18 Best nonfiction books like Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid by Martin Caidin

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Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid

By: Martin Caidin

3.91

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

“The ‘longest day’ for the B-17’s in World War II ... Superb!” NY Times On Thursday, October 14, 1…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid by Martin Caidin , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany by Donald L. Miller

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
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • 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

Cover of Call To Arms (The Corps, #2) by W.E.B. Griffin

2. Call To Arms (The Corps, #2)

By: W.E.B. Griffin

4.34

Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The attack on Pearl Harbor swept America into the raging heart of the war. The stormy South Pacific… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
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3. Battleground (The Corps, #4)

By: W.E.B. Griffin

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Mass Market Paperback

W.E.B. Griffin is a bestselling phenomenom, an American master of authentic military action and dra… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
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4. Counterattack (The Corps, #3)

By: W.E.B. Griffin

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to America's first bold counterstrike against the Japanese… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II by Gregory A. Freeman

5. The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

By: Gregory A. Freeman

4.36

Format: None pages,

An astonishing, never-before-told story of the Second World War, based on newly declassified docume… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure & Betrayal by Howard Blum

6. The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure & Betrayal

By: Howard Blum

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

TheNew York Timesbestselling author of the acclaimed Dark Invasion, channels Erik Larson and Ben Ma… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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7. The First And The Last

By: Adolf Galland

2.74

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A fearless leader with 104 victories to his name, Galland was a legendary hero in Germany's Luftwaf… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Close Combat (The Corps, #6) by W.E.B. Griffin

8. Close Combat (The Corps, #6)

By: W.E.B. Griffin

4.01

Format: 511 pages,

Close Combat (The Corps, Book 6) (Book VI) 'CLOSE COMBAT' is W.E.B. Griffin's epic novel of World W… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • war

9. Line of Fire (The Corps, #5)

By: W.E.B. Griffin

4.11

Format: 188 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Line of Firebrings to life a desperate mission of World War II that captures the drama and courage … read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
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10. A Bridge Too Far

By: Cornelius Ryan , Yes

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Bridge Too Faris Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled th… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth by Steve Snyder

11. Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth

By: Steve Snyder

4.21

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Belgium ... February 8, 1944 ... Shot Down and AliveFor the first time, the full and complete story… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • aviation
  • nonfiction

12. Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain

By: None

3.00

Format: None pages,

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Cover of A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Larry Alexander, Adam Makos

13. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

By: Larry Alexander , Adam Makos

4.36

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germ… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
"You fight by rules to keep your humanity"

-Larry Alexander, A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

14. Civil War Stories

By: Ambrose Bierce , Candace Ward

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

Newspaperman, short-story writer, poet, and satirist, Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) is one of the most… read more

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15. U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific

By: James D. Horan , Gerold Frank , None

0.00

Format: 400 pages,

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Cover of The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson

16. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By: Erik Larson

4.30

Format: 546 pages, ebook

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by Evan Thomas

17. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II

By: Evan Thomas

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a cru… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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18. Blizzard

By: Ron Schwab

4.60

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Old Dogs and Coldsmith comes the gripping Western adventure, Blizzar… read more

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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

19. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1) by Jeremy Howard-Williams

20. Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1)

By: Jeremy Howard-Williams

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

An engrossing memoir of one RAF fighter pilot’s battle against the Luftwaffe in the dead of night.I… read more

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Cover of Churchill's Band of Brothers: WWII's Most Daring D-Day Mission and the Hunt to Take Down Hitler's Fugitive War Criminals by Damien Lewis

21. Churchill's Band of Brothers: WWII's Most Daring D-Day Mission and the Hunt to Take Down Hitler's Fugitive War Criminals

By: Damien Lewis

4.39

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

On the night of June 13th, 1944, a twelve-man SAS unit parachuted into occupied France. Their objec… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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22. TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH

By: W. R. Shepherd

4.52

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

A classic and favorite of aviation enthusiasts for many decades. And a well liked television series… read more

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Cover of Coral Sea 1942: Turning the Tide by Richard   Freeman

23. Coral Sea 1942: Turning the Tide

By: Richard Freeman

4.14

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

In May 1942, the Americans discovered the Japanese planned to take Port Moresby in New Guinea. Aft… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
Cover of The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: The American Raids on 17 August 1943 by Martin Middlebrook

24. The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: The American Raids on 17 August 1943

By: Martin Middlebrook

4.49

Format: 532 pages, Kindle Edition

On 17 August 1943, the entire strength of the American heavy bomber forces in England set out to ra… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Unknown Valor: A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima by Martha MacCallum

25. Unknown Valor: A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima

By: Martha MacCallum

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In honor of the 75th Anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World War II, the popular p… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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26. Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid

By: Martin Caidin

3.91

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

“The ‘longest day’ for the B-17’s in World War II ... Superb!” NY Times On Thursday, October 14, 1… read more

Similar categories in Martin Caidin's Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid book and Martin Caidin's Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid

  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Sink 'Em All: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific by Charles A. Lockwood

27. Sink 'Em All: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific

By: Charles A. Lockwood

4.23

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

Sink ’Em All, was originally published in 1951 by Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, the U.S. Navy c… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Undaunted Valor: An Assault Helicopter Unit in Vietnam (Undaunted Valor #1) by Matt  Jackson

28. Undaunted Valor: An Assault Helicopter Unit in Vietnam (Undaunted Valor #1)

By: Matt Jackson

4.03

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

…American troops are in contact… The UH-1H helicopter swoops in to bail them out… …Tracer fire ev… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Atlantic Nightmare: The longest military campaign in World War II by Richard   Freeman

29. Atlantic Nightmare: The longest military campaign in World War II

By: Richard Freeman

3.73

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

The battle that Germany should have won? No other battle of the Second World War lasted longer than… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar by Max Hastings

30. Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar

By: Max Hastings

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Air War in the Pacific: The Journal of General George Kenney, Commander of the Fifth U.S. Air Force by George C. Kenney

31. Air War in the Pacific: The Journal of General George Kenney, Commander of the Fifth U.S. Air Force

By: George C. Kenney

4.45

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Air War in the Pacific details the development and ultimate supremacy of the US Air Force during Wo… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history

20 Top history books like Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid by Martin Caidin

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

Gregory A. Freeman

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure & Betrayal

Howard Blum

3.52

Transform Your Habits

The First And The Last

Adolf Galland

2.74

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5 must-read audiobook books like A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Larry Alexander, Adam Makos

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

Transform Your Habits

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

Larry Alexander , Adam Makos

4.36

Transform Your Habits

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

Harry H. Crosby

4.58

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