World War Ii category: 7796 books
Rendezvous with Destiny
How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War a nd into the World
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
The remarkable untold story of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the five extraordinary men he used to pull America into World War II
In the dark days between Hitler’s invasion of Poland in September 1939 and Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt sent five remarkable...
Tank Rider
Into the Reich with the Red Army
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
A firsthand account of conflict on the Eastern Front of World War II told from the perspective of a Russian soldier.
Honest and irrepressibly frank, this is the dramatic memoir of a Russian officer on the Eastern Front, where he played his part in a clash of titans and witnessed the shuddering...
Patton, Montgomery, Rommel
Masters of War
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
In Patton, Montgomery, Rommel, one of Britain's most accomplished military scholars presents an unprecedented study of the land war in the North African and European theaters, as well as their chief commanders—three men who also happened to be the most compelling dramatis personae of World War II.
Beyond...
How Churchill Saved Civilization
The Epic Story of 13 Years That Almost Destroyed the Civilized World
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
How Churchill Saved Civilization resolves the lingering mysteries surrounding the causes of the Second World War, and what transpired during the war to bring its end result. It proposes answers to such questions as Why were the Allies unprepared?”, Why did France collapse so quickly?”, Why...
Every Man a Hero
A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Omaha Beach legend Ray Lambert's unforgettable firsthand account of D-Day—read the astonishing true story celebrated by Tom Brokaw, CBS This Morning, NPR, and the President.
Seventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now Ray Lambert,...
Fighting with the Filthy Thirteen: The World War II Story of Jack WomerRanger and Paratrooper
From the Dustbowl to Hitler's Eagle’s Nest
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
In 2004 the world was first introduced to The Filthy Thirteen, a book describing the most notorious squad of fighting men in the 101st Airborne Division (and the inspiration for the movie The Dirty Dozen).In this long awaited work one of the squads integral membersand probably its best soldierreveals...
In Command of History
Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Winston Churchill was one of the giants of the twentieth century. As Britain’s prime minister from 1940 to 1945, he courageously led his nation and the world away from appeasement, into war, and on to triumph over the Axis dictators. His classic six-volume account of those years, The Second World...
by Ronald Ledwell
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
In the first weeks of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Russian Air Force was nearly wiped out on the ground by the Luftwaffe, leaving Stalin with very few aircraft to fend off the German onslaught. The American and British allies rapidly sent fighters to help the Russians. British Hurricanes...
Enemy at the Gates
The Battle for Stalingrad
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
A New York Times bestseller that brings to life one of the bloodiest battles of World War II—and the beginning of the end of the Third Reich.
On August 5, 1942, giant pillars of dust rose over the Russian steppe, marking the advance of the 6th Army, an elite German combat unit dispatched...
A Genius for Deception:How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World Wars
How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In February 1942, intelligence officer Victor Jones erected 150 tents behind British lines in North Africa. "Hiding tanks in Bedouin tents was an old British trick," writes Nicholas Rankin; German general Erwin Rommel not only knew of the ploy, but had copied it himself. Jones knew that...
by John W. Dower
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
Finalist for the 2010 National Book Award in Nonfiction: The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian returns with a groundbreaking comparative study of the dynamics and pathologies of war in modern times.
Over recent decades, John W. Dower, one of America’s preeminent historians, has addressed the...
The Storm of War
A New History of the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
"Roberts'spopulist approach makes for a rollicking good read and never comes at theexpense of accuracy. His mastery of the huge variety of subjects is trulyimpressive and his ability to marshal these subjects into a single compellingnarrative stunning." —The Daily Telegraph
Hailedby...
Citizens of London
The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
“Engaging and original, rich in anecdote and analysis, this is a terrific work of history.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion**
The acclaimed author of *Troublesome Young Men *reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime...
Omaha Beach and Beyond
The Long March of Sergeant Bob Slaughter
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2009
"Slaughter vividly conveys the reality of combat during World War II in his book with sweeping passages that literally place his reader on the battlefield beside him." Belvoir Eagle
Before D-Day, regular army soldiers called the National Guardsmen of Virginia's 116th Infantry Regiment...