2025 International Conference on WWII

40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles by Joseph Tachovsky with Cynthia KraackPaperback338 PagesAugust 2021 An elite platoon of Marine Scout-Snipers, Lieutenant Frank Tachovsky’s “40...

A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation at War by Randy Roberts Paperback304 Pages2012 "A rousing celebration of a moment in history when college football was more than metaphor and entertainment, it was a gritty sidebar to real...

A portrait of an undercover operative (title suggests an espionage biography) that recounts clandestine activity, personal risk, and the moral ambiguities of wartime intelligence. Clare Mulley’s narrative approach typically blends biography with...

John McManus surveys acts of bravery in American military history; the listing highlights personal combat stories, leadership under fire, and the broader cultural meanings of courage in wartime. Useful for readers of inspirational military biography and...

Autumn of Our Discontentby John CuratolaHardcover368 Pages2022 In the Fall of 1949, a series of international events shattered the notion that the United States would return to its traditional small peacetime military posture following World War II...

Bataan Survivor is the harrowing memoir of Lt. Col. David L. Hardee, who endured the Bataan Death March and then years of Japanese captivity. Edited and annotated by historian Frank Blazich Jr., this 320-page edition restores the immediacy of...

A portrait in words and photographs of the interwar Navy, this book examines the twenty-year period that saw the U.S. fleet shrink under the pressure of arms limitation treaties and government economy and then grow again to a world-class force. The...

Beyond Valor: World War II's Ranger and Airborne Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combatby Patrick O'DonnellPaperback384 Pages2001 Members of the Ranger and Airborne troops from World War II tell their own action-packed stories of dropping behind enemy...

Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II James Holland Hardcover 400 Pages 2018 During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive...

Bigger Bombs for A Brighter TomorrowBy: John CuratolaPaperback236 Pages Right after World War II, the United States felt secure in its atomic monopoly. With the American “Pax Atomica” in place, the free world held an apparent strategic...

Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War From D-Day to VE-Dayby James HollandHardcover592 PagesNovember, 2021 Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legendary tank unit, the...

Building The National WWII Museum by Gordon H. "Nick" Mueller and Kali Martin SchickHardcover192 PagesOctober 2023 As the second-most visited museum in the United States, The National WWII Museum attracts hundreds of thousands of patrons every year to...

A thorough history of the evolution of the U.S. Navy’s SEALs from UDTs and other amphibious units to modern special operations forces. Written by a former SEAL, Milligan blends institutional history, mission narratives, and profiles of early...

A detailed, month-by-month history of the protracted Battle of Cassino and the struggle for Rome. James Holland reconstructs strategy, slogging conditions, and the costs paid by soldiers on both sides—an immersive account for readers of the Italian...

Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour By: Lynne Olson Paperback 496 Pages 2010 In Citizens of London, Lynne Olson has written a work of World War II history even more relevant and revealing than her...

D-Days in the Pacificby Donald L. MillerPaperback448 Pages Although most people associated the term D-Day with the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944, it is military code for the beginning of any offensive operation. In the Pacific theater during World...

Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II by John C. McManusPaperback476 Pages2016 This insightful chronicle takes readers inside the experiences of America’s fighter pilots and bomber crews, an incredible assortment of men who, in...

Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe Patrick K. O'Donnell Paperback 305 Pages 2013 An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the...

Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire By: Richard B. FrankPaperback496 Pages Downfall is an analysis of the last months of the Pacific War and the unfolding of the American air campaign over Japan. The story opens with a searing description...

Eisenhower's Guerrillas: The Jedburghs, the Maquis, and the Liberation of France By: Benjamin F. JonesHardcover400 PagesProduct Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.3 x 9.2 inches The challenges facing General Dwight Eisenhower before the Invasion of Normandy were not...

