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
Family of Spies
A 1994 letter claimed her grandfather helped Japan attack Pearl Harbor. Every word was true.
Immersive
Family of Spies
A 1994 letter claimed her grandfather helped Japan attack Pearl Harbor. Every word was true.
Salt to the Sea
Four refugees fleeing the Red Army board a crowded ship, unaware of the submarines lurking below.
Salt to the Sea
Four refugees fleeing the Red Army board a crowded ship, unaware of the submarines lurking below.
Bloodlands
14 million murdered between Hitler and Stalin, a zone where each regime's massacres fed the other's.
Bloodlands
14 million murdered between Hitler and Stalin, a zone where each regime's massacres fed the other's.
Unbroken
Olympian. Castaway. POW. Louie Zamperini survived three nightmares. The fourth was his own hatred.
Unbroken
Olympian. Castaway. POW. Louie Zamperini survived three nightmares. The fourth was his own hatred.
Beyond Band of Brothers
The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.
Beyond Band of Brothers
The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.
The Girls of Atomic City
The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.
The Girls of Atomic City
The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
A Milan teen pressed into Nazi service spies from the driver's seat of a general's car.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
A Milan teen pressed into Nazi service spies from the driver's seat of a general's car.
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.
All the Light We Cannot See
A blind girl reads on the radio as Saint-Malo burns; a German soldier buried in rubble listens.
All the Light We Cannot See
A blind girl reads on the radio as Saint-Malo burns; a German soldier buried in rubble listens.
The Bomber Mafia
They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.
The Bomber Mafia
They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
Britain's empire fell not to war but to a diplomatic blunder that handed the world to its rivals.
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
Britain's empire fell not to war but to a diplomatic blunder that handed the world to its rivals.
Infantry Attacks
A WWI officer's memoir that became a tactical bible: terrain and initiative decide every firefight.
Infantry Attacks
A WWI officer's memoir that became a tactical bible: terrain and initiative decide every firefight.
Suite Française
A French wife and the German officer billeted in her home share a forbidden intimacy.
Suite Française
A French wife and the German officer billeted in her home share a forbidden intimacy.
Hiroshima
Six people. One flash. The morning Hiroshima vanished, and the lives that somehow continued.
Hiroshima
Six people. One flash. The morning Hiroshima vanished, and the lives that somehow continued.
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Hirohito was no puppet. A hidden record of how Japan's emperor directed the Pacific War.
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Hirohito was no puppet. A hidden record of how Japan's emperor directed the Pacific War.
