You Can't Get Much Closer Than This: Combat With the 80th "Blue Ridge" Division in World War II Europe
By: A.Z. Adkins Jr.
4.35
Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
By: Donald L. Miller
4.18
Format: 671 pages, Hardcover
Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more
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"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
2. 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
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3. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
By: Chester Nez , Judith Schiess Avila
3.56
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII-includes the actual Na… read more
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- world war ii
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4. D DAY Through German Eyes - The Hidden Story of June 6th 1944
By: Sprech Media , Holger Eckhertz
4.12
Format: 207 pages,
This is the hidden side of D Day which has fascinated readers around the world. Almost all accounts… read more
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Similar categories in Bob Drury's Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission book and A.Z. Adkins Jr.'s You Can't Get Much Closer Than This: Combat With the 80th "Blue Ridge" Division in World War II Europe
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6. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge
4.47
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more
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"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
7. Fortress Ploesti: The Campaign to Destroy Hitler's Oil Supply
By: Jay A. Stout
4.03
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Unlike previous books on Ploesti, Jay Stout goes well beyond the famous big and bloody raid of Augu… read more
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8. 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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"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
9. Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists
By: Bill O'Reilly
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the eleventh book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard re… read more
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10. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
By: Alex Kershaw
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more
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11. Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
By: Kevin Maurer
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Kevin Maurer―the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day ―comes t… read more
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12. 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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13. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
By: Robert Leckie
4.22
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more
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"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
14. 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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15. Thunderbolt!: The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace
By: Martin Caidin
4.42
Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition
With 28 confirmed kills against the fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe, Robert S. Johnson returned fro… read more
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16. 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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17. 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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18. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
By: Ian W. Toll
4.76
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more
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"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
19. Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival
By: Tom Clavin
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive.On August 13, 1944,… read more
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20. Point Man
By: James Watson
4.27
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
Chief Petty Officer James "Patches" Watson was there at the start. One of the first to come out of … read more
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21. Luck of the Draw
By: Frank Murphy
4.22
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and und… read more
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22. Serenade to the Big Bird
By: Bert Stiles
3.95
Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition
At the age of twenty-two, Bert Stiles joined the American Air Force. Two years later he began his … read more
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23. Crisis Convoy: The Story of HX231, A Turning Point in the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)
By: Peter Gretton
4.21
Format: 155 pages, Kindle Edition
An engrossing account by the Royal Navy commander who led the escort of convoy HX231 during the Bat… read more
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24. Convoy Escort Commander: A Memoir of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)
By: Peter Gretton
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Vice Admiral Sir Peter Gretton's book is a brilliant account of his career in the navy through Worl… read more
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25. Work Horse of the Western Front (Annotated): The Story of the 30th Infantry Division
By: Robert L. Hewitt
4.11
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
The 30th Infantry was one of more than 60 American divisions that participated in the defeat of Ger… read more
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26. War Beneath the Sea: Submarine conflict during World War II (Peter Padfield Naval History)
By: Peter Padfield
4.20
Format: 653 pages, Kindle Edition
The first book to cover all the major submarine campaigns during World War II, "War Beneath the Sea… read more
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27. You Can't Get Much Closer Than This: Combat With the 80th "Blue Ridge" Division in World War II Europe
By: A.Z. Adkins Jr.
4.35
Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition
A young soldier’s memoirs of fighting in “Fascinating . . . A personal record like this is a valua… read more
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28. ARMOR #1, The Battle of North Africa: a Novel of Tank Warfare
By: Craig DiLouie
4.05
Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition
Near the end of 1942, more than 100,000 Allied soldiers board transports for what they believe will… read more
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29. Road to Huertgen: Forest in Hell
By: Paul Boesch
4.54
Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition
“It’s hell,” he said flatly. “Pure unadulterated hell. That’s the only word for it. It’s hell.” Th… read more
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30. Undaunted: Five True Stories from World War II
By: J. Pepper Bryars
3.76
Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition
Undaunted is a brief collection (34 pages) of five true stories of heroes from World War II who ser… read more
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31. The Little Book of Vaginas: Everything You Need to Know
By: Anna Lou Walker
3.54
Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition
Vajayjay. Lady bits. Notorious V.A.G. It’s time we talked about vaginas. This pocket-sized book is… read more
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