General WWII History

Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History By: Robert M. Edsel Paperback 512 Pages The astonishing true story of the special Allied forces who saved civilization's treasures from Hitler's grasp--now a major...

The Mosquito in the USAAF: DeHavilland's Wooden Wonder in American Service by Tony FairbairnHardcover304 PagesDecember 2021 On 20 April 1941, a group of distinguished Americans headed by the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, John Winant, and which...

The Nazi and the PsychiatristBy: Jack El-HaiPaperback305 Pages2014In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, accompanied by sixteen suitcases 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 Orgins of Nazi Genocide: From Euthanasia to the Final Solution by: Henry FriedlanderPaperback448 PagesSeptember 1997Tracing the rise of racist and eugenic ideologies, Henry Friedlander explores in chilling detail how the Nazi program of secretly...

  The Paratroopers Generals: Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and the American Airborne from D-Day through Normandy By: Mitchell Yockelson 320 Pages 2020   Generals during World War II usually stayed to the rear, but not Matthew Ridgway and...

The Partnership: George Marshall, Henry Stimson, and the Extrodinary Collaboration That Won World War II by Edward Farley AldrichHardcover560 PagesApril 2022 On September 1, 1939, the day World War II broke out in Europe, Gen. George Marshall was sworn...

  The Pendulum: A Granddaughter's Search for Her Family's Forbidden Nazi PastBy: Julie LindahlHardcover 256 Pages2018   This gripping memoir traces Brazilian-born American Julie Lindahl’s journey to uncover her grandparents’...

The Phenomenon of Anne Frank  by David Barnouw, Jeannetter K. Ringold (Translator)Paperback141 pagesFebruary, 2018 “Everything you want to know about the Anne Frank phenomenon, about the perception and the effect of the text, whose writer...

The Pink Triangle Richard PlantPaperback272 Pages1988 This is the first comprehensive book in English on the fate of the homosexuals in Nazi Germany. The author, a German refugee, examines the climate and conditions that gave rise to a vicious campaign...

The Real Tenko: Extraordianry True Stories of Women Prisoners of The Japanese By: Mark FeltonPaperback176 Pages2011 This book details the treatment of Allied service-women, female civilians and local women by the Japanese occupation forces. While a...

The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando Paul Kix Hardcover 304 Pages 2017 In the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy...

The Second World War Illustrated: The First Yearby Jack HolroydPaperback272 Pages2019 The first volume covers contributory factors leading up to the outbreak of hostilities. Hitler's amazing success in correcting the real and perceived insults to the...

The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won Victor Davis Hanson Hardcover 720 Pages 2017 A definitive account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian World War II was the most lethal conflict in...

The Soldier's Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War IIby David ChrisingerHardcover400 PagesMay 30, 2023 Named a best book of 2023 by BooklistA beautiful reckoning with the life and work of the legendary journalist Ernie Pyle, who gave World...

The Split History of the Attack on Pearl HarborBy: Steven OtfinoskiPaperback64 pages2018Age Range: 10 - 14Grade Level: 5 - 6 Every battle has two sides, and the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II is no different. Experience the event from...

The Spy Toolkit: Extraordinary inventions from World War II by The National Archives and Stephen TwiggeHardcover157 PagesMay 2018 A revealing, sometimes sinister and often hilarious look at the gadgets and devices devised to help spies in their...

The S.S. Officer's Armchair: Uncovering the Hidden Life of a NaziBy: Daniel LeeHardcover320 Pages2020 Based on documents discovered concealed within a simple chair for seventy years, this gripping investigation into the life of a single S.S. officer...

The Story of Black Military Officers, 1861-1948 By Krewasky A.A. Salter 304 pages  Paperback 2015 This book by Krewasky Salter chronicles the history of Black military officers from the Civil War through the early Cold War era. It highlights their...

The Story of World War II - Audiobook by Donald L. MillerNarrated by Michael KramerUnabridged, Run Time: 24 hrs, 52 minsAugust 2012MP3 CD FormatDrawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has...

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...

The Summer We Found the Babyby Amy HestHardcover192 PagesAugust 2020Reading Ages: 10-13 yearsSet during World War II, this poignant, briskly paced historical novel relays the events of one extraordinary summer from three engaging points of view.On the...

