12 Top military fiction books like Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next by John Nichol

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Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next

By: John Nichol

4.47

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Previously published as After the Flood. Former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Ni…

If you liked the military fiction plot in Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next by John Nichol , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr by James  Holland

2. Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr

By: James Holland

4.32

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

Product Description The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II by None, Judith M.    Heimann

3. The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II

By: None , Judith M. Heimann

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

N ovember 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off t… read more

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

4. Darkest Hour (Sergeant Jack Tanner, #2)

By: James Holland

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

May 1940. Sergeant Jack Tanner has been posted to a training company on the south-east coast of Eng… read more

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5. First Light

By: Geoffrey Wellum

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

"In First Light, Geoffrey Wellum tells the inspiring, often terrifying true story of his coming of … read more

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6. 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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7. The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.26

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

Uther, the High King, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal a… read more

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"I do understand that you can look into someone’s eyes,"

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

"Mais tarde, muito mais tarde, aprendi que a alegria e o medo são exatamente a mesma coisa."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

"Dizem que este Deus (deus cristão) é do perdão. Melhor ofender um desses do que qualquer outro."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

"I don't believe he was as bad as you make him sound. Igraine protested. No, I think he was worse."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

8. Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16

By: Dan Hampton

4.06

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling author of Viper Pilotand retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers … read more

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9. Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1940. The world holds its breath and hopes for peace. At home, the Nazi Party’s grip on po… read more

Similar categories in Simon Scarrow's Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller) book and John Nichol's Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next

  • world war ii
  • war
Cover of Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin

10. 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
Cover of Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 by Max Hastings

11. 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
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of The Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien Lewis

12. Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of The Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII

By: Damien Lewis

4.41

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Br… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Escaper: The Untold First-Hand Story of the Legendary World War II Bomber Pilot, "Cooler King" and Arch Escape Artist by Peter Tunstall

13. The Last Escaper: The Untold First-Hand Story of the Legendary World War II Bomber Pilot, "Cooler King" and Arch Escape Artist

By: Peter Tunstall

4.45

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

“A remarkable memoir of a British lad’s salad days flying bombers against the Nazis and then repeat… read more

Similar categories in Peter Tunstall's The Last Escaper: The Untold First-Hand Story of the Legendary World War II Bomber Pilot, "Cooler King" and Arch Escape Artist book and John Nichol's Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next

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

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

15. 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
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission by Rowland White

16. 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
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Return To The Reich: A Holocaust Refugee's Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis by Eric Lichtblau

17. Return To The Reich: A Holocaust Refugee's Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis

By: Eric Lichtblau

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable story of Fred Mayer, a German-born Jew who escaped Nazi Germany only to return as an… read more

Similar categories in Eric Lichtblau's Return To The Reich: A Holocaust Refugee's Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis book and John Nichol's Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next

  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII by J.E. Johnson

18. Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII

By: J.E. Johnson

4.48

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Johnnie Johnson joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a week-end flier, and finis… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Yorkshire Vet: The Next Chapter by Julian Norton

19. A Yorkshire Vet: The Next Chapter

By: Julian Norton

4.61

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

The Yorkshire Vet embarks on this newest adventure treating the animals and their assorted owners a… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It by Gerald Astor

20. The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It

By: Gerald Astor

4.17

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Europe has fallen. Pearl Harbor is in flames. the Eighth. In 1941 the RAF fought a desperate batt… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next by John  Nichol

21. Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next

By: John Nichol

4.47

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Previously published as After the Flood. Former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Ni… read more

Similar categories in John Nichol's Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next book and John Nichol's Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next

  • history
  • royal air force
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction

14 Best history books like Return of the Dambusters: What 617 Squadron Did Next by John Nichol

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Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr

James Holland

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II

None , Judith M. Heimann

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

Michael Palin

4.17

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9 best-selling historical books like Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller) by Simon Scarrow

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Empire (The Golden Age #2)

Conn Iggulden

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Napoleon's Spy

Ben Kane

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller)

Simon Scarrow

4.25

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