17 best-selling war books like Spitfire: A Very British Love Story by John Nichol

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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…

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Cover of Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose

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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  • history
  • historical
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  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr by James  Holland

2. 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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  • history
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  • world war ii
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Cover of The War in the West: Volume 1: The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941 by James  Holland

3. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
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  • nonfiction
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4. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
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5. Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain

By: Len Deighton

3.91

Format: 736 pages,

It was the battle that proved Great Britain was a vital force in World War II. It inspired Churchil… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
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6. First Light

By: Geoffrey Wellum

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

"In First Light, Geoffrey Wellum tells the inspiring, often terrifying true story of his coming of … read more

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7. The Cauldron (Tweed & Co., #13)

By: Colin Forbes

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

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8. 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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9. 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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10. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
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11. 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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  • history
  • historical
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  • nonfiction
Cover of Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre

12. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

By: Ben Macintyre

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more

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13. 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
  • historical
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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 by Max Hastings

14. 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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  • history
  • historical
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Cover of Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War by Al Murray

15. 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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  • historical
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  • nonfiction
Cover of Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe by James  Holland

16. 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
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  • war
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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Spitfire: A Very British Love Story by John  Nichol

17. 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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  • history
  • british literature
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  • war
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  • aviation history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1) by Pierre Clostermann

18. 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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  • world war ii
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Cover of Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission by Rowland White

19. 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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Cover of Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II by James  Holland

20. 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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Cover of Lancaster Men: The Aussie Heroes of Bomber Command by Peter Rees

21. Lancaster Men: The Aussie Heroes of Bomber Command

By: Peter Rees

4.25

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

More than 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite flyers who … read more

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8 Top aviation books like Spitfire: A Very British Love Story by John Nichol

Transform Your Habits

Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr

James Holland

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain

Len Deighton

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942

Max Hastings

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Spitfire: A Very British Love Story

John Nichol

4.50

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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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