Supreme Commander: The War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower By: Stephen E. Ambrose Paperback 768 Pages In this classic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower the soldier, bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander’s...

The Tuskegee Airmen, An Illustrated History: 1939-1949by Joseph Caver, Jerome Ennels and Daniel L. HaulmanHardcover229 Pages In The Tuskegee Airmen, An Illustrated History: 1939-1949, Air Force historians Joseph Caver, Jerome Ennels and Daniel Haulman...

The Tuskegee Airmen Chronology: A Detailed Timeline of the Red Tails and Other Black Pilots of World War IIby Daniel HaulmanPaperback198 Pages2018 The Tuskegee Airmen Chronology: A Detailed Timeline of the Red Tails and Other Black Pilots of World War II...

The Tuskegee Airmen Freedom Flyers of WWII PBby Brynn Nicole Baker32 Pages2015Ages 8-10Grades 3-6 The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military pilots in the United States armed forces. Flying bombers and fighters, they completed over 1500...

The Tuskegee Airmen Story By: Lynn Homan and Thomas ReillyIllustrated by: Rosalie M. ShepherdHardcover32 PagesAge Range: 5-8Grade Level: Kindergarten-32002 The Tuskegee Airmen not only flew 1,500 successful missions in World War II, but also laid the...

The Tuskegee Airmen's Mission to Berlin: A Fly on the Wall of HistoryBy: Thomas Kingsley Troupe (Author) and Jamike Tejida (Illustrator)Paperback32 Pages2018Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.2 x 10 inchesAge Range: 6 - 8 yearsGrade Level: 1-3 Through clouds and...

The U.S. Army Infantryman WWII Pocket Manual Edited By Chris McNabHardcover160 Pages2021 Presents information from a wealth of contemporary World War II training manuals and tactical documents.The battle for Europe in 1943–45 was one of the...

The United States Navy in World War II: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa By Mark Stille Hardcover 304 Pages 2021 A comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations, and vessels of the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945.  

The Unbreakable Zamperini: A World War II Survivor's Brave Story by Nel Yomtov (Author) and Rafal Szlapa (Illustrator)PaperbacK32 PagesAges 8-14 YearsAugust 2019 In the 1930s Louis Zamperini was a promising Olympic track athlete. But when World War II...

The US Home Front During World War II by Ryan GaleHardcover48 PagesAugust 2022Ages: 10-15 yearsGrades: 5-9 This book describes the ways that World War II affected production and daily life in the United States, as well as government programs for...

The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy Adam Tooze Paperback 848 Pages 2008 An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam Tooze's...

The War Bride's Scrapbook: A Novel in PicturesCaroline PrestonHardcover224 Pages2017 A World War II love story, narrated through a new bride’s dazzling array of vintage postcards, newspaper clippings, photographs, and more. Lila Jerome has never...

The Washington War: FDR's Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War IIby James LaceyPaperback592 PagesApril 2020A Team of Rivals for World War II—the inside story of how FDR and the towering personalities around him waged...

The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943 by Robert CitinoPaperback440 Pages2016 Throughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own...

The Wehrmachts Last Stand - The German Campaigns of 1944-1945 by Robert CitinoPaperback632 PagesNov. 2017 By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. Three quarters of a century later, the question persists: What kept the German army...

The Whispering Town By Jennifer Elvgren Paperback 32 pages 2014 The dramatic story of neighbors in a small Danish fishing village who, during the Holocaust, shelter a Jewish family waiting to be ferried to safety in Sweden - based on a true story.It is...

The World Turns to Warby Jay Wertz Hardcover336 Pages2017 The World Turns to War weaves stories of combat veterans into an event-by-event history of the war. Includes the words of veterans of all forces in all theaters of operation. Illustrated by...

The World War II Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DKHardcoverJune 2022336 Pages Learn about the rise of Adolf Hitler, Pearl Harbour and the D-Day Landings in The WWII Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics...

The Writing on the Wall: How one boy, my father, survived the Holocaust by Juliet RiedenPaperback267 PagesAugust 2019'Memoirs such as this will ensure we do not lose the struggle against "forgetting" - that sly accomplice of tyranny' Magda...

Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 By: Lynne OlsonPaperback576 Pages2014 From the acclaimed author of Citizens of London comes the definitive account of the debate over American intervention in World...

  To Bataan and Back: The World War II Diary of Major Thomas Dooley   By Jerry C. Cooper Hardcover264 Pages  November 2016   The Aggie tradition of Muster stretches back to the earliest days of the college. But an extraordinary...

  Tony's War: One soldier's Entire WWII Experiance Written s it was HappeningBy: Edward Anthony (Tony) Zahn) Paperback 282 Pages Decemeber 2019   Tony was an urbane, witty, college-educated Long Island boy whose WWII army career was recorded...

  Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era (John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)   by Chad L. Williams (Author) Paperback 470 Pages August 2013   For the 380,000...

Torpedoed!: A World War II Story of a Sinking Passenger Ship and Two Children's Survival at SeaBy: Cheryl MullenbachHardcover176 pages2017Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inchesAge Range: 10 and upGrade Level: 5 and up When 14-year-old Florence Kelly...

Towards the American Century: Austrians in the United States Gunther BischofHardcover280 Pages2019 The present volume chronicles Austrian immigration to the United States against the backdrop of bilateral relations between the two countries, across the...

  Triump of the Dead: American World War II Cemeteries, Monuments, and Diplomacy in France (War, Memory and Culture)   by Kate Clarke Lemay  (Author) Hardcover 232 Pages September 2018An investigation into the relationship...

Troubled Memory: Anne Levy, the Holocaust, and David Duke's Louisiana Lawrence N. Powell Paperback 616 Pages 2002 This powerful work tells the story of Anne Skorecki Levy, the Holocaust survivor who transformed the horrors of her childhood into...

Truman and the Bomb: The Untold Story By D.M. Giangreco Hardcover 280 pages August 1, 2023 Many myths have grown up around President Harry S. Truman’s decision to use nuclear weapons against Imperial Japan. In destroying these myths, Truman...

Truman David McCullough Paperback 1117 Pages 1992 The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters -- Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe...

Turning Point: The Story of the D-Day LandingsBy: Micheal BurganPaperback112 Pages2017Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.8 inchesAge Range: 9-12 YearsGrade Level: 3-9 In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a...

Tuxedo Park PB by Jennet ConantPaperback352 PagesMay 2003The untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar and the atomic bomb. Together they...

U-Boats of the Second World War: Their Longest Voyagesby Jak P. Mallmann Showell Paperback240 Pages2017 Ocean-going U-boats, each one not much longer than four European articulated lorries with up to sixty men inside them, sailed the far-off seas to...

U-Boats off Bermuda: Patrol Summaries and Merchant Ship Survivors Landed in Bermuda 1940-1944by Eric WibergHardcover256 Pages2017 For the first time, a book exposes an obscure theater of the Second World War in great detail and comprehensively, not just...

United States Airborne Divisions 1942-2018 (Images Of War)by Michael GreenPaperback216 Pages2019 In 1942 the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions were formed and three more followed. 17th and 92nd (All American Division) and 101st (Screaming Eagles) fought...

U.S. Anti Tank Artillery 1941 - 1945 by Steven J. Zaloga (Author), Brian Delf (Illustrator) Paperback93 PagesAugust 2012 The US Army's development of the 37mm anti-tank gun began in response to needs identified during the Spanish...

U.S. Ghost Army PBBy: Nel Yomtov (Author) and Alessandro Valdrighi (Illustrator)Paperback32 PagesProduct Dimensions: 6.8 by 0.1 x 9 inchesAge Range: 8 - 14 yearsGrade Level: 3 - 9 When you need to mislead the enemy, who are you going to call? The...

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and RedemptionBy: Laura HillenbrandHardcover496 Pages From Laura Hillenbrand, the bestselling author of Seabiscuit, comes Unbroken, the inspiring true story of a man who lived through a series of...

Under the Blood-Red Sun By: Graham Salisbury Paperback 256 Pages Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3-7 Fiction Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty. World War II seems...

