Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War
By: Al Murray
4.10
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run para…
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1. Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.14
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed t… read more
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2. Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)
By: Spike Milligan
4.03
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
Adolf Hitler: My Part on His Downfall is volume One of Spike Milligan's outrageous, hilarious, lege… read more
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"They're all the rage, Cab Calloway wears one."-Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)
"After Puckoon I swore I'd never write another book. This is it"-Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)
"Some people live a nothing life: the most important thing they ever do is die. Thank God for eccentrics! Take Gunner Octavian Neat. He would suddenly appear naked in a barrack room and say, “Does any…"-Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)
"...Roberts had joined the Royal Artillery in 1914 and since then had steadily risen to the rank of Gunner. Now the crunch: someone with a perverted sense of humour made him a Lance Bombardier. Robert…"-Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)
3. Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr
By: James Holland
4.32
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
Product Description The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take … read more
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4. The War in the West: Volume 1: The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941
By: James Holland
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Much of what we think we know about World War II is steeped in myth rather than fact. For seven dec… read more
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5. Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble
By: Antony Beevor
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The prizewinning historian and bestselling author of D-Day and Stalingradreconstructs the Battle of… read more
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6. 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert
By: Spike Milligan
4.62
Format: None pages,
This is the second volume of Mr Milligan's reminiscences of World War II. read more
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7. Fortress Malta: An Island Under Siege 1940-43
By: James Holland
4.18
Format: None pages, Hardcover
June 11, 1940. Italian aircraft pummel the idyllic Mediterranean island of Malta. It is the first o… read more
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8. The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War
By: Jonathan Dimbleby
2.64
Format: 110 pages, Hardcover
The Battle of the Atlantic was -- though often overlooked -- crucial to the Allied victory. If the … read more
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10. Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
By: James Holland
3.89
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times In February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, driv… read more
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11. Monty: His Part In My Victory (War Memoirs, #3)
By: Spike Milligan
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
'It's all over, Von Arnheim has surrendered and he's very angry. This could mean war...' The third … read more
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12. The Battle of Britain
By: James Holland
3.95
Format: None pages,
'If Hitler fails to invade or destroy Britain, he has lost the war,' Churchill said in the summer o… read more
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13. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
14. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943
By: James Holland
4.33
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more
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15. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire
By: Michael Palin
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more
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16. Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day
By: James Holland
4.47
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legen… read more
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17. Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
By: Antony Beevor
4.21
Format: 459 pages, Hardcover
The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian … read more
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"It is only when one faces death, observed one of the men there, that one realises the great value of life."-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
"The smell of roasted flesh permeated the air for hours afterwards with the stench of oily-black smoke from the blazing vehicles . Gräbner's body was never identified among all the other carbonized co…"-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
"Many historians, with an ‘if only’ approach to the British defeat, have focused so much on different aspects of Operation Market Garden which went wrong that they have tended to overlook the central …"-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
18. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
By: James Holland
4.45
Format: 650 pages, Hardcover
D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Alli… read more
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19. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
20. Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942
By: Max Hastings
4.25
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operati… read more
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21. Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War
By: Al Murray
4.10
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run para… read more
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22. Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe
By: James Holland
4.33
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Nor… read more
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23. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
By: Max Hastings
4.40
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tens… read more
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24. The Rest is History: The Official Book from the Makers of the Hit Podcast
By: Tom Holland
3.85
Format: 522 pages, Kindle Edition
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys... there's a new history book in town. Fro… read more
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25. Spitfire: A Very British Love Story
By: John Nichol
4.50
Format: 574 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES NON FICTION BESTSELLER WHSmith NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018'The best book you… read more
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26. Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission
By: Rowland White
4.51
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Built of lightweight wood, powered by two growling Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, impossibly aerodynam… read more
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27. Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II
By: James Holland
4.30
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy l… read more
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28. Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and The Sacrifice
By: Patrick Bishop
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A GRIPPING TALE OF HEROIC FAILURE DURING THE DIEPPE RAID OF 1942'A deeply humane, lucidly written a… read more
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29. The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Epic Siege at the Heart of WWII's Greatest Battle
By: Iain MacGregor
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
To the Soviet Union, the sacrifices that enabled the country to defeat Nazi Germany in the Great Pa… read more
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30. 1945: Victory in the West
By: Peter Caddick-Adams
4.55
Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition
'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more
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31. The Pathfinders: The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII
By: Will Iredale
4.39
Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner'Compellin… read more
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