16 Best nonfiction books like The Kaiser's Battle by Martin Middlebrook

Cover of The Kaiser's Battle by Martin Middlebrook

The Kaiser's Battle

By: Martin Middlebrook

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

In March 1918, the last great battle of World War I started when three German armies struck a massi…

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1. The Fall of Berlin 1945

By: Antony Beevor

4.29

Format: 490 pages, Paperback

The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945.… read more

Similar categories in Antony Beevor's The Fall of Berlin 1945 book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Sé practico: regala un ataúd"

-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945

Cover of Tiger Tracks - The Classic Panzer Memoir (Wolfgang Faust's Panzer Books) by Wolfgang Faust

2. Tiger Tracks - The Classic Panzer Memoir (Wolfgang Faust's Panzer Books)

By: Wolfgang Faust

4.01

Format: 139 pages, Kindle Edition

Wolfgang Faust was the driver of a Tiger I tank with the Wehrmacht Heavy Panzer Battalions, seeing … read more

Similar categories in Wolfgang Faust's Tiger Tracks - The Classic Panzer Memoir (Wolfgang Faust's Panzer Books) book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1) by Spike Milligan

3. Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)

By: Spike Milligan

4.03

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

Adolf Hitler: My Part on His Downfall is volume One of Spike Milligan's outrageous, hilarious, lege… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"They're all the rage, Cab Calloway wears one."

-Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)

"After Puckoon I swore I'd never write another book. This is it"

-Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)

"Some people live a nothing life: the most important thing they ever do is die. Thank God for eccentrics! Take Gunner Octavian Neat. He would suddenly appear naked in a barrack room and say, “Does any…"

-Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)

"...Roberts had joined the Royal Artillery in 1914 and since then had steadily risen to the rank of Gunner. Now the crunch: someone with a perverted sense of humour made him a Lance Bombardier. Robert…"

-Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)

Cover of Storm of Steel by Michael Hofmann, Ernst Jünger

4. Storm of Steel

By: Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, 'Storm of Steel' illuminates not only … read more

Similar categories in Michael Hofmann's Storm of Steel book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • world war i
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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5. GB84

By: David Peace

4.82

Format: 224 pages,

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  • british literature
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6. Tail Gunner

By: Richard C. Rivaz

4.17

Format: None pages,

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder

7. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

By: Timothy Snyder

4.38

Format: 524 pages, Hardcover

Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • history
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Now we will live!"

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"Closure is a false harmony, a siren song masquerading as a swan song."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"The vast majority of Jews killed in the Holocaust never saw a concentration camp."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"When meaning is drawn from killing, the risk is that more killing would bring about more meaning."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

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8. Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain

By: Len Deighton

3.91

Format: 736 pages,

It was the battle that proved Great Britain was a vital force in World War II. It inspired Churchil… read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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9. 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

Similar categories in Antony Beevor's D-Day: The Battle for Normandy book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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10. A Month in the Country

By: J.L. Carr , Michael Holroyd

3.76

Format: None pages,

In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken ma… read more

Similar categories in J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • british literature

11. The Wasp Factory

By: Iain Banks

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meet Frank Cauldhame. Just sixteen, and unconventional to say the least: Two years after I killed B… read more

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12. The Face Of Battle: A Study Of Agincourt, Waterloo And The Somme

By: John Keegan

3.73

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

The Face of Battleis military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of indi… read more

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13. The Day of the Triffids

By: John Wyndham

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffidsto moderate acclaim. Fifty-two year… read more

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14. White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s

By: None

3.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

"This is the best book about music I've read in years, and a gripping piece of social history."--Br… read more

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15. 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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16. Sourcery (Discworld, #5; Rincewind #3)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When last seen, the singularly inept wizard Rincewind had fallen off the edge of the world. Now mag… read more

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17. Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)

By: John Gwynne

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

A black sun is rising ... Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors under King Brenin'… read more

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18. Act of Oblivion

By: Robert Harris

4.07

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's Act of Oblivion book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • british literature
"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"

-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion

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19. The Guns of August

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

4.18

Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition

The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more

Similar categories in Barbara W. Tuchman's The Guns of August book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • world war i
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

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20. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • british literature
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

Cover of The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte

21. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

By: Steve Brusatte

4.38

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more

Similar categories in Steve Brusatte's The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1) by Richard  Coles

22. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)

By: Richard Coles

3.32

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more

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  • british literature
Cover of Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2) by Charles Cumming

23. Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2)

By: Charles Cumming

4.23

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

The second book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert int… read more

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

24. 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

Similar categories in Michael Palin's Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • world war i
  • history
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
Cover of Bad Actors (Slough House, #8) by Mick Herron

25. Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)

By: Mick Herron

4.37

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Bad Actors (Slough House, #8) book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • british literature
"Time, date, place, courtesy of social media. The old days, when you just rocked up to a car park near the stadium a few hours before kick-off, all of that was buried in history books and Channel 5 do…"

-Mick Herron, Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)

Cover of Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard

26. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

Similar categories in Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962 by Max Hastings

27. 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

Similar categories in Max Hastings's The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962 book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin

28. Erebus: The Story of a Ship

By: Michael Palin

4.29

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more

Similar categories in Michael Palin's Erebus: The Story of a Ship book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939 by Frank McDonough

29. The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939

By: Frank McDonough

4.48

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From historian Frank McDonough, the first volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler… read more

Similar categories in Frank McDonough's The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939 book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • history
  • germany
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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30. Two Storm Wood

By: Philip Gray

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this thriller set on the battlefields of the Somme after the end of World War I, a woman investi… read more

Similar categories in Philip Gray's Two Storm Wood book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • world war i
  • war
Cover of The Kaiser's Battle by Martin Middlebrook

31. The Kaiser's Battle

By: Martin Middlebrook

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

In March 1918, the last great battle of World War I started when three German armies struck a massi… read more

Similar categories in Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle book and Martin Middlebrook's The Kaiser's Battle

  • world war i
  • history
  • british literature
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century

16 must-read history books like The Kaiser's Battle by Martin Middlebrook

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The Fall of Berlin 1945

Antony Beevor

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Tiger Tracks - The Classic Panzer Memoir (Wolfgang Faust's Panzer Books)

Wolfgang Faust

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)

Spike Milligan

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Storm of Steel

Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

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12 Best history books like D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor

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D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

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Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

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Monte Cassino: The Hardest Fought Battle of World War II

Matthew Parker

4.06

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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

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