Understanding the Articles of Confederation By: Sally Senzell Isaacs Paperback 32 pages 2009 Reading Level: Gr. 3 Interest Level: Gr. 3-5 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.2 x 10.6 inches The Articles of Confederation legally brought the United States...

Understanding the Declaration of Independence By: Sally Senzell Isaacs Paperback 32 pages 2008 Reading Level: Gr. 1 Interest Level: Gr. 1-4 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.2 x 10.6 inches When the founding fathers signed the Declaration of...

Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War IIby Lena S. AndrewsHardcover168 PagesAugust 2023 National Bestseller * Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist "An ingenious look at WWII.” —Publishers...

Valor, Guts, and Luck: A B-17 Tailgunner's Survival Story during World War II By: William L. Smallwood Hardcover 176 pages During the Second World War, a B-17 tailgunner had a one-in-four chance of survival during his standard twenty-five-mission...

Vintage Wedding: Simple Ideas for Creating a Romantic Vintage Wedding (Vintage Living) by Daniela TurudichPaperback176 Pages2013 Returning to print in an expanded edition, this informative guide to planning a period wedding provides brides and wedding...

Virgina Hall Clever Spy of WWII PB by Rebecca George Paperback37 PagesAugust 2023An action-packed graphic novel about Virginia Hall, known as one of the most courageous spies of World War II.In the early 1940s, during World War II, Germany’s...

Visions of Victory: The Hopes of Eight World War II LeadersBy Gerhard L. WeinbergPaperback"Visions of Victory" explores the views of eight war leaders of the major powers of World War II - Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Chiang Kai-shek, Stalin, Churchill, de...

Visions of Victory: The Hopes of Eight World War II Leaders By: Gerhard L. WeinbergHardcover320 Pages Visions of Victory explores the views of eight war leaders of the major powers of World War II - Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Chiang Kai-shek, Stalin,...

Voices of Pearl Harbor By: Sherry GarlandIllustrated by: Layne JohnsonHardcover40 PagesAge Range: 8 and upGrade Level: 3 and up2013 Japan’s surprise attack on December 7, 1941, devastated the American Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and forced...

Voices of the Codebreakers: Personal accounts of the secret heroes of World War II Michael Paterson Paperback 304 Pages 2018 Alongside the open conflict of World War II there were other, hidden wars - the wars of communication, in which success...

Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of Warby Michael NeufeldPaperback624 PagesNov 2008 Curator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of controversial space pioneer Wernher von...

War and Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943–1945 Nigel Hamilton Hardcover 592 Pages 2019 Nigel Hamilton's celebrated trilogy culminates with a story of triumph and tragedy. Just as FDR was proven right by the D-day landings he had...

War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War IIRobin Hutton Hardcover270 Pages2008 Today, war is a high-tech affair. The modern soldier relies on advanced weapons and communications technology as his essential support. But in World War II, soldiers relied...

War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest GenerationBy: Cindy HvalHardcover216 Pages2015 America’s World War II is most often told through the stories of its great battles, when an entire generation of our young men was suddenly thrust across the...

War Dogs: A History of Loyalty and Heroism By: Michael G. Lemish Paperback 304 Pages An eye-opening look at unsung canine heroes from World War I to the present. Terriers, shepherds, beagles, collies, huskies, and Dobermans are only a few of...

Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945 By: Carlo D'Este Hardcover 864 Pages Carlo D'Este's brilliant new biography examines Winston Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord: a descendant of...

We Band of Angels Elizabeth Norman Paperback 384 Pages 2013 In the fall of 1941, the Philippines was a gardenia-scented paradise for the American Army and Navy nurses stationed there. War was a distant rumor, life a routine of easy shifts and...

Wen Bon: A Naval Intelligence Officer Behind Japanese Lines in China in WWII by Bryon R Winborn (Author)Hardcover253 PagesNovember 1994 Winborn was a Naval lieutenant attached to the 14th Army Air Force to serve as a Technical Air Intelligence inspector...

West Point History of World War II, Vol. 1 (2) (The West Point History of Warfare Series) by The United States Military AcademyHardcover352 Pages2015 An outstanding new military history of the first half of World War II, featuring a rich array of...

