7 Best military history books like The Girl and the Bombardier: A True Story of Resistance and Rescue in Nazi-Occupied France by Susan Tate Ankeny

Cover of The Girl and the Bombardier: A True Story of Resistance and Rescue in Nazi-Occupied France by Susan Tate Ankeny

The Girl and the Bombardier: A True Story of Resistance and Rescue in Nazi-Occupied France

By: Susan Tate Ankeny

4.19

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

A downed B-17 bombardier’s unfinished World War II memoir and a box of letters from the French girl…

If you liked the military history plot in The Girl and the Bombardier: A True Story of Resistance and Rescue in Nazi-Occupied France by Susan Tate Ankeny , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France by Ted Fahrenwald

2. Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France

By: Ted Fahrenwald

4.12

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

A daredevil pilot in the famed 352nd Fighter Squadron, the author of this remarkable memoir bailed … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila

3. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

By: Chester Nez , Judith Schiess Avila

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII-includes the actual Na… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness by Brian Murphy, None

4. 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness

By: Brian Murphy , None

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a routine flight t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson

5. Be Frank With Me

By: Julia Claiborne Johnson

3.81

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

Reclusive literary legend M. M. "Mimi" Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years, … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond the Call: The True Story of One World War II Pilot's Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front by Jeremy Dronfield, Lee Trimble

6. Beyond the Call: The True Story of One World War II Pilot's Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front

By: Jeremy Dronfield , Lee Trimble

3.94

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Near the end of World War II, thousands of Allied ex-POWs were abandoned to wander the war-torn Eas… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell

7. Unfamiliar Fishes

By: Sarah Vowell

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Many think of 1776 as the defining year of American history, when we became a nation devoted to the… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

8. Christmas Bells

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.39

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini celebrates Christmas, past and present, with … read more

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9. Battle: The Story of the Bulge

By: John Toland , Carlo D'Este

3.23

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

"The perspective of 15 years, painstaking research, thousands of interviews, extensive analysis and… read more

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Cover of The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine by Ricardo Nuila

10. The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine

By: Ricardo Nuila

4.38

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? In… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Watchmaker's Daughter (The Resistance Girl #1) by Dianne Haley

11. The Watchmaker's Daughter (The Resistance Girl #1)

By: Dianne Haley

4.09

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

I have to help them,’ Valérie says, her eyes filling with tears at the thought of the frightened ch… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
  • audiobook
Cover of Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini

12. Canary Girls

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Paperback

Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling novelist Jennifer Chiav… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand by Andrew Biggio

13. The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand

By: Andrew Biggio

4.70

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

It all started because of a rifle. The Rifle is an inspirational story and hero’s journey of a 28-… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Girl and the Bombardier: A True Story of Resistance and Rescue in Nazi-Occupied France by Susan Tate Ankeny

14. The Girl and the Bombardier: A True Story of Resistance and Rescue in Nazi-Occupied France

By: Susan Tate Ankeny

4.19

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

A downed B-17 bombardier’s unfinished World War II memoir and a box of letters from the French girl… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • 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

15. 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
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival by Tom Clavin

16. 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
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

17. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Mother's War: The Incredible True Story of How a Resistance Fighter Survived Three Concentration Camps by Eva Taylor

18. My Mother's War: The Incredible True Story of How a Resistance Fighter Survived Three Concentration Camps

By: Eva Taylor

3.69

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"A sad and beautiful book, shining a light on quiet heroism in dark times.” – Lucy Adlington, New Y… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Officer of Dachau by Dorit Journo

19. The Officer of Dachau

By: Dorit Journo

4.35

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

She made a courageous choice in times of unparalleled turmoil. Could her family survive its consequ… read more

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  • historical
Cover of The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1) by Pierre Clostermann

20. The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)

By: Pierre Clostermann

4.57

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

'THE BIG SHOW is as close as you'll ever get to fighting for your life from the cockpit of a Spitfi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The War Orphan (Women of War #3) by Anna Stuart

21. The War Orphan (Women of War #3)

By: Anna Stuart

4.44

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

1945, I stumble out of the gates, tightly grasping the hands of two smaller children. Hunger s… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
Cover of Coffin Corner Boys: One Bomber, Ten Men, and Their Harrowing Escape from Nazi-Occupied France (World War II Collection) by Carole Engle Avriett

22. Coffin Corner Boys: One Bomber, Ten Men, and Their Harrowing Escape from Nazi-Occupied France (World War II Collection)

By: Carole Engle Avriett

4.19

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

"Gripping…filled with…dramatic escapes, moments of surprising humanity, and acts of bravery." —Publ… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Code Name Elodie (The Bletchley Park Girls #2) by Anna Stuart

23. Code Name Elodie (The Bletchley Park Girls #2)

By: Anna Stuart

4.39

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

1943, Bletchley Park: In the dark of night, my heart is pumping with adrenalin as I wait for news o… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
Cover of A Song of Silence by Steve N. Lee

24. A Song of Silence

By: Steve N. Lee

4.62

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

War thrust them together. Love will tear them apart. Inspired by a true story... When the Naz… read more

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Cover of On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci

25. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

By: Anthony Fauci

4.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I Somehow Survived: Eyewitness Accounts from World War II by Klaus G. Förg

26. I Somehow Survived: Eyewitness Accounts from World War II

By: Klaus G. Förg

3.87

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

“The selection of remembered events from a cross section of Germans provides a very human account o… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of A Light to Guide Us Home: An utterly heartbreaking and powerful WW2 historical novel (The Resistance Girl Book 3) by Dianne Haley

27. A Light to Guide Us Home: An utterly heartbreaking and powerful WW2 historical novel (The Resistance Girl Book 3)

By: Dianne Haley

4.53

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Please, you must get Clara out of France!’ cried the woman, her voice breaking in desperation. ‘Sh… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
Cover of The Grey Goose of Arnhem: The Story of the Most Amazing Mass Escape of World War II (Major Battles of World War Two) by Leo Heaps

28. The Grey Goose of Arnhem: The Story of the Most Amazing Mass Escape of World War II (Major Battles of World War Two)

By: Leo Heaps

4.03

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

An account of heroism and courage in one of the Allies’ biggest military catastrophes of the Second… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of My Son's Secret by Roberta Kagan

29. My Son's Secret

By: Roberta Kagan

4.34

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

My beautiful boy... Created in love… born into hatred. There were so many terrifying stories ab… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret Pianist by Andie Newton

30. The Secret Pianist

By: Andie Newton

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When a British RAF Whitley comes under fire over the French coast and is forced to drop their cargo… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
Cover of Fleeing France by Alan Hlad

31. Fleeing France

By: Alan Hlad

4.37

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A WWII novel of sacrifice and rescue in the French Ambulance Service Driving an ambulance in Fra… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war

13 must-read audiobook books like The Girl and the Bombardier: A True Story of Resistance and Rescue in Nazi-Occupied France by Susan Tate Ankeny

Transform Your Habits

Be Frank With Me

Julia Claiborne Johnson

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Unfamiliar Fishes

Sarah Vowell

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine

Ricardo Nuila

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Watchmaker's Daughter (The Resistance Girl #1)

Dianne Haley

4.09

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8 best-selling history books like The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1) by Pierre Clostermann

Transform Your Habits

Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1)

Ian Mackersey

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Duel of Eagles: The Classic Pilot's Account of the Battle of Britain (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 1)

Peter Townsend

4.55

Transform Your Habits

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

The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)

Pierre Clostermann

4.57

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