General WWII History

Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration by James R. GrossmanPaperback398 Pages1991 Grossman’s rich, detailed analysis of black migration to Chicago during World War I and its aftermath brilliantly captures the cultural...

Larger Than Life: The Legacy of Daniel Longwell and Mary Fraser Longwell Judith Haas Smith Paperback 336 Pages 20015 Daniel Longwell began his career in journalism as a publisher's young man at Doubleday Publishing Company where he represented...

Latina/os and WWII PB: Mobility, Agency, and Ideology by Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez and B. V. OlguínPaperback328 Pages2014 The first book-length study of Latina/o experiences in World War II over a wide spectrum of identities and...

Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan NeimanPaperback2020 'An ambitious and engrossing investigation of the moral legacies which stubbornly refuse to pass' Brendan Simms As the western world struggles with its legacies of...

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...

Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War IIby Catherin MusemecheHardcoverAugust 2022320 pages "Magnificently researched, brilliantly written, Lethal Tides is immensely entertaining and reads like an...

  Letters from CubaBy: Ruth Behar Hardcover252 Pages 2020   Pura Belpré Award Winner Ruth Behar's inspiring story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to rescue the rest of her...

Letters to America: Courageous Voices from the Past By: Tom Blair Foreword By: Tom Brokaw Hardcover 400 Pages Letters to America was written to energize Americans at a time of economic stress and self-doubt. By reading of the sacrifices the...

The Life and Work of Gunther Anders: Emigre, Iconoclast, Philosopher, Man of Lettersby Gunter Bischof, Jason Dawsey and Bernhard FetzPaperback200 PagesSeptember 2015 This volume recovers and reintroduces the work of Gunther Anders (1902-1992), "the most...

Lily's Victory Garden (Tales of Young Americans) by Helen L. Wilbur (author) and Robert Gantt Steele (Illustrator)Hardcover40 PagesFebruary 2010Ages 6-9Grade Level 1-4 When Lily learns about a lottery for land plots to grow Victory Gardens, she tries to...

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...

Lisa of Willesdan Lane: A True Story of Music and Survival During World War IIby Sarah J. Robbins (Adaptor), Mona Golabek (Author), Lee Cohen (Author)Paperback176 PagesAges 6-10January 12, 2021 An inspiring true story about one girl's escape from the...

Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness  by Elizabeth D. SametHardcover368 PagesNovember 2021 “A remarkable book, from its title and subtitle to its last words . . . A stirring indictment of American...

Love, Abe: A Jewish GI’s World War II Letters Home By Bonnie Klapper Goldenberg Paperback356 Pages2022 The children of immigrants, Abraham “Abe” Klapper and Lillian Schein were newlyweds expecting their first child when Abe was inducted...

Loyal Forces: The American Animals of World War IIBy: Toni M. Kiser and Lindsey F. BarnesHardcover192 Pages During World War II, the U.S. called upon all its citizens to contribute to the war effort, encouraging them to enlist, buy war bonds, and collect...

M36/M36B1 Tank Destroyer (Images of War)by David DoylePaperback128 Pages2019 Going into WWII, the prevailing strategy of the US command was that tanks were not to be used to engage enemy tanks in combat. Rather, tanks were to be the armored spearhead to...

  MacArthur's Spies: The Soldiers, the Singers, and the Spymasters Who Defied the Japanese in World War II Paperback368 pagesby Peter Eisner   "MacArthur's Spies reads like Casablanca set in the Pacific, filled with brave and...

Man of the Hour: James B. Conant, Warrior Scientistby Jennet ConantPaperback608 PagesSeptember 2017 “Gripping...an outstanding portrait of a technocrat, at work and at home.”— The Wall Street Journal“Evocative.....

Man's Search For MeaningBy: Viktor E. FranklPaperback192 Pages Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl...

The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses and HistoriansBy: Cynthia C. KellyPaperback544 Pages2020 On the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first atomic bomb, discover new reflections on the Manhattan...