What Was D-Day? By: Patricia Brennan Demuth Paperback 112 pages 2015 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches Age Range: 8 - 12 Grade Level: 3 - 7 In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied...

What Was Pearl Harbor? By: Patricia Brennan Demuth Paperback 112 pages 2013 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches Age Range: 8 - 12 Grade Level: 3 - 7 On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American...

What Was the Holocaust? By: Gail Herman Paperback 32 pages 2018 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.3 x 7.7 inches Age Range: 8 - 12 years Grade Level: 3 - 7 The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million...

Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans from World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nationby David DavisHardcoverAugust 2020400 Pages Out of the carnage of World War II comes an unforgettable tale about...

When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us When World War IIBy: Molly Guptill ManningPaperback304 Pages2015 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Heartwarming.” — New York Times“Whether or not you’re a book lover,...

Where the Birds Never Sing: The True Story of the 92nd Signal Battalion and the Liberation of Dachauby Jack SaccoPaperback336 Pages In this riveting book, Jack Sacco tells the realistic, harrowing, at times horrifying, and ultimately triumphant tale of...

Who's Who in WWII (Crabtree Connections) By: Alison Hawes (Author) Paperback 32 pages 2010 Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 7 x 9 inches Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3 and up Leader, soldier, prisoner, spy—do you know who is who in WWII? • Who...

Why the Allies Wonby Richard OveryPaperback416 Pages1997 Richard Overy's bold book begins by throwing out the stock answers to this great question: Germany doomed itself to defeat by fighting a two-front war; the Allies won by "sheer weight of material...

Widowmaker: Living and Dying with the Corsair By: Tim Hillier-GravesHardcoverAugust 2020 214 Pages   “Despite everything, I felt very lucky to have flown Corsairs. They were the best, you know, even though it took me sometime to realize...

Willy and Sherman: Battle on the BeachBy: Dave DeVisserPaperback104 pages2018 Willy, a spirited military jeep and Sherman, a cautious army tank meet on a WWII supply ship headed for Europe. They become best friends, and train together in England for the...

Wings, Women, and WarBy:Reina PenningtonPaperback304 Pages The Soviet Union was the first nation to allow women pilots to fly combat missions. During World War II the Red Air Force formed three all-female units--grouped into separate fighter, dive...

Witchcraft: B-24 LiberatorKenny Kemp Paperback128 pagesThe first book in the Warbird Flightline series celebrates the Collings Foundation’s Witchcraft, the last flying exemplar of the B-24 Liberator bomber. Unlike other walk-around books,...

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...

Women Defying Hitler: Rescue and Resistance under the Nazisby Nathan StoltzfusPaperback236 Pages2021 This timely volume brings together an international team of leading scholars to explore the ways that women responded to situations of immense...

Women Heroes of World War II—the Pacific Theater: 15 Stories of Resistance, Rescue, Sabotage, and Survival (Women of Action)Kathryn J. AtwoodHardcover240 Pages2016 Glamorous American singer Claire Phillips opened a nightclub in manila, using the...

Women in War: From Home Front to Front Line By: Celia Lee and Paul Strong Forward By: Gary Sheffield Paperback387 pages2012 The changing role of women in warfare, a neglected aspect of military history, is the subject of this collection of...

The World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Carriers and Naval Aircraft: An Illustrated History of Aircraft Carriers and The Naval Aircradt that Launch From...Wartime and Modern Identification Photographs by Bernard Ireland and Francis Crosby 512...

World War II: A Very Short Introduction By: Gerhard WeinbergPaperback144 Pages The enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope that there would never be another such catastrophe. How then did it come to...

World War II at Sea: A Global Historyby Craig SymondsHardcover792 Pages2018 Author of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize), The Battle of Midway (Best Book of the Year, Military History Quarterly), and Operation Neptune, (winner of the...

World War II For Dummies By: Keith Dickson Paperback 436 Pages 2001 World War II was the most destructive event of the twentieth century. It was total war covering the entire globe, and the nations that fought it employed every available resource,...

World War II Posters: 24 Cards This original collection of GI Generation posters recaptures the heroic spirit of the Second World War. Vivid reproductions of two dozen morale-boosters include Norman Rockwell's famous "Four Freedoms," C. C. Beall's...