20 Best nonfiction books like The Tank War: The Men, the Machines and the Long Road to Victory by Mark Urban

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The Tank War: The Men, the Machines and the Long Road to Victory

By: Mark Urban

4.21

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

From evacuation from Tobruk in 1940 to the final dash to Hamburg in 1945, the 5th Royal Tank Regime…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Tank War: The Men, the Machines and the Long Road to Victory by Mark Urban , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6) by Bernard Cornwell

1. Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In 1809, Napoleon's army sweeps across Spain. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is newly in command of the… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
"I could tell you tales of priestly behavior that would make you shudder."

-Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)

"– Помните ту ночь, в крепости? – В голосе Луизы звучала мольба, словно для девушки было чрезвычайно важно, чтобы Шарп ее понял. – Помните? Когда дон Блас показал нам хоругвь и рассказал легенду о пос…"

-Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)

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2. The Black Death: A History From Beginning to End

By: Henry Freeman

3.31

Format: 267 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 1914-1918 by Richard   Holmes

3. Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 1914-1918

By: Richard Holmes

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The first history of World War I to place centre-stage the British soldier who fought in the trench… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Generals (Revolution, #2) by Simon Scarrow

4. The Generals (Revolution, #2)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

The second in this epic quartet of novels focusing on two giants of European history, Wellington an… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
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5. The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War

By: Jonathan Dimbleby

2.64

Format: 110 pages, Hardcover

The Battle of the Atlantic was -- though often overlooked -- crucial to the Allied victory. If the … read more

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

6. Sharpe's Prey (Sharpe, #5)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.76

Format: 360 pages,

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7. The Cauldron (Tweed & Co., #13)

By: Colin Forbes

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

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8. Sharpe's Company (Sharpe, #13)

By: Bernard Cornwell , None

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Mass Market Paperback

To stem the Napoleonic tide, Sharpe must capture a fortress—where his wife and infant daughter are … read more

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  • military fiction
  • war

9. Blue at the Mizzen

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of … read more

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10. 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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11. Blenheim: Battle for Europe, How Two Men Stopped The French Conquest Of Europe

By: None

3.50

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

By the summer of 1704 Louis XIV's vast armies threatened to dominate Europe. Two men conspired to s… read more

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12. To Catch A King: Charles II's Great Escape

By: None

3.20

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history? In Janua… read more

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13. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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14. 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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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
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15. 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

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  • world war ii
  • war
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16. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

By: James Holland

4.33

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't by Ian Dunt

17. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

By: Ian Dunt

4.45

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin

18. 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 Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France by James  Holland

19. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France

By: James Holland

4.45

Format: 650 pages, Hardcover

D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Alli… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of By Tank into Normandy (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Stuart Hills

20. By Tank into Normandy (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

By: Stuart Hills

4.25

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

'One of the best half-dozen personal accounts of the Normandy campaign' - Richard HolmesStuart Hill… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War by Al Murray

21. Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War

By: Al Murray

4.10

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run para… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands by Dan Jones

22. Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands

By: Dan Jones

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Dan Jones, best-selling chronicler of the Middle Ages, turns his attention to the history of the Cr… read more

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  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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

23. 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
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission by Rowland White

24. 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
  • nonfiction
Cover of Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II by Adam Makos

25. Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II

By: Adam Makos

4.53

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the international bestseller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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26. 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
  • nonfiction
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27. Flames in the Sky

By: Pierre Clostermann

4.15

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

English (translation) read more

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  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On by Wes Streeting

28. One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On

By: Wes Streeting

4.30

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Wes Streeting might have ended up in prison rather than in parliament. His maternal grandfather Bil… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Black Bull: From Normandy to the Baltic with the 11th Armoured Division by Patrick Delaforce

29. The Black Bull: From Normandy to the Baltic with the 11th Armoured Division

By: Patrick Delaforce

4.39

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

This WWII history chronicles the legendary British Armored Division in combat across northern Europ… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last 100 Years and All That by Al Murray

30. The Last 100 Years and All That

By: Al Murray

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

1066 and All That, the famous tongue-in-cheek parody on British history has been a family favourite… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Tank War: The Men, the Machines and the Long Road to Victory by Mark Urban

31. The Tank War: The Men, the Machines and the Long Road to Victory

By: Mark Urban

4.21

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

From evacuation from Tobruk in 1940 to the final dash to Hamburg in 1945, the 5th Royal Tank Regime… read more

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

19 Best history books like The Tank War: The Men, the Machines and the Long Road to Victory by Mark Urban

Transform Your Habits

The Black Death: A History From Beginning to End

Henry Freeman

3.31

Transform Your Habits

Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 1914-1918

Richard Holmes

3.61

Transform Your Habits

The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War

Jonathan Dimbleby

2.64

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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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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