17 must-read world war ii books like On a Knife's Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943 by Prit Buttar

Cover of On a Knife's Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943 by Prit Buttar

On a Knife's Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943

By: Prit Buttar

4.30

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, this is the engrossing story of the Ger…

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Cover of Kiev 1941: Hitler's Battle for Supremacy in the East by David Stahel

1. Kiev 1941: Hitler's Battle for Supremacy in the East

By: David Stahel

4.20

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

In just four weeks in the summer of 1941 the German Wehrmacht wrought unprecedented destruction on … read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • ukraine
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany by Donald L. Miller

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

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Cover of The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor

3. The Fall of Berlin 1945

By: Antony Beevor

4.29

Format: 490 pages, Paperback

The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945.… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Sé practico: regala un ataúd"

-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945

Cover of The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2) by Ian W. Toll

4. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

By: Ian W. Toll

4.61

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challe… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) by Rick Atkinson

5. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.29

Format: 681 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the first volume of his monumental tri… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"In battle, topography is fate."

-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

"Troops caught nibbling their emergency D- ration chocolate bars were dubbed Chocolate Soldiers and punished by forfeiting two meals. This was a happy penance. The galleys served so much fatty mutton …"

-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

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6. Medieval Europe

By: Chris Wickham

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Scipio Africanus by B.H. Liddell Hart, Michael    Grant, Michael Grant

7. Scipio Africanus

By: B.H. Liddell Hart , Michael Grant , Michael Grant

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of What It is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes

8. What It is Like to Go to War

By: Karl Marlantes

4.00

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Matterhorn, this is a powerful nonfiction book abo… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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"Thinking you might be crazy can drive you crazy."

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

"The time for debilitating fear is before and after the mission."

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

"Quitting is unthinkable and pain is just weakness leaving the body"

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

"Everything is touched by the holy when it is in the presence of death."

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

Cover of Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 by Antony Beevor

9. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943

By: Antony Beevor

4.32

Format: 494 pages, Paperback

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby Warrick

10. Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS

By: Joby Warrick

3.64

Format: None pages, ebook

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick reveals how the strain of militant Islam now raising i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

11. Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk: The Turning Point of World War II

By: None

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

One of America's most distinguished military historians offers the definitive account of the greate… read more

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12. Frederick the Great: A Military History

By: None

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Frederick the Great is one of history's most important leaders. Famed for his military successes an… read more

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13. Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front

By: Günter K. Koschorrek

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

For the German soldier fighting under Hitler, keeping a diary was strictly forbidden. So Gunter Kos… read more

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Cover of History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Moses I. Finley, Rex Warner

14. History of the Peloponnesian War

By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner

3.94

Format: 648 pages, Paperback

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

Cover of Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav M. Zubok

15. Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union

By: Vladislav M. Zubok

4.26

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • russia
  • history
Cover of Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike     Duncan

16. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

By: Mike Duncan

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History by Alexander Mikaberidze

17. The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History

By: Alexander Mikaberidze

4.34

Format: 936 pages, Hardcover

Austerlitz, Wagram, Borodino, Trafalgar, Leipzig, Waterloo: these are the places most closely assoc… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944 by Antony Beevor

18. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France by James  Holland

19. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe by James  Holland

20. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East (Cambridge Military Histories) by David Stahel

21. Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East (Cambridge Military Histories)

By: David Stahel

4.40

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began the largest and most costly ca… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 by Ian W. Toll

22. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

By: Ian W. Toll

4.76

Format: 944 pages, Hardcover

Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"

-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

Cover of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson

23. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

By: Rick Atkinson

4.43

Format: 776 pages, Hardcover

In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944 by John C. McManus

24. Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944

By: John C. McManus

4.47

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

In Fire and Fortitude--winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History--John C. McManus pre… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of On a Knife's Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943 by Prit Buttar

25. On a Knife's Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943

By: Prit Buttar

4.30

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, this is the engrossing story of the Ger… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • ukraine
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
  • audiobook
Cover of Battle for the Bocage: Normandy 1944: The Fight for Point 103, Tilly-sur-Seulles, Vilers Bocage by Tim Saunders

26. Battle for the Bocage: Normandy 1944: The Fight for Point 103, Tilly-sur-Seulles, Vilers Bocage

By: Tim Saunders

4.00

Format: 656 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of the fighting in Normandy by the veteran desert formations brought back by Mont… read more

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  • world war ii
Cover of Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940–41 by Robert Forczyk

27. Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940–41

By: Robert Forczyk

4.63

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Rising in Flames: Sherman's March and the Fight for a New Nation by Jeff D. Dickey

28. Rising in Flames: Sherman's March and the Fight for a New Nation

By: Jeff D. Dickey

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling historian sheds new light on Sherman’s epic “March to the Sea,” especi… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Case Red: The Collapse of France by Robert Forczyk

29. Case Red: The Collapse of France

By: Robert Forczyk

4.08

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Even after the legendary evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 there were still large British format… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk by Robert Kershaw

30. Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk

By: Robert Kershaw

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Robert Kershaw creates a page-turning and ground-breaking history of a battle we thought we all alr… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Born Fearless: From Kids' Home to SAS to Pirate Hunter - My Life as a Shadow Warrior by Phil Campion

31. Born Fearless: From Kids' Home to SAS to Pirate Hunter - My Life as a Shadow Warrior

By: Phil Campion

4.02

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition with Audio/Video

Meet ‘Big’ Phil Campion. To his fellow operators he’s a private military contractor. To you or me h… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

18 Best audiobook books like On a Knife's Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943 by Prit Buttar

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 Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

Ian W. Toll

4.61

Transform Your Habits

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

Rick Atkinson

4.29

Transform Your Habits

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Chris Wickham

3.72

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

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.24

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

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

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David McCullough

4.09

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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

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