Born of the Desert: With the SAS in North Africa
By: Malcolm James
4.33
Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition
An SAS medical officer’s gripping memoir of his WWII service in North Africa.Born of the Desert is …
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1. Boarding Party
By: James Leasor
3.00
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
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2. The Maltese Falcon
By: Dashiell Hammett
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a l… read more
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3. The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
By: Alistair Urquhart
3.80
Format: 245 pages,
Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore. He… read more
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5. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
By: Ben Macintyre
4.22
Format: None pages,
The incredible untold story of WWII s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern m… read more
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6. Hitler
By: Ian Kershaw
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
"The Hitler biography of the twenty-first century" (Richard J. Evans), Ian Kershaw's Hitleris a new… read more
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7. David Stirling (Founder of the SAS): Who Dares Wins
By: Anton Gill
3.62
Format: 240 pages,
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8. 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
9. Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of The Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII
By: Damien Lewis
4.41
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Br… read more
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10. Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe
By: James Holland
4.33
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Nor… read more
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11. SAS great escapes
By: Damien Lewis
4.26
Format: 10 pages, Audible Audio
No food. No water. Out of ammo. Safety is south. But between there and here is 150 miles of barren … read more
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12. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)
By: Elly Griffiths
4.27
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more
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13. 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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14. Eye of the Storm: 25 Years in Action with the SAS
By: Peter Ratcliffe
4.32
Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition
A fast-paced, dramatic, funny and occasionally disturbing account of Peter Ratcliffe's 25-year care… read more
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15. 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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16. 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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17. Churchill's Shadow Raiders: The Race to Develop Radar, World War II's Invisible Secret Weapon
By: Damien Lewis
4.40
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning war reporter and internationally bestselling author Damien Lewis, a blistering a… read more
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18. Ypres, 1917: A Personal Account (Full Pack — A Private’s War)
By: NORMAN GLADDEN
4.26
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
An enthralling eyewitness account of the bloody battle of Passchendaele. Perfect for fans of Lyn Ma… read more
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19. Storm From the Sea: A Classic World War Two Commando Memoir (Memories of a Commando Book 1)
By: Peter Young
4.11
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
An unforgettable personal account of fighting with the Commandos in World War Two.An ideal book for… read more
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20. Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment
By: Hamish Ross
4.26
Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition
An Irish solicitor and international rugby player, Blair 'Paddy' Mayne became one of the most outst… read more
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21. Innovation In The Face Of Adversity: Major-General Sir Percy Hobart And The 79th Armoured Division (British)
By: Michael J. Daniels
4.05
Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition
On 11 March 1943, the Chief of the British Imperial General Staff, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, m… read more
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22. 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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23. Churchill's Hellraisers: The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress
By: Damien Lewis
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
An impossible mission in wartime Italy: the next explosive bestseller from Damien Lewis. In the … read more
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24. Tank Commander: From the Fall of France to the Defeat of Germany: The Memoirs of Bill Close
By: Bill Close
4.17
Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition
A remarkable World War II survival story and combat memoir by “an indestructible wartime tank comma… read more
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25. Gentleman Jim: The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS & Special Forces
By: Lorna Almonds-Windmill
4.34
Format: 491 pages, Kindle Edition
This remarkable story of Jim Almonds (Gentleman Jim) is set in wartime England, the western desert,… read more
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26. 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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27. Caen: Anvil of Victory (Alexander McKee Presents: Key Engagements in World War II)
By: Alexander McKee
3.98
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The epic account of how the fate of Operation Overlord and the Battle of Normandy was determined at… read more
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28. Born of the Desert: With the SAS in North Africa
By: Malcolm James
4.33
Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition
An SAS medical officer’s gripping memoir of his WWII service in North Africa.Born of the Desert is … read more
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29. Forged in Hell: The Gripping True Story of the Special Forces Heroes Who Broke the Nazi Stranglehold
By: Damien Lewis
4.50
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Combining riveting combat writing with masterful research, award-winning historian and #1 internati… read more
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30. In Rommel's Backyard: A memoir of the Long Range Desert Group
By: Alistair Timpson
4.28
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
Alastair Timpson belonged to that generation of young men who were propelled straight from public s… read more
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31. The Marine from Mandalay
By: James Leasor
4.37
Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition
‘A remarkable tale, either the man should have been court-martialled - or he should have received i… read more
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