8 Best memoir books like Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War by Ray Lambert

Cover of Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War by Ray Lambert

Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War

By: Ray Lambert

4.41

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Omaha Beach legend Ray Lambert's unforgettable firsthand account of D-Da…

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Cover of Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany by Stephen E. Ambrose

1. Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.24

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day , the inspiring story of … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches by Stephen E. Ambrose

2. D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

It is the young men born into the false prosperity of the 1920s and brought up in the bitter realit… read more

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  • world war ii
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"No matter how bad things got, no matter how anxious the staff became, the commander had to “preserve optimism in himself and in his command. Without confidence, enthusiasm and optimism in the command…"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

Cover of Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Cole C. Kingseed, Dick Winters

3. Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

By: Cole C. Kingseed , Dick Winters

3.95

Format: 288 pages,

They were called Easy Company--but their mission was never easy.Immortalized as the Band of Brother… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story by George Wilson

4. If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story

By: George Wilson

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

"If you survive your first day, I'll promote you." So promised George Wilson's World War II command… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

5. The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice

By: Alex Kershaw

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

June 6, 1944: Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population just 3,000 in 1944--died in the firs… read more

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6. The Bridge at Remagen: A Story of World War II

By: Ken Hechler

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It was a stunning strategic victory of World War II-and one of the most fantastic breaks for the Al… read more

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Cover of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Paul Fussell, Eugene B. Sledge

7. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

8. All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor

By: Ken Gire , Donald Stratton

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary first and only memoir by a survivor of the USS Arizona, published in conjunction … read more

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9. The Pacific

By: Hugh Ambrose

3.49

Format: 465 pages,

Penguin delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind th… read more

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10. The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau

By: Alex Kershaw

3.97

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The riveting true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War… read more

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11. The Longest Day

By: Cornelius Ryan

4.25

Format: 131 pages,

The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more

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12. The Things Our Fathers Saw: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA-Voices of the Pacific Theater

By: Matthew A. Rozell

4.10

Format: 322 pages,

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Cover of The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II by Alex Kershaw

13. The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Liberator and Avenue of Spies returns with an utterly … read more

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  • history
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  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
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  • audiobook
Cover of Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History by Kevin Maurer

14. Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

By: Kevin Maurer

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Kevin Maurer―the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day ―comes t… read more

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  • history
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  • memoir
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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15. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • audiobook
Cover of Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War by Ray Lambert

16. Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War

By: Ray Lambert

4.41

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Omaha Beach legend Ray Lambert's unforgettable firsthand account of D-Da… read more

Similar categories in Ray Lambert's Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War book and Ray Lambert's Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Whatever It Took: An American Paratrooper's Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, and Heroism in the Last Days of World War II by Henry Langrehr

17. Whatever It Took: An American Paratrooper's Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, and Heroism in the Last Days of World War II

By: Henry Langrehr

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person a… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
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Cover of Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II by Alex Kershaw

18. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival by Tom Clavin

19. Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival

By: Tom Clavin

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive.On August 13, 1944,… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II by Adam Makos

20. Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II

By: Adam Makos

4.53

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the international bestseller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story… read more

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  • biography
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of 82 Days on Okinawa: One American's Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War's Greatest Battle by Art Shaw

21. 82 Days on Okinawa: One American's Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War's Greatest Battle

By: Art Shaw

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"A gritty, first-person account. ... One can hear Shaw’s voice as if he were sitting beside you." —… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
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  • nonfiction

5 best-selling audiobook books like Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War by Ray Lambert

Transform Your Habits

The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II

Alex Kershaw

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Jeff Shaara

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War

Ray Lambert

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival

Tom Clavin

4.30

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9 best-selling historical books like Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II by Adam Makos

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

Alex Kershaw

4.17

Transform Your Habits

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Transform Your Habits

The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

Bob Drury

4.34

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