General WWII History

A Religious History of the American GI in World War IIby G. Kurt Piehler Hardcover416 PagesDecember 2021 A Religious History of the American GI in World War II breaks new ground by recounting the armed forces’ unprecedented efforts to meet the...

A Short History of World War II 19th Printing Editionby James L. StokesburyPaperback416 Pages1980 Despite the numerous books on World War II, until now there has been no one-volume survey that was both objective and comprehensive. Previous volumes have...

A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the BulgeCharles B. MacDonald Paperback720 Pages1997 On December 16, 1944, the vanguard of three German armies, totaling half a million men, attacked U.S. forces in the Ardennes region of Belgium and...

A War To Be Won: Fighting the Second World War by Williamson Murray and Allan Millett Paperback736 Pages In the course of the twentieth century, no war looms as profoundly transformative or as destructive as World War II. Its global scope and human toll...

Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimare Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex KershawHardcover368 PagesMarch 2022 *The instant New York Times bestseller*The untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II—all Medal...

Allies and Adversaries: The Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Grand Alliance, and U.S. Strategy in World War IIby Mark A. StolerPaperback408 Pages During World War II the uniformed heads of the U.S. armed services assumed a pivotal and unprecedented role in the...

Always Faithful: A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII By: William W. Putney Paperback 256 Pages As a twenty-three-year-old veterinarian, William W. Putney joined the Marine Corps at the height of World War II. He commanded the Third Dog Platoon...

American Airpower Stategy in World War II: Bombs, Cities, Civilians, and Oil by Conrad CranePaperback288 Pages2016 Resistance is a product of will times means, Carl von Clausewitz postulated in his treatise On War. In his 1993 Bombs, Cities, and...

American Girls, Beer, and Glenn Miller: GI Morale in WWIIby James J. CookePaperback224 Pages2016 As World War II dawned in Europe, General George C. Marshall, the new Army Chief of Staff, had to acknowledge that American society-and the citizens who...

Battle Line: The United States Navy 1919-1939by Thomas C. Hone & Trent Hone Hardcover244 Pages2006 A portrait in words and photographs of the interwar Navy, this book examines the twenty-year period that saw the U.S. fleet shrink under the pressure...

Behind Barbed Wire: A History of Concentration Camps from the Reconcentrados to the Nazi System 1896 - 1945 by Deborah G. LindsayPaperback396 PagesMarch 2020 Most people associate concentration camps with Nazi Germany. Behind Barbed Wire examines how...

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

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

Brave Men (Penguin Classic Edition) by Ernie Pyle - Introduction by David ChrisingerPaperback544 PagesReissue May 30 2023 The classic, human-scale account of the soldiers who fought in World War II, by Pulitzer Prize winner Ernie...

Churchill, Roosevelt & Company: Studies in Character and Statecraftby Lewis E. LehrmanHardcover472 PagesJanuary 2017 During World War II the “special relationship” between the United States and Great Britain cemented the alliance that won...

Commander in Cheif: FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943 (FDR at War, 2) by Nigel HamiltonPaperback496 PagesMay 2017 From Nigel Hamilton's acclaimed World War II saga, the astonishing story of FDR's yearlong, defining battle with Churchill in 1943, as the...

Countdown to D-Day: The German Perspectiveby Peter Margaritis Hardcover576 Pages2019 In December 1943, with the rising realization that the Allies are planning to invade Fortress Europe, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is assigned the title of General...

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...

Dateline - Liberated Paris: The Hotel Scribe and the Invasion of the PressBy: Ronald WeberHardcover232 Pages2019 Vividly capturing the heady times in the waning months of World War II, Ronald Weber follows the exploits of Allied reporters as they flooded...

Dauntless: Paul Hilliard in WWII and a Transformed America by Rob Citino with Ken Stickney and Lori OshsnerHardcover200 PagesDecember 2023 Dauntless is the story of Clayton Paul Hilliard, a poor farm boy from Wisconsin who enlisted in the US Marine...

The Deadly Brotherhood: The American Combat Soldier in World War II by John McManus (Author) Paperback 432 Pages August 2003In his book Men Against Fire, [historian S. L. A.] Marshall asserted that only 15 to 25 percent of American...

Deception: How the Nazis Tricked the Last Jews of Europe Christopher Hale Hardcover 448 pages 2019 "I suppose you know who I am? I was in charge of the actions in Germany and Poland and Czechoslovakia. I am prepared to sell you one million Jews:...

Endgame, 1945: The Missing Final Chapter of World War IIby: David StaffordPaperback624 PagesFebruary 2009To end a history of World War II at VE Day is to leave the tale half told. Endgame 1945 highlights the gripping personal stories of nine...

Engineering Hitler's Downfall: The Brains that Enabled Victoryby Gwilym RobertsPaperback240 PagesFebruary 2019 Whilst living in Liverpool, Britain's second most heavily bombed city during World War II, the author experienced at first-hand the terrible...

Fire and Steel: The End of World War II in the West by: Peter Caddick AdamsHardcover688 PagesJuly 2022The final volume in one of the most acclaimed works of military history of this generation.Here is Peter Caddick-Adams' third volume in his trilogy...

Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945Rana MitterPaperback480 Pages2014 In 1937, two years before Hitler invaded Poland, Chinese troops clashed with Japanese occupiers in the first battle of World War II. Joining with the United States, the...

Forgotten Heroes of World War IIPersonal Accounts of Ordinary SoldiersBy Thomas E. Simmons World War II was the defining event of the twentieth century. For everyone it was a time of confusion and fear, destruction and death on a scale never before seen...

