Second World War books

Volume 1 of the first concise history of fighter-bomber development in the USA, from 1945 until 1990, including...  Read More >>

This collection of nine wide-ranging and skillfully written stories shows Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie as a vulnerable...  Read More >>

The book ""Get the Hell Out of There!"" by Donald Harold Schuh is a historical account of the USS Helena CL50 and...  Read More >>

A posthumous memoir, My Dear Boy recounts Oswald ""Valdik"" Holzer's tale of refuge, resiliency, and hope as a Czechoslovakian...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1994, This Working-Day World is lively collection of essays presenting a social, political...  Read More >>

Franklin Roosevelt awoke on September 1, 1939 to the news that Germany invaded Poland, signaling the start of World...  Read More >>

22 June 1940. Britain stands alone. The French have signed an armistice with Hitler's Germany. Prime Minister Winston...  Read More >>

After visiting a friend who returned from World War II confined in a body cast, Kathy Collens felt compelled to...  Read More >>

The Crush of Wine and War is a WWII story set against the myth of Austria's victimization by Hitler and the reality...  Read More >>

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In the wake of the Second World War, the victorious Allied armies distributed twenty million political questionnaires,...  Read More >>

After visiting a friend who returned from World War II confined in a body cast, Kathy Collens felt compelled to...  Read More >>

"About the book: Set against the backdrop of post-World War II and the Cold War era, ""Baptism by Blood"" takes...  Read More >>

Hamilton McWhorter III's service to family and country make him a standout among America's Greatest Generation....  Read More >>

From the Smoky Mountains to war and action over Germany to The Great Escape Camp in World War II-the life of my...  Read More >>

Nazi Germany provides a comprehensive survey of the National Socialist dictatorship, artfully balancing social and...  Read More >>

The second in the Clement Wisdom series of thrillers that mix historical fact, crime fiction and superb characterisations....  Read More >>

"""A novel featuring plucky aspiring journalist Emmy Lake as she navigates life, love, and friendship in London...  Read More >>

As the tide of war shifted in the Pacific, the stage was set for the final showdown against the Japanese Empire....  Read More >>

More than two thousand people from the British Channel Islands were deported to and interned in Germany during the...  Read More >>

Shortly after the British and Indian forces had withdrawn from Burma in the face of the Japanese onslaught in 1942,...  Read More >>

Massachusetts State Police Agent Lili D'Amico and retired engineer Gil Novak were enjoying the last couple of weeks...  Read More >>

On July 4, 1944, Americans launched a bloody offensive in the bocage and marshes of Normandy, to break out of their...  Read More >>

"A sailor's extraordinary experiences on an American submarine in the Pacific are candidly reported in this eyewitness...  Read More >>

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a...  Read More >>