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  • Masters of Death

    The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust

    In Masters of Death, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rhodes gives full weight, for the first time, to the Einsatzgruppen’s role in the Holocaust. These “special task forces,” organized by Heinrich Himmler to follow the German army as it advanced into eastern Poland and Russia, were the agents of the first phase of the Final Solution. They murdered more than 1.5 million men, women, and children ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Night of the Physicists

    Operation Epsilon: Heisenberg, Hahn, Weizsäcker and the German Bomb

    Translated by Simon Pare ...
    In the spring of 1945 the Allies arrested the physicists they believed had worked on the German nuclear programme. Interned in an English country house owned by MI6, their conversations were secretly recorded. Operation Epsilon sought to determine how close Nazi Germany had come to building an atomic bomb. It was in this quiet setting – Farm Hall, near Cambridge – that the interned physicists ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • A City At War

    Milwaukee Labor During World War II

    Milwaukeeans greeted the advent of World War II with the same determination as other Americans. Everyone felt the effect of the war, whether through concern for loved ones in danger, longer work hours, consumer shortages, or participation in war service organizations and drives. Men and women workers produced the essential goods necessary for victory—the vehicles, weapons, munitions, and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Half American

    The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad

    **• Winner of the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction• A New York Times Notable Book• A Best Book of the Year from TIME, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Washington Independent Review of Books, and more!The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont“Matthew F. Delmont’s book is filled ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $4.99 USD

  • The Manhattan Project

    The Making of the Atomic Bomb

    by Al Cimino ...
    The ramifications of the Manhattan Project are still with us to this day. The atomic bombs that came out of it brought an end to the war in the Pacific, but at a heavy loss of life in Japan and the opening of a Pandora's box that has tested international relations.This book traces the history of the Manhattan Project, from the first glimmerings of the possibility of such a catastrophic weapon to ... Read more

    $6.99 USD $0.99 USD

  • Panzer Leader

    Germany's opening run of victory in World War II was only made possible by the panzer forces that Heinz Guderian (1888-1954), the father of modern tank warfare, had created and trained, and by his audacious leading of those forces from 1939-1941. Guderian's breakthrough at Sedan and lightning drive to the Channel coast virtually decided the Battle of France. The drive he led into the East came ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sherlock's Squadron - The Incredible True Story of the Unsung Heroes of World War Two

    by Steve Holmes ...
    John Holmes was a schoolboy when World War II broke out in 1939, but even he jknew his destiny lay in the skies. 'Boys from these parts don't join the RAF', he was told on more than one occasion. But they were wrong.After many months undergoing selection and training he eventually made it into the air crew of 196 squadron. It was there he embarked on a love affair with the Stirling Bomber, and it ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • War without Mercy

    Race and Power in the Pacific War (NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER)

    by John Dower ...
    WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • AN AMERICAN BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A monumental history that has been hailed by The New York Times as “one of the most original and important books to be written about the war between Japan and the United States.”In this monumental history, Professor John Dower reveals a hidden, explosive dimension of the Pacific War—race—while writing what John ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Code Girls

    The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

    by Liza Mundy ...
    The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II--a "prodigiously researched and engrossing" (New York Times) book that "shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history" (Denver Post).Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Wolfpack Warriors

    The Story of World War II’s Most Successful Fighter Outfit

    by Roger Freeman ...
    In the later years of the Second World War Germany was subjected to a tremendous onslaught by the bomber commands of both the RAF and USAAF, as well as being assaulted by land. For these twin strategies to succeed the Allies had to obtain and hold air supremacy over Western Europe. That this was achieved was predominantly the work of USAAF long-range fighters operating from the eastern shores of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Game Must Go On

    Hank Greenberg, Pete Gray, and the Great Days of Baseball on the Home Front in WWII

    by John Klima ...
    The Game Must Go On offers a compelling and action packed story on how WWII changed American baseball, and how baseball helped to win the war.On December 7, 1941, as the battleships of Pearl Harbor smoldered, one of the most powerful athletes in America, Detroit Tigers MVP Hank Greenberg, made a tumultuous decision-to leave the baseball field for the field of war.His decision left baseball's place ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Time on Target

    The World War II Memoir of William R. Buster

    A vivid recounting of WWII combat by a highly decorated soldier: “Few can match Buster in the description of his personal wartime actions and impressions.” —Filson Club History QuarterlyHe graduated from West Point in 1939, just in time to serve through one of the most crucial periods in national and world history. William R. Buster, born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, knew a soldier’s combat ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Wild Blue

    The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-1945

    Stephen E. Ambrose, acclaimed author of Band of Brothers and Undaunted Courage, carries us along in the crowded and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to destroy the German war machine during World War II.The young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II fought against horrific odds, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Dilly

