15 Best history books like Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and The Sacrifice by Patrick Bishop

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Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and The Sacrifice

By: Patrick Bishop

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A GRIPPING TALE OF HEROIC FAILURE DURING THE DIEPPE RAID OF 1942'A deeply humane, lucidly written a…

If you liked the history plot in Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and The Sacrifice by Patrick Bishop , here is a list of 15 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • 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

2. An Officer and a Spy

By: Robert Harris

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Robert Harris returns to the thrilling historical fiction he has so brilliantly made his own. This … read more

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3. 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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4. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

By: Giles Milton

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secre… read more

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5. Destiny in the Desert: The Story Behind El Alamein - the Battle That Turned the Tide

By: Jonathan Dimbleby

3.75

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

This is a unique single-volume history of the road to El Alamein - 'the end of the beginning' - and… read more

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6. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

By: James Holland

4.33

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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7. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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8. 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
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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9. 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
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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10. Attack Warning Red!

By: Julie McDowall

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975

By: Max Hastings

4.30

Format: 896 pages, Hardcover

An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bes… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"The merits of rival causes are never absolute. Even in the Second World War, the Western allied struggle against fascism was compromised by its reliance upon the tyranny of Stalin to pay most of the …"

-Max Hastings, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975

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12. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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13. 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
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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14. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962

By: Max Hastings

4.40

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tens… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Black Sun (Alexander Vasin #1) by Owen Matthews

15. Black Sun (Alexander Vasin #1)

By: Owen Matthews

3.93

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

'One of the best thrillers of recent years . . . a tour-de-force. It drips with authenticity from e… read more

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Cover of Red Traitor (Alexander Vasin #2) by Owen Matthews

16. Red Traitor (Alexander Vasin #2)

By: Owen Matthews

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying new thriller set during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, seen from a bone-ch… read more

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Cover of Barbarossa: How Hitler Lost the War by Jonathan Dimbleby

17. Barbarossa: How Hitler Lost the War

By: Jonathan Dimbleby

4.35

Format: 597 pages, Kindle Edition

Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941, aimed at nothing less than a war of… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian T. Jackson

18. France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain

By: Julian T. Jackson

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twen… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and The Sacrifice by Patrick Bishop

20. Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and The Sacrifice

By: Patrick Bishop

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A GRIPPING TALE OF HEROIC FAILURE DURING THE DIEPPE RAID OF 1942'A deeply humane, lucidly written a… read more

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  • canada
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
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Cover of The Greatest Raid: St. Nazaire, 1942 by Giles Whittell

21. The Greatest Raid: St. Nazaire, 1942

By: Giles Whittell

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of one of the most desperately heroic missions launched during World War Two… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • military history

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4.18

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4.33

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4.17

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4.18

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4.15

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4.21

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