17 must-read nonfiction books like Dunkirk to Belsen: The Soldiers' Own Dramatic Stories by John Sadler

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Dunkirk to Belsen: The Soldiers' Own Dramatic Stories

By: John Sadler

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In this extraordinary book, the soldiers who served in the Durham Light Infantry recount their pers…

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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

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

-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945

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2. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943

By: Antony Beevor

4.32

Format: 494 pages, Paperback

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. Tail Gunner

By: Richard C. Rivaz

4.17

Format: None pages,

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism

By: John U. Bacon

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author, a gripping narrative-nonfiction account of th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Now That You Mention It

By: Kristan Higgins

3.86

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

One step forward. Two steps back. The Tufts scholarship that put Nora Stuart on the path to becomin… read more

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6. Crack! and Thump: With a Combat Infantry Officer in World War II

By: Barry Basden , None

4.72

Format: 64 pages,

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  • world war ii
  • history

7. The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi

By: Kevin Lacz , Ethan E. Rocke , Lindsey Lacz

4.33

Format: 228 pages, ebook

"One of the very best books to come out of the war in Iraq," (Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, bestselling a… read more

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8. 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
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. Fallujah Memoirs: A Grunt's Eye View of the Second Battle of Fallujah

By: Alexander Saxby

4.42

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

The Second Battle of Fallujah was a watershed moment in the Iraq War. US Marines recaptured the cit… read more

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10. Massacre at Malmedy: The Story of Jochen Peiper's Battle Group, Ardennes, December, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.27

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of the most infamous massacre of American soldiers in World War Two.An ideal book for peo… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

By: Antony Beevor

4.21

Format: 459 pages, Hardcover

The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian … read more

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  • history
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"It is only when one faces death, observed one of the men there, that one realises the great value of life."

-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

"The smell of roasted flesh permeated the air for hours afterwards with the stench of oily-black smoke from the blazing vehicles . Gräbner's body was never identified among all the other carbonized co…"

-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

"Many historians, with an ‘if only’ approach to the British defeat, have focused so much on different aspects of Operation Market Garden which went wrong that they have tended to overlook the central …"

-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

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12. French Foreign Legion Commando

By: Harry Dobson

4.38

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

A link to my website that contains a few pictures and blogs from my military LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA -T… read more

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13. America's Forgotten Army: The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle that Changed History (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.25

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

An enthralling account of the World War Two exploits of the U.S. Seventh Army, from Sicily to Franc… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Escape From Arnhem: A Canadian Among the Lost Paratroops (Memoirs from World War Two) by Leo Heaps

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

By: Leo Heaps

4.25

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

The remarkable true story of a Canadian paratrooper’s escape from behind enemy lines following the … read more

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  • history
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15. The Family Jewels (Dublin Trilogy publication order, #7; Dublin Trilogy chronological order, #4)

By: Caimh McDonnell

4.59

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

Bah Humbug! It’s almost Christmas and Bunny McGarry is not in the festive spirit. His mood is no… read more

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16. The Battle of the Bulge: Britain's Untold Story (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.22

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

An eye-opening account of the forgotten involvement of British soldiers in the Battle of the Bulge.… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. The Crowded Hours: The Story of Sos Cohen (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two)

By: Anthony Richardson

4.33

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

The remarkable story of Wing-Commander Lionel Cohen who at the age of sixty-nine served as the olde… read more

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18. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. 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
  • nonfiction
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20. A Thousand Chances: Air Cavalry in Vietnam's Bloodiest Year

By: Dan Hickman

4.60

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

A Thousand Chances is a true story of discovery and survival during the decisive year of the Vietna… read more

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21. Scramble: A Narrative History of the Battle of Britain (The Face of Battle Book 1)

By: Norman Gelb

4.42

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

'A many-sided picture of war.' The New York Times1940. Britain stands alone against Nazi Germany.On… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Phoenix Park Murders that Stunned Victorian England by Julie Kavanagh

22. The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Phoenix Park Murders that Stunned Victorian England

By: Julie Kavanagh

3.73

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant work of historical true crime charting a pivotal event in the l9th century, the Phoenix… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Desperate Journey: Escape from Burma in 1942, through 900 miles of arduous, Japanese-occupied territory by Francis Clifford

23. Desperate Journey: Escape from Burma in 1942, through 900 miles of arduous, Japanese-occupied territory

By: Francis Clifford

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

“This is a story of escape; a true account of how a dwindling group of soldiers made their way to s… read more

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24. Jet: The Story of a Pioneer (Pioneers of Aviation)

By: Frank Whittle

4.07

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

The remarkable story of the early days of jet development as told by the ‘father of the jet engine’… read more

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25. 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
  • nonfiction
Cover of The German Defense Of Berlin by Oberst a.D. Wilhem Willemar

26. The German Defense Of Berlin

By: Oberst a.D. Wilhem Willemar

3.73

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

Often written during imprisonment in Allied War camps by former German officers, with their memorie… read more

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27. With 3 Para to the Falklands

By: Graham Colbeck

4.36

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

A veteran of the Falklands conflict vividly recounts the actions of his elite parachute regiment in… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Dunkirk to Belsen: The Soldiers' Own Dramatic Stories by John Sadler

28. Dunkirk to Belsen: The Soldiers' Own Dramatic Stories

By: John Sadler

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In this extraordinary book, the soldiers who served in the Durham Light Infantry recount their pers… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Four Years on the Western Front, November 1914 - November 1918 by Aubrey Smith

29. Four Years on the Western Front, November 1914 - November 1918

By: Aubrey Smith

4.45

Format: 712 pages, Kindle Edition

“…the firm lost no time in assuring us that we were not indispensable and we therefore went round t… read more

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30. Beach to the Baltic: A Rifleman's Story

By: Albert Talbot

4.16

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Born and bred in Camberwell, south of the River Thames, our hero, Ronald Deakin, relishes the chanc… read more

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31. Panzers on the Vistula: Retreat and Rout in East Prussia 1945

By: Hans Schäufler

4.03

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

This WWII memoir of a Nazi officer is one of the most revealing firsthand accounts of the German re… read more

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19 Top history books like Dunkirk to Belsen: The Soldiers' Own Dramatic Stories by John Sadler

Transform Your Habits

The Fall of Berlin 1945

Antony Beevor

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943

Antony Beevor

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Tail Gunner

Richard C. Rivaz

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism

John U. Bacon

4.29

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16 best-selling history books like Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 by Antony Beevor

Transform Your Habits

Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.24

Transform Your Habits

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

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

Transform Your Habits

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David McCullough

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

4.22

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