    The Man Who Broke Enigmas

    by Mavis Batey ...
    The highly eccentric Alfred Dillwyn Knox, known simply as 'Dilly', was one of the leading figures in the British codebreaking successes of the two world wars. During the first, he was the chief codebreaker in the Admiralty, breaking the German Navy's main flag code, before going on to crack the German Enigma ciphers during the Second World War at Bletchley Park.Here, he enjoyed the triumphant ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hitler

    Military Commander

    A comprehensive examination of Hitler’s military strategies.As Führer of the Third Reich, Hitler was responsible for deciding the German war aims in 1939. As head of the Armed Forces from February 4th, 1938, he was also responsible for the overall Wehrmacht strategy intended to achieve these aims.Hitler: Military Commander examines with impeccable detail Hitler's key military decisions during the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Dog Who Could Fly

    The Incredible True Story of a WWII Airman and the Four-Legged Hero Who Flew At His Side

    by Damien Lewis ...
    “A thoroughly enjoyable story of heroism and true friendship” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), this is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, flying countless combat missions and ultimately saving the life of his owner and dearest friend.In the winter of 1939, in the cold snow of no-man’s-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Armageddon

    The Battle for Germany, 1944-45

    by Max Hastings ...
    This is epic story of the last eight months of World War II in Europe by one of Britain’s most highly regarded military historians, whose accounts of past battles John Keegan has described as worthy “to stand with that of the best journalists and writers” (New York Times Book Review).In September 1944, the Allies believed that Hitler’s army was beaten, and expected that the war would be over by ... Read more

    $5.99 USD $4.99 USD

  • Operation Alacrity

    The Azores and the War in the Atlantic

    by Norman Herz ...
    To win the war against German U-boats, the Allies had to protect their convoys in the vast black hole of the mid-Atlantic known as the Azores Gap. In 1943 they devised a plan to set up air bases on the Azores Islands, owned by neutral Portugal. It was essential for the operation to remain secret because the Allies had to get there before the Germans, who had their own plan to build bases. Author ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • American Guerrilla

    The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann—the Man Who Escaped from Bataan, Raised a Filipino Army against the Japanese, and Became the True "Father" of Army Special Forces

    by Mike Guardia ...
    A main selection of the Military Book Club and a selection of the History Book ClubWith his parting words, “I shall return,” General Douglas MacArthur sealed the fate of the last American forces on Bataan. Yet one young Army Captain named Russell Volckmann refused to surrender. He disappeared into the jungles of north Luzon where he raised a Filipino army of more than 22,000 men. For the next ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Agent M

    The Lives and Spies of MI5's Maxwell Knight

    by Henry Hemming ...
    The fascinating, improbable true story of Maxwell Knight -- the great MI5 spymaster and inspiration for the James Bond character M.Maxwell Knight was perhaps the greatest spymaster in history. He did more than anyone in his era to combat the rising threat of fascism in Britain during World War II, in spite of his own history inside this movement. He was also truly eccentric -- a thrice-married ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Battle of Berlin 1945

    ‘Tony Le Tissier is arguably the finest English-language historian of the Battle of Berlin’ defenceWebThe Battle of Berlin was a battle on an unprecedented scale. The Soviets massed 1.6 million troops forOperation Berlin, and Marshal Zhukov in the centre had half of them, but his initial attack floundered, lasting four days instead of one. It was so costly that he had to revise his plans for ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hitler's U-Boat War

    The Hunters, 1939-1942

    by Clay Blair ...
    Series series Modern Library War
    Clay Blair's best-selling naval classic Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan, is regarded as the definitive account of that decisive phase of the war in the Pacific. Nine years in the making, Hitler's U-boat War is destined to become the definitive account of the German submarine war against the Allies, or "The Battle of the Atlantic."It is an epic sea story, the most arduous and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Battle of the Atlantic

    How the Allies Won the War

    "The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril," wrote Winston Churchill in his monumental history of World War Two. Churchill's fears were well-placed-the casualty rate in the Atlantic was higher than in any other theater of the entire war. The enemy was always and constantly there and waiting, lying just over the horizon or lurking beneath the waves. In many ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The First Counterspy

    Larry Haas, Bell Aircraft, and the FBI's Attempt to Capture a Soviet Mole

    The First Counterspyis the pulse-quickening and traumatic story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web. Until this case, the FBI had never recruited civilian counterspies to catch a Soviet agent. The first two were Larry Haas, a leading aviation engineer at Bell Aviation, and Leona Franey, head librarian at Bell’s technical library. The FBI pitted them against a ... Read more

    $20.99 USD