Great non-fiction WWII books worth reading
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This and Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose.
May not bee in a similar vein as the book in the op as I haven't read it, both are great books however.
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Five Days that shocked the world by Nicholas Best
A Soldier's Story by General Omar Bradley
Soldaten by Sonke Neitzel and Harald Welzer
The hardest day: Battle of Britain 18th August 1940 by Dr Alfred Price
A Soldier's Story by General Omar Bradley
Soldaten by Sonke Neitzel and Harald Welzer
The hardest day: Battle of Britain 18th August 1940 by Dr Alfred Price
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Ambrose has a D-Day book as well (BoB and Pegasus Bridge also great)
Also read "Helmet for my Pillow" and "With The Old Breed" which are good accounts from Pacific Marines view of things (both the basis for The Pacific tv series)
Also read "Helmet for my Pillow" and "With The Old Breed" which are good accounts from Pacific Marines view of things (both the basis for The Pacific tv series)
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Anything by Antony Beevor.
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And don't forget Islands Of The Damned, by RV Burgin.
Then go on to Taught To Kill by John Babcock, and 60 Days In Combat by Dean Joy.
I know this is about reading - but if you have a general interest in the subject I've been quite fascinated by some of the more recent uploads of footage from WW2 uploaded to youtube lately - as well as older stuff there is some archive stuff that has been remastered and rarely if ever seen before.
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yup
berlin and stalingrad are both weighty tomes but are very accurate, I keep meaning to pick up his book about the Ardennes