WWII book recommendations

[ISUforNU]

I'm more of a South Pacific guy as my father was a Jar-Head over there in 1944-1946.

Anything written Eugene Sledge is a great read as well.

Eugene B. Sledge Books | List of books by author Eugene B. Sledge

www.thriftbooks.com

 

[NSECTA4]

Two of the best that I’ve ever read on the War in the Pacific:

At Dawn We Slept (for Pearl Harbor)
Incredible Victory ( for Midway)

A quick read but quite interesting first hand account on breaking German Codes
The Ultra Secret by Winterbotham

 

[God is a Husker]

If I had a nickel for every time @God is a Husker got laid with this line, I'd have no nickels

Jokes on you, my wife used this line to get me.

Except it was with hot sauce.

 

[dom91932]

As others have noted:

the E. B. Sledge books are excellent. IIRC, they were used as the basis for The Pacific on HBO and the Nazi Seizure of Power by William Allen is outstanding.

 

[ac husker]

I'm more of a South Pacific guy as my father was a Jar-Head over there in 1944-1946.

Anything written Eugene Sledge is a great read as well.

Eugene B. Sledge Books | List of books by author Eugene B. Sledge

www.thriftbooks.com

Yep. With the Old Breed is about the Battle of Peleliu.

 

[ISUforNU]

Yep. With the Old Breed is about the Battle of Peleliu.

A nasty fight.

 

[HashtagGBR]

History Books my uncle left me.

 

[Snockered69]

Churchill, Hitler, and The Unnecessary War, by Pat Buchanan

 

[betsch]

My pastor gave me this book a few weeks ago called "Mein Kampf". It's a good bedtime read.

 

[BingoDingo]

The Second World War - Antony Beevor

I am a huge fan of his books Stalingrad and The Spanish Civil War. Top tier.

Also, anything Max Hastings.