Mare's War By: Tanita S. Davis Paperback 354 Pages Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and up 2011 Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less than perfect life in the...

Masters of the Air: American's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany by Donald MillerPaperback688 PagesSeptember 2007 The inspiration for the major Apple TV+ series, streaming now!The riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in...

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...

Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty (Third Edition)by Peter CollierHardcover336 Pages On October 25, 2010, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta became the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States’...

Midway: The Battle that Changed the Pacific War (World War II Comix) By: Jay Wertz & Wes Locher Paperback 24 pages 2018 Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.3 x 10.2 inches Age Range: 10 and up After the attack on Pearl Harbor the U. S. Pacific Fleet...

Misconceptions about the Tuskegee Airmen: Refuting Myths about America's First Black Military Pilotsby Daniel HaulmanPaperback152 PagesFebruary 2023Once an obscure piece of World War II history, the Tuskegee Airmen are now among the most celebrated and...

Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trail of the Nazisby Tim TownsendHardcover400 pagesMarch 2014 Mission at Nuremberg is Tim Townsend’s gripping story of the American Army chaplain sent to save the souls of the Nazis...

Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe Robert Matzen Hardcover 400 Pages 2016 In March 1941, Jimmy Stewart, America’s boy next door and recent Academy Award winner, left fame and fortune behind and joined the United States Army Air Corps...

Mobilizing the Home Front: War Bonds and Domestic Propaganda by James J. KimbleHardcover236 PagesMay 2006 Kimble examines the U.S. Treasury’s eight war bond drives that raised over $185 billion—the largest single domestic propaganda campaign...

Monuments Man: The Mission to Save Vermeers Rembrandts, and Da Vincis from the Nazis' Graspby James J. RorimerHardcover352 PagesMay 2022 A classic now back in print and enriched with new imagery, James J. Rorimer’s riveting first-hand account takes...

Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud Jeff Stoffer Hardcover 118 Pages 2010 This is the story of one remarkable woman, whose devotion to a generation of heroes transcended all boundries. Madame Simone Renaud witnessed the liberation of...

Mr. Roosevelt's Navy: The Private War of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1939-1942by Patrick AbbaziaPaperback532 Pages2016 The U.S. Navy was at war in the Atlantic long before 7 December 1941, but little is known about that conflict. Mr. Roosevelt’s Navy...

My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March (Memories of War) By: Lester Tenney Paperback220 Pages Captured by the Japanese after the fall of Bataan, Lester Tenney was one of the very few who would survive the legendary Death March and three and a half...

My Paintings, My Memories, My Message... Hanka Kornfeld-Marder Paperback 26 Pages 2010 By viewing this Holocaust Remembrance Book of Paintings and sharing it with relatives and friends, you are showing your commitment to remember the innocent...

Nancy Love and the WASP Ferry Piolts of World War IIby Sarah Byrn RickmanPaperback352 PagesJuly 2014 She flew the swift P-51 and the capricious P-38, but the heavy, four-engine B-17 bomber and C-54 transport were her forte. This is the story of Nancy...

Navajo Code Talkers of WWIIBy: Blake Hoena (Author), Marcel P. Massegu (Illustrator) Paperback32 pages2019Product Dimensions: 6.88 x 0.13 x 9 inchesAge Range: 8 - 14 yearsGrade Level: 3-9 During World War II U.S. forces had to keep battle plans...

Nazi Millionaires: The Allied Search for Hidden SS Gold Kenneth Alford 320 Pages 2018 During the final days of World War II, German SS officers crammed trains, cars, and trucks full of gold, currency, and jewels, and headed for the mountains of...

Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaustby Milton MeltzerPaperback240 PagesSeptember 1991Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inchesAge Range: 8-12 yearsGrade Level: 8-9 Six million-- a number impossible to visualize. Six million Jews were killed in Europe...

Never to Return Randall Peffer Paperback 264 Pages 2017 Never to Return is the harrowing tale of the torpedoing and sinking of a Coast Guard ship and the loss of 171 Coast Guardsmen off the coast of Iceland during WWII. The USS Leopold was a...

