CARRIER: THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC CAMPAIGN – 1942-1943
The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain
2000
NON-FICTIONThe definitive account of the Battle of Britain, correcting myths and using statistical analysis alongside narrative to explain RAF's victory.
Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain
1977
NON-FICTIONAuthoritative and readable account of the Battle of Britain examining both RAF and Luftwaffe perspectives on the pivotal 1940 air campaign.
A Bridge Too Far
1974
NON-FICTIONThe definitive account of Operation Market Garden — the bold Allied airborne assault into Holland that ended in catastrophe at Arnhem.
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
1981
MEMOIROne of the most powerful firsthand accounts of combat ever written. A U.S. Marine's unsparing memoir of the Pacific island-hopping campaign.
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
2011
NON-FICTIONDefinitive account of the brutal naval campaign for Guadalcanal, covering six major sea battles fought in Iron Bottom Sound.
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
MEMOIRWar correspondent's firsthand diary of the Marines' desperate first weeks on Guadalcanal — one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of WWII Pacific combat.
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
1980
MEMOIRManchester revisits the Pacific battlefields of his youth, weaving personal memoir with historical narrative across Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Okinawa.
Britain at Bay
2020
NON-FICTIONShortlisted for The Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2021A Times History Book of the Year'Britain's wartime story has been told many times, but never as cleverly as this' Dominic Sandbroo...
Britain's Anti-submarine Capability, 1919-1939
2003
NON-FICTIONDrawing extensively on primary resources, George Franklin traces the evolution of all the various parts of Britain's anti-submarine capability, including sensors, weapons, ships, aircraft and the orga...
Battle of Britain
1999
NON-FICTIONIn this text, Deighton and Hastings look at how the few defended Britain in the Battle of Britain. They depict the reality of the battle and how it was enacted by those who took part, whether in the a...
The Battle of Britain
2011
NON-FICTION"First published in Great Britain by Bantam Press"--T.p. verso.
Battle of Britain (Special Ed)
2010
NON-FICTIONDrawing on extensive new research from around the world, this is the first narrative history of the Battle of Britain to provide a complete picture of that fateful summer of 1940. Telling the story of...
D-Day: June 6, 1944
1994
NON-FICTIONThe climactic battle of World War II told through the accounts of those who were there.
The Longest Day
1959
NON-FICTIONClassic account of the Normandy invasion from all perspectives — Allied, German, and French civilian.
A Time for Trumpets
1985
NON-FICTIONComprehensive history of the Battle of the Bulge by a historian who fought in it.
Band of Brothers
1992
NON-FICTIONThe story of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from D-Day to the end of the war in Europe. Basis for the HBO miniseries.
Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
1984
NON-FICTIONCritical analysis of the Normandy campaign arguing that Allied infantry performance fell short against the Wehrmacht despite material superiority.