The Boy Who Invented Television:

A Story of Inspiration, Persistence, and Quiet Passion

Paperback (296 pages), kindle

At age 14, a farm boy from Rigby, Idaho, Philo T Farnsworth dreamed of trapping light in an empty jar and transmitting it, one line at a time, on a magnetically deflected beam of electrons.

Daughter of the Air:

The Brief Soaring Life of Cornelia Fort

Paperback (246 pages)

In a remarkable coincidence of fate, Cornelia Fort was flying over Oahu on the morning of December 7, 1941, and was one of the few to witness the bombing of Pearl Harbor from the air.

US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1922-45:

Prewar Classes

Paperback (48 pages), kindle

The USS Langley was the first step in a new direction for the US Navy and naval warfare.

Admiring the Goose-Steps -

How Hitler Succeeded in Intimidating the World Powers

Paperback (260 pages)

For six years Hitler, and his mostly-bloodless Nazi revolution, captured the excitement of the German people with a string of amazing achievements. The world that feared him couldn't help but admire him, too.

Rocket Man:

Robert H Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age

Paperback (352 pages), kindle

No rocket or jet plane could have flown without the genius of Robert H Goddard, the American father of rocketry and space flight.

Sophie Scholl and the White Rose

Paperback (256 pages), kindle

Protesting in the name of principles Hitler thought he had killed forever, Sophie Scholl and other members of the White Rose realized that the ‘Germanization Hitler sought to enforce was cruel and inhuman, and that they could not be content to remain silent in its midst.

The Theory and Practice of Hell:

The German Concentration Camps and the System Behind Them

Paperback (368 pages)

Upon liberation from the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945, a German political prisoner who had been an inmate there since 1939, was asked to draft a report on the camp.

Hitler's Prisons

Hardcover (560 pages)

A look at the world of Nazi prisons, their victims, and the judicial and penal officials who built and operated this system of brutal legal terror.

My Hometown Concentration Camp:

A Survivor's Account to Life in the Krakow Ghetto and Plaszow Concentration Camp

Paperback (133 pages)

Young Bernard Offen's story of endurance and survival of the Krakow Ghetto and five concentration camps.

Mountbatten

Paperback (459 pages), kindle

His wartime achievements brought him public acclaim. Lord Louis Mountbatten accepted the Japanese surrender in 1945, was the last Viceroy of India, and was murdered by the IRA.

Hitler's Eagles:

The Luftwaffe 1933-45

Hardcover (400 pages), kindle

The turbulent history of the Luftwaffe from its earliest days as the world's most advanced air force to its ultimate downfall.

Japan's World War II Balloon Bomb Attacks on North America

Paperback (96 pages)

Intended to spark forest fires and shake American morale, Japan's balloons were beset by technical problems and never achieved their destructive potential.

Any Way You Slice It:

The Past, Present, and Future of Rationing

Paperback (320 pages), kindle, audiobook

Rationing is not just a quaint practice restricted to World War II memoirs and 1970s gas station lines.

From Nazi Test Pilot to Hitler's Bunker:

The Fantastic Flights of Hanna Reitsch

Paperback (168 pages), kindle

The amazing story of Hanna Reitsch, a woman who escaped the culturally defined role of wife and mother in Nazi Germany to live her passion for flying.

Dawn of the Rising Sun:

Why Did Japan Declare War on the World?

Paperback (376 pages)

Japan felt she had missed out on her chance for global expansion, and, during the 1920s and 1930s, a militaristic tone permeated, leading to attacking the Western Powers.

Allied Fighters 1939-45

The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide

Paperback (240 pages)

The definitive study of the equipment and organization of the Allies fighter units throughout the war, along with details and squadron markings.

Allied Bombers 1939-45

The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide

Paperback (192 pages)

The definitive study of the equipment and organization of the Allies bomber units throughout the war, illustrated with details of Allied bombers and their markings.

Flags of Our Fathers

Heroes of Iwo Jima

Paperback (382 pages), kindle, audiobook

Three of the men that raised the flag on Mt Suribachi were killed during the continuing battle; the others proclaimed heroes and flown home to become reluctant symbols.

The Way We Really Were:

The Golden State In The Second Great War

Paperback (256 pages)

The customary picture of the WWII era in California usually focuses on Japanese-American internment. Not to take away from that, the war had an impact on every group of Californians in every part of the state.

Nazi Gold:

The Sensational Story of the World's Greatest Robbery - and the Greatest Criminal Cover-Up

Paperback (384 pages), kindle

The real-life story of the theft of German national gold and foreign currency reserves, which disappeared in transit following the collapse of the Nazi regime in 1945.