18 Best world war ii books like Battle for the Solomons (Illustrated) by Ira Wolfert

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Battle for the Solomons (Illustrated)

By: Ira Wolfert

3.89

Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition

Battle for the Solomons is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Ira Wolfert's dazzling account of the fi…

If you liked the world war ii plot in Battle for the Solomons (Illustrated) by Ira Wolfert , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. 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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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
"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

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2. Ghost Sniper (Caje Cole, #1)

By: David Healey

4.26

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

June 6, 1944. On the dawn of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, two snipers find themselves fighting a… read more

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  • world war ii
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3. The Last Enemy

By: Richard Hillary

4.25

Format: 159 pages,

THE LAST ENEMY recounts Richard Hillary's experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, i… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. Tail Gunner

By: Richard C. Rivaz

4.17

Format: None pages,

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction

5. China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II

By: Stephen E. Ambrose , Eugene B. Sledge

4.28

Format: None pages,

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6. The Saga of Pappy Gunn

By: George C. Kenney

4.35

Format: None pages,

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7. Nowhere Safe (Harley Cole, #1)

By: Kate Bold

4.12

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

FBI BAU special agent Harley Cole, as brilliant as she is at hunting serial killers, has bent the r… read more

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8. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

By: Robert Leckie

4.22

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

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9. Pacific Guts: A WWII Military Fiction Novel (Decker's Marine Raiders Series Book 2)

By: Scott Cook

4.48

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

The jungle is deep, dark and death lurks within…The Marine Raiders are licking their wounds after t… read more

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10. 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
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11. Where Away: A Modern Odyssey

By: George Sessions Perry

4.37

Format: 159 pages, Kindle Edition

On 4th February 1942, the USS Marblehead was with an American-British-Dutch-Australian fleet patrol… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. America's Forgotten Army: The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle that Changed History (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.25

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

An enthralling account of the World War Two exploits of the U.S. Seventh Army, from Sicily to Franc… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. Battle for the Solomons (Illustrated)

By: Ira Wolfert

3.89

Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition

Battle for the Solomons is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Ira Wolfert's dazzling account of the fi… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. 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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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967

By: Doyle D. Glass

4.56

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

Redesigned cover art and upgraded manuscript to showcase the true story of 164 Marines and Navy Cor… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"A hailstorm of rocket-propelled grenades, thundering mortars, and AK-47 machine-gun fire strafed the exposed men from all directions. The Marines of Mike Company had walked into an ambush laid by ove…"

-Doyle D. Glass, Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967

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16. General Leemy's Circus (Illustrated): A Navigator’s Story Of The Twentieth Air Force In World War II

By: Earl A. Snyder

4.02

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

General Leemy's A Navigator's Story of the Twentieth Air Force In World War II is the action-packe… read more

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  • history
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17. U-Boat Killer

By: Donald Macintyre

4.25

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

U-Boat Killer, first published in 1956, is an exciting account of a British Royal Navy destroyer in… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. Hellcats of the Sea (Annotated): Operation Barney and the Mission to the Sea of Japan

By: Charles A. Lockwood

4.19

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

Author Charles Lockwood (Sink ‘Em All) brings his unique flair for submarine warfare story-telling … read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
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19. Attack Transport (Illustrated): The Story of the U.S.S. Doyen

By: Lawrence A. Marsden

4.26

Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition

Attack The Story of the U.S.S. Doyen is a fast-paced action-adventure story from World War 2 detai… read more

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20. Flames in the Sky

By: Pierre Clostermann

4.15

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War (Marines in World War II) (Illustrated) by Jon T. Hoffman

21. From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War (Marines in World War II) (Illustrated)

By: Jon T. Hoffman

3.98

Format: 100 pages, Kindle Edition

In February 1942, Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, ordered th… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Never Say Goodbye: A True Story by Robert Anstey

22. Never Say Goodbye: A True Story

By: Robert Anstey

4.45

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

While this evil war has torn half the world apart, it has also pulled half the world together. This… read more

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23. Patton And His Third Army

By: Brenton G. Wallace

4.24

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.” General George S. Patton At the start of th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Torpedoes Away! (Annotated): Our Submarine Navy in the Pacific by Maxwell Hawkins

24. Torpedoes Away! (Annotated): Our Submarine Navy in the Pacific

By: Maxwell Hawkins

4.20

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

Torpedoes Away! details US Navy submarine operations during the first 18 months of World War Two. A… read more

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25. ENDGAME 1945 victory, retribution, liberation (David Stafford World War II History)

By: David Stafford

4.57

Format: 678 pages, Kindle Edition

THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THE FINAL CHAPTER OF WORLD WAR TWO IN EUROPE.‘A harrowing masterpiece of … read more

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26. Sink 'Em All: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific

By: Charles A. Lockwood

4.23

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

Sink ’Em All, was originally published in 1951 by Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, the U.S. Navy c… read more

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

27. 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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  • history
Cover of Vietnam: Ground Zero: The American Special Forces are heading to the jungle... (Vietnam Ground Zero Military Thrillers Book 1) by Eric Helm

28. Vietnam: Ground Zero: The American Special Forces are heading to the jungle... (Vietnam Ground Zero Military Thrillers Book 1)

By: Eric Helm

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

The first book in a thrilling new series you won’t want to miss! Perfect for fans of Andrew Watts, … read more

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29. Bullets and Barbed Wire: From Guadalcanal to Cape Gloucester (WW2 Pacific Military History Series Book 1)

By: Daniel Wrinn

4.11

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover a newfound appreciation for the war in the Pacific. From the shores of Cape Gloucester … read more

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  • world war ii
Cover of Caen: Anvil of Victory (Alexander McKee Presents: Key Engagements in World War II) by Alexander McKee

30. Caen: Anvil of Victory (Alexander McKee Presents: Key Engagements in World War II)

By: Alexander McKee

3.98

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The epic account of how the fate of Operation Overlord and the Battle of Normandy was determined at… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. The Navy’s Air War: A Mission Completed

By: Albert R. Buchanan

4.01

Format: 549 pages, Kindle Edition

The Navy's Air War is the definitive account of the critical role the US Navy's aircraft played in … read more

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19 Best history books like Battle for the Solomons (Illustrated) by Ira Wolfert

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

Donald L. Miller

4.18

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The Last Enemy

Richard Hillary

4.25

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Tail Gunner

Richard C. Rivaz

4.17

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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

Robert Leckie

4.22

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Tail Gunner

Richard C. Rivaz

4.17

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Hey Doc!: The Battle of Okinawa As Remembered by a Marine Corpsman

Ed Wells

4.36

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

Charles Whiting

4.17

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Where Away: A Modern Odyssey

George Sessions Perry

4.37

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