WORLD WAR II
Global conflict from 1939-1945 involving most of the world's nations divided into Allied and Axis powers.
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.
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.
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.
Normandy Invasion 1944 Poster
2007
MILITARY HISTORYNormandy Invasion, June 1944
2013
MILITARY HISTORY
Normandy 1944
1993
MILITARY HISTORY
Stalingrad
1998
MILITARY HISTORYThis gripping history is the definitive account of the battle that shifted the tide of World War II, conveying the experience of soldiers on both sides as they fought in inhuman conditions, and of civ...
Stalingrad Battle : Struggle in the East and the Turning Point of World War II
2021
MILITARY HISTORY
The battle for Stalingrad
1964
MILITARY HISTORYWritten by the commander of the 62nd (siberian) Army, the man responsible for Stalingrad's defense, this dramatic record of the single most important battle of World War II is presented with an introd...
Battle of Stalingrad
2023
MILITARY HISTORYBattle for Stalingrad
1968
MILITARY HISTORYAbsolute 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Rommel Papers
1953
MEMOIRRommel's own diaries and notes from the North Africa campaign, edited by military historian Liddell Hart after Rommel's death.
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
2005
NON-FICTIONRevisionist operational account of Midway from the Japanese perspective, drawing on previously unavailable Japanese records to overturn the conventional American narrative.
Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed
2007
NON-FICTIONAccount of Stalingrad focusing on the Soviet soldiers and civilians who endured the fighting, drawing on diaries and letters from Russian archives.
States and Power in Africa
2014
NON-FICTIONOriginally published: A2000. With new preface and revised chapter nine by the author.
Operation Barbarossa
2011
NON-FICTIONOn 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 ...
Armageddon in Stalingrad
2009
NON-FICTIONThe world's foremost authority on the Soviet Army in World War II offers the second installment of his pathbreakinbg trilogy on the epic clash at Stalingrad. The definitive account of the battle that ...
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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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.
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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.
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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.
Overlord: Normandy 1944
2021
Strategic-level game of the Normandy invasion and 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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'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
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A Frozen Hell: The Battle of Tolvajärvi, Russo-Finnish War, 1939
2000
Designed by Dean Essig, Alan Wambold
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A Time for Trumpets: The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944
2020
Designed by Bruno Sinigaglio
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A Victory Denied: Crisis at Smolensk, July-September, 1941
2009
Designed by Adam Starkweather
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Across The Narva: The Soviet Assault on Estonia, February 1944
2018
Designed by Stefan Ekström
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Air Assault on Crete / Invasion of Malta: 1942
1977
Designed by Randall C. Reed, Vance von Borries
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Arctic Storm: The Russo-Finnish Winter War 1939-40
1992
Designed by David James Ritchie
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Ardennes '44: The Battle of the Bulge
2003
Designed by Tony Curtis, Mark Simonitch
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Ariete: The Battle of Bir el Gubi, Libya November 1941
2020
Designed by Mauro de Vita, Lee Forester, Rick McKown