Night: Memorial EditionHardcoverBy: Elie Wiesel158 Pages2017 A memorial edition of Elie Wiesel’s seminal memoir of surviving the Nazi death camps, with tributes by President Obama and Samantha Power When Elie Wiesel died in July 2016, the White...

Night Witches at War: The Soviet Women Pilots of World War IIby Bruce Berglund (Author) and Trevor Goring (Illustrator)Paperback32 PagesAges 8-14August 2019 Flying combat missions in wartime is always dangerous. But imagine doing so in a slow, rickety...

Nisei Linquists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II by James McNaughtonPaperback532 PagesMarch 2007 Chronicles the establishment and achievements of U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service, the organization that...

No Average Day: The 24 Hours of October 24, 1944 by Rona SimmonsHardcover298 PagesOctober 24 2024 On Tuesday, October 24, 1944, nearly three years after the United States entered World War II, over 2,600 Americans perished—more than on any other...

No Sacrifice Too Great: The 1st Infantry Division in World War II (American Military Experiance)by Gregory FontenotHardcoverJune 2023616 page The U.S. 1st Infantry Division (1st ID), familiarly known as the Big Red One, adapted to dynamic battlefield...

Normandy 1944 Georges Bernage Paperback 224 Pages 2018 This book is the fruit of forty years of contact with military and civilian witnesses, now almost all gone, of research, analyses and descriptions of several thousands of photographs about...

Nuremberg's Voice of  Doom: The Autobiography of the Chief Interpreter at History's Greatest TrialsBy: Wolfe FrankEditor: Paul HooleyHardcover224 Pages2018 The memoirs of Wolfe Frank, which lay hidden in an attic for twenty-five years, are a unique...

Nursing Churchill: Wartime Life from the Private Letters of Winston Churchill's Nurse Jill Rose Hardcover 304 Pages 2018 A fresh perspective on Churchill and wartime life through the eyes of the nurse charged with looking after the Prime Minister...

Nursing Civil Rights: Gender and Race in the Army Nurse Corps (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History) by Charissa ThreatPaperback216 PagesMarch 2015 In Nursing Civil Rights, Charissa J. Threat investigates the parallel battles against...

NY Times Complete WWIIby Richard OveryPaperback624 Pages2016 Experience the history, politics, and tragedy of World War II as you've never seen it before with original, often firsthand daily reportage of The New York Times, our country's newspaper of...

Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II from Guadalcanal to Peleliuby Amy Rupertus Peacock and Don BrownHardcover448 PagesFeb 2022 Marine general William H. Rupertus is best known...

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...

On the Run By: Casey Willems 82 Pages In 1944, Frans, is a twelve-year-old boarding school student taking care of a band of ponies when an American airman is shot down over occupied Holland. Frans rescues Bill. While trying to bring him to a safe...

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...

  One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC by Charity Adams Earley Paperback232 Pages Ocotber 1995   When America entered World War II, the surge of patriotism was not confined to men. Congress authorized the organization of the...

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 Crossbow: The Untold Story of the Search for Hitler's Secret Weapons Allan Williams Paperback 450 Pages 2014 For the first time, the real story behind the top-secret World War II operations Crossbow and Bodyline, and how photographic...

Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and the Sacrificeby Patrick BishopPaperback400 PagesAugust 2022 In the tradition of Ben Macintyre, Tim Cook, and other bestselling World War Two historians, a riveting and updated telling of the tragic Dieppe...

Operation Last Chance: One Man's Quest to Bring Nazi Criminals to Justice Efraim Zuroff Paperback 256 Pages 2008 Sixty years after the end of World War II, not all those who were faithful to the Third Reich are dead - some members of the Nazi...

Operation MincemeatBen MacintyrePaperback432 Pages2011 “Pure catnip to fans of World War II thrillers and a lot of fun for everyone else.”—Joseph Kanon, The Washington Post Book WorldNear the end of World War II, two British naval...

