20 Best history books like The Bismarck Episode by Russell Grenfell

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The Bismarck Episode

By: Russell Grenfell

4.07

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

May 1941. British morale was low. The sinking of the Bismarck was a matter of life and death. But b…

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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
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Old Soldier Sahib: Old Soldier Sahib by Frank  Richards

2. Old Soldier Sahib: Old Soldier Sahib

By: Frank Richards

4.24

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Here, in the author's own words, is the story of his life as a British soldier in India during the … read more

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

3. 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
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Das Boot by Lothar-Günther Buchheim, None

4. Das Boot

By: Lothar-Günther Buchheim , None

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

It is autumn, 1941, and a German U-boat commander and his crew set out on yet another hazardous pat… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military fiction

5. Eclipse of Reason

By: Max Horkheimer

3.67

Format: 350 pages,

"Max Horkheimer (1895-1973) was a leading figure in The Frankfurt School, a renowned body of philos… read more

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6. 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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Cover of The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound

7. The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance

By: Mensun Bound

4.12

Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition

"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. ... Bound's account is a triumph. The… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 by Max Hastings

8. 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
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Death on a Distant Frontier: A Lost Victory, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

9. Death on a Distant Frontier: A Lost Victory, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.17

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

“a provocative and stimulating addition to the study of World War II.” HistoryNetPerfect for reader… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4) by John Wooldridge

10. Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4)

By: John Wooldridge

4.08

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

A vivid account of two Mosquito squadrons which revolutionised aerial warfare.Perfect for people wh… read more

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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

11. 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 Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two) by Terence Robertson

12. Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

By: Terence Robertson

4.61

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

The astounding biography of the most successful anti-submarine commander of the Second World War.Pe… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Battle of the Bulge: Britain's Untold Story (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

13. 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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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission by Rowland White

15. 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
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Submariners: Life in British Submarines, 1901-1999 (20th Century Naval Innovations) by John Winton

16. The Submariners: Life in British Submarines, 1901-1999 (20th Century Naval Innovations)

By: John Winton

4.33

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The entire span of British submarine history has been carefully recorded the tragedies in both pe… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine by Andrew Wilson

17. Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine

By: Andrew Wilson

4.41

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Normandy, June 1944. Tank commander Andrew Wilson, a twenty-year-old lieutenant, is in charge of a … read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Coral Sea 1942: Turning the Tide by Richard   Freeman

18. 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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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of The Fleet That Had To Die by Richard Hough

19. 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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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Crisis Convoy: The Story of HX231, A Turning Point in the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two) by Peter Gretton

20. Crisis Convoy: The Story of HX231, A Turning Point in the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

By: Peter Gretton

4.21

Format: 155 pages, Kindle Edition

An engrossing account by the Royal Navy commander who led the escort of convoy HX231 during the Bat… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Finale at Flensburg: The Story Of Field Marshal Montgomery's Battle For The Baltic (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

21. Finale at Flensburg: The Story Of Field Marshal Montgomery's Battle For The Baltic (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.40

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

The overlooked story of one of the last battles of the Second World War, which shaped the course of… read more

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Cover of War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (World War Two at Sea) by John Winton

22. War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (World War Two at Sea)

By: John Winton

4.29

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima; the War in the Pacific was one … read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of Luck of a Lancaster: 107 Operations, 244 Crew, 103 Killed in Action by Gordon Thorburn

23. Luck of a Lancaster: 107 Operations, 244 Crew, 103 Killed in Action

By: Gordon Thorburn

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

No 9 Squadron of Bomber Command converted from the Wellington to the Lancaster in August 1942. W496… read more

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24. The Greatest Day in History: How the Great War really ended

By: Nicholas Best

4.33

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

‘This volume sets an example that will be hard to equal’ - Daily Mail On the eleventh hour of the e… read more

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  • history
Cover of Mosquito: The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft by Graham M. Simons

25. Mosquito: The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft

By: Graham M. Simons

4.21

Format: 517 pages, Kindle Edition

The "Wooden Wonder" - as the de Havilland Mosquito was affectionately known - entered the 1939-1945… read more

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  • military fiction
  • military history
Cover of War Beneath the Sea: Submarine conflict during World War II (Peter Padfield Naval History) by Peter Padfield

26. War Beneath the Sea: Submarine conflict during World War II (Peter Padfield Naval History)

By: Peter Padfield

4.20

Format: 653 pages, Kindle Edition

The first book to cover all the major submarine campaigns during World War II, "War Beneath the Sea… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Whirlwind: War in the Pacific by Richard   Freeman

27. Whirlwind: War in the Pacific

By: Richard Freeman

4.28

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

In just six months, America turned the rout of Pearl Harbor into the victories of Coral Sea and Mid… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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28. The Bismarck Episode

By: Russell Grenfell

4.07

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

May 1941. British morale was low. The sinking of the Bismarck was a matter of life and death. But b… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Scramble: A Narrative History of the Battle of Britain (The Face of Battle Book 1) by Norman Gelb

29. Scramble: A Narrative History of the Battle of Britain (The Face of Battle Book 1)

By: Norman Gelb

4.42

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

'A many-sided picture of war.' The New York Times1940. Britain stands alone against Nazi Germany.On… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Battle of Surigao Strait (Twentieth-Century Battles) by Anthony P. Tully

30. Battle of Surigao Strait (Twentieth-Century Battles)

By: Anthony P. Tully

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

“[Tully] paints Admiral Nishimura's high-speed run into history with an entirely fresh palette of d… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of The Sun Sets Westward: Thrilling Action in the Pacific (The Long Gray Target Book 4) by Roger Maxim

31. The Sun Sets Westward: Thrilling Action in the Pacific (The Long Gray Target Book 4)

By: Roger Maxim

4.26

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

Come aboard a racing American destroyer and experience the “island-hopping” campaign across the Pac… read more

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17 Top nonfiction books like The Bismarck Episode by Russell Grenfell

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Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

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The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

William L. Shirer

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance

Mensun Bound

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942

Max Hastings

4.25

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14 Best history books like War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (World War Two at Sea) by John Winton

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Massacre at Malmedy: The Story of Jochen Peiper's Battle Group, Ardennes, December, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

Charles Whiting

4.27

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Death on a Distant Frontier: A Lost Victory, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

Charles Whiting

4.17

Transform Your Habits

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)

Charles Whiting

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1)

Ian Mackersey

4.24

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