21 Top nonfiction books like Messerschmitts Over Sicily: Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander (Stackpole Military History Series) by Johannes Steinhoff

Cover of Messerschmitts Over Sicily: Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander (Stackpole Military History Series) by Johannes Steinhoff

Messerschmitts Over Sicily: Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander (Stackpole Military History Series)

By: Johannes Steinhoff

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Based on the author's personal World War II diaryAn unflinching look at Luftwaffe combat, tactics, …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Messerschmitts Over Sicily: Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander (Stackpole Military History Series) by Johannes Steinhoff , here is a list of 21 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
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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2. A Pair of Silver Wings

By: James Holland

4.35

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

In 1995, Britain is celebrating the anniversary of the end of the war and Edward Enderby finds hims… read more

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  • world war ii
  • aviation
Cover of Storm of Steel by Michael Hofmann, Ernst Jünger

3. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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4. The Last Enemy

By: Richard Hillary

4.25

Format: 159 pages,

THE LAST ENEMY recounts Richard Hillary's experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, i… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
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5. The First And The Last

By: Adolf Galland

2.74

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A fearless leader with 104 victories to his name, Galland was a legendary hero in Germany's Luftwaf… read more

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  • history
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Very Private Diary: A Nurse in Wartime by Mary  Morris, Carol Acton, Mary    Morris

6. A Very Private Diary: A Nurse in Wartime

By: Mary Morris , Carol Acton , Mary Morris

3.99

Format: 380 pages,

1939: eighteen-year-old trainee nurse Mry Mulry arrives in London from Ireland, hoping for adventur… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war

7. The Ship

By: C.S. Forester

3.38

Format: None pages,

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8. Chindit

By: None

4.14

Format: 222 pages,

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9. The Last Days of Hitler

By: Hugh R. Trevor-Roper

3.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

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

By: Colin Forbes

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

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11. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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Cover of A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Larry Alexander, Adam Makos

12. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

By: Larry Alexander , Adam Makos

4.36

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germ… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
"You fight by rules to keep your humanity"

-Larry Alexander, A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

13. 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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14. Empire of the Summer Moon

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.23

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

Cover of Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution by Eric Jay Dolin

15. Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told before, yet m… read more

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  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day by James  Holland

16. Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

By: James Holland

4.47

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legen… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France by James  Holland

17. 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
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The World: A Family History of Humanity by Simon Sebag Montefiore

18. The World: A Family History of Humanity

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

4.00

Format: 1344 pages, Hardcover

From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from pre… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II by Wilhelm Johnen

19. Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II

By: Wilhelm Johnen

4.22

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

"The enemy bomber grew larger in my sights and the rear gunner was sprayed by my guns just as he op… read more

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

20. 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
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943 by Max Hastings

21. Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943

By: Max Hastings

4.15

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Operation Chastise, the destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams in north-west Germany by the RAF’s 6… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1) by Pierre Clostermann

22. The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)

By: Pierre Clostermann

4.57

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

'THE BIG SHOW is as close as you'll ever get to fighting for your life from the cockpit of a Spitfi… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
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23. Typhoon Pilot

By: Desmond Scott

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A decorated WWII flying ace and Royal Air Force Group Captain recounts his experience in the air ov… read more

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  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Luftwaffe Fighter Ace: From the Eastern Front to the Defence of the Homeland by Norbert Hannig

24. Luftwaffe Fighter Ace: From the Eastern Front to the Defence of the Homeland

By: Norbert Hannig

4.25

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Herr Norbert Hanning’s wartime career makes for fascinating and highly informative reading on an as… read more

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

25. 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
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Race of Aces: WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Masters of the Sky by John R. Bruning

26. Race of Aces: WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Masters of the Sky

By: John R. Bruning

4.30

Format: 522 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing untold story of the WWII airmen who risked it all in the deadly race to become the … read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Malta Spitfire Pilot: Ten Weeks of Terror, April–June 1942 by Denis Barnham

27. Malta Spitfire Pilot: Ten Weeks of Terror, April–June 1942

By: Denis Barnham

4.21

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

An RAF fighter pilot’s “intensely vivid” account of the siege of Malta in World War II ( The Times … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Wings of Pegasus (British Glider Pilot Regiment) by George Chatterton

28. Wings of Pegasus (British Glider Pilot Regiment)

By: George Chatterton

4.00

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

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Cover of Messerschmitts Over Sicily: Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander (Stackpole Military History Series) by Johannes Steinhoff

29. Messerschmitts Over Sicily: Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander (Stackpole Military History Series)

By: Johannes Steinhoff

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Based on the author's personal World War II diaryAn unflinching look at Luftwaffe combat, tactics, … read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lions of the Sky by Paco Chierici

30. Lions of the Sky

By: Paco Chierici

4.42

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

In the world of fighter pilots, the most alpha of the alpha, competition is everything and the stak… read more

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  • aviation
  • war
Cover of Convoys: The British Struggle Against Napoleonic Europe and America by R.J.B. Knight

31. Convoys: The British Struggle Against Napoleonic Europe and America

By: R.J.B. Knight

3.53

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

During the Napoleonic Wars thousands of merchant ships crisscrossed narrow seas and wide oceans, pr… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

22 Best history books like Messerschmitts Over Sicily: Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander (Stackpole Military History Series) by Johannes Steinhoff

Transform Your Habits

Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Storm of Steel

Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Last Enemy

Richard Hillary

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The First And The Last

Adolf Galland

2.74

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8 best-selling history books like The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1) by Pierre Clostermann

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Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1)

Ian Mackersey

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Duel of Eagles: The Classic Pilot's Account of the Battle of Britain (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 1)

Peter Townsend

4.55

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

Transform Your Habits

The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)

Pierre Clostermann

4.57

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