Past is Prologue: Weimar, Depression Politics, and the Rise of Japan
Hitler's Autobahn: The Road to War
Axis-Soviet Expansion
- Time-Life: Blitzkrieg
- I Saw it Happen in Norway, C.J. Hambro
- Time-Life: Battles for Scandinavia
- Alone:
- The Miracle of Dunkirk, Walter Lord
- Convoy: The Greatest U-Boat Battle of the War, Martin Middlebrook
- Time-Life: The Battle of Britain
- The Battle of Britain, Len Deighton
- With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain, Michael Korda
- The Devil's Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, Roger Moorhouse
War in Asia
- Time-Life: the Rising Sun
- Forgotten Ally: China's World War 2, Rana Mitter
- The Rape of Nanking, Iris Chang
- When Tigers Fight, Dick Wilson
Duel of the Devils: Hitler v Stalin
- Time-Life: Russia Besieged
- Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, Anthony Beevor
The African Front
- Foxes of the Desert, Paul Carrell
- Operation Compass 1940
- An Army at Dawn, Rick Atkinson
War in the Pacific
- Pearl Harbor: An Illustrated History, Dan van der Vat
- Yamamoto: The Man Who Planned Pearl Harbor, Edwin Hoyt
- We Band of Angels: the Untold Story of American Women Trapped on Bataan, Elizabeth Norman
- Bataan: March of Death, Stanley Falk
- With the Old Breed at Pelieu and Okinawa, Eugene Sledge
- Miracle at Midway, Gordon Prange
Espionage and Resistance
- Hitler's Undercover War, William Breuer
- An Honorable Defeat: German Resistance to Hitler, Peter Gill
- Church of Spies: The Vatican's Secret War Against Hitler, Mark Riebling
- The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom
The Holocaust
Allied-Soviet Offenses
- A Clash of Wings: World War 2 in the Sky, Walter Boyne
Towards Victory
Combatant Memoirs
- Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, Richard Winters
- Black Edelweiss: A Memoir of Conscience and Combat by a Member of the Waffen-SS, Johann Voss
Special Interest - WW2 Tie
- A Higher Call, Adam Makos and Larry Alexander
- The Forgotten 500, Gregory Freeman
- London at War, Phillip Ziegler
I thought I'd read quite a few WW2 books recently but looking at my actual reviews - not so much and most of them turned out to be fiction or even science-fiction. [grin] I do have some general history planned that covers 39-45 but noting specific until my 3rd tank book - then it's pre-20th century for a while. WW2 later in the year then!
ReplyDeleteOf your list I've read The Battle of Britain by Len Deighton and I have copies of The Miracle of Dunkirk by Walter Lord, With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda and A Higher Call by Adam Makos and Larry Alexander.
My focus and my main interest is when Britain stood alone - so really between France falling and the US materially making an impact after they joined the fight. Lots of material there though!
You may have noticed virtually all of these books are from last year -- it's one of those topics, like the Civil War, that I'm familiar with enough that I don't actually read on it that often. I do intend on finishing that WW2 'blitz' through my local library's collection, but it'll be a while. Probably August at the soonest...
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I'll be relying upon this list for some upcoming reading.
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