European Theater

101st Airborne in Normandyby Yves BuffetautPaperback192 Pages2017 101st Airborne Division was activated in August 1942 in Louisiana, and its first combat mission was Operation Overlord. On D-Day-June 6, 1944-101st and 82nd Airborne dropped onto the...

1941: The Year Germany Lost the Warby Andrew Nagorski Hardcover400 Pages2019 Bestselling historian Andrew Nagorski takes a fresh look at the decisive year 1941, when Hitler’s miscalculations and policy of terror propelled Churchill, FDR, and Stalin...

1st Airborne: Market Garden 1944by Simon Forty and Leo MarriottPaperback64 Pages2017 While the 6th Airborne Division had landed in France on D-Day and covered itself in glory, its counterpart, the 1st Airborne Division, had last seen action during an...

82nd Airborne: Normandy 1944by Stephen Smith and Simon FortyPaperback64 Pages2017 On August 15, 1942, the 82nd Airborne became the US Army’s first airborne division. Commanded by Major General Matthew B. Ridgway, they trained exhaustively for their...

A Different Shade of Justice: Asian American Civil Rights in the South by Stephanie HinnershitzPaperback296 pages2020 In the Jim Crow South, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and, later, Vietnamese and Indian Americans faced obstacles similar to those...

A Foot Solider for Patton: The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman with the US Third ArmyBy: Michael Bilder and James BilderHardcover304 PagesA brutally honest depiction of day-to-day combat in World War II . . .A rarely frank account of the U.S...

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II Adam Makos with Larry Alexander Hardcover 400 Pages 2012 December, 1943: A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany...

A Midnight Clear: A Novelby William WhartonPaperback256 Pages1999 Set in the Ardennes Forest on Christmas Eve 1944, Sergeant Will Knott and five other GIs are ordered close to the German lines to establish an observation post in an abandoned chateau...

A Street in Arnhem: The Agony of Occupation and Liberation Robert Kershaw Hardcover 336 Pages 2014 9 x 6¼ inches In this long-awaited book, Robert Kershaw follows up his best-selling account of Operation Market Garden—It Never Snows in...

A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War IIby: Harry H. CrosbyPaperback348 PagesSeptember 2021 “A compelling account of the air war against Germany” written by the...

Aachen: The U.S. Army's Battle for Charlemagne's City in World War IIby Robert BaumerHardcover416 PagesJanuary 2015 By September 1944, the Allied advance across France and Belgium had turned into attrition along the German frontier. Standing between the...

Admiral Bill Halsey: A Naval LifeThomas Alexander HughesHardcover544 Pages2016 William Halsey was the most famous naval officer of World War II. His fearlessness in carrier raids against Japan, his steely resolve at Guadalcanal, and his impulsive blunder...

After Nuremberg: American Clememcy for Nazi War Criminals by Robert HutchinsonHardcover352 PagesOctober 2022 How the American High Commissioner for Germany set in motion a process that resulted in every non-death-row-inmate walking free after the...

After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation by: Giles MacDonoghPaperback656 PagesFebruary 2009 The shocking history of the brutal occupation of Germany after the Second World WarWhen the Third Reich collapsed in 1945, Germany was a...

Alamo in the Ardennes: The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possible By: John C. McManusPaperback336 Pages In December 1944, the 101st Airborne made their legendary stand at Bastogne. But their heroics never could...

American Soldier of WWII: D-Day, A Visual Reference Denis Hambucken Paperback 104 pages 2013 On June 6, 1944, 75,000 American men landed on the beaches of Normandy. The opening act in the liberation of Western Europe was the most ambitious military...

The Americans from Normandy to the German Boarder: August to Mid-December 1944 (Images of War)by Brooke S. BladesPaperback224 Pages2019 This classic Images of War book takes up the story of the massive American contribution to the campaign in north West...

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943By: Rick AtkinsonHardcover681 Pages In the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WWII, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story of the war in North...

Architects of Air Power: General Laurence S. Kuter and the Birth of the US Air Force (American Warriors Series)by Brian LaslieHardcover254 PagesOctober 2017At age 36, Laurence S. Kuter (1905–1979) became the youngest general officer since William T...

Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulgeby Anthony BeevorHardcover480 Pages2015 On December 16, 1944, Hitler launched his ‘last gamble’ in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes in Belgium, believing he could split the Allies by...

Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 By: Max Hastings Paperback 584 Pages In September 1944, the Allies believed that Hitler’s army was beaten and expected the bloodshed to end by Christmas. Yet a series of mistakes and setbacks, including...

At War on the Gothic Line: Fighting in Italy, 1944-1945 by Christian JenningsHardcover384 PagesMarch, 2016 Christian Jennings's At War on the Gothic Line tells the little-known story of the Allied effort to break the German defenses in Northern...

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nestby Stephen E AmbroseForeward by Tom HanksPaperback333 Pages2017 Stephen E. Ambrose's iconic New York Times bestseller about the ordinary men who became the...

Battle Briefings: D-Day and the Normandy Campaignby David Reisch Paperback128 Pages2018 Stackpole’s Battle Briefings series offers accessible and insightful summaries of battles, commanders, and other military history topics. This inaugural...

Hitler's Ardennes Offensive: The German View of the Battle of the Bulgeby: Danny S. ParkerPaperback264 PagesAugust 2016 In this gripping, unusual volume, insight into the Battle of the Bulge is told through firsthand accounts by German officers. The...

Battle of the Bulge (The Young Readers Adaptation)by Rick AtkinsonPaperback272 PagesAges 8-12June 2016 December 16, 1944. In the frozen forests of the Ardennes, a surprise attack by the German army on American Allied forces launched the long, hard slog...

Beyond Band of Brothersby Dick Winters and Cole C. KingseedHardcover320 Pages Signed by: Cole C. Kingseed They were called Easy Company—but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150% casualties while...

Beyond the Beach: The Allied War Against Franceby Stephen Alan Bourque Hardcover376 Pages2018 An important rethinking of the Normandy war narrative Beyond the Beach examines the Allied air war against France in 1944. During this period, General Dwight...

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...

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich By: Norman OhlerPaperback304 Pages2018“[A] fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich.” — Washington Post The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical,...

Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational Warfareby Robert M. CitinoPaperback430 PagesMay, 2022 Winner: Paul Birdsall PrizeWinner: Society for Military History book AwardWhen Germany launched its blitzkrieg invasion of France in 1940, it...

Bomber Command: Battle of Berlin: Failed to Return by Steve Bond, Steve Darlow, Sean Feast, AndrewMacdonald, Dr. Robert Owen, Howard Sandall, and Nicole RussellHardcover128 PagesJuly 2017 ‘Tonight you are going to the Big City. You will have the...

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...

Coffin Corner Boys: One Bomber, Ten Men, and Their Harrowing Escape from Nazi-Occupied Franceby Carole Engle AvriettHardcover320 Pages2018 A story of adventure, survival, loyalty, and brotherhood... Taking off from England on March 16, 1944, young Lt...

D-Day Landings: Pegasus The Red Devils in Normandy By: Lloyd Clark Paperback 192 Pages The strengths, weaknesses, and sheer drama of airborne warfare are all encapsulated in the 6th Airborne Division's attacks on Pegasus Bridge and the Merville...

D-Day 1944 (4)Ken Ford,authorKevin Lyles, illustratorPaperback96 Pages2002 Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, was the greatest sea-borne military operation in history. At the heart of the invasion and key to its success were the...

D-Day 1944: The Making of Victory Anthony Tucker-Jones Hardcover 304 Pages 2019 Two years earlier the Dieppe Raid had ended in disaster – despite their meticulous planning the Allies feared Operation Overlord might go the same way. Instead D-Day...

D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabatoged the Nazis, and helped Win World War IIby Sarah Rosehardcover400 pages2019 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The dramatic, untold true story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain’s elite...

D-Day in History and Memory: The Normandy Landings in International Remembrance and Commemoration By: John BuckleyHardcover320 pages Over the past seventy years, the Allied invasion of Northwestern France in June 1944 has come to stand as something more...

