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1	We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers more books like this by Marcus Brotherton add to wishlist From the co-author of "Call of Duty" comes a new collection of untold stories from the legendary Easy Company, the military unit immortalized in "Band of Brothers." see all copies from $9.00! new only from $12.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Soldier's Story more books like this by Omar Nelson Bradley add to wishlist Omar Nelson Bradley led some of the major military campaigns during the Second World War, including the Normandy landings in June of 1944. The American commander is credited with supervising more soldiers at one time than any other leader in U.S. history. His memoir is considered a classic of military history. see all copies from $3.90! new only from $12.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches more books like this by Harry Patch, Richard Van Emden add to wishlist Harry Patch, the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War, is now 108 years old and one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict. Harry vividly remembers his childhood in the Somerset countryside of Edwardian England. He left school in 1913 to become an apprentice plumber but ... see all copies from $9.37! new only from $9.37!
4	Guns of August more books like this by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman add to wishlist Winner of a 1963 Pulitzer Prize, this profile of World War I captures the changes that took place at the turn of the 20th century, up until the tense days of the summer of 1914. Tuchman details these first several days of the conflict, paying special attention to people and events in the major capitals of Europe. She examines why the war began, as ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot more books like this by Starr Smith, Walter Cronkite (Foreword by) add to wishlist The off-screen heroics of an American screen legend Of all the celebrities who served their country during World War II - and they were legion - Jimmy Stewart was unique On December 7th, when the attack on Pearl Harbor woke so many others to the reality of the war, Stewart was already serving - as a private on guard duty at the Army Al Corp's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany more books like this by Donald L Miller add to wishlist Masters of the Air is a narrative history of the bomber war in World War Two. The U.S. had two air forces conducting strategic bombing in Europe during the war, the Eighth and the Fifteenth. The Eighth was the more powerful and was the one that bombed Germany. Masters of the Air is the story of the Eighth Air Force. Masters of the Air takes ... see all copies from $2.04! new only from $10.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce more books like this by Stanley Weintraub add to wishlist This World War I history tells the strange and compelling true story of December, 1914, when combatants from both sides put down their arms and observed a cease fire. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht more books like this by Robert F Dorr, Thomas D Jones, PH.D. add to wishlist "Hell Hawks!" is the story of the 365th Fighter Group and their close-quarters fight against Hitler's military. Beginning just prior to D-Day, June 6, 1944, the group's young pilots (most were barely twenty years old and fresh from flight training in the United States) flew in close support of Eisenhower's ground forces as they advanced across ... see all copies from $9.65! new only from $18.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Just Americans: How Japanese Americans Won a War at Home and Abroad more books like this by Robert Asahina add to wishlist Focusing on the crucial period of October and November 1944, this is the story of the 100th Battalion/442d Regimental Combat Team--a segregated unit of Japanese Americans--which became the most decorated unit in American military history for its size and length of service. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	1915, the death of innocence more books like this by Lyn Macdonald add to wishlist The year 1915 was one of the bloodiest in history. The theme of Macdonald's history of that year is the loss of innocence. That innocence was lost in the horror of the trenches in France and Belgium, at Ypres and at Gallipoli, and in the mounting numbers of dead shipped home. War was never pretty, but modern warfare raised brutality to new levels. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.75! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I more books like this by John Ellis add to wishlist Millions of men lived in the trenches during World War I. More than six million died there. In Eye-Deep in Hell, the author explores this unique and terrifying world--the rituals of battle, the habits of daily life, and the constant struggle of men to find meaning amid excruciating boredom and the specter of impending death. see all copies from $4.99! new only from $12.54! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Beyond Valor: World War II's Ranger and Airborne Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat more books like this by Patrick K O'Donnell add to wishlist These oral histories of combat in the European theater were solicited on the Drop Zone, the author's website for former combatants and those interested in WW II military history. The author provides background on the Rangers and Airborne units, and on their operations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	332nd Fighter Group: Tuskegee Airmen more books like this by Chris Bucholtz add to wishlist The USAAF's Tuskegee Experiment, designed to prove that African-Americans were not capable of flying combat aircraft, ironically resulted in the creation of one of the USAAF's elite units. Crewed by highly-educated and exceptionally motivated men, the 332nd were able to boast 111 aerial kills, 150 strafing victories and even the sinking of a ... see all copies from $7.86! new only from $9.96! