 | An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson
Buy new: £9.08 / Used from: £2.99 The first volume of 'The Liberation Trilogy' covers the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943
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 | War as I Knew it by George S. Patton
Buy new: £8.93 / Used from: £5.00 George S. Patton's memoirs from letters and his diary. Published in 1947 by his wife. This is first hand knowledge from WWII's greatest warrior and military tactician
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 | Monte Cassino: The Story of the Hardest-fought Battle of World War Two by Matthew Parker
Buy new: £6.73 / Used from: £0.01 Hannibal knew precisely why he attacked Rome from behind by going the long way round across the Alps. The Allies came up the hard way in 1944, and they suffered quite a bit. This book tells you why
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 | Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
Buy used from: £1.00 This is an excellent account of the battle for Stalingrad, which surely must be one of the most horrible events of WWII
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 | Berlin: The Downfall 1945 by Antony Beevor
Buy used from: £5.22 Similarly to the above, this is a very detailed description of the final days of Berlin.
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 | Patton: A Genius for War by Carlo D'Este
Buy new: £11.18 / Used from: £8.87 A very good biography on George Patton, who was indeed a genius for war
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 | Alanbrooke War Diaries: Field Marshall Lord Alanbrooke
Buy used from: £26.00 The diaries of the man behind the plan to defeat Nazi Germany. This is a rather excellent read. One is given to understand that he wasn't supposed to keep a diary, but thank God he did
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 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Buy new: £12.28 / Used from: £7.19 One of the first if not the first biography on Hitler and Nazi Germany. This will always be an all-time classic
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 | Berlin Diary: Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941 by William L. Shirer
Buy used from: £8.87 Shirer's diary describes the harrowing Nazi rise to power in Germany during the second half of the 1930s and profiles Hitler's complex personality
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 | This Is Berlin: Radio Broadcasts from Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
Buy used from: £17.67 The original radio broadcasts Shirer made from Nazi Germany right up to 1941. I love the tight line he walks between telling everyone everything, whilst telling his hosts as little as possible
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 | Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris by Ian Kershaw
Buy new: £10.39 / Used from: £9.00 The biography of the man who brought all this upon us. Very detailed and very good
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 | Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis (Allen Lane History) by Ian Kershaw
Buy new: £10.49 / Used from: £9.00 Part Two of Hitler's biography dealing with how it all came apart
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 | Making Friends with Hitler: Lord Londonderry and the Roots of Appeasement (Allen Lane History) by Ian Kershaw
Buy used from: £1.20 This is an excellent piece on British politics towards Nazi Germany right up to 1939. Lord Londonderry is the two-way mirror through which Ian Kershaw tells this story
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 | The Fall of Berlin by Anthony Read
Buy new: £8.39 / Used from: £7.55 This book is not about war, nor is it a 'war book'. It is a book about the citizens and city of Berlin and the apocalytic climax to the war that ended with its almost total destruction
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 | The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials: A Personal Memoir by Telford Taylor
Buy used from: £4.46 Telford Tayler was part of the US prosectuion team in Nuremberg. His book on the Nuremberg war crimes trial is by far the best account I have read on this subject
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 | Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary by Traudl Junge
Buy used from: £3.14 The last secretary of Adolf Hitler tells her story. You will find this a rather fascinating if not intriguing read
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