D-Day in Photographsby Andrew WhitmarshPaperback120 Pages This visual history collates images relating to all aspects of D-day and the Normandy landings. Beginning with the lead up to D-day, it encompasses the equipment, planning, troops, and training...

D-Day: The Campaign Across France By: Jay Wetz Hardcover 304 Pages A Unique Collection of Firsthand Accounts in Their Own Words A Lasting Tribute to the Veterans as Only They Could Tell It D-Day: The Campaign Across France, the second...

D-Day The Invasion of Normandy, 1944by Rick AtkinsonPaperback240 PagesMay 5, 2015Ages 8-12 Adapted for young readers from the #1 New York Times–bestselling The Guns at Last Light, D-Day captures the events and the spirit of that...

D-Day to Berlin: The Northwest Europe Campaign, 1944-45 Stackpole Military History SeriesBy: Alan J. LevinePaperback240 Pages •Concise history of the Allied campaign to liberate Northwest Europe during World War II•Places the campaign in the...

  Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I   by Michael S. Neiberg  (Author) Paperback 336 Pages October 2013   The common explanation for the outbreak of World War I depicts Europe as a minefield of...

D-Day: The Battle for Normandy By: Antony Beevor Paperback 608 Pages D-Day: The Battle for Normandy is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of...

D-Day Survivor: An Autobiography By: Harold Baumgarten Hardcover 256 Pages It was the bravery and heroism of the 116th Infantry that began one of the longest days of combat in American war history. In the face of heavy fire and despite...

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...

Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945by Frederick TaylorPaperback560 Pages2005 For decades it has been assumed that the Allied bombing of Dresden -- a cultured city famous for its china, chocolate, and fine watches -- was militarily unjustifiable, an act...

Dunkirk: German Operations in France 1940 (Die Wehrmacht im Kampf)by Hans-Adolf Jacobsen (Author)Geoffrey Brooks (Translator) Hardcover264 Pages2019 The German Army invaded France on 10 May 1940, and in just over ten days their rapid advance, led by...

Duty and Sacrifice: Memoirs of a Combat Infantryman in World War II The War That Changed the World By: S/Sgt. Robert Randolph Richmond, Jr. Paperback In 1942, a 19-year-old Tulane student from Uptown New Orleans began a journey that would take him...

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...

Faustian Bargain: The Soviet-German Partnership and the Origins of the Second World War by Ian Ona Johnson Hardback384 pages2021 When Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, launching World War Two, its army seemed an unstoppable force. The...

Fighter Group: The 352nd "Blue-Nosed Bastards" in World War IIby Lt Col Jay A. Stout Paperback464 Pages2018 Jay A. Stout breaks new ground in World War II history with this gripping account of one of the war's most highly decorated American fighter...

Fighting Fox Company: The Battling Flank of the Band of Brothers by Bill Brown & Terry PoyserPaperback344 Pages2019 Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division has become one of the most famous small units in...

Fighting From Above - A Combat History of the US Air Force (The Ways of War Series)by Brian LasliePaperback270 PagesMarch 2024The story of the United States Air Force (USAF) stretches back to aerial operations prior to the First World War—well...

Four Hours of Fury: The Untold Story of World War II's Largest Airborne Invasion and the Final Push into Nazi Germanyby James FenelonHardcover448 PagesIn this viscerally exciting account, a paratrooper-turned-historian reveals the details of World...

Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II By: Mitchell ZuckoffHardcover2014393 Pages Frozen in Time is a gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during...

Germany, Hitler, and World War II: Essays in Modern German and World History By: Gerhard L. WeinbergPaperback360 Pages German-born historian Weinberg offers a new perspective on German history in relation to Hitler and the formulation of German foreign...

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...

Hiroshimaby John HerseyPaperback208 PagesJune 2020Hiroshima is the story of six people—a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest—who lived through the greatest single...

Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Yesterday and Todayby Simon Forty (Author), Georger Forty (Author), Leo Marriott (Editor) Hardcover192 Pages2016 Masters of the continent, the Nazis realized that they would have to defend their gains, and once the United States...

