Must-read books on WWII
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A selection of heart-stopping fiction and meticulously-researched and jaw-dropping non-fiction books evoking the hardships and triumphs of World War Two.
The Hitler Years ~ Disaster 1940 - 1945
Frank McDonough
£35.00Frank McDonough charts the rise and fall of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand, ending after Germany's comprehensive military defeat of Poland in 1939.
The Hitler Years ~ Triumph 1933 - 1939
Dr Frank McDonough
£12.00 £11.40Frank McDonough charts the dramatic change of fortune for the Third Reich, and challenges long-held accounts of the Holocaust and Germany's ultimate defeat.
Spitfire Girl: My Life in the Sky
Jackie Moggridge
£9.99 £9.49From her first flight at fifteen to smuggling Spitfires into Burma, Jackie describes the trials and tribulations, successes and frustrations of her life in the sky.
The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb
Neal Bascomb
£9.99 £9.49The epic mission to sabotage Hitler's atomic bomb. A compulsively readable narrative about a group of young men who survived the cold of a Norwegian winter and evaded the clutches of the Gestapo, to save the world from destruction.
The Crew: The Story of a Lancaster Bomber Crew
David Price
£9.99 £9.49A moving tribute to the sacrifice and bravery of the fliers of RAF Bomber Command. This is their story.
Breakout at Stalingrad
Heinrich Gerlach
£10.00 £9.50The original manuscript of Heinrich Gerlach's novel, written in Soviet Prison during World War II. A stark and terrifying portrait of the horrors of war, and a profoundly humane depiction of comradeship in adversity.