17 must-read nonfiction books like The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943 by Lloyd Clark

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The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943

By: Lloyd Clark

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two million men supported by 6,000 tanks, 35,000 guns, and 5,000 aircraft convened in Kursk--on the…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943 by Lloyd Clark , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of The Histories by Herodotus, Aubrey de Sélincourt, John M. Marincola

1. The Histories

By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Format: 716 pages, Paperback

David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Hippocleides doesn't care."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"So much, then, for the fish."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."

-Herodotus, The Histories

Cover of Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell

2. Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

‘Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.’ Bestselling author Bernard Co… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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3. The Somme

By: Peter Hart

4.03

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of one of the bloodiest battles in world history―a military tragedy that wou… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"This is what is called dying for your country, but it is actually selling your soul to a few profiteers for a shilling, and being massacred to satisfy their selfish purposes. And they call it WAR--an…"

-Peter Hart, The Somme

Cover of Winston's War: Churchill, 1940-1945 by Max Hastings

4. Winston's War: Churchill, 1940-1945

By: Max Hastings

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Hardcover

A vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill during wartime from acclaimed historian Max Hast… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 by Antony Beevor

5. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943

By: Antony Beevor

4.32

Format: 494 pages, Paperback

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder

6. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

By: Timothy Snyder

4.38

Format: 524 pages, Hardcover

Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"Now we will live!"

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"Closure is a false harmony, a siren song masquerading as a swan song."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"The vast majority of Jews killed in the Holocaust never saw a concentration camp."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"When meaning is drawn from killing, the risk is that more killing would bring about more meaning."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

Cover of The Second World War by Antony Beevor

7. The Second World War

By: Antony Beevor

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier hist… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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8. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

By: Antony Beevor

4.00

Format: 10 pages, Hardcover

Making use of overlooked and new material from over 30 archives in half a dozen countries, 'D-Day' … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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9. The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943

By: Lloyd Clark

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two million men supported by 6,000 tanks, 35,000 guns, and 5,000 aircraft convened in Kursk--on the… read more

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

10. A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940

By: William R. Trotter

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

In 1939, tiny Finland waged war - the kind of war that spawns legends - against the mighty Soviet U… read more

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11. Happy Odyssey

By: None

3.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

Adrian Carton de Wiart s autobiography is one of the most remarkable of military memoirs. He was in… read more

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12. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more

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13. Mila 18

By: Leon Uris

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

It was a time of crisis, a time of tragedy and a time of transcendent courage and determination. Le… read more

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14. Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime

By: Val McDermid

4.25

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of r… read more

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15. Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler's Fleet

By: Iain Ballantyne

4.23

Format: None pages,

In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, broke out in… read more

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16. Ring Of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I

By: None

5.00

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning historian presents a groundbreaking new history of World War I from the perspectiv… read more

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17. Crete: The Battle And The Resistance

By: Antony Beevor

4.32

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

A riveting account of the fall of Greece, the Battle of Crete, and the Cretan Resistance, from the … read more

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18. Das Reich: The March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Through France, June 1944

By: Max Hastings

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

World-renowned British historian Sir Max Hastings recounts one of the most horrific months of World… read more

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19. Legions of Rome: The Definitive History of Every Imperial Roman Legion

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

3.00

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

A complete history of every Imperial Roman legion and what it achieved as a fighting force. read more

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20. The Guns of August

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

4.18

Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition

The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

Cover of Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller) by Simon Scarrow

21. Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1940. The world holds its breath and hopes for peace. At home, the Nazi Party’s grip on po… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
Cover of The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 by James  Holland

22. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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23. The Gathering

By: C.J. Tudor

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secret… read more

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Cover of Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day by James  Holland

24. Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

By: James Holland

4.47

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legen… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The End and the Death: Volume III (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra) by Dan Abnett

25. The End and the Death: Volume III (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra)

By: Dan Abnett

4.48

Format: 507 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 8, Part 3 It all comes down to this final confrontation – the Emperor versus… read more

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"And in the end. It's just a man killing his son with a stone...then the galaxy burns"

-Dan Abnett, The End and the Death: Volume III (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra)

Cover of Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 by Max Hastings

26. Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942

By: Max Hastings

4.25

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operati… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Radio Operator on the Eastern Front: An Illustrated Memoir, 1940–1949 by Erhard Steiniger

27. Radio Operator on the Eastern Front: An Illustrated Memoir, 1940–1949

By: Erhard Steiniger

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the true and dramatic testimony of a German grenadier during World War II. read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe by James  Holland

28. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Rebellion (Eagles of the Empire #22) by Simon Scarrow

29. Rebellion (Eagles of the Empire #22)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.65

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

1st-century Britannia is the setting for an epic and action-packed novel of tribal uprisings, battl… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey

30. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689

By: Jonathan Healey

4.20

Format: 492 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of War in the Boats: My WWII Submarine Battles (Memories of War) by William J. Ruhe

31. War in the Boats: My WWII Submarine Battles (Memories of War)

By: William J. Ruhe

4.32

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Submarine duty in World War II took the lives of more than 20 percent of U.S. submariners. As a you… read more

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

13 Best military fiction books like The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943 by Lloyd Clark

Transform Your Habits

Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles

Bernard Cornwell

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Somme

Peter Hart

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943

Antony Beevor

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Second World War

Antony Beevor

4.11

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16 best-selling history books like Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 by Antony Beevor

Transform Your Habits

Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.24

Transform Your Habits

D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

Transform Your Habits

1776

David McCullough

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

4.22

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