21 Top nonfiction books like Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945 by Randall Hansen

Cover of Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945 by Randall Hansen

Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945

By: Randall Hansen

3.96

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany,…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945 by Randall Hansen , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max Hastings

1. Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

By: Max Hastings

4.06

Format: 628 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic s… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"Haw! Haw! Inconceivable stupidity is just what you're going to get! (Brigadier-General Henry Wilson, on being challenged in 1910 about the likelihood of a European war)"

-Max Hastings, Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

"Bethmann-Hollweg era davvero irremovibile non tanto sulle sue richieste territoriali – cercò, a un certo punto, di dissuadere il Kaiser dall’insistere sull’annessione del Belgio – quanto sull’intenzi…"

-Max Hastings, Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

Cover of D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches by Stephen E. Ambrose

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

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

It is the young men born into the false prosperity of the 1920s and brought up in the bitter realit… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"No matter how bad things got, no matter how anxious the staff became, the commander had to “preserve optimism in himself and in his command. Without confidence, enthusiasm and optimism in the command…"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

Cover of Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose

3. 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
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

4. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

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

5. 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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  • american history
  • 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 Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts

6. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

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  • european history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

Cover of Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila

7. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a  Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew by Alex Kershaw

8. Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew

By: Alex Kershaw

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

By October, 1944, the U.S. Navy submarine Tangwas legendary-she had sunk more enemy ships, rescued … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Austerlitz by Anthea Bell, W.G. Sebald

9. Austerlitz

By: Anthea Bell , W.G. Sebald

4.67

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with f… read more

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  • germany
Cover of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

10. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

11. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3) by Rick Atkinson

12. The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.67

Format: 121 pages, Hardcover

The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel

13. Thank You for Your Service

By: David Finkel

3.58

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

With a foreword by Romeo Dallaire and an introduction by Carol Off. No journalist has reckoned with… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jeffrey Kluger, Jim Lovell, Fred Sanders

14. Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13

By: Jeffrey Kluger , Jim Lovell , Fred Sanders

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

April 1970. The glory days of the Apollo space program. NASA send Commander Jim Lovell and two othe… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

15. Hiroshima

By: John Hersey

3.50

Format: 36 pages,

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book… read more

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16. Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.21

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Area 51 is the most famous military installation in the world--& it doesn't exist. Located 75 miles… read more

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17. The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan Universe, #4)

By: Tom Clancy

4.16

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so… read more

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18. Buffalo Girls

By: Larry McMurtry

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

In a letter to her daughter back East, Martha Jane is not shy about her own importance: "Martha Jan… read more

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19. 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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20. Streets of Laredo

By: Larry McMurtry

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry comes the sequel and final book in the Loneso… read more

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21. To Kingdom Come: An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War Over Germany

By: Robert J. Mrazek

3.79

Format: 223 pages,

read more

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22. Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

By: Hampton Sides

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. T… read more

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Cover of An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin

23. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 by James  Holland

24. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

By: James Holland

4.33

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History by Bill O'Reilly

25. Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.09

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Confronting Nazi evil is the subject of the latest installment in the mega-bestselling Killing seri… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre

26. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

By: Ben Macintyre

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown

27. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

By: Daniel James Brown

4.49

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger

28. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

Cover of A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II by Harry H. Crosby

29. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

By: Harry H. Crosby

4.58

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of 1945: Victory in the West by Peter Caddick-Adams

30. 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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  • american history
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945 by Randall Hansen

31. Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945

By: Randall Hansen

3.96

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany,… read more

Similar categories in Randall Hansen's Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945 book and Randall Hansen's Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • european history

21 must-read history books like Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945 by Randall Hansen

Transform Your Habits

Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

Max Hastings

4.06

Transform Your Habits

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

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

4.22

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20 Top audiobook books like Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre

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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

Transform Your Habits

Act of Oblivion

Robert Harris

4.07

Transform Your Habits

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

Bob Drury

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

David McCloskey

4.21

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