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MATCH 31
The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain

Stephen Bungay

2000

NON-FICTION

The definitive account of the Battle of Britain, correcting myths and using statistical analysis alongside narrative to explain RAF's victory.

Same eventSame warTags: Aerial, Europe, WWII, Western Front
MATCH 31
Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain

Len Deighton

1977

NON-FICTION

Authoritative and readable account of the Battle of Britain examining both RAF and Luftwaffe perspectives on the pivotal 1940 air campaign.

Same eventSame warTags: Aerial, Europe, WWII, Western Front
MATCH 24
A Bridge Too Far

Cornelius Ryan

1974

NON-FICTION

The definitive account of Operation Market Garden — the bold Allied airborne assault into Holland that ended in catastrophe at Arnhem.

Same warTags: Aerial, Combined Arms, Europe, WWII, Western Front
MATCH 21
D-Day: June 6, 1944

Stephen E. Ambrose

1994

NON-FICTION

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

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, WWII, Western Front
MATCH 21
The Longest Day

Cornelius Ryan

1959

NON-FICTION

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

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, WWII, Western Front
MATCH 21
Normandy Invasion 1944 Poster

Ronald Story

2007

MILITARY HISTORY
Same warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, WWII, Western Front
MATCH 21
Normandy Invasion, June 1944

Roy Stanley II USAF

2013

MILITARY HISTORY
Same warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, WWII, Western Front
MATCH 21
Normandy 1944
Normandy 1944

Rémy Desquesnes

1993

MILITARY HISTORY
Same warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, WWII, Western Front
MATCH 21
Absolute War: Soviet Russia in the Second World War

Chris Bellamy

2007

NON-FICTION

Comprehensive history of the Soviet-German war drawing on newly opened Russian archives. Covers the full sweep from Barbarossa to Berlin.

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Eastern Europe, Eastern Front, WWII
MATCH 21
Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict, 1941–45

Alan Clark

1965

NON-FICTION

Gripping operational narrative of the Eastern Front campaign from the 1941 invasion to Germany's defeat. A foundational text of Eastern Front history.

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Eastern Europe, Eastern Front, WWII
MATCH 21
Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy

Max Hastings

1984

NON-FICTION

Critical analysis of the Normandy campaign arguing that Allied infantry performance fell short against the Wehrmacht despite material superiority.

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, WWII, Western Front
MATCH 21
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa

David M Glantz

2011

NON-FICTION

On 22 June 1941 Hitler unleashed his forces on the Soviet Union. Spearheaded by four powerful Panzer groups and protected by an impenetrable curtain of air support, the seemingly invincible Wehrmacht ...

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Eastern Europe, Eastern Front, WWII
MATCH 21
Barbarossa Derailed
Barbarossa Derailed

David Glantz

2014

NON-FICTION

The supplemental companion to a two-part study on Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's plan to invade Soviet Russia during World War II. Volume three, the Documentary Companion to Barbarossa Derailed, conta...

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Eastern Europe, Eastern Front, WWII
MATCH 21
Barbarossa Derailed: the Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941
Barbarossa Derailed: the Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941

David M. Glantz

2016

NON-FICTION

This groundbreaking new study, now significantly expanded, exploits a wealth of Soviet and German archival materials, including the combat orders and operational of the German OKW, OKH, army groups, a...

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Eastern Europe, Eastern Front, WWII
MATCH 21
The Fall of Berlin, 1945
The Fall of Berlin, 1945

Antony Beevor

2002

NON-FICTION

Chronicles the horror of Berlin's fall to the Soviets in 1945, recalling the starvation, exposure, artillery fire, rape, and mass destruction that marked the Red Army's final push on Germany's capital...

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Eastern Europe, Eastern Front, WWII
MATCH 21
Berlin
Berlin

Antony Beevor

2007

MEMOIR

The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructors rammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality. The result was the most...

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Eastern Europe, Eastern Front, WWII
MATCH 21
Normandy 44
Normandy 44

James Holland

2019

NON-FICTION

________________ Renowned World War Two historian James Holland presents an entirely new perspective on one of the most important moments in recent history. Unflinchingly examining the brutality and v...

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, WWII, Western Front
MATCH 21
Normandy
Normandy

James Holland

2020

NON-FICTION

'A devastating new account..Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military matters' Daily Mail, Book of the Week 'A superb account of the invasion that deserves immense praise. To convey the human ...

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, WWII, Western Front
MATCH 21
Normandy '44
Normandy '44

James Holland

2019

NON-FICTION

A history of World War II's Operation Overlord, from the campaign's planning to its execution, as Allied forces battled to take France back from Germany. D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days ...

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, WWII, Western Front
MATCH 21
Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army From The Beaches of Normandy to the Surrender of Germany
Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army From The Beaches of Normandy to the Surrender of Germany

Stephen E. Ambrose

2011

NON-FICTION

In this riveting account, historian Stephen Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Ambrose again follows the individual characters of this noble, brutal, and tragic war, from ...

Same warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, WWII, Western Front