*With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa* by E.B. Sledge, CPL, 1st Mar. Div., U.S.M.C.
*The Forgotten Soldier* by Guy Sajer, Großdeutschland Division, Wehrmacht (considered a classic).
*The Battle for Burma: The Wild Green Earth* by BG Bernard Fergusson, KT, GCMG, GCVO, DSO, OBE, 16th Infantry Brigade (Chindit).
*Ray Parkin’s Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke; Into the Smother; The Sword and the Blossom* by Ray Parkin, Chief Petty Officer, H.M.A.S. *Perth*, Royal Australian Navy.
*Three Corvettes* by Nicholas Monsarrat, LtCdr, FRSL RNVR.[]()
*Japanese Destroyer Captain* by Tameichi Hara, CPT, IJN, Fred Saito and Roger Pineau.
*The Cretan Runner: The Story of the German Occupation* by Giórgos Psychountákis, Cretan Resistance Fighter.
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I’d suggest some oldies:
The Guns of Navarrone and HMS Ulysses by Alistair McLean
Douglas Reeman wrote a lot of novels about the royal navy in WWII. Most of them are pretty good.
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Montserrat is excellent. The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forrester is pretty good too. Both are about the battle of the Atlantic.
The Billy Boyle murder mysteries by James R Benn are entertaining. They are more recent.
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The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson.
To Wake the Giant by Jeff Shaarra
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My personal favorites are-
Inferno by Max Hastings. Best history of the whole war even if he is entirely wrong about Clark.
A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day
Band of Brothers, Citizen Soldiers
The Good War
There’s a War to Be Won.
dr_xenon on
If you want fiction/comedy —
Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse 5.
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The Book Theif
desecouffes on
All Quiet on the Western Front
desecouffes on
Might be against the rules, but a film:
Come and See
morse-guy on
Pretty much anything by P. T. Deutermann.
eternallysarcastic on
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose.
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
the Clara Vine series by Jane Thynne
the Paris Housekeeper by Renee Ryan
the Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
the Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Armageddon: the battle for Germany by Max Hastings
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Atonement or Suite Francaise
BeerBob on
Non fiction: Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre
For something fiction – City of Thieves by David Benioff
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The diamond eye 🙂
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Winter of the World by Ken Follett – it’s the 2nd of a trilogy but I don’t believe that you have to read the first one (which covers WW1 timeframe and also good)
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Fiction or nonfiction?
*With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa* by E.B. Sledge, CPL, 1st Mar. Div., U.S.M.C.
*The Forgotten Soldier* by Guy Sajer, Großdeutschland Division, Wehrmacht (considered a classic).
*The Battle for Burma: The Wild Green Earth* by BG Bernard Fergusson, KT, GCMG, GCVO, DSO, OBE, 16th Infantry Brigade (Chindit).
*Ray Parkin’s Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke; Into the Smother; The Sword and the Blossom* by Ray Parkin, Chief Petty Officer, H.M.A.S. *Perth*, Royal Australian Navy.
*Three Corvettes* by Nicholas Monsarrat, LtCdr, FRSL RNVR.[]()
*Japanese Destroyer Captain* by Tameichi Hara, CPT, IJN, Fred Saito and Roger Pineau.
*The Cretan Runner: The Story of the German Occupation* by Giórgos Psychountákis, Cretan Resistance Fighter.
I’d suggest some oldies:
The Guns of Navarrone and HMS Ulysses by Alistair McLean
Douglas Reeman wrote a lot of novels about the royal navy in WWII. Most of them are pretty good.
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Montserrat is excellent. The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forrester is pretty good too. Both are about the battle of the Atlantic.
The Billy Boyle murder mysteries by James R Benn are entertaining. They are more recent.
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson.
To Wake the Giant by Jeff Shaarra
My personal favorites are-
Inferno by Max Hastings. Best history of the whole war even if he is entirely wrong about Clark.
A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day
Band of Brothers, Citizen Soldiers
The Good War
There’s a War to Be Won.
If you want fiction/comedy —
Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse 5.
The Book Theif
All Quiet on the Western Front
Might be against the rules, but a film:
Come and See
Pretty much anything by P. T. Deutermann.
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose.
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
the Clara Vine series by Jane Thynne
the Paris Housekeeper by Renee Ryan
the Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
the Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Armageddon: the battle for Germany by Max Hastings
Atonement or Suite Francaise
Non fiction: Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre
For something fiction – City of Thieves by David Benioff
The diamond eye 🙂
Winter of the World by Ken Follett – it’s the 2nd of a trilogy but I don’t believe that you have to read the first one (which covers WW1 timeframe and also good)