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Broguht Nazi Scientist to AmericaBy: Annie JacobsenHardcover592 Pages2014The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York Times...

Operation Vengeance:  The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War II By: Dan HamptonHardcover448 Pages2020   "Operation Vengeance is colorful, intimate, eye-popping history, delivered at a breakneck pace. I loved it...

Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America's Special Operations Forces Mark Moyar Hardcover 432 Pages 2017 Oppose Any Foe is the epic story of America's most elite warriors: the Special Operations Forces. Born as small appendages to the conventional...

Our Crime Was Being Jewish: Hundreds of Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Storiesby Anthony S. PitchPaperback360 PagesNovember 2020The haunting true stories of over 350 Holocaust survivors in their own words.In the shouted words of a woman bound...

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...

Painting War: George Plante's Combat Art in World War IIby Kathleen Broome WilliamsHardcover312 PagesMay 2019 Scottish artist George Plante did not enter World War II as an artist but as a volunteer radio operator in the British merchant fleet. There he...

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...

Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich David Kenyon Webster Paperback 2002 David Kenyon Webster’s memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of...

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...

Patriots From the Barrio: The Story of Company E, 141st Infantry: The Only All Mexican American Army Unit in World War II by Dave GutierrezPaperback296 PagesMay 2018The Inspiring True Story of a Segregated Unit Whose Exploits Underscore the Forgotten...

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 Madness: The Dark Side of the Battlefield Genius by Jim SudmeierHardcover280 PagesDecember 2019 Dwight Eisenhower called General George S. Patton "mentally unbalanced" and "just like a time bomb," and indeed, the egotistical, mercurial,...

Pearl Harbor and the Day of Infamy (World War II Comix) By: Jay Wertz and Wes Locher Paperback 24 pages 2017 Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.1 x 10.1 inches Age Range: 10 and up Starting with the background of Japan’s rise to military prominence...

Phantom Father: A Daughter's Quest for Elegy Sharon Estill Taylor, PhDHardcover352 Pages A daughter’s search and recovery mission to bring home her father, 1Lt. Shannon Estill, a P-38 fighter pilot and one of the last casualties of World War II.

Picture History of World War II American Aircraft Production (Dover Books on Transportation)by Joshua StoffPaperback160 Pages Over 250 rare photographs depict one of the greatest industrial feats of World War II: the massive production of American...

Plunder HC By Menachem HaiserHardcover288 PagesMarch 2021 From a gifted young writer, the story of his quest to reclaim his family’s apartment building in Poland—and of the astonishing entanglement with Nazi treasure hunters that...

Principalities and Powers: Spiritual Combat 1942-1943by George William RutlerHardcover184 Pages2013 This book is a “You Are There” approach to a portion of the Second World War, specifically the decisive years of 1942–1943. While...

Prisoner of the Rising Sun: The Lost Diary of Brigadier General Lewis Beebe by: Brigadier General Lewis BeebeHardcover266 Pages A never-before-published account of the experience of an American officer at the hands of Japanese captors, Prisoner of...

Prisoners of the CastleBen MacintyreHardback368 Pages2022 In this gripping narrative, Ben Macintyre tackles one of the most famous prison stories in history and makes it utterly his own. During World War II, the German army used the towering Colditz...

Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II  By: Alan GratzHardcover October 2016 Grade Level: 4-7 320 PagesReading Level: 9-12 Infiltrate. Befriend. Sabotage.World War II is raging. Michael O'Shaunessey, originally from Ireland, now lives in Nazi...

PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedyby William DoylePaperback368 PagesJune 2016 The extraordinary World War II story of shipwreck and survival that paved John F. Kennedy's path to power – hailed as a...

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...

Race, Religion, & Civil Rights PB: Asian Students on the West Coast, 1900-1968 by Stephanie HinnershitzPaperback256 pages2015 Histories of civil rights movements in America generally place little or no emphasis on the activism of Asian Americans...

