A TRUE CELEBRATION OF HEROISM AND BRAVERYFrom America's preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes a brilliant telling of World War II in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the end, eleven months later, on May 7, 1945....

The battle for Moscow was the biggest battle of World War II -- the biggest battle of all time. And yet it is far less known than Stalingrad, which involved about half the number of troops. From the time Hitler launched his assault on...

The incredible untold story of WWII’s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern master of wartime intrigue Britain’s Special Air Service—or SAS—was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristoc...

Even in retreat, the Nazi Army was still a force to be reckoned with. Tony Le Tissier has interviewed a wide range of former German Army and SS soldiers to provide ten first-hand accounts of the fighting retreat that, for one soldier,...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of NPR's "Books We Love" of 2021   “Masterly. An epic story of four Japanese-American families and their sons who volunteered for military service and displayed uncommon heroism&he...

A stunning look at World War II from the other side...From the turret of a German tank, Colonel Hans von Luck commanded Rommel's 7th and then 21st Panzer Division. El Alamein, Kasserine Pass, Poland, Belgium, Normandy on D-Day, the di...

World War II marked the zenith of railway gun development. Although many of the railway guns initially deployed at the start of the conflict were of World War I vintage, Germany's ambitious development program saw the introduction of ...