9 must-read military history books like The Pegasus and Orne Bridges: Their Capture, Defences and Relief on D-Day by Neil Barber

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The Pegasus and Orne Bridges: Their Capture, Defences and Relief on D-Day

By: Neil Barber

4.39

Format: 631 pages, Kindle Edition

This WWII history chronicles a daring airborne mission that was vital to the success of Operation T…

If you liked the military history plot in The Pegasus and Orne Bridges: Their Capture, Defences and Relief on D-Day by Neil Barber , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 by Stephen E. Ambrose

1. The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

3.98

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

The Barnes & Noble ReviewMaster WWII military historian Stephen Ambrose, bestselling author of such… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Cole C. Kingseed, Dick Winters

2. Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

By: Cole C. Kingseed , Dick Winters

3.95

Format: 288 pages,

They were called Easy Company--but their mission was never easy.Immortalized as the Band of Brother… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor

3. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

By: Antony Beevor

4.00

Format: 10 pages, Hardcover

Making use of overlooked and new material from over 30 archives in half a dozen countries, 'D-Day' … read more

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

4. The Eagle Has Landed (Liam Devlin, #1)

By: Jack Higgins

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Desperate Adolf Hitler orders the impossible: kidnap or kill Winston Churchill. A disgraced war her… read more

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5. The Storm (NUMA Files, #10)

By: Clive Cussler , Graham Brown

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the middle of the Indian Ocean, a NUMA research vessel is taking water samples at sunset, when a… read more

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Cover of Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson

6. Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

By: Niall Ferguson

3.93

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, b… read more

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  • history
"The British Empire was the nearest thing there has ever been to a world government. Yet its mode of operation was a triumph of minimalism."

-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

"In the end, the British sacrificed her Empire to stop the Germans, Japanese and Italians from keeping theirs. Did not that sacrifice alone expunge all the Empire's other sins?"

-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

"Between the early 1600s and the 1950s, more than 20 million people left the British Isles to begin new lives across the seas. Only a minority ever returned. No other country in the world came close t…"

-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

"Sir Richard Turnbull, the penultimate Governor of Aden, once told Labour politician Denis Healey that 'when the British Empire finally sank beneath the waves of history, it would leave behind it only…"

-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

7. The Longest Day

By: Cornelius Ryan

4.25

Format: 131 pages,

The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more

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8. The Manner of Men 9 PARA's Heroic D-day Mission

By: Stuart Tootal

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In June 1944, an elite unit of British paratroopers was sent on a daring and highly risky behind-th… read more

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Cover of Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14) by Bernard Cornwell

9. 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
  • military history
Cover of The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) by David Baldacci

10. The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2)

By: David Baldacci

4.37

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murde… read more

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Cover of Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

11. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

Cover of The Brewery Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #9) by J.R. Ellis

12. The Brewery Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #9)

By: J.R. Ellis

4.38

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

An award-winning beer worth killing for. Can DCI Oldroyd find the killer before last orders? Ste… read more

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Cover of Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe by James  Holland

13. Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe

By: James Holland

4.33

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Nor… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962 by Max Hastings

14. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962

By: Max Hastings

4.40

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tens… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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

15. 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 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

16. 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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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Hysteria (Alexander Gregory Thrillers, #2) by L.J. Ross

17. Hysteria (Alexander Gregory Thrillers, #2)

By: L.J. Ross

4.17

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DCI RYAN MYSTERIES In a beautiful world, murder is… read more

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Cover of The Last Campaign (Innocents No More Book 7) by Andrew Wareham

18. The Last Campaign (Innocents No More Book 7)

By: Andrew Wareham

4.36

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Late 1943 and Thomas Stark has been at war or training hard since ’37. He has had too few breaks, e… 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

19. 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
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of The Long March on Rome: The Forgotten War (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

20. The Long March on Rome: The Forgotten War (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.29

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A lively and highly readable study of the often-overlooked Italian Campaign, from the invasion of S… read more

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

21. 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
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  • military history
Cover of Battle for the Bocage: Normandy 1944: The Fight for Point 103, Tilly-sur-Seulles, Vilers Bocage by Tim Saunders

22. Battle for the Bocage: Normandy 1944: The Fight for Point 103, Tilly-sur-Seulles, Vilers Bocage

By: Tim Saunders

4.00

Format: 656 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of the fighting in Normandy by the veteran desert formations brought back by Mont… read more

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  • world war ii
Cover of Air Power at Sea, 1939-45 (20th Century Naval Innovations) by John Winton

23. Air Power at Sea, 1939-45 (20th Century Naval Innovations)

By: John Winton

4.17

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

An authoritative examination of the role of the aircraft at sea during World War II. Perfect for fa… read more

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Cover of Normandy Bridgehead: What Happened After the Beaches of Normandy Were Taken by H. Essame

24. Normandy Bridgehead: What Happened After the Beaches of Normandy Were Taken

By: H. Essame

4.14

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

The epic story of what happened after the beaches had been stormed during D-Day.An essential histor… read more

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

25. 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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  • history
Cover of The Devil's Own Luck: Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic, 1944–45 (Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic 1944-45) by Denis Edwards

26. The Devil's Own Luck: Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic, 1944–45 (Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic 1944-45)

By: Denis Edwards

4.30

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

Although strictly forbidden to keep diaries, Denis Edwards managed to record his experiences throug… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of Strike From The Sea by Vincent Formosa

27. Strike From The Sea

By: Vincent Formosa

4.42

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

The latest action packed novel from Vincent FormosaIt has been a long war for Tim Chavell. A vetera… read more

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

28. 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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Cover of Fighting Rommel: Captain Mike Sadler (Tales from the Special Forces Shorts, Book 1) by Sean Rayment

29. Fighting Rommel: Captain Mike Sadler (Tales from the Special Forces Shorts, Book 1)

By: Sean Rayment

4.23

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Mike Sadler’s story, one of five true-life recollections from the Second World War in Tales… read more

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Cover of The Return of the Martians (Return of the Martians #1) by Mark  Hood

30. The Return of the Martians (Return of the Martians #1)

By: Mark Hood

4.32

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

They’re coming back. It’s been two years since the events chronicled in “The War of the Worlds”.… read more

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Cover of The Pegasus and Orne Bridges: Their Capture, Defences and Relief on D-Day by Neil Barber

31. The Pegasus and Orne Bridges: Their Capture, Defences and Relief on D-Day

By: Neil Barber

4.39

Format: 631 pages, Kindle Edition

This WWII history chronicles a daring airborne mission that was vital to the success of Operation T… read more

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  • history
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14 must-read history books like The Pegasus and Orne Bridges: Their Capture, Defences and Relief on D-Day by Neil Barber

Transform Your Habits

The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45

Stephen E. Ambrose

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

Cole C. Kingseed , Dick Winters

3.95

Transform Your Habits

D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

Antony Beevor

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

Niall Ferguson

3.93

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10 best-selling history books like The Long March on Rome: The Forgotten War (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

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The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

William L. Shirer

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Wings of Glory: A USS Enterprise Naval Adventure Novel (Fightin'est Ship in WWII series Book 3)

Scott Cook

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Escape From Arnhem: A Canadian Among the Lost Paratroops (Memoirs from World War Two)

Leo Heaps

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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