Everything We HaveDr. Gordon H. "Nick" MuellerHardcover256 Pages2019 June 6, 1944 will be a day forever remembered as the largest naval, air, and land operation in history: D-Day. An estimated 160,000 troops landed by sea and air, with nearly 20,000...

Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 By: John C. McManusPaperbackAugust 2020640 Pages WINNER OF THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORYAn engrossing, epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War, from the acclaimed author...

In George Pitt-Rivers and the Nazis, Bradley W. Hart narrates the disturbing transformation of Captain George Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers—a man of science and aristocracy—into a prominent sympathizer of far-right ideology in Britain. The book tracks...

Grunts: Inside the American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II Through Iraq By: John C. McManusPaperback528 Pages John C. McManus covers six decades of warfare in which the courage of American troops proved the crucial difference between victory...

Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle By: Richard B. FrankPaperback816 Pages A history of the battle at Guadalcanal draws on first-time translations of official Japanese defense accounts and declassified U.S. radio intelligence to...

Bradley W. Hart Paperback 304 Pages  2017 Bradley Hart uncovers the shocking history of American groups that supported Nazi Germany before and during World War II in Hitler’s American Friends. From business elites to political figures, this...

Inferno: The Fiery Destruction of Hamburg, 1943by Keith LowePaperbackApril 2009448 PagesIn the summer of 1943, British and American bombers launched an attack on the German city of Hamburg that was unlike anything the world had ever seen. For ten days...

Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944 by John C. McManusHardback656 pages2021 In Fire and Fortitude—winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History—John C. McManus presented a riveting account of the US Army's...

Last Hope Islandby Lynne OlsonPaperback576 Pages2017 A groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler, from the New York Times...

Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898–1945by Trent Hone Paperback432 Pages2018 Learning War examines the U.S. Navy's doctrinal development from 1898-1945 and explains why the Navy in that era was so successful as...

Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific by Trent HoneHardcover448 pagesSeptember 2022 Mastering the Art of Command is a detailed examination of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz‘s leadership during World War II...

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany by Donald MillerSpecial Edition Paperback688 PagesJanuary 2024 The inspiration for the major Apple TV+ series The riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in...

Keith Lowe examines the wartime and immediate post-liberation history of Naples in 1944—urban fragility after occupation, civilian survival, and the messy process of rebuilding under Allied control. This narrative-infused history looks at social...

Author: Dr. Nick Mueller Pages: 400 pages Published: June 5th, 2025 In Preserving the Legacy, Dr. Nick Mueller, the founding president of The National WWII Museum, shares the inspiring journey of how a small idea transformed into one of the world’s...

Remember Us by Robert M. Edsel, bestselling author of The Monuments Men, is a powerful and deeply moving story of courage, survival, and humanity during one of history’s darkest chapters. Focusing on the untold experiences of Holocaust survivors...

Rescuing Da Vinci: Hitler and the Nazis Stole Europe's Great Art- America and Her Allies Recovered ItBy: Robert M. EdselHardcover302 Pages Rescuing Da Vinci uses 460 photographs to tell the untold story of the "Monuments Men" and their discovery of more...

Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith LowePaperback496 Pages2013 The end of World War II in Europe is remembered as a time when cheering crowds filled the streets, but the reality was quite different. Across Europe,...

Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis Robert M. Edsel Hardcover 480 Pages When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout...

September Hope: The American Side of a Bridge Too Far By: John C. McManus Paperback512 Pages2013 Acclaimed historian John C. McManus explores World War II's most ambitious invasion, Operation Market Garden, an immense, daring offensive to defeat Nazi...

The Allies Strike Back: 1941-1943by James HollandPaperback720 Pages2017 By June 1941, Germany’s war machine looked to be unstoppable. The Nazi blitzkrieg had taken Poland, France, and Holland with shocking speed. The Luftwaffe had bombed London,...

The Art Front is an authoritative and beautifully illustrated account of Rose Valland’s heroic efforts to protect France’s cultural treasures during World War II. As Nazi forces looted art and monuments across occupied France, Valland, former...

