World War Ii category: 7796 books
World War II
Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
World War II: Europe describes the European and North African theaters of the horrific conflict that was loosed upon the world as a result of the actions and alliances of an aggressive Germany under the Nazi leadership of the charismatic but evil Adolph Hitler.
If You Survive
From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
"If you survive your first day, I'll promote you."
So promised George Wilson's World War II commanding officer in the hedgerows of Normandy -- and it was to be a promise dramatically fulfilled. From July, 1944, to the closing days of the war, from the first penetration of the Siegfried...
Adolf Hitler: A Life From Beginning to End
World War 2 Biographies, #1
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
The most notorious man in history, Adolf Hitler, is best known for having perpetrated crimes against humanity over the six-year course of World War II. His brutal extermination policies are responsible for the deaths of close to 30 million people he considered inferior, and added to that, the military...
The Victors
Eisenhower And His Boys The Men Of World War Ii
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1999
From America’s preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes the definitive telling of the war in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the end, eleven months later, on May 7, 1945.
This authoritative narrative account is drawn by the author himself from his five acclaimed books...
Elephant Company
The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
The remarkable story of James Howard “Billy” Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world’s largest land animals transformed him from a carefree young man into the charismatic war hero known as Elephant Bill**
In 1920,...
Code Girls
The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II--a "prodigiously researched and engrossing" (New York Times) book that "shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history" (Denver Post).
Recruited...
How Carriers Fought
Carrier Operations in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2018
In November 1921 the first purpose-built aircraft carrier was launched by the Japanese, followed a year later by the launch of the British Hermes. The conversion of battlecruisers into aircraft carriers after World War I required the consideration of issues including handling aircraft on the flight...
by Bill Yenne
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2010
Few industrial phenomena have been as dramatic as the United States’ mid-20th-century shift from peacetime to wartime production. The American Aircraft Factory in World War II documents the production of legendary warbirds by companies like Boeing, North American, Curtiss, Consolidated, Douglas,...
by Marion M. Piccolomini
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Regiments from Chester County fought bravely in all theaters of World War II, while locals at home took extraordinary measures to support the Allies. West Chester resident G. Raymond Rettew developed a process to mass produce vitally needed penicillin while a peaceful farm transformed into the bustling...
by Mike Wright
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
Packed with personal anecdotes and details you won’t find anywhere else, this is the secret history of World War II.
“A fast-moving overview stuffed with interesting factoids and historical tidbits . . . Casual readers will find themselves carried along, and hardened military buffs will...
by C. David North
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
France fell to Hitler's forces in less than two months. It was not until 1942 that widely dispersed underground organizations would band together to form a united opposition to the occupying Germans. It was not until then that resistance would become the Resistance - a disciplined multi-national movement...
by Len Deighton
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Drawing on the author’s deep understanding of military life and the strengths and frailties of politicians and generals, this is a myth-puncturing analysis of the advent of the Second World War. ‘Blood, Tears and Folly’ offers a sweeping and compelling historical analysis of six theatres of...
The Unwomanly Face of War
An Oral History of Women in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia—from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington Post • The Guardian • NPR • The Economist • Milwaukee...
Roosevelt's Secret War
FDR and World War II Espionage
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2001
Despite all that has already been written on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Persico has uncovered a hitherto overlooked dimension of FDR's wartime leadership: his involvement in intelligence and espionage operations.
Roosevelt's Secret War is crowded with remarkable revelations:
-FDR wanted...