10 Best military history books like Dick Bong: Ace of Aces by George C. Kenney

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Dick Bong: Ace of Aces

By: George C. Kenney

4.43

Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition

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Cover of Tail Gunner by Richard C. Rivaz

1. Tail Gunner

By: Richard C. Rivaz

4.17

Format: None pages,

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  • history
  • military history
Cover of If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story by George Wilson

2. If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story

By: George Wilson

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

"If you survive your first day, I'll promote you." So promised George Wilson's World War II command… read more

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  • history
  • military history
Cover of Crack! and Thump: With a Combat Infantry Officer in World War II by Barry Basden, None

3. 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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  • history
Cover of Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre

4. Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

By: Ben Macintyre

4.25

Format: 127 pages,

In 1943, from a windowless London basement office, two intelligence officers conceived a plan that … read more

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  • history

5. At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy

By: John F. Kennedy , None , None

3.38

Format: None pages,

Small though they were, PT boats played a key role in World War II, carrying out an astonishing var… read more

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6. The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

2.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

From America's preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes the definitive telling of t… read more

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Cover of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Paul Fussell, Eugene B. Sledge

7. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more

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  • history
  • military history
"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

8. One Man and His Dog

By: Anthony Richardson

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Czech airman Jan Bozdech adopts an abandoned Alsatian puppy in the midst of war in 1940, littl… read more

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9. Steel Boat Iron Hearts: A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505

By: None , None

4.20

Format: 251 pages,

Hans Goebeler is known as the man who "pulled the plug" on U-505 in 1944 to keep his beloved U-boat… read more

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10. U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific

By: James D. Horan , Gerold Frank , None

0.00

Format: 400 pages,

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11. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II

By: Liza Mundy

4.00

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Hidden Figuresand The Girls of Atomic City, Code Girlsis the astonishing, untol… read more

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Cover of Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie

12. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

By: Robert Leckie

4.22

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more

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"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

Cover of Where Away: A Modern Odyssey by George Sessions Perry

13. Where Away: A Modern Odyssey

By: George Sessions Perry

4.37

Format: 159 pages, Kindle Edition

On 4th February 1942, the USS Marblehead was with an American-British-Dutch-Australian fleet patrol… read more

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Cover of Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4) by John Wooldridge

14. Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4)

By: John Wooldridge

4.08

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

A vivid account of two Mosquito squadrons which revolutionised aerial warfare.Perfect for people wh… read more

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Cover of 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

15. 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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  • history
  • military history
Cover of Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1) by Ian Mackersey

16. Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1)

By: Ian Mackersey

4.24

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

From World War Two to the Jet Age, Ian Mackersey charts the thrilling and personal accounts of airm… read more

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  • history
Cover of Duel of Eagles: The Classic Pilot's Account of the Battle of Britain (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 1) by Peter Townsend

17. Duel of Eagles: The Classic Pilot's Account of the Battle of Britain (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 1)

By: Peter Townsend

4.55

Format: 577 pages, Kindle Edition

'REMARKABLE' Sunday Times -- 'A FINE BOOK' Len Deighton 'The greatest book on the Battle of Britai… read more

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  • history
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

18. 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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Cover of Well, Doc, It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time!: The Unexpected Adventures of a Trauma Surgeon by J. Paul Waymack

19. Well, Doc, It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time!: The Unexpected Adventures of a Trauma Surgeon

By: J. Paul Waymack

4.08

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1976, Paul Waymack began chronicling his experience as a third-year medical student, and for the… read more

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20. Serenade to the Big Bird

By: Bert Stiles

3.95

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

At the age of twenty-two, Bert Stiles joined the American Air Force. Two years later he began his … read more

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Cover of Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry’s Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two) by Anthony Richardson

21. Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry’s Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two)

By: Anthony Richardson

4.32

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of an airman’s audacious escape from occupied France in World War Two.Perfect for fa… read more

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  • history
Cover of 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles (World War II Collection) by Cynthia  Kraack

22. 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles (World War II Collection)

By: Cynthia Kraack

4.42

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Before there were Navy SEALs, before there were Green Berets, there were the 40 Thieves: the elite … read more

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23. Typhoon Pilot

By: Desmond Scott

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A decorated WWII flying ace and Royal Air Force Group Captain recounts his experience in the air ov… read more

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Cover of Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII by J.E. Johnson

24. 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
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25. Flames in the Sky

By: Pierre Clostermann

4.15

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

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Cover of Thirty-Five Missions Over Japan by Philip D. Webster

26. Thirty-Five Missions Over Japan

By: Philip D. Webster

4.22

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

B-29 pilot 1st Lt. Philip D. Webster’s just-published WW2 memoirs, “Thirty-Five Missions Over Japan… read more

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27. One Man's War

By: Robert Allison

4.01

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

The author recalls his adventures as a young naval aviator during World War II. The story begins wi… read more

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Cover of The Odds of Survival: A Helicopter Pilot's Story by Phillip Ide

28. The Odds of Survival: A Helicopter Pilot's Story

By: Phillip Ide

4.35

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

THE ODDS OF The story of an Assault Helicopter pilot's riveting memoir in Vietnam from June 1967 t… read more

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Cover of A Reluctant Warrior: The Military Draft, the Navy F4 Phantom, Vietnam, and Top Gun by Kenneth Volker

29. A Reluctant Warrior: The Military Draft, the Navy F4 Phantom, Vietnam, and Top Gun

By: Kenneth Volker

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

A memoir of a Navy pilot during the war in Vietnam.This story is written from the author’s memory a… read more

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Cover of SECRET AGENT the true story of the Special Operations Executive (David Stafford World War II History) by David Stafford

30. SECRET AGENT the true story of the Special Operations Executive (David Stafford World War II History)

By: David Stafford

4.12

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive history of the formation of Britain’s Special Operations Executive from those who we… read more

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31. Dick Bong: Ace of Aces

By: George C. Kenney

4.43

Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition

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18 best-selling history books like Dick Bong: Ace of Aces by George C. Kenney

Transform Your Habits

Tail Gunner

Richard C. Rivaz

4.17

Transform Your Habits

If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story

George Wilson

4.16

Transform Your Habits

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

Barry Basden , None

4.72

Transform Your Habits

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

Ben Macintyre

4.25

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21 must-read history books like 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles (World War II Collection) by Cynthia Kraack

Transform Your Habits

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

Alex Kershaw

4.17

Transform Your Habits

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

Damien Lewis

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Into the Rising Sun: In Their Own Words, World War II's Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat

Patrick K. O'Donnell

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Black Hawk Down

Mark Bowden

3.75

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