El Alamein: The Battle That Turned the Tide of the Second World War

John Latimer

2002

Authoritative account of the battles of El Alamein that ended Rommel's advance and secured the British position in North Africa.

An Army at Dawn

Rick Atkinson

2002

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

The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944

Rick Atkinson

2007

Second volume of Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy, covering the brutal Allied campaign through Sicily and up the Italian peninsula.

The Rommel Papers

Erwin Rommel (ed. B.H. Liddell Hart)

1953

Rommel's own diaries and notes from the North Africa campaign, edited by military historian Liddell Hart after Rommel's death.

States and Power in Africa

Jeffrey Herbst

2014

Originally published: A2000. With new preface and revised chapter nine by the author.

Together We Stand: North Africa 1942–1943: Turning the Tide in the West

James Holland

2015

From the bestselling author of Fortress Malta this is the second book in the Mediterranean war trilogy. This book looks afresh at the conflict in Northern Africa, focusing for the first time on the in...

Enemy at the Gates

William Craig

1973

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

Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege

Antony Beevor

1998

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

A Time for Trumpets

Charles B. MacDonald

1985

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

Kursk 1943

Dennis Showalter

2013

Authoritative account of the greatest tank battle in history.

Band of Brothers

Stephen E. Ambrose

1992

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.

Stalingrad

Antony Beevor

1998

This 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

Joshua Stringfellow

2021

The battle for Stalingrad

V. I. Chuĭkov

1964

Written 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

Karel Margry

2023

Battle for Stalingrad

Vasili Ivanovich Chuikov

1968

Absolute War: Soviet Russia in the Second World War

Chris Bellamy

2007

Comprehensive 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

Alan Clark

1965

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

Panzer Battles

F. W. von Mellenthin

1956

Memoir of a senior German staff officer covering tank operations on all fronts, with detailed analysis of armored doctrine and tactics.

The Road to Stalingrad

John Erickson

1975

First volume of Erickson's monumental two-volume history of the Soviet-German war, covering the catastrophic opening campaigns through the winter of 1942.

Citizen Soldiers

Stephen E. Ambrose

1997

The 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.

The Battle of Kursk

David M. Glantz & Jonathan House

1999

The definitive operational history of Kursk — the largest tank battle ever fought — drawing on Soviet and German archives to provide a day-by-day account of the fighting.

Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed

Michael Jones

2007

Account of Stalingrad focusing on the Soviet soldiers and civilians who endured the fighting, drawing on diaries and letters from Russian archives.

Operation Barbarossa

David M Glantz

2011

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 ...

Armageddon in Stalingrad

David M. Glantz, Jonathan Mallory House

2009

The 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 ...

After Stalingrad

David M. Glantz

2009

In the wake of the Red Army's signal victory at Stalingrad, which began when its surprise counteroffensive encircled German Sixth Army in Stalingrad region in mid-November 1942 and ended when its forc...

Barbarossa Derailed

David Glantz

2014

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...

Barbarossa Derailed: the Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941

David M. Glantz

2016

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...

To the Gates of Stalingrad

David M. Glantz, Jonathan Mallory House

2009

The world's foremost authority on the Soviet-German clash draws upon previously unseen, underused, and neglected Soviet and German sources to provide the definitive account of the major turning point ...

Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad

David M. Glantz

2014

In Endgame at Stalingrad, the final volume of his acclaimed Stalingrad Trilogy, David Glantz completes his definitive account of one of World War II’s most infamous confrontations, the campaign that m...

El Alamein: The Battle for North Africa

Compass Games

2020

Detailed operational simulation of the pivotal El Alamein battles of 1942.

El Alamein

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2010

DAK2

GMT Games

2006

Comprehensive operational simulation of the entire North Africa campaign.

Rommel in the Desert

Columbia Games

1982

Card-driven block game of the North Africa campaign. Fast and elegant.

Battle of the Bulge 1944

GMT Games

2024

Detailed operational treatment of the Ardennes offensive using the ZOC Bond system.

Kursk: The Southern Front

MMP

2010

Part of the Operational Combat Series covering the southern pincer at Kursk.

Barbarossa: Army Group South

GMT Games

2001

Part of the Barbarossa series. Covers the Wehrmacht's drive into Ukraine in 1941.

Ardennes '44

GMT Games

2003

Acclaimed operational simulation of the Battle of the Bulge.

Stalingrad '42

GMT Games

2019

Operational-level simulation of the Stalingrad campaign using chit-pull activation.

D-Day at Omaha Beach

Decision Games

2009

Solitaire game covering the first critical hours of the Omaha Beach landing.

The Longest Day

Avalon Hill

1980

Classic monster wargame covering the entire Normandy campaign at regimental scale.

Midway

Avalon Hill

1964

Classic naval wargame simulating the pivotal 1942 carrier battle.

Enemy Coast Ahead: The Dambuster Raid

GMT Games

2019

Solitaire game recreating the famous 617 Squadron bouncing-bomb raid on the Ruhr dams.

A Bridge Too Far

Avalon Hill

1977

Classic simulation of Operation Market Garden, the Allied airborne operation of 1944.

Overlord: Normandy 1944

Decision Games

2021

Strategic-level game of the Normandy invasion and campaign.

Guadalcanal

Compass Games

2011

Operational game covering the entire Guadalcanal campaign — land, sea, and air.

Coral Sea

Avalon Hill

1979

Classic carrier battle game simulating the first fleet engagement fought entirely by aircraft.

Iwo Jima: Bloodbath in the Bonins

Decision Games

2020

Solitaire game of the US Marine assault on Iwo Jima.

Carrier

Avalon Hill

1990

Solitaire game of naval air warfare in the Pacific, playable across multiple scenarios.

The War: Europe 1939-1945

GMT Games

2009

Grand strategic game covering the entire European theater of WWII.

'Wacht am Rhein': The Battle of the Bulge, 16 Dec 44 – 2 Jan 45

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1977

Designed by Joseph M. Balkoski, Jim Dunnigan, Redmond A. Simonsen

A Frozen Hell: The Battle of Tolvajärvi, Russo-Finnish War, 1939

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2000

Designed by Dean Essig, Alan Wambold

A Time for Trumpets: The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2020

Designed by Bruno Sinigaglio

A Victory Denied: Crisis at Smolensk, July-September, 1941

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2009

Designed by Adam Starkweather

Across The Narva: The Soviet Assault on Estonia, February 1944

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2018

Designed by Stefan Ekström

Advanced Squad Leader

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1985

Designed by Don Greenwood

Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2004

Designed by Ken Dunn

Afrika: 2nd Edition

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2006

Designed by Dean Essig

Agricola, Master of Britain

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2016

Designed by Amabel Holland

Air Assault on Crete / Invasion of Malta: 1942

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1977

Designed by Randall C. Reed, Vance von Borries