23 Best nonfiction books like The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village by Stephen G. Rabe

Cover of The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village by Stephen G. Rabe

The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village

By: Stephen G. Rabe

4.04

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

The fateful days and weeks surrounding 6 June 1944 have been extensively documented in histories of…

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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
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • france
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 by Stephen E. Ambrose

2. The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

3.98

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

The Barnes & Noble ReviewMaster WWII military historian Stephen Ambrose, bestselling author of such… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • 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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Cover of Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a  Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew by Alex Kershaw

4. Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew

By: Alex Kershaw

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

By October, 1944, the U.S. Navy submarine Tangwas legendary-she had sunk more enemy ships, rescued … read more

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Cover of Guadalcanal Diary by Mark Bowden, Richard Tregaskis

5. Guadalcanal Diary

By: Mark Bowden , Richard Tregaskis

3.77

Format: 342 pages,

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  • history
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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe by Patrick K. O'Donnell

6. Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.12

Format: 543 pages,

It is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can make the difference between … read more

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7. The Eagle Has Landed (Liam Devlin, #1)

By: Jack Higgins

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Desperate Adolf Hitler orders the impossible: kidnap or kill Winston Churchill. A disgraced war her… read more

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8. The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice

By: Alex Kershaw

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

June 6, 1944: Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population just 3,000 in 1944--died in the firs… read more

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9. The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat

By: Bob Drury , Tom Clavin

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

November 1950, the Korean Peninsula: After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his … read more

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10. The Things Our Fathers Saw: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA-Voices of the Pacific Theater

By: Matthew A. Rozell

4.10

Format: 322 pages,

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Cover of The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII by Bob Drury

11. The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

By: Bob Drury

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more

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  • world war ii
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  • adult
Cover of The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams by Adam    Lazarus

12. The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams

By: Adam Lazarus

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American John Glenn, the unassail… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

13. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

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Cover of Fallujah Memoirs: A Grunt's Eye View of the Second Battle of Fallujah by Alexander Saxby

14. Fallujah Memoirs: A Grunt's Eye View of the Second Battle of Fallujah

By: Alexander Saxby

4.42

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

The Second Battle of Fallujah was a watershed moment in the Iraq War. US Marines recaptured the cit… read more

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Cover of Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre

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

16. 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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  • world war ii
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Cover of American Eagles: The 101st Airborne’s Assault on Fortress Europe 1944/45 (Americans Fighting to Free Europe) by Charles Whiting

17. American Eagles: The 101st Airborne’s Assault on Fortress Europe 1944/45 (Americans Fighting to Free Europe)

By: Charles Whiting

4.10

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling true story of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division’s major operations during the European… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World by A.J. Baime

18. The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

By: A.J. Baime

4.55

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikel… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"After a few minutes Truman went back inside the White House, so he could call his mother and personally deliver the news: World War II was over. ("That was Harry," ninety-two-year-old Mamma Truman sa…"

-A.J. Baime, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

Cover of Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II by Alex Kershaw

19. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more

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  • world war ii
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Cover of A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II by Harry H. Crosby

20. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

By: Harry H. Crosby

4.58

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more

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Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

21. 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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Cover of Luck of the Draw by Frank Murphy

22. Luck of the Draw

By: Frank Murphy

4.22

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and und… read more

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Cover of The Americans at D-Day: The American Experience at the Normandy Invasion by John C. McManus

23. The Americans at D-Day: The American Experience at the Normandy Invasion

By: John C. McManus

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Impressively researched, engrossing, lightning quick, and filled with human sorrow and elation, Joh… read more

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Cover of Lions of Medina: The True Story of the Marines of Charlie 1/1 in Vietnam, 11-12 October 1967 by Doyle D. Glass

24. Lions of Medina: The True Story of the Marines of Charlie 1/1 in Vietnam, 11-12 October 1967

By: Doyle D. Glass

4.41

Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition

Thursday, 12 October 1967 Marine Lance Corporal Kevin Cahill stepped onto a trail deep in the remo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
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Cover of Wings of War: The World War II Fighter Plane that Saved the Allies and the Believers Who Made It Fly by David Fairbank White

25. Wings of War: The World War II Fighter Plane that Saved the Allies and the Believers Who Made It Fly

By: David Fairbank White

4.25

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane th… read more

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  • world war ii
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Cover of The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village by Stephen G. Rabe

26. The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village

By: Stephen G. Rabe

4.04

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

The fateful days and weeks surrounding 6 June 1944 have been extensively documented in histories of… read more

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Cover of Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me by Wilfred Reilly

27. Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

By: Wilfred Reilly

4.00

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A college professor debunks the false liberal narratives which define much of America's school curr… read more

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Cover of Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy by Craig Whitlock

28. Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

By: Craig Whitlock

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest publi… read more

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"After a decade of U.S. wars and surging defense budgets, an expectation of special treatment had taken root in the Navy. Many officers felt they were owed something extra for enduring long deployment…"

-Craig Whitlock, Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

Cover of Light Rises (The Resistance Sisters, #2) by Rachel Wesson

29. Light Rises (The Resistance Sisters, #2)

By: Rachel Wesson

4.64

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

1942 France and occupied Europe groan under the weight of the German yoke. Sophie Bélanger, grievi… read more

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Cover of Dark Waters, Starry Skies: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March–October 1943 by Jeffrey R. Cox

30. Dark Waters, Starry Skies: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March–October 1943

By: Jeffrey R. Cox

4.32

Format: 911 pages, Kindle Edition

Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the cruc… read more

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  • world war ii
Cover of Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944 by Joseph Balkoski

31. Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944

By: Joseph Balkoski

4.34

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

"Balkoski is in top form in this groundbreaking analysis of the other half of America's D-Day."--De… read more

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23 must-read history books like The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village by Stephen G. Rabe

Transform Your Habits

Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45

Stephen E. Ambrose

3.98

Transform Your Habits

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

Chester Nez , Judith Schiess Avila

3.56

Transform Your Habits

Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew

Alex Kershaw

3.73

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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

Transform Your Habits

Act of Oblivion

Robert Harris

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

Bob Drury

4.34

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Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

David McCloskey

4.21

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