The Boys In The B-17:

8th Air Force Combat Stories Of WWII

Paperback (260 pages), kindle

The author's third book contains short stories of boys on B-17 Flying Fortress crews in deadly missions with the Eighth Air Force in World War II and stories of his own teenage combat experiences as radio/gunner on twenty missions with the Mighty Eighth.

The Guns at Last Light:

The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945

Hardcover (897 pages), kindle, audiobook

The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson’s acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe, finishing up the first two volumes which recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory.

We Die Alone:

A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

Paperback (496 pages), kindle, audiobook

An unforgettable portrait of the determination of the human spirit. If this story of espionage and survival were a novel, readers might dismiss the Shackleton-like exploits of its hero as too fantastic to be taken seriously.

World War II - the events and their impact on real people

Hardcover (192 pages), paperback

For ages 10 and up.
Beginning with the complex political and social circumstances that led to World War II, this volume comprehensively discusses the decisions made, battles fought, lives affected, and subsequent results of the war that defined the twentieth century.
Includes a DVD featuring moving footage that supplements the material in the book.

World War II for Kids:

A History with 21 Activities

Paperback (176 pages), kindle

For ages 9 and up.
Now more than ever, kids want to know about our country's great struggles during World War II. This book is packed with information that kids will find fascinating, from Hitler's rise to power in 1933 to the surrender of the Japanese in 1945.

The Last Jump:

A Novel of World War II

by John E Nevola

Paperback (530 pages), kindle, audiobook

Fact and fiction intermix seamlessly to unravel a secret passionately guarded by four aging soldiers. The reader is transported back in time to an imperfect America, with all is incredible virtues and vexing shortcomings, struggling with racial and gender issues while fighting for its very survival.

DK Eyewitness Books: World War II

Hardcover (72 pages), paperback

For ages 8 and up.
Help your child learn about World War II using the new edition of this fact-packed guide with a giant wallchart, interactive clip-art CD-ROM and dedicated website. From how everyday items were used in the war effort, to why many Japanese soldiers would rather die than face capture: let your child discover all about the historic and world-changing events of the Second World War.

Of Windmills and War

Paperback (596 pages), kindle

A a story that takes the reader from the protagonist's (Danny McClain's) adolescence to his WWII flying experiences and unlikely romance with a Dutch resistance fighter to a happy ending.

World War II

Paperback (336 pages)

The book has ten chapters: the first is an analysis of the build-up to the war, the next seven chapters cover the war itself and the final chapter examines how victory for the USA and the USSR shaped the subsequent history of the 20th century. Contains a 16-page guide to WWII battlefields and memorials.

The Second World War

Paperback (880 pages), kindle, audiobook

One of the world's premier historians of WWII, Anthony Beevor turns his focus to an overall narrative of the Second World War, from Hitler's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 to V-J day on August 14, 1945 and the war's aftermath. Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched.

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Hardcover (352 pages)

Published by National Geographic in 2012, this book brings you closer than ever before to the greatest challenge a generation of Americans had ever faced through the words of those who lived it--both on the battlefield and the home front--creating a dramatic tapestry of the wartime experience.

World War II:

The Definitive Visual History

Hardcover, paperback (360 pages)

Includes timelines covering events in all theaters of the war, eyewitness accounts, galleries of weaponry and equipment, and more than 1,200 photographs, maps, and illustrations.

Unbroken

A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Paperback (528 pages), kindle, audiobook

During a routine search mission over the Pacific, Louis Zamperini’s plane crashed into the ocean, and what happened to him over the next three years of his life is a story that will keep you glued to the pages, eagerly awaiting the next turn in the story and fearing it at the same time.

A Higher Call:

An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

Hardcover (400 pages), paperback, kindle, audiobook

This book grips you like a movie. The true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies: the American — 2nd Lt Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17 — and the German — 2nd Lt Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.

The Forgotten 500:

The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

Paperback (336 pages), kindle, audiobook

In 1944 the OSS set out to recover more than 500 downed airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of this unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now being told for the first time.