18 Best nonfiction books like Remarkable Journeys of the Second World War: A Collection of Untold Stories by Victoria Panton Bacon

Cover of Remarkable Journeys of the Second World War: A Collection of Untold Stories by Victoria Panton Bacon

Remarkable Journeys of the Second World War: A Collection of Untold Stories

By: Victoria Panton Bacon

3.92

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by conversations with many veterans following the publication of her grandfather's wartime…

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

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

By: Alex Kershaw

4.17

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under t… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) by Hilary Mantel

2. Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)

By: Hilary Mantel

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has fai… read more

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Cover of Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 by Don Hagen, Volker Ullrich

3. Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939

By: Don Hagen , Volker Ullrich

4.43

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A major new biography-an extraordinary, penetrating study of the man who has become the personifica… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
"Kershaw did not minimise the historical role played by his insane, ideological fixations, but he did illustrate that without the readiness of many people to work for the man in charge, there would ha…"

-Don Hagen, Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939

"Hitler's unusually improvisational and personal style of leadership, which created constant responsibility conflicts and an anarchic tangle of offices and portfolios, was anything but an expression o…"

-Don Hagen, Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939

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4. The Places in Between

By: Rory Stewart

3.89

Format: 7 pages, Paperback

In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Pers… read more

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

5. 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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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Warriors: Portraits from the Battlefield by Max Hastings

6. Warriors: Portraits from the Battlefield

By: Max Hastings

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Heroism in battle has been celebrated throughout history, yet it is one of the least understood vir… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Escape From The Rising Sun; The Incredible Voyage Of The Sederhana Djohanis by Ian Skidmore

7. Escape From The Rising Sun; The Incredible Voyage Of The Sederhana Djohanis

By: Ian Skidmore

3.79

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

February, 1942. Singapore has fallen. The British Army, retreating in disorder before the terrible … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

8. Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front

By: Günter K. Koschorrek

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

For the German soldier fighting under Hitler, keeping a diary was strictly forbidden. So Gunter Kos… read more

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9. Combat Crew

By: John Comer

4.00

Format: 100 pages, Kindle Edition

Combat Crew is one of the best memoirs about the air war over Europe ever written. John Comer kept … read more

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10. Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific

By: William Marvel , None , None

3.64

Format: 288 pages,

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Cover of Hogs in the Sand: A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal by Buck Wyndham

11. Hogs in the Sand: A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal

By: Buck Wyndham

4.28

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index fin… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3) by Hilary Mantel

12. The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

By: Hilary Mantel

4.39

Format: 759 pages, Paperback

With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with … read more

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"Everybody wants something, if only for the pain to stop."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

"Those who think a heart cannot break have led blessed and sheltered lives."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

"It was not by a serpent, but by paper and ink that evil came into the world."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

"You can persuade the quick to think again, but you cannot remake your reputation with the dead."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

Cover of A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell

13. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

By: Sonia Purnell

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The never-before-told story of one woman's heroism that changed the course of the Second World War … read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of The Landscape of Death (DCI Tom Raven #1) by M.S. Morris

14. The Landscape of Death (DCI Tom Raven #1)

By: M.S. Morris

4.36

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

A Murder. A Homecoming. A Day of Reckoning. A man’s body washes up on a beach on the North Yorks… read more

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Cover of The Pier (Detective Louise Blackwell #5) by Matt Brolly

15. The Pier (Detective Louise Blackwell #5)

By: Matt Brolly

4.41

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Blackwell will do anything to keep her niece safe. And the bomber knows it. When a local scho… read more

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Cover of Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian W. Toll

16. 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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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 by Ian W. Toll

17. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

By: Ian W. Toll

4.76

Format: 944 pages, Hardcover

Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"

-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

Cover of The Gates of Athens by Conn Iggulden

18. The Gates of Athens

By: Conn Iggulden

4.27

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

490 B.C. Two great empires are about to go to war . . . The momentous struggle between Athens… read more

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  • war
Cover of Fighting Fox Company: The Battling Flank of the Band of Brothers by Terry Poyser

19. Fighting Fox Company: The Battling Flank of the Band of Brothers

By: Terry Poyser

4.39

Format: 507 pages, Kindle Edition

“Intense . . . anyone familiar with the Band of Brothers story will want to read this book” (Milita… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Escape From Arnhem: A Canadian Among the Lost Paratroops (Memoirs from World War Two) by Leo Heaps

20. 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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  • history
Cover of The London Girls by Soraya M. Lane

21. The London Girls

By: Soraya M. Lane

4.41

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Last Correspondent comes a remarkable story of three young women… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
"Typical; something exciting was announced for women, and everyone just carried on as normal, without a second thought."

