WORLD WAR II (WESTERN EUROPE)
Peleliu 1944: The Forgotten Corner of Hell
2005
NON-FICTIONHarrowing account of the First Marine Division's assault on Peleliu — one of the bloodiest and most controversial battles of the Pacific War, fought over an island of questionable strategic value.
Arnhem
2018
NON-FICTIONTHE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad 'Our greatest chronicler of the Seco...
Bocage: The Battle for Normandy
2018
NON-FICTIONA compelling narrative of the 1944 Normandy campaign during World War II, from the D-Day landings until the breakthrough at Saint-Lô. Based on decades of research and correspondence with dozens of vet...
British Tanks in Normandy
2013
NON-FICTIONThis is a detailed account of the Normandy campaign fought by the British Armored Divisions and independent Armored Brigades, from D-Day to Operation Goodwood, divided into three parts: the units invo...
All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945
2011
NON-FICTIONRecommended for viewing on a tablet. From one of our finest historians, a magisterial account of the most terrible event in history – World War II.
D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy (1944)
2026
NON-FICTIONOn June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in history. What followed was not just a battle, but a turning point that reshaped the course of World War II. This book goes be...
D-Day: The Normandy Invasion
2014
FICTIONThis title examines an important historic event--the June 6, 1944, Allied landing in Normandy, France, during World War II. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the planning and espionage prior to t...
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.
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
1981
MEMOIROne of the most powerful firsthand accounts of combat ever written. A U.S. Marine's unsparing memoir of the Pacific island-hopping 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.
Catch-22
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...
The Second World War
1948
MILITARY HISTORYNever 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...