AIR UNIVERSITY LIBRARY INDEX TO MILITARY PERIODICALS
Monte Cassino
2013
NON-FICTIONWaged deep in the Italian mountains beneath a mediaeval monastery, the battle of Monte Cassino was an astonishingly brutal encounter, grinding up ten armies in conditions as bad as the Eastern Front a...
Poland in World War II
2000
NON-FICTIONPoland's participation in World War II is generally little known in the West and is often reduced to stereotypes advanced by the media: German planes attacking the civilian population in 1939 and Poli...
The Historical Atlas of Poland
1986
NON-FICTIONHistorical Geography
2003
NON-FICTIONThe Change in the European Balance of Power, 1938-1939: The Path to Ruin by Williamson Murray
2025
NON-FICTION“A thoroughly documented study of the years of Hitler's triumph — which the author sees as anything but inevitable. He emphasizes Germany's economic difficulties — lack of raw materials and foreign ex...
Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 19411942
2020
NON-FICTIONThe German panzer armies that swept into the Soviet Union in 1941 were an undefeated force that had honed their skill in combined arms warfare to a fine edge. The Germans focused their panzers and tac...
Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
2023
NON-FICTIONTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ‘A rigorous and thoughtful study of what has happened on battlefields over the past eight decades’ THE TIMES ‘A hugely important book ... elegantly written and persuasivel...
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.
Citizen Soldiers
1997
NON-FICTIONThe story of the American infantryman in the ETO from the breakout after D-Day to the fall of Germany, based on hundreds of veteran interviews.
Enemy at the Gates
1973
NON-FICTIONThe definitive account of the Battle of Stalingrad, told through the eyes of soldiers on both sides.
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege
1998
NON-FICTIONBeevor's masterful account of the battle that changed the course of WWII on the Eastern Front.
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.
The Road to Stalingrad
1975
NON-FICTIONFirst volume of Erickson's monumental two-volume history of the Soviet-German war, covering the catastrophic opening campaigns through the winter of 1942.
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.
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.
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944
2007
NON-FICTIONSecond volume of Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy, covering the brutal Allied campaign through Sicily and up the Italian peninsula.
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.
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The War: Europe 1939-1945
2009
Grand strategic game covering the entire European theater of WWII.
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Stalingrad '42
2019
Operational-level simulation of the Stalingrad campaign using chit-pull activation.
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D-Day at Omaha Beach
2009
Solitaire game covering the first critical hours of the Omaha Beach landing.
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The Longest Day
1980
Classic monster wargame covering the entire Normandy campaign at regimental scale.
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Battle of the Bulge 1944
2024
Detailed operational treatment of the Ardennes offensive using the ZOC Bond system.
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Midway
1964
Classic naval wargame simulating the pivotal 1942 carrier battle.
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Kursk: The Southern Front
2010
Part of the Operational Combat Series covering the southern pincer at Kursk.
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Enemy Coast Ahead: The Dambuster Raid
2019
Solitaire game recreating the famous 617 Squadron bouncing-bomb raid on the Ruhr dams.
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Barbarossa: Army Group South
2001
Part of the Barbarossa series. Covers the Wehrmacht's drive into Ukraine in 1941.
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A Bridge Too Far
1977
Classic simulation of Operation Market Garden, the Allied airborne operation of 1944.
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Ardennes '44
2003
Acclaimed operational simulation of the Battle of the Bulge.
Overlord: Normandy 1944
2021
Strategic-level game of the Normandy invasion and campaign.
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DAK2
2006
Comprehensive operational simulation of the entire North Africa campaign.
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Rommel in the Desert
1982
Card-driven block game of the North Africa campaign. Fast and elegant.
Coral Sea
1979
Classic carrier battle game simulating the first fleet engagement fought entirely by aircraft.
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Carrier
1990
Solitaire game of naval air warfare in the Pacific, playable across multiple scenarios.
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'Wacht am Rhein': The Battle of the Bulge, 16 Dec 44 – 2 Jan 45
1977
Designed by Joseph M. Balkoski, Jim Dunnigan, Redmond A. Simonsen