-Soraya M. Lane, The London Girls

"That was the last time a man was ever going to make a fool of her. From now on, she was going to learn to look after herself, and no man was ever going to control her life or tell her what to do."

-Soraya M. Lane, The London Girls

"Flo, one thing I’ve learned is that life is too short,’ Olivia told her. ‘If you have feelings for the man,’ she whispered, ‘take a chance, have some fun. Lord knows you deserve it. And don’t forget …"

-Soraya M. Lane, The London Girls

"I’m riding motorcycles for a job, Mother! They’re calling us the Flying Wrens, and in case you’ve forgotten, there’s a war going on! People are losing their families.’ She shook her head. ‘It’s not a…"

-Soraya M. Lane, The London Girls

Cover of Hitler: Downfall, 1939-45 by Volker Ullrich

22. Hitler: Downfall, 1939-45

By: Volker Ullrich

4.60

Format: 848 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1939 Hitler was at the zenith of his power. The Nazis had consolidated their autho… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of The Combat Diaries: True Stories from the Frontlines of World War II by Mike Guardia

23. The Combat Diaries: True Stories from the Frontlines of World War II

By: Mike Guardia

4.40

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

From the beaches of Normandy to the shores of Iwo Jima. Harrowing tales of combat…as told by the me… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of The Long March on Rome: The Forgotten War (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

24. 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
Cover of 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

25. 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
Cover of Cunningham: The Greatest Admiral Since Nelson by John Winton

26. Cunningham: The Greatest Admiral Since Nelson

By: John Winton

4.47

Format: 673 pages, Kindle Edition

Cunningham's active duty career stretched from the Boer War to the end of World War II, where his a… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s by Jonathan Oates

27. Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s

By: Jonathan Oates

3.60

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Unsolved crimes have a special fascination, none more so than unsolved murders. The shock of the cr… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Stained with Blood (DCI Tom Raven, #7) by M.S. Morris

28. Stained with Blood (DCI Tom Raven, #7)

By: M.S. Morris

4.56

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

A battle. A killing. An echo of history.Scarborough Castle, high on the headland, is the picturesqu… read more

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Cover of Mongoose Bravo: Vietnam: A Time of Reflection Over Events So Long Ago by Timothy McCullough

29. Mongoose Bravo: Vietnam: A Time of Reflection Over Events So Long Ago

By: Timothy McCullough

4.26

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

This project has taken me a lot longer than anticipated. I would guess that I’ve been at it for mo… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Remarkable Journeys of the Second World War: A Collection of Untold Stories by Victoria Panton Bacon

30. Remarkable Journeys of the Second World War: A Collection of Untold Stories

By: Victoria Panton Bacon

3.92

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by conversations with many veterans following the publication of her grandfather's wartime… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Four Year Warfare: The Story of a World War II Soldier by Victoria Greene

31. Four Year Warfare: The Story of a World War II Soldier

By: Victoria Greene

3.60

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

HISTORY UNTOLD This is a true recollection of a soldiers experience in the second world war. This i… read more

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18 Top history books like Remarkable Journeys of the Second World War: A Collection of Untold Stories by Victoria Panton Bacon

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

Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939

Don Hagen , Volker Ullrich

4.43

Transform Your Habits

The Places in Between

Rory Stewart

3.89

Transform Your Habits

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

Rick Atkinson

4.67

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10 best-selling history books like The Long March on Rome: The Forgotten War (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

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The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

William L. Shirer

4.29

Transform Your Habits

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

Scott Cook

4.47

Transform Your Habits

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

Leo Heaps

4.25

Transform Your Habits

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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