Refugee  by Alan GratzHardcover352 PagesAges 9-12July 2017 A tour de force from acclaimed author Alan Gratz (Prisoner B-3087), this timely -- and timeless -- novel tells the powerful story of three different children seeking refuge. A New York...

Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave-Labor CampChristopher R. BrowningPaperback416 pagesProduct Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.1 x 8.3 inches In 1972 the Hamburg State Court acquitted Walter Becker, the German chief of police in the Polish city of...

Reporting World War II: The 75th Anniversary Edition 2C BOX SET: American Journalism 1938-1946Samuel Hynes (Author), Anne Matthews (Editor), Nancy Caldwell Sorel (Editor), Roger J. Spiller (Editor) Hardcover 1882 Pages 2016 This deluxe two-volume...

Rethinking World War Two: The Conflict and its Legacy by Jeremy BlackPaperback272 PagesMarch 2015 History is both the past and our accounts of the past. In Rethinking World War Two, Jeremy Black explores the contesting accounts and interpretations...

  Rip to the RescueBy: Miriam HalahmyHardcover208 Pages2020   It's 1940 and Nazi bombs are raining down on London, but 13-year-old bike messenger Jack has just discovered something unbelievable: a stray dog with a surprising talent.Jack...

Robert Capa: A Graphic Biography Florant Silloray Hardcover 88 Pages 2017 "If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough. --Robert Capa Robert Capa: A Graphic Biography is a brilliant portrayal of the career of the great war...

Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Centerby Ray MonkPaperbackMarch 2014880 PagesAn unforgettable story of discovery and unimaginable destruction and a major biography of one of America’s most brilliant—and most...

Rogue HeroesBen MacintyrePaperback400 Pages2017 “Reads like a mashup of The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape, with a sprinkling of Ocean’s 11 thrown in for good measure.”—Michiko Kakutani, The...

Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionageby Joseph PeriscoPaperback592 PagesOctober 2002Despite all that has already been written on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Persico has uncovered a hitherto overlooked dimension of FDR's wartime...

Rosie The Riveter: The Legacy of An American Icon by Sarah DvojackHardcoverOctober 202140 PagesThis gorgeous picture book highlights how an iconic image of a working woman evolved into an inspirational symbol of hope and strength for all girls and women...

Rosie's Riveting Recipes: Cooking, Cocktails, and Kitchen Tips from 1940s America By: Daniela Turudich Paperback 288 Pages From an era when American women pulled up their trousers, slipped on their gloves, and stepped up to the plate comes this...

Ruth and the Night of Broken Glass: A World War II Survival StoryBy: Emma Carlson Berne (Author) and Matt Forsyth (Illustrator) Paperback112 Pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.5Age Range: 8-12 yearsGrade Level: 3-7 In the late summer and...

Saving My Enemy: How Two WWII Soldiers Fought Against Each Other and Later Forged a Friendship That Saved Their Livesby Bob WelchHardcover 380 PagesApril 2021 “A quintessential tale. Once read, never to be forgotten.” —Erik...

SBS-Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime Historyby Saul DavidPaperback528 Pages2021 THE FIRST AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE SBS. Britain’s SBS – or Special Boat Service – was the world’s first maritime special operations unit...

Schindler's List Thomas Keneally Paperback 400 Pages 1993 The acclaimed bestselling classic of Holocaust literature, winner of the Booker Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction, and the inspiration for the classic film—“a masterful...

  Seven Stars: The Okinawa Battle Diaries of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. and Joseph Stilwell   by Nicholas Evan Sarantakes (Editor) Hardcover224 PagesJanuary 2004   Battle diaries are essential for understanding what generals are...

Shifty's War: The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers, the Legendary Shar pshooter from the Band of Brothers by Marcus BrothertonPaperback304 Pages2012 From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography...

Ship Spotter's Guide by Angus KnostamPaperback128 PagesNovember 2014 Ships have been part of military campaigns since the Ancient world, and this expertly illustrated and detailed Spotter's Guide offers a look at the 40 most iconic and recognizable ships...