Penalty Strike: The Memoirs of a Red Army Penal Company Commander, 1943–45 (Stackpole Military History Series)
By: Alexander V. Pyl'cyn
3.95
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
A WWII Soviet officer recalls leading a battalion of convict-soldiers in this rare firsthand accoun…
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By: None
3.66
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
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2. The Man in the Black Fur Coat: A Soldier's Adventures on the Eastern Front
By: None , None
3.78
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3.47
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By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge
4.47
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
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By: Günter K. Koschorrek
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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6. The Eastern Front: Memoirs of a Waffen SS Volunteer, 1941-1945
By: Leon Degrelle
4.39
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4.00
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By: Max Hastings
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
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By: Erhard Steiniger
4.34
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4.64
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12. Death on a Distant Frontier: A Lost Victory, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)
By: Charles Whiting
4.17
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By: Charles Whiting
4.10
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By: Luis Raffeiner
3.93
Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition
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15. 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)
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4.25
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16. Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knights Cross
By: Albrecht Wacker
4.20
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17. Ambush!: A Seals military adventure
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4.30
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18. Für Volk and Führer: The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
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4.26
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19. The Combat Diaries: True Stories from the Frontlines of World War II
By: Mike Guardia
4.40
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20. Typhoon Pilot
By: Desmond Scott
4.33
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21. In the Hell of the Eastern Front: The Fate of a Young Soldier During the Fighting in Russia in WW2
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4.22
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A Nazi infantryman recalls the horrors of combat against the Soviet Union in this WWII memoir as to… read more
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22. Penalty Strike: The Memoirs of a Red Army Penal Company Commander, 1943–45 (Stackpole Military History Series)
By: Alexander V. Pyl'cyn
3.95
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
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23. We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam
By: Nick Brokhausen
4.40
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
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24. One Hell of a War: General Patton's 317th Infantry Regiment in WWII
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4.40
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25. D-Day Tank Hunter: The World War II memoirs of a frontline officer from North Africa to the bloody soil of Normandy
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4.52
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4.22
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27. Bradley (Americans Fighting to Free Europe)
By: Charles Whiting
4.03
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28. The SS Dirlewanger Brigade: The History of the Black Hunters
By: Christian Ingrao
3.28
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29. Waffen-SS Panzers: The Eastern Front
By: Tim Ripley
4.49
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
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30. Twilight of the Gods: A Swedish Waffen-SS Volunteer's Experiences with the 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division 'Nordland', Eastern Front 1944–45
By: Thorolf Hillblad
3.98
Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition
Few new personal accounts by Waffen-SS soldiers appear in English; even fewer originate from the mu… read more
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31. Crush The Iron Crosses : The Explosive True Story Of The Stalingrad Tank Raid
By: Carl Wechsler
4.44
Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition
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