Hitler's Compromises: Coercion and Consensus in Nazi Germany By:Nathan StoltzfusHardcover432 Pages History has focused on Hitler’s use of charisma and terror, asserting that the dictator made few concessions to maintain power. Nathan Stoltzfus, the...

How Churchill Waged War: The Most Challenging Decisions of the Seconf World WarBy: Allen PackwoodHardcover288 Pages2018 When Winston Churchill accepted the position of Prime Minister in May 1940, he insisted in also becoming Minister of Defence. He was...

How Modest are the Bravest!: Courage from the Beaches of Normandy and Beyondby Ken Tout Hardcover208 Pages2019 The author of “Tank!" and “A Fine Night for Tanks” now relates the battle actions of 22 outstanding war heroes from the...

If Chaos Reigns - The near-Disaster and Ultimate Triumph of the Allied Airborne Forces on D-Day, June 6, 1944By: Flint WhitlockPaperback352 PagesJune 2011“Gentlemen, do not be daunted if chaos reigns; it undoubtedly will.” So said Brigadier S...

Images of the Marshall Plan in Europe: Films, Photographs, Exhibits, Posters Edited by: Gunter Bischof, Dieter StiefelHardcover236 Pages The Marshall Plan is considered the most successful foreign aid program in American history. It played a crucial role...

In Hostile Skies: An American B-24 Pilot in World War II by James M. Davis  Paperback 256 Pages September 2007   James “Jim” Davis lived what he considered “an impossible dream” as he piloted a B-24, as part of...

In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers: A Return to Easy Company's Battlefields with Sgt. Forrest Guth Larry Alexander Paperback 336 Pages 2011 The paratroopers of Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, have come to symbolize the incredible...

In the Garden of the Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by: Erik LarsonPaperback448 PagesJanuary 2011Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story...

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...

Inside Hitler's High CommandBy: Geoffrey P. Megargee and Williamson MurrayPaperback352 Pages One of the most persistent myths to come out of WWII is that the Third Reich failed because a militarily incompetent Adolf Hitler and a small circle of yes-men...

Japanese American Incarceration: The Camps and Coerced Labor during World War II by Stephanie D. HinnershitzHardback336 pages2021 Between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. government wrongfully imprisoned thousands of Japanese American citizens and profited from...

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...

Left for Dead at Nijmegen: The True Story of an American Paratrooper in World War IIby Marcus A. NanniniHardcover256 Pages2019 Left for Dead at Nijmegen recalls the larger-than-life experiences of an American paratrooper, Gene Metcalfe, who served in the...

Lindell's List: Saving British and American Women at Ravensbruckby Peter HopePaperback304 PagesAugust 2019British-Born Mary Lindell, Comtesse de Milleville, was one of the most colourful and courageous agents of the Second World War, yet her story has...

Major and Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Guide to the D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches: 75th Anniversary Edition with GPS ReferencesBy: Valamai Holt and Tonie HoltPaperback350 Pages2019 Already the best-selling English-language guide to the area,...

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi GermanyBy: Donald L. MillerPapBerback688 Pages Masters of the Air is a deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler's...

Masters of The Air Special Edition AudioBook by Donald MillerNarrated by Joe BarrettLength: 24 Hours and 19 MinutesNovember 2023MP3 CD Format Masters of the Air is the riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in World War II, the story of...

Michelin Battle of Normandy Beach Map Historic WWII reproduction map. A detailed map of Normandy at a scale of 1:200,000 showing the main sites of the summer 1944 battle. This map is an antique-feeling reproduction of the map originally published by...

Michelin Battle of Provence Map Historic WWII reproduction map. A detailed map of the Provence area of France, showing the main sites of the late summer 1944 battle. This map is an antique-feeling reproduction of the map originally published by...

The Nazis Huntersby Andrew NagorskiPaperback432 Pages2017 More than seven decades after the end of the Second World War, the era of the Nazi Hunters is drawing to a close. Their saga is finally told in this “deep and sweeping account of a...

