7 Best world war ii books like 1939: The World We Left Behind by Robert Kee

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1939: The World We Left Behind

By: Robert Kee

4.07

Format: 470 pages, Kindle Edition

History is based on choices, not truth. The way we see things now is not always how they looked at …

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Cover of The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt by William L. Shirer

1. The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

By: William L. Shirer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built. But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing th… read more

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  • history
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2. The Second World War

By: Antony Beevor

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier hist… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. The American Home Front: 1941-1942

By: Alistair Cooke

4.31

Format: 517 pages, Paperback

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4. The Fifties

By: David Halberstam

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Fiftiesis a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Ha… read more

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5. Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires

By: Selwyn Raab

3.97

Format: 12 pages,

Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York an… read more

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6. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

By: Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more

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Cover of The Last Escaper: The Untold First-Hand Story of the Legendary World War II Bomber Pilot, "Cooler King" and Arch Escape Artist by Peter Tunstall

7. The Last Escaper: The Untold First-Hand Story of the Legendary World War II Bomber Pilot, "Cooler King" and Arch Escape Artist

By: Peter Tunstall

4.45

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

“A remarkable memoir of a British lad’s salad days flying bombers against the Nazis and then repeat… read more

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8. The War in the Shadows: The Battle of the Spymasters in WWII (The Secret War)

By: Charles Whiting

4.09

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

An enthralling exposé of the spies who moved in the darkened dangerous back alleys of World War Two… read more

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9. Since Yesterday: The 1930s in America, September 3, 1929–September 3, 1939

By: Frederick Lewis Allen

4.06

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

Heralded by the New York Times as “a shrewd, concise, wonderfully written account of America in the… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Sea People: A Captivating Guide to the Seafarers Who Invaded Ancient Egypt, Eastern Anatolia, the Hittite Empire, Palestine, Syria, and Cyprus, along ... Age Collapse (Exploring Ancient History) by Captivating History

10. The Sea People: A Captivating Guide to the Seafarers Who Invaded Ancient Egypt, Eastern Anatolia, the Hittite Empire, Palestine, Syria, and Cyprus, along ... Age Collapse (Exploring Ancient History)

By: Captivating History

3.89

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

The Sea People were a menace to eastern Mediterranean society and contributed to the destruction of… read more

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  • history
Cover of 1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America by Scott Martelle

11. 1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America

By: Scott Martelle

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An enthralling slice of history with contemporary resonance, this unique account examines the most … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals by James McMurtry Longo

12. Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals

By: James McMurtry Longo

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Five youthful years in Vienna. It was then and there that Adolf Hitler's obsession with the Habsbur… read more

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  • history
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Cover of The Stone Age: A History from Beginning to End (Prehistory) by Hourly History

13. The Stone Age: A History from Beginning to End (Prehistory)

By: Hourly History

4.22

Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the remarkable history of the Stone Age...Free BONUS Inside!The cave dwellers of the Stone… read more

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  • history
Cover of A Strange Beginning (Lord Byron #1) by Gretta Curran Browne

14. A Strange Beginning (Lord Byron #1)

By: Gretta Curran Browne

4.16

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

THE BOY - THE MAN - THE LEGEND -- Covering his earliest years to the age of twenty-three -, this fa… read more

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15. The Battle of the Bulge: Britain's Untold Story (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.22

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

An eye-opening account of the forgotten involvement of British soldiers in the Battle of the Bulge.… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Trafalgar

By: Nicholas Best

4.51

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

Two hundred years ago Napoleon Bonaparte planned to lead his Grande Armée to Britain, the only coun… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Five Days That Shocked the World : Eyewitness accounts from Europe at the end of World War II

By: Nicholas Best

4.43

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A gripping account of the last days of World War II… It reads like a thriller, informs like a scho… read more

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Cover of The Black Death: An Enthralling Overview of a Major Event in the Middle Ages (Europe) by Billy Wellman

