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DATE: 1939–1940

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MATCH 19

A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940

William R. Trotter

1991

NON-FICTION

The definitive English-language account of the Winter War — Finland's desperate three-month defense against the Soviet invasion. Covers the tactical brilliance of Finnish ski troops and Soviet failure...

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MATCH 19

The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War

David Halberstam

2007

NON-FICTION

Sweeping narrative of the Korean War from MacArthur's Inchon triumph to the Chinese intervention and the bitter battles of 1950–51, told through the lives of the men who fought it.

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MATCH 19

The Winter King

Bernard Cornwell

1997

FICTION

With The Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord Chronicles, Bernard Cornwell turns to the story he was born to write: the mythic saga of King Arthur. Now a major television show. The...

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MATCH 19

Love in Winter

Yong-ik Kim

1963

NON-FICTION

Twelve short stories telling of the loves, triumphs, and tragedies of people of post-war Korea.

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MATCH 02

Enemy at the Gates

William Craig

1973

NON-FICTION

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

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MATCH 02

Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege

Antony Beevor

1998

NON-FICTION

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

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MATCH 02

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.

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MATCH 02

The Longest Day

Cornelius Ryan

1959

NON-FICTION

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

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MATCH 02

A Time for Trumpets

Charles B. MacDonald

1985

NON-FICTION

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

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MATCH 02

Shattered Sword

Jonathan Parshall & Anthony Tully

2005

NON-FICTION

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

Same era

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MATCH 02

Miracle at Midway

Gordon W. Prange

1982

NON-FICTION

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

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MATCH 02

Kursk 1943

Dennis Showalter

2013

NON-FICTION

Authoritative account of the greatest tank battle in history.

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MATCH 02

An Army at Dawn

Rick Atkinson

2002

NON-FICTION

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

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MATCH 02

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

E. B. Sledge

1981

MEMOIR

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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MATCH 02

Band of Brothers

Stephen E. Ambrose

1992

NON-FICTION

The story of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from D-Day to the end of the war in Europe. Basis for the HBO miniseries.

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MATCH 02

Catch-22

Joseph Heller

1961

MILITARY HISTORY

*Catch-22* is like no other novel. It has its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is t...

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MATCH 02

The Second World War

Winston S. Churchill

1948

MILITARY HISTORY

Never before in history have there been combined in one man the character, the political leadership, the military perception and the eloquence which our generation has known in Winston Churchill. It i...

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MATCH 02