New Perspectives on Austrians and World War IIby Gunter Bischof, Fritz Plasser and Barbara Stelzl-MarxPaperback375 Pages For more than a generation after World War II, many Austrians insisted that Austria was a victim of Nazi aggression in 1938 and...

No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne By: Leo Barron, Don Cygan Paperback 432 pages As the Battle of the Bulge raged, a small force of American solders—including the famed 101st Airborne division, tank destroyer crews, engineers, and...

Old Hickory: The 30th Division: The Top-Rated American Infantry Division in Europe in World War II by Robert BaumerHardcover584 PagesJuly 2017  The best U.S. division at war, from Normandy to the Bulge and beyondThe 30th Infantry Division, drawn...

Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory Adrian R. LewisPaperback400 Pages2003 The Allied victory at Omaha Beach was a costly one. A direct infantry assault against a defense that was years in the making, undertaken in daylight following a mere thirty-minute...

Omaha Beach Field Guide By: General Theodore G. Shuey Paperback 80 pages Finally, a field guide to this iconic and tragic beach. No one better than General Shuey could have written this work. A young officer when he served under the command of Omaha...

Once There Was a War (Penguin Classic Edition) by John SteinbeckPaperback187 Pages“Age can never dull this kind of writing,” writes the Chicago Tribune of John Steinbeck’s dispatches from World War II, filed for the New York Herald...

Operation Chastise: The RAF's Most Brilliant Attack of World War II  By: Mark HastingsHardcover400 Pages2020   One of the most lauded historians of our time returns to the Second World War in this magnificent retelling of the awe-inspiring...

Operation Dynamo: The evacuation of 340,000British and French soldiers to Englandby Jean-Charles Stasi Paperback96 Pages2018 Four years before the Normandy landings, the French coast was the scene of another major episode in the Second World War. This...

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Chrisopher R. BrowningPaperback384 PagesFebruary 2017 “A remarkable—and singularly chilling—glimpse of human behavior. . .This meticulously researched book.....

Over Lord: General Pete Quesada and the Triumph of Tactical Air Power in World War IIby Thomas HughesPaperback396 PagesOctober 2022Over Lord is the fascinating story of how American tactical air power was developed by General Elwood "Pete" Quesada...

Panzer Operations by Hermann HothHardcover256 Pages2015This book, originally published in German in 1956, has now been translated into English, unveiling a wealth of both experiences and analysis about Operation Barbarossa, perhaps the most...

Paris '44: The City of Light Redeemedby William Mortimer MooreHardcover486 Pages2015 During the fall of 1944, once the Western Allies had gained military advantage over the Nazis, the crown jewel of Allied strategy became the liberation of Paris-the...

Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine and Training in the German Army, 1920-39by Robert CitinoPaperback320 Pages2007 •Essential background to the German blitzkrieg of World War II•Complements the stories of panzer aces like Otto Carius and Michael...

Patton's Fighting Bridge Builders: Company B, 1303rd Engineer General Service Regiment by Joseph C. Fitzharris Hardcover256 PagesDecember 2006These words may seem to have been written by an advance infantry unit or a combat brigade, carrying...

Patton's First Victory: How General George Patton Turned the Tide in North Africa and Defeated the Afrika Korps at El Guettarby Leo BarronHardcover312 Pages2017 American troops invaded North Africa in November 1942, but did not face serious resistance...

Patton's Last Gamble: The Disastrous Raid on POW Camp Hammelburg in World War IIby Duane Schultz Paperback240 Pages2018 In March 1945, against the advice of his top subordinates, Gen. George Patton created a special task force to venture more than fifty...

Quest for Decisive Victory: From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899-1940 by Robert CitinoPaperback392 Pages Since the earliest days of warfare, military operations have followed a predictable formula: after a decisive battle, an army must pursue the...

Resistance of the Heart: Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germanyby Nathan StoltzfusPaperback388 Pages2021 In February 1943 the Gestapo arrested approximately 10,000 Jews remaining in Berlin. Most died at Auschwitz. Two thousand of...

Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945by Richard Overy Paperback432 Pages1998 The Russian war effort to defeat invading Axis powers, an effort that assembled the largest military force in recorded history and that cost the lives of more...