The Battle of Britain: Five Months That Changed History; May-October 1940 James Holland Paperback 736 Pages 2012 'If Hitler fails to invade or destroy Britain, he has lost the war,' Churchill said in the summer of 1940. He was right. "The...

The Battle of Guadalcanal: Naval History Special Edition by Trent HonePaperback120 PagesMay 2022Building upon the expertise of the authors and historians of the Naval Institute Press, the Naval History Special Editions are designed to offer studies of...

The Brenner Assignment: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Spy Mission of World War II By Patrick O'Donnell Paperback 320 pages 2009 An impossible missionBehind enemy linesThe never-before-told true story of a small team of American saboteurs with...

The Dead and Those About to Die D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach by John C. McManusPaperback384 pages Nicknamed the Big Red One, 1st Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and...

The Fear and the Freedom: How the Second World War Changed Us by Keith LowePaperback576 Pages2018 Bestselling historian Keith Lowe's The Fear and the Freedom looks at the astonishing innovations that sprang from World War II and how they changed the...

The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History: The Story of the Monuments MenBy Robert M. Edsel Hardcover368 pages2019Age Range: 9 - 12Grade Level: 4 - 7 Robert M. Edsel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men, brings this story to young...

The Monuments Men: Allied Heros, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History By: Robert M. Edsel Hardcover 496 Pages At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and...

The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany Gwen Strauss Hardback336 Pages2021 The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female...

The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941: The War in the West, Volume One James Holland Paperback 720 Pages 2016 The Second World War is one of the most significant conflicts in history, but for seven decades our understanding of the war has remained mostly...

From the title and Holland’s established focus, this work examines a ferocious WWII campaign—likely emphasizing combat, weather, logistics, and human experience in extreme conditions. Holland’s signature blend of soldier testimony,...

A study of the women imprisoned at Ravensbrück concentration camp and the networks of solidarity, resistance, and survival that emerged there. Lynne Olson’s narrative style combines survivor testimony, archival research, and historical context...

Clare Mulley tells the intimate story of an agent whose life blended romance and espionage—examining how love complicated wartime loyalties and missions. Rich in primary sources and human detail, the book appeals to readers of spy lives and wartime...

The Story of World War II: Revised, Expanded, and Updated by Donald L. Miller and Henry Steele CommagerPaperback704 Pages Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling...

To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945 by John McManusHardcover448 PagesMay 2023 From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McManus's trilogy on the US Army in the Pacific...

Tower of Skulls  Richard B. Frank Hardcover 768 pages March, 2020 An eye-opening, pathbreaking account of the onset of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and Guadalcanal. In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the...

Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England By: Lynne Olson Paperback 448 Pages 2008 A riveting history of the daring politicians who challenged the disastrous policies of the British government on...

Victory ’45 offers a sweeping, humanized portrait of how World War II truly ended. Historians James Holland and Al Murray chronicle the eight surrender ceremonies—across Europe and Asia—that marked the conclusion of the conflict...

Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler and the Crushing of a City by Alexandra RichiePaperback704 Pages2014 The traumatic story of one of the last major battles of World War II, in which the Poles fought off German troops and police, street by street, for...

With the Old BreedE.B. SledgeOkinawa Paperback352 Pages2007 An Alabama boy steeped in American history and enamored of such heroes as George Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene B. Sledge became part of the war’s famous 1st Marine Division—3rd...

X Troop reveals the remarkable and underrecognized story of a top-secret brigade of German and Austrian Jewish refugees recruited by British intelligence to conduct commando operations inside occupied Europe. Over 368 pages, Leah Garrett draws from...

In Young Lions, Leah Garrett traces how Jewish American authors transformed the war novel in the postwar era. She explores authors such as Philip Roth, Joseph Heller, Norman Mailer, and others — how they navigated themes of identity, trauma,...