SOUTH AFRICA IN WORLD WAR II
The Bloody Road to Tunis
2015
NON-FICTIONAs the Afrika Korps withdrew after a bruising defeat at El Alamein, it became apparent that Axis forces would not be able to maintain their hold over Libya. Rommel pulled his troops back to Tunisia, d...
Air Commanders
2012
MEMOIRThis book combines short military biographies and operational analyses to reveal how the personalities, attitudes, and life experiences of twelve outstanding U.S. airmen shaped the central air campaig...
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.
A Time for Trumpets
1985
NON-FICTIONComprehensive history of the Battle of the Bulge by a historian who fought in it.
Shattered Sword
2005
NON-FICTIONRevolutionary account of Midway from the Japanese perspective, debunking many myths.
Miracle at Midway
1982
NON-FICTIONDetailed reconstruction of the battle that turned the tide in the Pacific.
Kursk 1943
2013
NON-FICTIONAuthoritative account of the greatest tank battle in history.
An Army at Dawn
2002
NON-FICTIONPulitzer Prize-winning first volume of Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy covering the North Africa campaign.
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.
Absolute War: Soviet Russia in the Second World War
2007
NON-FICTIONComprehensive history of the Soviet-German war drawing on newly opened Russian archives. Covers the full sweep from Barbarossa to Berlin.
The Siege: Three Years on the Eastern Front
2011
NON-FICTIONDefinitive account of the 900-day siege of Leningrad, drawing on diaries, letters, and Soviet archives to portray civilian and military life under blockade.
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
1969
NON-FICTIONClassic account of the Leningrad blockade by a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who covered the Soviet Union during the war.
Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict, 1941–45
1965
NON-FICTIONGripping operational narrative of the Eastern Front campaign from the 1941 invasion to Germany's defeat. A foundational text of Eastern Front history.
When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler
1995
NON-FICTIONThe authoritative operational history of the Soviet-German war, integrating Soviet archives unavailable to earlier historians.
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.
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.
Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan
1985
NON-FICTIONComprehensive single-volume history of the Pacific War covering strategy, tactics, leadership, and the experience of soldiers and sailors on both sides.
Brazen Chariots: Battles for Tobruk, 1941
2019
Designed by Jim Daniels, Dean Essig
No Question of Surrender: The Battle for Bir Hacheim
2012
Designed by Nick Richardson
Triumphant Fox: Rommel's Finest Hour – The Gazala Battles May-June 1942
1994
Designed by Dirk Blennemann
Stalingrad '42
2019
Operational-level simulation of the Stalingrad campaign using chit-pull activation.