15 must-read history books like The Crucible of War Book 1: Wavell's Command by Barrie Pitt

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The Crucible of War Book 1: Wavell's Command

By: Barrie Pitt

4.29

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

The Crucible of War: Book 1 ‘The definitive work on the Desert War.’ Manchester Evening News Wave…

If you liked the history plot in The Crucible of War Book 1: Wavell's Command by Barrie Pitt , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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

-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945

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2. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.29

Format: 681 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the first volume of his monumental tri… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"In battle, topography is fate."

-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

"Troops caught nibbling their emergency D- ration chocolate bars were dubbed Chocolate Soldiers and punished by forfeiting two meals. This was a happy penance. The galleys served so much fatty mutton …"

-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

Cover of The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt by William L. Shirer

3. The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

By: William L. Shirer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built. But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing th… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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4. Busted (Will Trent, #6.5)

By: Karin Slaughter

3.77

Format: None pages, ebook

From Karin Slaughter comes a fast and furious tale in which no one is quite who they seem. This ele… read more

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5. Prelude to Foundation

By: Isaac Asimov

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition for ISBN:  It is 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Impe… read more

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6. Waterloo (Sharpe, #20)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

June 1815: The Duke of Wellington, the Prince of Orange, and Napoleon will meet on the battlefield.… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war

7. Beyond Reach (Grant County, #6)

By: Karin Slaughter

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Hardcover

Sara Linton--resident medical examiner/pediatrician in Grant County, Georgia, --has plenty of hards… read more

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8. Grant: The Man who Won The Civil War

By: Robin Neillands

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Sam Grant made famous the expression 'unconditional surrender', which is how most of his campaigns … read more

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9. Rainbow Six (Jack Ryan Universe, #10)

By: Tom Clancy

0.00

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

At its heart is ex-Navy SEAL John Clark, now the newly named head of Rainbow, an international task… read more

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10. Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad

By: William Craig

4.25

Format: None pages,

Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million me… read more

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11. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.90

Format: None pages,

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERIn the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in … read more

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12. Hornet Flight

By: Ken Follett

4.13

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ken Follett follows his bestsellers Jackdawsand Code to Zerowith an extraordinary novel of early da… read more

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13. A Litter of Bones (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #1)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.29

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Was the biggest case of his career the worst mistake he ever made? Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan… read more

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14. The Dead Man of Storr (The Misty Isle #2)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.39

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When the owner of a Portree gallery is found dead, lying in the snow at the foot of the Storr, D.I.… read more

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15. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

By: Ian W. Toll

4.59

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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16. Here Lie the Dead (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #15)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.57

Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition

Six months ago, a girl vanished. Now, it’s happening again. When the body of a teenager is disco… read more

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17. Hitler vs Stalin: The Battle of Stalingrad (Legendary Battles of History Book 2)

By: Francis Hayes

4.18

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

A battle of titans. A battle that changed the war. It was the most decisive battle of the Second Wo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
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18. Rage (Knights of the Air, #1)

By: Iain Stewart

4.58

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

To survive, Lance Fitch makes the enemy vermin, his friends expendable, and his chivalry more threa… read more

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19. The Long March on Rome: The Forgotten War (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.29

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A lively and highly readable study of the often-overlooked Italian Campaign, from the invasion of S… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. 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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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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21. The Israeli Campaign of 1967: The Authoritative Account of the Six-Day War (Conflict in the Middle East)

By: Peter Young

4.13

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful and comprehensive study of the Six-Day War for Palestine of 1967.In light of the continu… read more

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22. Coral Sea 1942: Turning the Tide

By: Richard Freeman

4.14

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

In May 1942, the Americans discovered the Japanese planned to take Port Moresby in New Guinea. Aft… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
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23. The Fleet That Had To Die

By: Richard Hough

4.09

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

By autumn 1904, the Russo-Japanese war had been raging for six months. Routed in Manchuria, the Rus… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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24. D-Day Tank Hunter: The World War II memoirs of a frontline officer from North Africa to the bloody soil of Normandy

By: Hans Hoeller

4.52

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the last German veterans of World War II recounts his wartime experiences - with the harrowi… read more

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  • history
  • military history
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25. Maritime Supremacy & the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World

By: Peter Padfield

4.08

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

An exciting chronicle of important maritime wars and the nations that fought them defends the notio… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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26. Take These Men: Tank Warfare with the Desert Rats

By: Cyril Joly

4.43

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Few accounts of the tank battles in the Western Desert during the Second World War have provided so… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military history
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27. With Rommel in the Desert

By: Heinz Werner Schmidt

3.89

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

A first-hand account offering a perspective on Rommel's African campaign. Schmidt was close to Romm… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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28. The Homicidal Earl: The Life of Lord Cardigan

By: Saul David

3.79

Format: 555 pages, Kindle Edition

The 7th Earl of Cardigan will forever be remembered as the man who led the infamous Charge of the L… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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29. After Dunkirk: Churchill's Sacrifice of the Highland Division

By: Saul David

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

On 12 June 1940, more than a week after the last British troops had been evacuated from Dunkirk, th… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
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30. The Crucible of War Book 1: Wavell's Command

By: Barrie Pitt

4.29

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

The Crucible of War: Book 1 ‘The definitive work on the Desert War.’ Manchester Evening News Wave… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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31. The War in the Mediterranean

By: Bernard Ireland

3.93

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Much has been written about the conduct of the land battles and the commanders who faced each other… read more

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Antony Beevor

4.29

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Rick Atkinson

4.29

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The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

William L. Shirer

4.29

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4.59

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William L. Shirer

4.29

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Wings of Glory: A USS Enterprise Naval Adventure Novel (Fightin'est Ship in WWII series Book 3)

Scott Cook

4.47

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

Leo Heaps

4.25

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Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

Terence Robertson

4.61

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