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	1914 more books like this by Lyn Macdonald add to wishlist This is an account of the first few months of the Great War, from the build-up of the fighting to the first Battle of Ypres, written by the author of "Somme", "They called it Passchendaele" and "The Roses of No Man's Land". see all copies from $4.50! new only from $74.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 more books like this by Paul Fussell add to wishlist A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Ridgway's Paratroopers: The American Airborne in World War II more books like this by Clay Blair, Jr. add to wishlist Bestselling military historian Clay Blair tells how General Matthew Ridgway single-handedly shaped raw recruits and experimental tactics and equipment into the legendary 82nd Airborne Division. 72 black-and-white photographs. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Liquidate Paris more books like this by Sven Hassel add to wishlist From the wartorn steppes of Russia, from the slopes of Monte Cassino, the stunned, bloody remnants of Hitler's armies were gathered to fight the last battle of the German Reich - the battle of the Western Front. And as the Allies advanced upon Paris, the war erupted into its most ruthless, most savage and cruel phase. Across the scarred, corpse ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.35! \| SVS
18 view cover	German High Command at War: Hindenburg and Ludendorff Conduct World War I more books like this by Robert B Asprey add to wishlist The first major work published in English that tells the story of World War I from the German point of view. Here, in gripping and vivid detail, are Germany's major battles, the initial execution of the Schlieffen Plan and the First Marne, and the great battle of Tannenburg. 32 pages of photographs; 40 maps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.57! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Terror of the Autumn Skies: The Story of Frank Luke, America's Rogue Ace of World War I more books like this by Blaine Pardoe add to wishlist A biography of the "Arizona Balloon Buster," the first pilot to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. Frank Luke, Jr., was an unlikely pilot. In the Great War, when fliers were still "knights of the air," Luke was an ungallant loner, a kid from Arizona who collected tarantulas, shot buzzards, and boxed miners. But during two torrid weeks in ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Panzerkrieg: The Rise and Fall of Hitler's Tank Divisions more books like this by Peter McCarthy, Mike Syron add to wishlist The image that defines the Nazis' Blitzkrieg is that of the Panzerwaffe's massed columns of tanks sweeping through Europe, all resistance smashed in their wake. The Panzers' achievements in battle were largely responsible for Germany's early successes in World War II, and once the tide had turned against the Reich, the Panzers became the backbone ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.60! \| first editions
21	Victory in Europe more books like this by Gerald Simons add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.15! \| first editions
22 view cover	Their War: German Combat Photographs from the Archives of Signal Magazine more books like this by Will Fowler add to wishlist Wherever German forces operated during World War II, from Norway to North Africa, they were accompanied by the photographers of Signal, the German armed forces magazine, who took some of the most famous German combat photos of the war, including many in color. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $7.00! \| first editions
23 view cover	To the Last Man: Spring 1918 more books like this by Lyn MacDonald add to wishlist First published in 1998, this is the account of the battle, retreat and stand at Amiens, which saved the city, secured the line and caused Ludendorff to call off his offensive in the spring of 1918. But mostly it is the story of the men who took part, the commandos, the weary but resolute Tommies, the exultant Germans, the French and the Doughboys. see all copies from $5.71! new only from $25.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Donkeys more books like this by Alan Clark add to wishlist A study of the Western Front in 1915, this book is a stinging indictment of incompetent generalship. The author explores the truth of the observation that British troops were "lions led by donkeys" and shows how appalling losses almost completely destroyed the old professional army. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $9.96! \| first editions
25 view cover	Battle Tactics of the Western Front: The British Armys Art of Attack, 1916-18 more books like this by Paddy Griffith add to wishlist Historians have portrayed British participation in World War I as a series of tragic debacles, with lines of men mown down by machine guns, with untried new military technology, and incompetent generals who threw their troops into improvised and unsuccessful attacks. In this book a renowned military historian studies the evolution of British ... see all copies from $9.90! new only from $9.90! \| first editions

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