16 must-read history books like Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War by Ray Ellis

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Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War

By: Ray Ellis

4.50

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

This WWII memoir offers a vivid chronicle of combat in Egypt with the 107th Royal Horse Artillery a…

If you liked the history plot in Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War by Ray Ellis , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege

By: Dan Mills

4.29

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Sniper One is the gritty, awe-inspiring true story that takes you right into the heart of the Iraq … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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2. Krigsdagböcker 1939-1945

By: Astrid Lindgren

4.15

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

I maj 2015 är det 70 år sedan andra världskriget tog slut. Under hela kriget skriver Astrid Lindgre… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East by Alistair Urquhart

3. The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East

By: Alistair Urquhart

3.80

Format: 245 pages,

Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore. He… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. Those Who Hold Bastogne: The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge

By: Peter Schrijvers

3.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hitler's last gamble, the Battle of the Bulge, was intended to push the Allied invaders of Normandy… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction

5. Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day

By: Stephan Talty

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Were the D-Day landings saved from failure because of a lone secret agent? Agent Garbotells the ast… read more

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6. Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front

By: Günter K. Koschorrek

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

For the German soldier fighting under Hitler, keeping a diary was strictly forbidden. So Gunter Kos… read more

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7. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more

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8. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Pacific Blood: A WWII Military Fiction Novel (Decker's Marine Raiders Series Book 1) by Scott Cook

9. Pacific Blood: A WWII Military Fiction Novel (Decker's Marine Raiders Series Book 1)

By: Scott Cook

4.24

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the USS Bull Shark Naval Thriller series, comes a new companion series about WWI… read more

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10. Tiger Chair

By: Max Brooks

3.57

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

When China invades America, guerrilla warfare explodes on the streets of Los Angeles in this provoc… read more

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Cover of Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knights Cross by Albrecht Wacker

11. Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knights Cross

By: Albrecht Wacker

4.20

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

Josef “Sepp” Allerberger was the second most successful sniper of the German Wehrmacht and one of t… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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12. The Immune: A Post Apocalyptic Survival Thriller

By: David Kazzie

4.19

Format: 526 pages, Kindle Edition

THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDSOn a warm summer night in New York City, the apocalypse begins.Within… read more

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13. ARISEN : Raiders, Volume 4 – Duty: (The Special Ops Military Apocalypse Epic)

By: Michael Stephen Fuchs

4.61

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Readers call the ARISEN “The Game of Thrones of the Zombie Apocalypse” … “Like a Michael Bay movie… 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

14. 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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  • world war ii
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Full Bloody Circle (Miles to Vietnam #4) by William Peter Grasso

15. Full Bloody Circle (Miles to Vietnam #4)

By: William Peter Grasso

4.55

Format: 444 pages, Kindle Edition

The Miles to Vietnam saga continues as First Lieutenant Jif Miles of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobil… read more

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16. Bletchley Park and D-Day: The Untold Story of How the Battle for Normandy Was Won

By: David Kenyon

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has beco… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • 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
Cover of Sub Rosa: The O. S. S. and American Espionage by Stewart Alsop

18. Sub Rosa: The O. S. S. and American Espionage

By: Stewart Alsop

3.89

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling history of the Office of Strategic Services, America’s precursor to the CIA, and its se… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of American Hero: The Life and Death of Audie Murphy (Americans Fighting to Free Europe) by Charles Whiting

19. American Hero: The Life and Death of Audie Murphy (Americans Fighting to Free Europe)

By: Charles Whiting

4.23

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

A captivating biography of America’s greatest soldier.Perfect for readers of Carlo d’Este, E. B. Sl… read more

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  • biography
Cover of Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII by J.E. Johnson

20. 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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  • world war ii
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Goodbye, My Darling; Hello, Vietnam! by MICHAEL Lazares

21. Goodbye, My Darling; Hello, Vietnam!

By: MICHAEL Lazares

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the true story of a young kid who became a man while serving two tours of duty as a combat … read more

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22. 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
Cover of Ypres, 1917: A Personal Account (Full Pack — A Private’s War) by NORMAN GLADDEN

23. Ypres, 1917: A Personal Account (Full Pack — A Private’s War)

By: NORMAN GLADDEN

4.26

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

An enthralling eyewitness account of the bloody battle of Passchendaele. Perfect for fans of Lyn Ma… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment by Hamish Ross

24. Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment

By: Hamish Ross

4.26

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

An Irish solicitor and international rugby player, Blair 'Paddy' Mayne became one of the most outst… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ride the Devil's Herd: Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle Against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang by John Boessenecker

25. Ride the Devil's Herd: Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle Against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang

By: John Boessenecker

3.94

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A Pim County Public Library Southwest Books of the Year 2021 A True West Reader’s Choice for Best … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Gentleman Jim: The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS & Special Forces by Lorna Almonds-Windmill

26. Gentleman Jim: The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS & Special Forces

By: Lorna Almonds-Windmill

4.34

Format: 491 pages, Kindle Edition

This remarkable story of Jim Almonds (Gentleman Jim) is set in wartime England, the western desert,… read more

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27. Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War

By: Ray Ellis

4.50

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

This WWII memoir offers a vivid chronicle of combat in Egypt with the 107th Royal Horse Artillery a… read more

Similar categories in Ray Ellis's Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War book and Ray Ellis's Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War

  • world war ii
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

28. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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Cover of Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust by Jack J. Hersch

29. Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust

By: Jack J. Hersch

4.36

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In June 1944, the Nazis locked eighteen-year-old Dave Hersch into a railroad boxcar and shipped him… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Arrows of Fortune by A.J. Deane-Drummond

30. Arrows of Fortune

By: A.J. Deane-Drummond

4.00

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

In this exciting memoir, a major-general in the British Army chronicles his life, service, and mult… read more

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31. Blood Lines (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor #2)

By: Nelson DeMille

4.32

Format: 508 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille, Blood Lines features the r… read more

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17 must-read nonfiction books like Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War by Ray Ellis

Transform Your Habits

Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege

Dan Mills

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Krigsdagböcker 1939-1945

Astrid Lindgren

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East

Alistair Urquhart

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Those Who Hold Bastogne: The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge

Peter Schrijvers

3.70

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South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914 - 1917

Ernest Shackleton

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals

Beryl Bainbridge , Robert Falcon Scott

4.20

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Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942

Max Hastings

4.25

Transform Your Habits

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

Terence Robertson

4.61

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