Few new personal accounts by Waffen-SS soldiers appear in English; even fewer originate from the multitude of non-German European volunteers who formed such an important proportion of this service's manpower....

Panzer Lehr Division 1944-45

by Fred Steinhardt

The Panzer Lehr Division was one of the most élite German armoured formations in existence in early 1944. Its baptism of fire was in the deadly Normandy bocage. Although suffering heavy losses in Normandy,...

Korsun Pocket

by Niklas Zetterling & Anders Frankson

During the second half of 1943, after the failure at Kursk, Germany's Army Group South fell back from Russia under repeated hammer blows from the Red Army. Under Erich von Manstein, however, the Germans were...

Red Tails: The Tuskegee Airmen and Operation Halyard: An All-New Update for The Forgotten500: A Penguin eSpecial from NAL Caliber

by Gregory A. Freeman

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA

The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War

by Andrew Roberts

From "Britain's finest military historian" (The Economist) comes a magisterial new history of World War II and the flawed axis strategy that led to their defeat.

The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days, cost...

The Master Plan: Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust

by Heather Pringle

A groundbreaking history of the Nazi research institute whose work helped lead to the extermination of millions

In 1935, Heinrich Himmler established a Nazi research institute called The Ahnenerbe, whose mission...

The Pacific War: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima

by Daniel Marston

A new paperback edition of one of the bestselling World War II Osprey titles, The Pacific War Companion brings together the perspectives and insights of world-renowned military historians. From the Japanese...

Hitler's Holy Relics: A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire

by Sidney Kirkpatrick

From Paris to Stalingrad, the Nazis systematically plundered all manner of art and antiquities. But the first and most valuable treasures they looted were the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire. In Hitler’s...

The Hemingway Patrols: Ernest Hemingway and His Hunt for U-Boats

by Terry Mort

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

Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943

Samuel Johnson Prize 1999

by Antony Beevor

Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle. In August 1942, Hitler's huge Sixth Army reached the city...

Biggest Brother: The Life Of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led The Band of Brothers

by Larry Alexander

""The story behind Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers.""-Booklist In every band of brothers, there is always one who looks out for the others.... They were Easy Company, 101st Army Airborne-the World War II...

Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

by James D. Hornfischer

The Battle of Guadalcanal has long been heralded as a Marine victory. Now, with his powerful portrait of the Navy’s sacrifice, James D. Hornfischer tells for the first time the full story of the men who fought...

Troop Leader: A Tank Commander's Story

by Bill Bellamy

Troop Leader is a unique account of one man's experience of the battle for Europe in 1944 and 1945. Bill Bellamy was a young officer in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars from 1943 to 1955. He served in 7th...

Valkyrie: The Story of the Plot to Kill Hitler, by Its Last Member

by Philip Freiher Von Boeselager, Florence Fehrenbach & Jerome Fehrenbach

When the Second World War broke out, Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, then 25-years-old, fought enthusiastically for Germany as a cavalry officer. But after discovering Nazi crimes, von Boeselager’s patriotism...

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

by Denise Kiernan

THE GIRLS OF ATOMIC C ITY

AT THE HEIGHT OF WORLD WAR II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands...

Another Man's Shoes

by Sven Somme & Ellie Somme

First-hand account of a Norwegian scientist’s escape from German custody during the Second World War after his arrest for spying

To Hell and Back

by Audie Murphy & Tom Brokaw

The classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War II

Originally published in 1949, To Hell and Back was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion...

In Harm's Way

by Doug Stanton

A harrowing, adrenaline-charged account of America's worst naval disaster -- and of the heroism of the men who, against all odds, survived.

On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific...

Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing, and Dying

by Soenke Neitzel, Harald Welzer & Jefferson Chase

In 2001, spurred by a nagging curiosity over a transcript of a secretly recorded conversation he had come across in his research on the German U-boat wars, historian Sönke Neitzel paid a visit to the British...

Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War

by Robert Leckie

From Robert Leckie, the World War II veteran and New York Times bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow, whose experiences were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, comes this vivid narrative of...