13 Best history books like Fighting with Popski's Private Army by Park Yunnie

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Fighting with Popski's Private Army

By: Park Yunnie

4.52

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

This WWII memoir gives the inside story of Britain’s legendary demolition squadron and their daring…

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1. The Road Past Mandalay: A Personal Narrative

By: John Masters

4.41

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

This is the second part of John Masters' autobiography: how he fought with his Gurkha regiment duri… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
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2. Chickenhawk

By: Robert Mason

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

A true story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma … read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
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3. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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  • history
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4. The President's Daughter (Sean Dillon #6)

By: Jack Higgins

4.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

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5. Popski's Private Army

By: Vladimir Peniakoff , None

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In October 1942, Vladimir Peniakoff-nicknamed Popski-formed his own elite fighting force in the Nor… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
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6. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

By: Christopher R. Browning

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the … read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
"The behavior of any human being is, of course, a very complex phenomenon, and the historian who attempts to "explain" it is indulging in a certain arrogance."

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve policemen faced choices, and most of them committed terrible deeds. But those who killed cannot be absolved by the notion that anyo…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"What, then, is one to conclude? Most of all, one comes away from the story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 with great unease. This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve polic…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"At the same time, however, the collective behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101 has deeply disturbing implications. There are many societies afflicted by traditions of racism and caught in the sie…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

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7. A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)

By: Ken Follett

4.40

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious co… read more

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8. Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas

By: John Masters

4.23

Format: 187 pages,

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9. Legion of the Damned

By: Sven Hassel

4.29

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Sven Hassel's iconic war novel about the Russian Front. 'An extraordinary book, which has captured … read more

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10. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

By: David McCullough

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more

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  • history
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11. 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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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
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12. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921

By: Antony Beevor

3.90

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
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13. To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945

By: John C. McManus

4.59

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McMan… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
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14. Never

By: Ken Follett

4.09

Format: 802 pages, Hardcover

The new must-read epic from master storyteller Ken Follett: more than a thriller, it's an action-pa… read more

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"Como se suele decir: una mentira da media vuelta al mundo mientras la verdad aún se está calzando"

-Ken Follett, Never

"When I was doing the research for Fall of Giants, I was shocked to realize that the First World War was a war that nobody wanted. No European leader on either side intended for it to happen. But the …"

-Ken Follett, Never

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15. 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
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16. Sink the Haguro!: Last Destroyer Action of the Second World War (Warship Battles of World War Two)

By: John Winton

4.09

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

An engrossing history of the last major naval battle in World War Two’s Pacific War. Perfect for fa… read more

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  • history
Cover of 1945: Victory in the West by Peter Caddick-Adams

17. 1945: Victory in the West

By: Peter Caddick-Adams

4.55

Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition

'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
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18. Fighting with Popski's Private Army

By: Park Yunnie

4.52

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

This WWII memoir gives the inside story of Britain’s legendary demolition squadron and their daring… read more

Similar categories in Park Yunnie's Fighting with Popski's Private Army book and Park Yunnie's Fighting with Popski's Private Army

  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Long Range Desert Group: Behind Enemy Lines in North Africa by W.B. Kennedy Shaw

19. Long Range Desert Group: Behind Enemy Lines in North Africa

By: W.B. Kennedy Shaw

4.29

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

During the two-and-a-half years’ fighting in the Western Desert of North Africa, which began with t… read more

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9 best-selling military fiction books like Fighting with Popski's Private Army by Park Yunnie

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The Road Past Mandalay: A Personal Narrative

John Masters

4.41

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Chickenhawk

Robert Mason

3.75

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Popski's Private Army

Vladimir Peniakoff , None

5.00

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

James Holland

4.47

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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

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The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

Ian W. Toll

4.61

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The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

Bob Drury

4.34

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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