16 must-read nonfiction books like Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War by Saul David

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Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War

By: Saul David

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed historian Saul David, a stunning and gripping new history of the British airborne ex…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War by Saul David , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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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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  • world war ii
  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
"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

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2. 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
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
"Sé practico: regala un ataúd"

-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945

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3. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops

By: Damien Lewis

3.79

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

When France fell to the Nazis in the winter of 1939, Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared that… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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4. Azincourt

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

Agincourt is one of the epic battles of history. It was fought by two badly matched armies that met… read more

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5. The Cauldron (Tweed & Co., #13)

By: Colin Forbes

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

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6. Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World

By: Ewan McGregor , Charley Boorman , None

3.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan… read more

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7. Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East

By: James Holland

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times In February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, driv… read more

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8. 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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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. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)

By: Craig Johnson

4.37

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more

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11. 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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  • world war ii
  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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12. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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13. Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

By: Dan Jones

3.92

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel… read more

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"What matters is that you did not know the story. And the reason you did not...is that our ancestor William - through his deeds of arms, his force of personality and his vast conquests - had achieved …"

-Dan Jones, Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

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14. The Lion: Son of the Forest (Warhammer 40,000)

By: Mike Brooks

4.42

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

The Lion. Son of the Emperor, brother of demigods and Primarch of the Dark Angels. Awakened. Return… read more

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"I asked myself in the aftermath of the Siege of Terra whether the so-called victory was worth the cost. Now I wonder if we won at all."

-Mike Brooks, The Lion: Son of the Forest (Warhammer 40,000)

Cover of Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France by James  Holland

15. 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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  • world war ii
  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wolves of Winter (Essex Dogs Trilogy) by Dan Jones

16. Wolves of Winter (Essex Dogs Trilogy)

By: Dan Jones

4.16

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The epic sequel to Essex Dogs, continuing the New York Times bestselling historian's trilogy of nov… read more

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17. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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18. Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission

By: Rowland White

4.51

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Built of lightweight wood, powered by two growling Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, impossibly aerodynam… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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19. Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906

By: David Cannadine

3.86

Format: 602 pages, Hardcover

To live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government

By: David Torrance

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of the first Labour administration and the 'wild men' who shook up the British… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Across an Angry Sea: The SAS in the Falklands War by Cedric Delves

21. Across an Angry Sea: The SAS in the Falklands War

By: Cedric Delves

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Early summer 1982, winter in the South Atlantic, and Argentina’s military junta invades the Falklan… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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22. The Pathfinders: The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII

By: Will Iredale

4.39

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner'Compellin… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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23. Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War

By: Saul David

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed historian Saul David, a stunning and gripping new history of the British airborne ex… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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24. Alvesdon

By: James Holland

4.28

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

Wiltshire, 1939In the small village of Alvesdon, the Castell family and their farm have been staple… read more

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  • world war ii
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25. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

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"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

Cover of Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar by Max Hastings

26. Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar

By: Max Hastings

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tom Clancy Shadow State (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel Book 12) by M.P. Woodward

27. Tom Clancy Shadow State (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel Book 12)

By: M.P. Woodward

4.57

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

Surviving a helicopter crash in the Vietnamese Highlands is only the start of the challenges facing… read more

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Cover of The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World by Ben Macintyre

28. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror by Jack Carr

29. Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror

By: Jack Carr

4.65

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that chan… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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30. Arnhem: Black Tuesday

By: Al Murray

4.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Battle of Arnhem is one of the best-known stories in British military history: a daring but thw… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of Cassino '44: The Brutal Battle for Rome by James  Holland

31. Cassino '44: The Brutal Battle for Rome

By: James Holland

4.37

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed World War II historian James Holland vividly relates the dramatic last months of the cruc… read more

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  • military fiction
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18 must-read history books like Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War by Saul David

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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 Fall of Berlin 1945

Antony Beevor

4.29

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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops

Damien Lewis

3.79

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James Holland

4.33

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Michael Crichton

3.91

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Stephen King

4.32

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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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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

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