11 Best biography books like Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II by Wilhelm Johnen

Cover of Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II by Wilhelm Johnen

Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II

By: Wilhelm Johnen

4.22

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

"The enemy bomber grew larger in my sights and the rear gunner was sprayed by my guns just as he op…

If you liked the biography plot in Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II by Wilhelm Johnen , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The German Aces Speak: World War II Through the Eyes of Four of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders by Jon Guttman, Colin D. Heaton, Robin Olds, Anne-Marie Lewis, None

1. The German Aces Speak: World War II Through the Eyes of Four of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders

By: Jon Guttman , Colin D. Heaton , Robin Olds , Anne-Marie Lewis , None

3.14

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

For the first time, four German WWII pilots share their side of the story. Few perspectives epitomi… read more

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Cover of The First And The Last by Adolf Galland

2. The First And The Last

By: Adolf Galland

2.74

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A fearless leader with 104 victories to his name, Galland was a legendary hero in Germany's Luftwaf… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction

3. Steel Boat Iron Hearts: A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505

By: None , None

4.20

Format: 251 pages,

Hans Goebeler is known as the man who "pulled the plug" on U-505 in 1944 to keep his beloved U-boat… read more

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4. At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North

By: William Lubbeck

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This is the remarkable story of a German soldier who fought throughout World War II, rising from co… read more

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Cover of Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II by Wilhelm Johnen

5. Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II

By: Wilhelm Johnen

4.22

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

"The enemy bomber grew larger in my sights and the rear gunner was sprayed by my guns just as he op… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Radio Operator on the Eastern Front: An Illustrated Memoir, 1940–1949 by Erhard Steiniger

6. Radio Operator on the Eastern Front: An Illustrated Memoir, 1940–1949

By: Erhard Steiniger

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the true and dramatic testimony of a German grenadier during World War II. read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • war
  • memoir
Cover of The Last Escaper: The Untold First-Hand Story of the Legendary World War II Bomber Pilot, "Cooler King" and Arch Escape Artist by Peter Tunstall

7. The Last Escaper: The Untold First-Hand Story of the Legendary World War II Bomber Pilot, "Cooler King" and Arch Escape Artist

By: Peter Tunstall

4.45

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

“A remarkable memoir of a British lad’s salad days flying bombers against the Nazis and then repeat… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Death on a Distant Frontier: A Lost Victory, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

8. Death on a Distant Frontier: A Lost Victory, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.17

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

“a provocative and stimulating addition to the study of World War II.” HistoryNetPerfect for reader… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Drafted!: My Year in Vietnam by Morgan  Miller

9. Drafted!: My Year in Vietnam

By: Morgan Miller

4.56

Format: 543 pages, Kindle Edition

2024 IBPA Gold Ben Franklin Award Winner • 2024 Foreword Review INDIES FinalistMorgan and I both se… read more

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Cover of Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4) by John Wooldridge

10. Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4)

By: John Wooldridge

4.08

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

A vivid account of two Mosquito squadrons which revolutionised aerial warfare.Perfect for people wh… read more

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Cover of Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1) by Jeremy Howard-Williams

11. Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1)

By: Jeremy Howard-Williams

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

An engrossing memoir of one RAF fighter pilot’s battle against the Luftwaffe in the dead of night.I… read more

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Cover of Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two) by Terence Robertson

12. Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

By: Terence Robertson

4.61

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

The astounding biography of the most successful anti-submarine commander of the Second World War.Pe… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Für Volk and Führer: The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler by Erwin Bartmann

13. Für Volk and Führer: The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

By: Erwin Bartmann

4.26

Format: 502 pages, Kindle Edition

Like many Germans, Berlin schoolboy Erwin Bartmann fell under the spell of the Zeitgeist cultivated… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine by Andrew Wilson

14. Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine

By: Andrew Wilson

4.41

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Normandy, June 1944. Tank commander Andrew Wilson, a twenty-year-old lieutenant, is in charge of a … read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy by Richard Freiherr von Rosen

15. Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy

By: Richard Freiherr von Rosen

4.36

Format: 712 pages, Kindle Edition

A richly illustrated memoir by highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier—“recommended to anyone with an in… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
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  • audiobook
Cover of Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front. Volume II: Russia, Hungary, Lithuania, and the Battle for East Prussia by Hans Heinz Rehfeldt

16. Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front. Volume II: Russia, Hungary, Lithuania, and the Battle for East Prussia

By: Hans Heinz Rehfeldt

4.50

Format: 517 pages, Kindle Edition

This second volume of a Nazi soldier's WWII diary continues the chronicle of his experiences on the… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • memoir
Cover of Typhoon Pilot by Desmond Scott

17. Typhoon Pilot

By: Desmond Scott

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A decorated WWII flying ace and Royal Air Force Group Captain recounts his experience in the air ov… read more

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  • biography
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  • world war ii
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Cover of Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front Volume I: From the Moscow Winter Offensive to Operation Zitadelle by Hans Heinz Rehfeldt

18. Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front Volume I: From the Moscow Winter Offensive to Operation Zitadelle

