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WWII Military History Book Recommendations
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:23 pm
What do you have for me OT? Would like a good book about WWII, preferably something fairly broad but focusing on the military campaign itself.
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Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:28 pm to barry
With the Old Breed, Eugene Sledge
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:30 pm to barry
The Winds of War
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:30 pm to barry
Not a book, but Strategy and Tactics magazine is good. There's a specific subscription focused on WWII.
Strategy & Tactics
Strategy & Tactics
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:30 pm to barry
Darths Big Bad Biker Book of History
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:42 pm to PoBoy1
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With the Old Breed, Eugene Sledge
That's a good one.
Easy Company Soldier by Don Malarkey
Flyboys by James Bradley
War in the Boats by William Ruhe
My Hitch in Hell by Lester Tenney (I actually attended an engagement at the WWII Museum where he spoke about his experiences in the Bataan Death March)
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:42 pm to barry
Are you looking for an overview of the entire war?
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:43 pm to barry
While it doesn't have a broad focus, The Forgotten Soldier is a great read.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:43 pm to barry
Right now I'm reading the first book of the Liberation Trilogy by Rick Atkinson. He won a Pulitzer Prize in History for it.
It's called "An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa 1942-1943" LINK /
The second book covers Italy, and the third book covers Normandy to Berlin. The trilogy does not cover the Pacific.
It's been great so far.
It's called "An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa 1942-1943" LINK /
The second book covers Italy, and the third book covers Normandy to Berlin. The trilogy does not cover the Pacific.
It's been great so far.
This post was edited on 1/13/15 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:43 pm to Teufelhunden
Strong men Armed.. Covers the US pacific campaign
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:44 pm to barry
Barbarossa - Alan Clark
Almost more than you want to know about the Eastern Front - from the strategic and operational levels.
Almost more than you want to know about the Eastern Front - from the strategic and operational levels.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:44 pm to barry
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:48 pm to barry
Knight's Cross
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:49 pm to ChewyDante
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Are you looking for an overview of the entire war?
Yea, but I guess I'd rather it focus on Europe.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:51 pm to Scoop
D Day by Ambrose
Also , Pegeses Bridge.
Not real broad but couldn't put them down.
Also , Pegeses Bridge.
Not real broad but couldn't put them down.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:51 pm to barry
A War to Be Won was pretty good and fairly succinct given the scope of the subject matter. If I recall it separated theater events by chapters, so you can skip Pacific or come back to it later.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:53 pm to barry
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Yea, but I guess I'd rather it focus on Europe.
D-Day by Stephen Ambrose (about D-Day obviously)
Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose (picks up where D-Day left off and covers the war in Europe)
Killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly was also pretty good and covers a good bit of the push through France.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:53 pm to barry
Band of Brothers for sure
Dick Winter's memoir is great too
Dick Winter's memoir is great too
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:56 pm to tsmi136
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Dick Winter's memoir is great too
Beyond Band of Brothers... it is good.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:58 pm to barry
It's not WW2 but if you like history, "Storm of Swords" is really good and full of interesting history that rarely gets taught in school these days.
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