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OLD SCHOOL TACTICAL: HELL BENT – PACIFIC, 1941-1945

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The British Army
The British Army

Imperial War Museum, Sir Max Hastings

2007

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Uses memorabilia and personal documents from the archives of the Imperial War Museum along with personal accounts to provide an illustrated history of the British Army from the turn of the century to ...

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The British Are Coming
The British Are Coming

Rick Atkinson

2019

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Winner of the George Washington Prize Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the Excellence in American History Book Award Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Mus...

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British Are Coming

Rick Atkinson

2022

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Tells the story of the first twenty months of the bloody struggle to shake free of King George's shackles. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in...

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The British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition)
The British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition)

Rick Atkinson

2022

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How did the United States become the country it is today? What led to its creation? Adapted from Pulitzer Prize–winner Rick Atkinson’s deeply researched and stunningly vivid The British Are Coming, th...

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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

E. B. Sledge

1981

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One of the most powerful firsthand accounts of combat ever written. A U.S. Marine's unsparing memoir of the Pacific island-hopping campaign.

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Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

James D. Hornfischer

2011

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Definitive account of the brutal naval campaign for Guadalcanal, covering six major sea battles fought in Iron Bottom Sound.

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Guadalcanal Diary

Richard Tregaskis

1943

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War correspondent's firsthand diary of the Marines' desperate first weeks on Guadalcanal — one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of WWII Pacific combat.

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Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War

William Manchester

1980

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Manchester revisits the Pacific battlefields of his youth, weaving personal memoir with historical narrative across Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Okinawa.

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The Pacific War
The Pacific War

Daniel Marston

2010

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Offers an introduction to the Pacific War, including such topics as the opening amphibious operations and Japanese naval strategy after Midway.

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The Turning Points in the Pacific
The Turning Points in the Pacific

Charles River Editors

2014

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*Includes pictures *Includes soldiers' accounts of the fighting *Includes bibliographies for further reading Although not as well-remembered as D-Day or even the attack at Pearl Harbor that preceded i...

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Corsair Aces of World War 2

Mark Styling

1999

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Enemy at the Gates
Enemy at the Gates

William Craig

1973

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The definitive account of the Battle of Stalingrad, told through the eyes of soldiers on both sides.

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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege

Antony Beevor

1998

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Beevor's masterful account of the battle that changed the course of WWII on the Eastern Front.

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D-Day: June 6, 1944

Stephen E. Ambrose

1994

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The climactic battle of World War II told through the accounts of those who were there.

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The Longest Day

Cornelius Ryan

1959

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Classic account of the Normandy invasion from all perspectives — Allied, German, and French civilian.

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A Time for Trumpets

Charles B. MacDonald

1985

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Comprehensive history of the Battle of the Bulge by a historian who fought in it.

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Shattered Sword

Jonathan Parshall & Anthony Tully

2005

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Revolutionary account of Midway from the Japanese perspective, debunking many myths.

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Miracle at Midway
Miracle at Midway

Gordon W. Prange

1982

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Detailed reconstruction of the battle that turned the tide in the Pacific.

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Kursk 1943
Kursk 1943

Dennis Showalter

2013

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Authoritative account of the greatest tank battle in history.

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An Army at Dawn
An Army at Dawn

Rick Atkinson

2002

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Pulitzer Prize-winning first volume of Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy covering the North Africa campaign.

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