By: Hans Heinz Rehfeldt

4.37

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

A visceral account from contemporaneous diaries of a soldier who frequently came close to death but… read more

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  • memoir
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Cover of Luftwaffe Fighter Ace: From the Eastern Front to the Defence of the Homeland by Norbert Hannig

19. Luftwaffe Fighter Ace: From the Eastern Front to the Defence of the Homeland

By: Norbert Hannig

4.25

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Herr Norbert Hanning’s wartime career makes for fascinating and highly informative reading on an as… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
Cover of In the Hell of the Eastern Front: The Fate of a Young Soldier During the Fighting in Russia in WW2 by Arno Sauer

20. In the Hell of the Eastern Front: The Fate of a Young Soldier During the Fighting in Russia in WW2

By: Arno Sauer

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

A Nazi infantryman recalls the horrors of combat against the Soviet Union in this WWII memoir as to… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
Cover of Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII by J.E. Johnson

21. Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII

By: J.E. Johnson

4.48

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Johnnie Johnson joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a week-end flier, and finis… read more

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  • military fiction
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  • world war ii
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Cover of Finale at Flensburg: The Story Of Field Marshal Montgomery's Battle For The Baltic (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

22. Finale at Flensburg: The Story Of Field Marshal Montgomery's Battle For The Baltic (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.40

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

The overlooked story of one of the last battles of the Second World War, which shaped the course of… read more

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Cover of Eastern Inferno: The Journals of a German Panzerjager on the Eastern Front, 1941-43 by Christine Alexander

23. Eastern Inferno: The Journals of a German Panzerjager on the Eastern Front, 1941-43

By: Christine Alexander

4.16

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

“Remarkable personal journals . .  revealing the combat experience of the German-Russian War as sel… read more

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  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot: Defending the Reich Against the RAF and the USAAF by Wolfgang Fischer

24. Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot: Defending the Reich Against the RAF and the USAAF

By: Wolfgang Fischer

4.18

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Within weeks of war being declared, Wolfgang Fischer had volunteered to join the Luftwaffe and spen… read more

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  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
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Cover of Storm From the Sea: A Classic World War Two Commando Memoir (Memories of a Commando Book 1) by Peter Young

25. Storm From the Sea: A Classic World War Two Commando Memoir (Memories of a Commando Book 1)

By: Peter Young

4.11

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

An unforgettable personal account of fighting with the Commandos in World War Two.An ideal book for… read more

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Cover of Fly For Your Life: The Story of Spitfire & Hurricane Ace Robert Stanford Tuck by Larry Forrester

26. Fly For Your Life: The Story of Spitfire & Hurricane Ace Robert Stanford Tuck

By: Larry Forrester

4.76

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Fly For Your Life is the official biography of Royal Air Force (RAF) Ace Robert Stanford Tuck. Thru… read more

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Cover of Tank Commander: From the Fall of France to the Defeat of Germany: The Memoirs of Bill Close by Bill Close

27. Tank Commander: From the Fall of France to the Defeat of Germany: The Memoirs of Bill Close

By: Bill Close

4.17

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

A remarkable World War II survival story and combat memoir by “an indestructible wartime tank comma… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of Night Fighter Navigator: Beaufighters and Mosquitos in WWII by Dennis Gosling

28. Night Fighter Navigator: Beaufighters and Mosquitos in WWII

By: Dennis Gosling

4.41

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

A British Royal Air Force navigator shares his experiences during World War II in this compelling m… read more

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Cover of Damned Un-English (An Underhand Invention Book 1) by Andrew Wareham

29. Damned Un-English (An Underhand Invention Book 1)

By: Andrew Wareham

4.40

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Lieutenant Gilbert Maltravers is bored. It is 1912 and he has been promoted as fast as any in his D… read more

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Cover of Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years by Hugh Dundas

30. Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years

By: Hugh Dundas

4.31

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

“A personal and vivid view of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) engagement of the Luftwaffe in World War … read more

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  • military fiction
  • world war ii
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Cover of Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot by Helmut Mahlke

31. Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot

By: Helmut Mahlke

4.12

Format: 519 pages, Kindle Edition

“Well-written and holds the reader’s attention . . . an engaging book and a rare personal view of f… read more

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18 must-read history books like Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II by Wilhelm Johnen

Transform Your Habits

The First And The Last

Adolf Galland

2.74

Transform Your Habits

Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II

Wilhelm Johnen

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Last Escaper: The Untold First-Hand Story of the Legendary World War II Bomber Pilot, "Cooler King" and Arch Escape Artist

Peter Tunstall

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Death on a Distant Frontier: A Lost Victory, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

Charles Whiting

4.17

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13 Best history books like Tank Commander: From the Fall of France to the Defeat of Germany: The Memoirs of Bill Close by Bill Close

Transform Your Habits

Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II

Wilhelm Johnen

4.22

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Escape From Arnhem: A Canadian Among the Lost Paratroops (Memoirs from World War Two)

Leo Heaps

4.25

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Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

Terence Robertson

4.61

Transform Your Habits

Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry’s Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two)

Anthony Richardson

4.32

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