Browsing: World War II

The Sunday Times bestseller that inspired an Academy Award–winning film: In his first days as Britain’s prime minister, Winston Churchill’s fateful decisions would alter the course of World War II. This pulse-pounding history has over 1,200 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

Dive into the true story of a World War II fighter pilot as Captain Jerry Yellin relates his experiences in the harrowing final days of battle against Japan. This work of military nonfiction is not to be missed.

A leading Holocaust scholar provides a harrowing but vitally important look at the systematic organization of mass murder under the Nazi regime. “Should be required reading” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer).

Delve into this concise account of the legendary sniper Simo Häyhä — an enigmatic Finnish patriot who fought in the Winter War just after the outbreak of World War II.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Prodigiously researched and engrossing.”—New York Times Book Review “Fascinating…. Addictively readable.”—Boston Globe “Code Girls reveals a hidden army…

“One of the essential books for understanding war and life” (Booker Prize–winning author A. S. Byatt): In this harrowing memoir, a journalist recounts her struggle for survival in Soviet-occupied Berlin after World War II. “A fierce, uncompromising voice… Should become a classic” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

As World War II raged on, the US fought tooth and nail to take Guadalcanal from Japan — an effort that would prove successful and turn the tide of the Pacific War. “Thoroughly satisfying” (Kirkus Reviews).

Meet Dusty Kleiss, the American pilot who sank three of Japan’s most important ships during the Battle of Midway. This “honest, riveting” memoir offers “a vivid and unforgettable firsthand view into America’s greatest victory at sea” (New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton).

Offering a candid, revealing look at the untold stories of war, more than 30 American veterans open up about the events they witnessed in the Pacific theater during World War II.

In the last days of World War II, American soldiers freed a trainload of Jewish prisoners heading to certain death at Nazi hands. Rich with eyewitness testimony, this gripping narrative follows both the survivors and their liberators in vivid detail.