14 Best world war ii books like Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II by Charles B. MacDonald

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Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II

By: Charles B. MacDonald

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

As a newly commisioned Captain of a veteran Army regiment, MacDonald's first combat was war at its …

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Cover of D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches by Stephen E. Ambrose

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

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

It is the young men born into the false prosperity of the 1920s and brought up in the bitter realit… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"No matter how bad things got, no matter how anxious the staff became, the commander had to “preserve optimism in himself and in his command. Without confidence, enthusiasm and optimism in the command…"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

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2. Tigers In The Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius

By: Otto Carius

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

WWII began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the mo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of What It is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes

3. What It is Like to Go to War

By: Karl Marlantes

4.00

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Matterhorn, this is a powerful nonfiction book abo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Thinking you might be crazy can drive you crazy."

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

"The time for debilitating fear is before and after the mission."

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

"Quitting is unthinkable and pain is just weakness leaving the body"

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

"Everything is touched by the holy when it is in the presence of death."

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

Cover of Domes of Fire (The Tamuli, #1) by David Eddings

4. Domes of Fire (The Tamuli, #1)

By: David Eddings

4.33

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Danger stalked Queen Ehlana's realm. When an ambasador from the far-off Tamul Empire begged for hel… read more

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5. The Shining Ones (The Tamuli, #2)

By: David Eddings

3.94

Format: 489 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Book Two of The Tamuli. The New York Times Bestseller! Years ago, the Child-Goddess Aphrael had hid… read more

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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

6. 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
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Crack! and Thump: With a Combat Infantry Officer in World War II by Barry Basden, None

7. 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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  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Paul Fussell, Eugene B. Sledge

8. 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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  • american history
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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"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

Cover of To Hell and Back by Tom Brokaw, Audie Murphy

9. To Hell and Back

By: Tom Brokaw , Audie Murphy

4.25

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

The classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War II, back in … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
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  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Suddenly I see the comedy of little men, myself included, who are pitted against a riddle that is as vast and indifferent as the blue sky above us. (pg. 170)"

-Tom Brokaw, To Hell and Back

"Perhaps it is the knowledge that we carry in our hearts that nobody ultimately wins. Somewhere we all go down. Force used tyrannically is our common enemy. Why align ourselves with it in whatever sha…"

-Tom Brokaw, To Hell and Back

"Now comes the picture of mass defeat, the most awesome spectacle of the war. It is in the bent bodies of old women who poke among ruins seeking some miserable object that will link their lives with t…"

-Tom Brokaw, To Hell and Back

10. 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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11. We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

By: Harold G. Moore , Joseph L. Galloway

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both releva… read more

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12. The Sapphire Rose (The Elenium, #3)

By: David Eddings

3.96

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The concluding volume of the masterful Elenium trilogy. The jewel of life is rescued from the dista… read more

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13. The Ruby Knight (The Elenium, #2)

By: David Eddings

3.96

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ehlana, Queen of Elenia, has been poisoned. A deep enchantment sustains her life, but it will end s… read more

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14. Harvey

By: Mary Chase

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

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15. Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II

By: Charles B. MacDonald

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

As a newly commisioned Captain of a veteran Army regiment, MacDonald's first combat was war at its … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
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  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
Cover of The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII by Bob Drury

16. The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

By: Bob Drury

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more

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

17. 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 Hey Doc!: The Battle of Okinawa As Remembered by a Marine Corpsman by Ed Wells

18. Hey Doc!: The Battle of Okinawa As Remembered by a Marine Corpsman

By: Ed Wells

4.36

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

An amazing story of perseverance and everyday courage. This is the wartime memories of a Marine Cor… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
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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

19. 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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Cover of Living on Borrowed Time by William Horton

20. Living on Borrowed Time

By: William Horton

3.98

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

As a medic in Europe during World War II, William Horton had some pretty crazy experiences. Luckily… read more

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Cover of Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967 by Doyle D. Glass

21. Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967

By: Doyle D. Glass

4.56

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

Redesigned cover art and upgraded manuscript to showcase the true story of 164 Marines and Navy Cor… read more

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"A hailstorm of rocket-propelled grenades, thundering mortars, and AK-47 machine-gun fire strafed the exposed men from all directions. The Marines of Mike Company had walked into an ambush laid by ove…"

-Doyle D. Glass, Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967

Cover of Advance Men: My Reconnaissance Tour With Patton's Third Army by William C. "Bill" McCormick

22. Advance Men: My Reconnaissance Tour With Patton's Third Army

By: William C. "Bill" McCormick

4.09

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

A World War II memoir. I served in Troop A of the 43rd Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron a… read more

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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
  • military fiction
  • war
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  • nonfiction
Cover of Full Bloody Circle (Miles to Vietnam #4) by William Peter Grasso

24. Full Bloody Circle (Miles to Vietnam #4)

By: William Peter Grasso

4.55

Format: 444 pages, Kindle Edition

The Miles to Vietnam saga continues as First Lieutenant Jif Miles of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobil… read more

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Cover of The Iron Triangle: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Douglas L. Edwards

25. The Iron Triangle: A Novel of the Vietnam War

By: Douglas L. Edwards

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The Iron Triangle, tells the story of a ill conceived mission that goes horribly wrong. It is a cha… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II by Adam Makos

26. Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II

By: Adam Makos

4.53

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the international bestseller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Roll Me Over: An Infantryman's World War II by Raymond Gantter

27. Roll Me Over: An Infantryman's World War II

By: Raymond Gantter

4.18

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

When Raymond Gantter arrived in Normandy in the fall of 1944, bodies were still washing up from the… read more

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  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Still a PFC: A Combat Marine in World War II: The Pacific Theater (1942-1945): Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, & Iwo Jima by Eugene  H. Peterson

28. Still a PFC: A Combat Marine in World War II: The Pacific Theater (1942-1945): Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, & Iwo Jima

By: Eugene H. Peterson

4.42

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

By choice, chance and God’s hand, I survived some extremely trying times in the Marine Corps during… read more

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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

29. 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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Cover of Never Say Goodbye: A True Story by Robert Anstey

30. Never Say Goodbye: A True Story

By: Robert Anstey

4.45

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

While this evil war has torn half the world apart, it has also pulled half the world together. This… read more

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  • military history
Cover of Life of a Dogface WWII Combat Infantryman by Bill  O'Brien

31. Life of a Dogface WWII Combat Infantryman

By: Bill O'Brien

4.08

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Bill O’Brien was drafted for World War 2 and sent to the European Theater just weeks after D-Day, r… read more

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18 Best history books like Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II by Charles B. MacDonald

Transform Your Habits

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

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Tigers In The Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius

Otto Carius

4.06

Transform Your Habits

What It is Like to Go to War

Karl Marlantes

4.00

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

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9 best-selling historical books like Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II by Adam Makos

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

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

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Transform Your Habits

The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

Bob Drury

4.34

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