599 items in the WWII Store
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The Big Roads:
The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways
Paperback (375 pages), kindle, audiobook
The historic creation and the many people affected by the Interstates; from the largely forgotten technocrats who planned the system, to the thousands of city dwellers who resisted the concrete juggernaut when it bore down on their neighborhoods.
Divided Highways:
Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life
Paperback (416 pages), kindle
An engaging history of the people and policies that profoundly transformed the American landscape — and the daily lives of Americans.
Eisenhower in War and Peace
Paperback (976 pages), kindle, audiobook
The whole panorama from Ike's superlative generalship forging the Allied path to victory to his meteoric rise to the White House.
Exorcising Hitler:
The Occupation and Denazification of Germany
Paperback (480 pages), kindle, audiobook
The story of Germany's Year Zero and what came next as the German people shook off the nightmare of Nazism to rebuild their battered country.
Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon:
Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime LA
Paperback (328 pages), kindle
Music, fashion, race relations, neighborhood activism and a World War all come together and erupt in violence in Los Angeles.
Dancing in Combat Boots
and other stories of American Women in WWII
Paperback (184 pages), kindle
The eleven fictional stories in this remarkable collection are based on real women whose experiences were at once typical and extraordinary.
Dunkirk:
Fight to the Last Man
Paperback (720 pages), kindle
A bold and powerful account of the small group of men who fended off the German army so that hundreds of thousands of their comrades could exit this doomed land.
The Generals:
American Military Command from World War II to Today
Paperback (576 pages), kindle, audiobook
A close study of America's military leaders for three decades, and the widening gulf between performance and accountability among the top brass of the US military.
Ace of Aces:
The Story of Fighter Pilot Dick Bong
Kindle only (~88 pages)
The illustrious career of Richard Ira "Dick" Bong, P-38 fighter pilot and America's highest-scoring air Ace.
Sticklers, Sideburns and Bikinis:
The Military Origins of Everyday Words and Phrases
Paperback (280 pages), kindle
An intriguing and entertaining trip through the words and phrases that originated in the military, but are now used by soldier and civilian alike. Jam-packed with many amazing facts, the sources of many are surprising and their original use is often far removed from how we use the word today.
Enemy in the Mirror:
Love and Fury in the Pacific War
Paperback (344 pages), kindle
When a Japanese submarine surfaces on a summer night in 1942 to shell a gun battery on the Oregon coast, two young men embark on separate journeys. One will savor early victory, ecstatic love and the fiery destruction of his Japanese homeland. The other will lose his innocence in the ferocity of the Pacific War - well researched historical fiction.
Ernie Pyle's War:
America's Eyewitness to World War II
Paperback (336 pages), kindle
Ernie Pyle, better than any other WWII journalist, conveyed the triumphs and tribulations of the common soldier trying to survive a brutal conflict. From North Africa and Normandy, Anzio and Okinawa - where he died - Pyle brought the war home to America.
Singapore Burning:
Heroism and Surrender in World War II
Paperback (688 pages), kindle
The full and terrifying story of the fall of Singapore, the largest surrender of British-led forces in history.
Operation Nordwind 1945:
Hitler's Last Offensive in the West
Paperback (96 pages), kindle
Largely overshadowed by the Battle of the Bulge, Operation Norwind was the last major German offensive of WWII on the Western Front.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Definitive Edition
Paperback (352 pages), kindle, audiobook
The diary as Anne Frank wrote it. In a new translation, this definitive edition contains entries about Anne's burgeoning sexuality and confrontations with her mother that were cut from previous editions.
American Girls, Beer, and Glenn Miller:
GI Morale in World War II
Paperback (218 pages), kindle
Sorties into Hell:
The Hidden War on Chichi Jima
Paperback (248 pages), kindle
In the creepiest of war atrocities, downed flyers over the bypassed island of Chichi Jima had been captured, executed, and eaten by their Japanese captors.
Ian Fleming's Commandos:
The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII
Paperback (416 pages), kindle
As personal assistant to the British Director of Naval Intelligence, Lt Commander Ian Fleming set up a unit of authorized looters - men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and steal enemy intelligence.
Operation Mincemeat:
How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
Paperback (432 pages), kindle, audiobook
Filled with spies, double agents, rogues, fearless heroes, and one very important corpse, the story of Operation Mincemeat reads like an international thriller.