General of the Army: George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statemanby Ed CrayPaperback864 PagesFebruary 2020 As the U.S. Army's Chief of staff through World War II, George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) organized the military mobilization of unprecedented number...

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...

Hollywood Enlists!: Propaganda Films of World War II (Films and History)by Ralph DonaldHardcover274 PagesMarch 2017 Frequently referred to as “the Greatest Generation,” Americans of the World War II era were influenced by Hollywood’s...

Home Front Girl: A Diary of Love, Literature, and Growing Up in Wartime America by Joan Wehlen MorrisonHardcover272 PagesReading Age: 12 Years and UpGrade Levels: 7-9November, 2012 Literary Classics Gold Medal in Historical Young AdultLiterary...

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...

Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945By: Max HastingsPaperback800 Pages2012Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.5 x 9.2 inches From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germanyby 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’...

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Henry Adams Paperback 448 Pages 1986 Mont Saint Michel and Chartres is a record not of a literal jouney but of a meditative journey across time and space into the medieval imagination. Using the architecture,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare: The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945 by Tami Davis BiddleHardcover416 Pages2002 A major revision of our understanding of long-range bombing, this book examines how...

Signted Sub, Sank Same: The United States Navy's Air Campaign Against the U-Boatby Alan C. CareyHardcover240 Pages2019 Sighted Sub, Sank Same examines the United States Naval air campaign against German U-boats prowling for allied merchant shipping...

Critical Convoy Battles of WWII: Crisis in the North Atlantic, March 1943by Jurgen RohwerPaperback270 Pages2008 "Remarkable...a feat of historical reconstruction."--Paul Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Great...

Spearhead of the Fifth Army: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Italy, from the Winter Line to AnzioFrank Van LunterenHardcover320 Pages2016 This work is the third book by Frank Van Lunteren on the 504th P.I.R. in World War II, focusing on their...

Spitfires & Yellow Tail Mustangs: The U.S. 52nd Fighter Group in WWII Stackpole Military History SeriesBy: Tom Ivie and Paul Ludwig Paperback336 Pages •Story of one of the best fighter units in the Mediterranean theater, which earned two...

Strategy and the Second World War: How the War was Won and Lost by Jeremy BlackPaperback316 pagesJuly 2021 A concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost..In 1941, the Second World War became...

Sudden Courage: Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940-1945by Ronald C. RosbottomHardcover336 Pages2019 The author of the acclaimed When Paris Went Dark, longlisted for the National Book Award, returns to World War II once again to tell the...

Sunniland  by Stephen O. SearsPaperbacK282 PagesAugust 2019 During 1942 and 1943, German U-boats sank over one hundred tankers in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, blocking the flow of crude oil to the refineries in the northeastern US. In...

The 8th Army Air Force in Color: As Seen Through The Eyes of Kodak FilmNathan HowlandHardcover280 Pages2016 This book showcases a comprehensive catalog of restored WWII color Kodachrome slides. Many were taken during the heat of battle by individuals...

The All American: A History of the 82nd Airborne Division from 1917 to the Presentby Robert AnzuoniHardcover1752001 This new book tells the complete story of the famous 82nd Airborne Division from its formation in 1917, through its legendary World War II...

The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe 1940-1945By: Richard OveryPaperback592 pagesTechnology shapes the nature of all wars, and the Second World War hinged on a most unpredictable weapon: the bomb. Day and night, Britain and the United...

The Cake Tree in the Ruins (Pushkin Collection)by Akiyuki Nosaka (Author) Translated by Ginny Tapley TakemoriPaperback160 pagesDecember 2018Intensely moving stories that tell of the absurd violence of war, and tenderly depict the animals and children...

The Churchill Quiz Book: How Much do you know about Britian's wartime leader? by Kieran WhitworthHardcover256 PagesApril 2021 An informative and visually appealing quiz book covering all aspects of Churchill's extraordinary life.Do you think you know...

The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War by James ConroyHardcover432 PagesJune 2023 Written with “a cinematic sense of urgency and realism” (Evan Osnos, National Book Award–winning author), this is the...

The End: The Defiance And Destruction Of Hitler's Germany, 1944 1945 Ian Kershaw Paperback 2012 Examines why the Third Reich resisted surrender for months after it had clearly lost World War II, drawing on testimony from civilians and former...

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

The Great War In The Air: Military Aviation from 1909 to 1921 (Smithonian History of Aviation Series) by John H. MorrowPaperback510 Pages2009 A comprehensive study of the development and significance of airpower in World War I, comparing various...

The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War IIby Andrew NagorskiPaperback368 Pages2007 The battle for Moscow was the biggest battle of World War II—the biggest battle of all time...

The Greatet Generationby Tom BrokawHardcover464 Pages2004 Brokaw defines "the greatest generation" as American citizens who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America. The vehicle used to define...

The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World WarMartin GilbertPaperback976 pages1987 Deftly weaving together historical research and survivors' testimonies, The Holcaust is Gilbert's acclaimed and definitive history of the...

The Making of the Atomic BombBy: Richard RhodesPaperback896 Pages1986 The definitive history of nuclear weapons and the Manhattan Project. From the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan, Richard...

The Merchant Navy Seaman Pocket Manual 1939-1945 (The Pocket Manual Series)Edited By Chris McNabHardcover160 Pages2018 "He is usually dressed rather like a tramp. His sweater is worn, his trousers frayed, while what was once a cap is perched askew on his...

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 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...

We Were There: World War II Stories from the Adirondacks' Greatest Generationby Daniel WayHardcover160 Pages2016 After years of effort and travelling halfway around the world, the third and final book in the series "Scenes and Stories from an Adirondack...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...