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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...

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...

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...

As Good As Dead: The Daring Escape of American POWs From a Japanese Death Camp by Stephen L. MooreHardback368 Pages2016 The heroic story of eleven American POWs who defied certain death in World War II—As Good as Dead is an unforgettable account of...

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...

  Atomic Bomb Island: Tinian, the Last Stage of the Manhattan Project, and the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan in World War II  By: Don A. Farrell  Hardcover464 Pages 2021   Atomic Bomb Island tells the story of an...

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...

Bataan Death March: A Soldier's Story by James BollichPaperback 224 PagesOctober 2003 "I salute the author for writing his story; doing so must have caused him many a restless night and not a few tears. He has served all his fellow POWs well by...

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...

Black Snow - Curtis LeMay, and the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bombby James ScottHardcover432 PagesSeptember 2022 “Black Snow brilliantly vivifies the horrific reality of the most destructive air attack in history, against...

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...

Bound By War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America's First Pacific Century By Christopher CapozzolaHardcover480 Pages2020 A sweeping history of America's long and fateful military relationship with the Philippines amid a century of...

Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War By: Robert Leckie Paperback 464 Pages From the Japanese soldiers’ carefully calculated—and ultimately foiled—attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to...

China's Muslims & Japan's EmpireBy Kelly A. HammondPaperback314 Pages2020 In this transnational history of World War II, Kelly A. Hammond places Sino-Muslims at the center of imperial Japan's challenges to Chinese nation-building efforts. Revealing...

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...

Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II by Barret Tillman (Author), Stephen Coonts (Foreword)Paperback384 pagesNovember, 2006From the national bestselling coauthor of Dragon's Jaw, here is the incredible true...

Clear the Bridge! The War Patrols of the USS Tang By: RAdm. Richard O'Kane, USN Paperback 480 Pages The captain of a World War II submarine recounts the eventful war patrols of his ship, whose sinkings of enemy vessels ranked second among...

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...

Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacificby Craig B. SmithPaperback288 Pages2018 Counting the Days is the story of six prisoners of war imprisoned by both sides during the conflict the Japanese called the "Pacific...

Crucible of Hellby Saul DavidPaperback488 Pages2021 With Allied forces sweeping across Europe and into Germany in the spring of 1945, one enormous challenge threatened to derail America's audacious drive to win the world back from the Nazis: Japan, the...

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...

D-Days in the Pacific with the U.S. Coast Guard: The Story of Lucky Thirteen By: Ken Wiley Paperback 350 Pages The images of soldiers and marines coming ashore on hostile shores are embedded in our collective memory of World War II. But what of 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...

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...

Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines: From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japanby Saul DavidHardcover628 Pages2022 Award-winning historian Saul David reveals the searing experience of the Devil Dogs of World War II and does for the U.S...

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...

Dogfight over Tokyo: The Final Air Battle of the Pacific and the Last Four Men to Die in World War IIJohn Wukovits Hardcover 336 pages 2019   From an expert in the Pacific theater of World War II comes the tragic story of the pilots who fought 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...

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...

Eight Survived: The Harrowing Story Of The USS Flier And The Only Downed World War II Submariners To Survive And Evade Captureby Douglas A. CampbellPaperback304 Pages2018 On the night of August 13, 1944, the U.S. submarine Flier struck a mine in the Sulu...

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...

Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II By: James Tobin Paperback 336 Pages Ernie Pyle, better than any other World War II journalist, conveyed the triumphs and tribulations of the common soldier trying to survive a brutal...

Escape from the Deep Alex Kershaw Paperback 306 Pages 2009 In the early morning hours of October 24, 1944, the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Tang was hit by one of its own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of the explosion struggled to stay alive...

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...

Final Patrol: True Stories of World War II Submarines By: Don Keith Paperback 262 Pages During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five...

Finish Forty and Home: The Untold World War II Story of B-24s in the Pacific by: Phil Scearce408 PagesPaperback During the early years of World War II in the Pacific theatre, against overwhelming odds, young American airmen flew the longest and most...

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...

Flags of Our FathersBy: James Bradley and Ron PowersPaperback382 Pages Say "Iwo Jima," and what comes to mind? Most likely a famous photograph from 1945: six tired, helmeted Marines, fresh from a long, terrifying and bloody battle, work together to raise...

Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima James Bradley Paperback 211 Pages 2003 New York Times bestseller, now adapted for young readers, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military...

Flyboys: A True Story of Courageby James BradleyPaperback400 pages Structured similarly to Flags, which concerned the flag-raisers of Iwo Jima, this work reconstructs the lives of several young men at war. Eight pilots and airmen were shot down by the...

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...

Guadalcanal 1942-43: America's First Victory on the road to Tokyo by Mark Stille (Author) and Peter Dennis (Illustrator)Paperback194 PagesAugust 2015 Using black and white contemporary photographs, illuminative maps and stunning battle scene...

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...

Hell from the Heavans: The Epic Story of the USS Laffrey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack John Wukovits paperback 336 pages 2016 Looking toward the heavens, the destroyer crew saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese Air Force...

Hell's Guest By: Colonel Glenn D. Frazier (Author) Paperback 231 pages 2010 Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches In the summer of 1941 Glenn Frazier was a sixteen-year-old boy from the South Alabama farm country. Five months later, an...

Helmet for My Pillow By: Robert Leckie Paperback 305 Pages In January 1942, in the aftermath of the infamous Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Robert Leckie enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. From boot camp on Parris Island, to the bloody war...

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...

Hitler's War Beneth the Waves: The Menace of the U-Boats by Michael FitzGeraldPaperback256 pagesMarch 2020 During World War I, German U-boats had been the most effective naval weapon against the Allies and without America's entry into the war in 1917...

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...