8 Best world war ii books like The Crucible of War: Auchinleck's Command: The Definitive History of the Desert War by Barrie Pitt

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The Crucible of War: Auchinleck's Command: The Definitive History of the Desert War

By: Barrie Pitt

4.32

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In the second volume, Churchill replaces Sir Claude Auchinleck as commander-in-chief with Field Mar…

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1. The Gathering Storm (The Second World War, #1)

By: Winston S. Churchill

3.66

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

Winston Churchill was not only a statesman and leader of historic proportions, he also possessed su… read more

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2. Grant: The Man who Won The Civil War

By: Robin Neillands

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Sam Grant made famous the expression 'unconditional surrender', which is how most of his campaigns … read more

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3. The Bonnie Dead (DCI Lomond #1)

By: Andrew Raymond

4.47

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

A stolen child. A killer stalking the streets of Glasgow. A troubled detective running out of time.… read more

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4. The Capsarius (Legion XXII, #1)

By: Simon Turney

4.35

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

Warrior and combat medic, Titus Cervianus, must lead a legion and quell the uprisings in Egypt in a… read more

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5. The Railroad (Lynch and Rose #2)

By: Matt Brolly

4.35

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

When a replica toy train locomotive is found at a homicide scene, Special Agent Sandra Rose is seco… read more

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6. 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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7. Dead Man’s Grave (DS Max Craigie, #1)

By: Neil Lancaster

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

This grave can never be opened. The head of Scotland’s most powerful crime family is brutally murd… read more

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8. Frigate (The Cold War Naval Thriller Series Book 1)

By: John Wingate

3.81

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

Don't miss this gripping naval thriller! Perfect for fans of Clive Cussler, Douglas Reeman and Dunc… read more

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9. Going Dark (Tom Novak #1)

By: Neil Lancaster

4.42

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

"Other thriller writers do research. Lancaster lived it. And now he is ready to tell you about it. … read more

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10. The Israeli Campaign of 1967: The Authoritative Account of the Six-Day War (Conflict in the Middle East)

By: Peter Young

4.13

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful and comprehensive study of the Six-Day War for Palestine of 1967.In light of the continu… read more

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11. Coral Sea 1942: Turning the Tide

By: Richard Freeman

4.14

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

In May 1942, the Americans discovered the Japanese planned to take Port Moresby in New Guinea. Aft… read more

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12. The Fleet That Had To Die

By: Richard Hough

4.09

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

By autumn 1904, the Russo-Japanese war had been raging for six months. Routed in Manchuria, the Rus… read more

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13. The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939

By: Frank McDonough

4.48

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From historian Frank McDonough, the first volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler… read more

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14. 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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15. Maritime Supremacy & the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World

By: Peter Padfield

4.08

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

An exciting chronicle of important maritime wars and the nations that fought them defends the notio… read more

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16. The Second World War, Vol. 3: The War at Sea (Essential Histories Book 1)

By: Philip D. Grove

3.90

Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition

This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theaters of combat: the Atlantic, the Med… read more

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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. As it Happened

By: Clement Attlee

3.97

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

"An honourable and gallant gentleman, and a faithful colleague who served his country well at the t… read more

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21. After Dunkirk: Churchill's Sacrifice of the Highland Division

By: Saul David

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

On 12 June 1940, more than a week after the last British troops had been evacuated from Dunkirk, th… read more

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22. The Crucible of War: Auchinleck's Command: The Definitive History of the Desert War

By: Barrie Pitt

4.32

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In the second volume, Churchill replaces Sir Claude Auchinleck as commander-in-chief with Field Mar… read more

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10 Best military fiction books like The Crucible of War: Auchinleck's Command: The Definitive History of the Desert War by Barrie Pitt

Transform Your Habits

The Gathering Storm (The Second World War, #1)

Winston S. Churchill

3.66

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The Capsarius (Legion XXII, #1)

Simon Turney

4.35

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Frigate (The Cold War Naval Thriller Series Book 1)

John Wingate

3.81

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Coral Sea 1942: Turning the Tide

Richard Freeman

4.14

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15 must-read history books like Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment by Hamish Ross

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South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914 - 1917

Ernest Shackleton

4.05

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Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals

Beryl Bainbridge , Robert Falcon Scott

4.20

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Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942

Max Hastings

4.25

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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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