World War II
The greatest conflict in human history comes alive through powerful accounts of soldiers, survivors, scientists, and civilians who shaped its battles and aftermath. These gripping stories and detailed histories span the globe from 1939-1945, from the beaches of Normandy to the Pacific theaters, from concentration camps to secret Manhattan Project sites.
World War II Book Summaries
Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
History
Business
Economics
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
History
War
World War II
Killing Hitler
The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death
History
World War II
Germany
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor
Holocaust
History
Memoir
The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
History
World War II
Science
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
History
Holocaust
Memoir
Warsaw Boy
A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
History
Biography
Holocaust
Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
History
Biography
World War II
The Story of a Life
Holocaust
Memoir
History
Eichmann in My Hands
A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
History
Holocaust
Memoir
Supreme Commander
MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
History
Biography
Japan
Man's Search for Meaning
A Young Adult Edition
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Hitler's Cross
How the Cross Was Used to Promote the Nazi Agenda
History
Christian
Religion
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
History
Biography
World War II
The Book Thief
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
Code Name Verity
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Rose Code
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
All the Light We Cannot See
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
Measure of a Man
From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
History
Biography
Holocaust
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
History
Politics
World War II