18. The Black Death: An Enthralling Overview of a Major Event in the Middle Ages (Europe)

By: Billy Wellman

3.96

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Boils, religion, and Living with the Black Death in the Middle AgesThe Black Death, also known as … read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. 1939: The World We Left Behind

By: Robert Kee

4.07

Format: 470 pages, Kindle Edition

History is based on choices, not truth. The way we see things now is not always how they looked at … read more

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  • war
Cover of Hitler and His Admirals: A History of the German Navy in World War Two (World War Two at Sea) by Anthony Martienssen

20. Hitler and His Admirals: A History of the German Navy in World War Two (World War Two at Sea)

By: Anthony Martienssen

4.29

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

From pre-war preparations to the Battle of the Atlantic, all the way through to the eventual defeat… read more

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21. The Seven Men of Spandau: The Last of the Hitler Gang (Hitler's Henchmen)

By: Jack Fishman

4.27

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

The riveting story of what happened to the seven top Nazi war criminals in the aftermath of World W… read more

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22. The Fleet That Had To Die

By: Richard Hough

4.09

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

By autumn 1904, the Russo-Japanese war had been raging for six months. Routed in Manchuria, the Rus… read more

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Cover of Joseph Goebbels: A Life from Beginning to End (World War 2 Biographies) by Hourly History

23. Joseph Goebbels: A Life from Beginning to End (World War 2 Biographies)

By: Hourly History

4.04

Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the notorious life of Joseph Goebbels...Free BONUS Inside!With his delicate phraseology an… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of THE MIGHTY ENDEAVOR American Armed Forces in the European Theater in World War II (World War II Army Histories) by Charles B. MacDonald

24. THE MIGHTY ENDEAVOR American Armed Forces in the European Theater in World War II (World War II Army Histories)

By: Charles B. MacDonald

4.40

Format: 685 pages, Kindle Edition

THE ESSENTIAL HISTORY OF US INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD WAR II.Exploring the friction between American and… read more

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Cover of 1948 Arab-Israeli War: A History from Beginning to End (Palestine Israeli Conflict) by Hourly History

25. 1948 Arab-Israeli War: A History from Beginning to End (Palestine Israeli Conflict)

By: Hourly History

4.24

Format: 63 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the surprising history of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War...Free BONUS Inside!When the establish… read more

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Cover of The Great Ice Age: A History from Beginning to End (Prehistory) by Hourly History

26. The Great Ice Age: A History from Beginning to End (Prehistory)

By: Hourly History

4.30

Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the remarkable history of the Great Ice Age...Free BONUS Inside!On a human scale, the clim… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Apostles: A Captivating Guide to the Twelve Disciples in Christianity, the Apostolic Age, and the Role of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Christian History (Exploring Christianity) by Captivating History

27. The Apostles: A Captivating Guide to the Twelve Disciples in Christianity, the Apostolic Age, and the Role of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Christian History (Exploring Christianity)

By: Captivating History

4.05

Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition

If you’ve ever wondered about who constituted the inner circle of Jesus, don’t wonder any longer.Wh… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Margaret Thatcher: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Women in History) by Hourly History

28. Margaret Thatcher: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Women in History)

By: Hourly History

4.24

Format: 55 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the remarkable life of Margaret Thatcher...Free BONUS Inside!Margaret Thatcher, famously k… read more

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Cover of TEN DAYS TO D-DAY the countdown to the liberation of Europe (David Stafford World War II History) by David Stafford

29. TEN DAYS TO D-DAY the countdown to the liberation of Europe (David Stafford World War II History)

By: David Stafford

4.61

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

The must-read D-Day book reissued for the 80th anniversary with eyewitness accounts from those who … read more

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Cover of Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot by Martin W. Sandler

30. Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot

By: Martin W. Sandler

3.84

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

“A splendid book, full of fascinating, well-told tales . . . a diverse and bafflingly overlooked co… read more

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