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Once again culling from the excellent comments left in my original post on the topic from a while back, here are the books many readers suggested anthony beevors books stalingrad and the fall of berlin 1945. I am a lifelong navy buff, and us warships of world war ii has been one of my favorites for 30 years. Beevors stalingrad is the better of his two books on the war. World war ii fiction recommendations historical fiction. Wwii books for children and young readers audie murphy books and films battlefield chaplains catholic priests in world war ii by donald f. It includes events that were set in world war ii but have never occurred.
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A century before hitler, the german poet heinrich heine 17971856 predicted. This might have something to do with the fact that i was born. Discover the best world war ii historical fiction in best sellers. It takes place during the inquisition and frances religious crusade into egypt. From actionpacked eyewitness accounts such as guadalcanal diary to devastating holocaust memoirs like the diary of anne frank and night to the thrilling espionage tale of operation mincemeat, world war ii is the subject of some of the most fascinating and influential nonfiction books ever written each year, seemingly dozens of new titles emerge to offer fresh perspectives and uncover. The fate of every ship disposed of prior to the early 1960s is included. This epic threevolume masterpiece is to war what gibbons decline and fall of the roman empire was to history. This book is about all the ptype troopships and passenger liners the twinstack admiral class built in alameda, california, and the twinstack general class built in kearny, new jersey. Books on world war ii ships published by the glencannon press. The losses began on november 8, 1940 and ended on august 14, 1945 when japan surrendered. Welcome to world war 2 christian fiction world war 2. They are a onesizefitsall solution to the problem of what to buy for a loved one.
Both books available on kindle and part of the apocalypse now series. Post war guppy submarine, regulus, loon, missile, cold war, fast attack, boomer, icbm, ssn nuclear attack submarine, ssk hunter killer submarine, sr, ssr. Cruise books of the united states navy in world war ii a bibliography dean l. Boffins books is a treasured specialist bookseller in the heart of perths cbd.
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My mother, sister and myself were on one of those ships, u. Books on liberty and victory ships published by the. They are items that provide hours of enjoyment for the recipient. Weapons book book series by multiple authors includes books uboat the secret menance ballantines illustrated history of world war ii, panzer division, me109, and several more. Reader provided stories world war ii the early years. Though it may be a popular genre, only a select few historical fiction books about world war ii truly capture the nuance and danger of that period of time in our world s history.
Home civil war fiction korean war fiction marine corps fiction sailing ship fiction submarine fiction technothrillers viet nam war fiction world war i fiction world war ii fiction favorite authors atlantic wwii nonfiction biography civil war nonfiction cold war nonfiction korean war nonfiction english civil war books french revolution books spanish civil war books naval aviation non. One was about a fighter pilot in the mediterranean who liked to eat pie in meetings, and got in trouble for doing so. The casual military history enthusiast will enjoy picking at a book with a bit of information on lots of topics. Stories little known stories about world war ii, the early years. A flock of ships by brian callison trapps war by brian callison choosers of the slain or several others by james h. First, i have had a lifelong fascination with the second world war. Books about ww ii ships published by glencannon press.
Does anyone know of any boys adventure fiction set during world war 2. Every american warship in service 193945 is included, from battleships to army troop transports to sub chasers and pt boats. This list of ships of the second world war contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. After yesterdays world war ii fiction post, now its time for the nonfiction. German uboats sunk 2,000 allied ships at a cost of 781 uboats destroyed. While every effort is made to ensure that the content of this website is accurate and up to date, the website is provided as is and the marine shop makes no representations or warranties in relation to the accuracy or completeness of the information found within. All the light we cannot see by anthony doerr, the book thief by markus zusak, lilac girls by martha hall kelly, we. The newcomer to war history books may do best to start with the latter type of book, as a personal history can often make a relatively unknown topic more compelling and easier to penetrate. Just after world war 2 ends, dawsey adams, a farmer from the british isle of guernsey, convinces his neighbors to write the stories of their war experience and send them to author juliet ashton. The axis of time trilogy is an alternative history series of novels written by australian journalist and author john birmingham, from macmillan publishing the novels deal with the radical alteration of the history of world war ii and the sociohistorical changes that result when a technologically advanced naval task force from the year 2021 is accidentally transported back through time to 1942. Welcome to world war two christian fiction, bob degrays author website. Though it may be a popular genre, only a select few historical fiction books about world war ii truly capture the nuance and danger of that period of time in our worlds history.