Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
By: James Holland
4.45
Format: 650 pages, Hardcover
D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Alli…
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By: Donald L. Miller
4.18
Format: 671 pages, Hardcover
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2. Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble
By: Antony Beevor
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The prizewinning historian and bestselling author of D-Day and Stalingradreconstructs the Battle of… read more
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3. Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945
By: Rana Mitter
4.00
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The epic, untold story of China's devastating eight-year war of resistance against Japan For decade… read more
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5. Blue at the Mizzen
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of … read more
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6. She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
By: Helen Castor
3.80
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When Edward VI - Henry VIII's longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left… read more
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7. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
By: Anna Keay
4.39
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more
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8. Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
By: Antony Beevor
4.21
Format: 459 pages, Hardcover
The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian … read more
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"It is only when one faces death, observed one of the men there, that one realises the great value of life."-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
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9. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
By: James Holland
4.45
Format: 650 pages, Hardcover
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10. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
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4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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11. 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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12. Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War
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4.10
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Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run para… read more
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13. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
By: Max Hastings
4.40
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
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14. Sand & Steel: The D-Day Invasions and the Liberation of France
By: Peter Caddick-Adams
4.63
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15. Barbarossa: How Hitler Lost the War
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4.35
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4.30
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4.17
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4.41
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4.50
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4.51
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21. 1945: Victory in the West
By: Peter Caddick-Adams
4.55
Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition
'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more
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