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War books to make you hate war
Monte Cassino (Cassell Military Paperbacks)Monte Cassino (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Sven Hassel
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He has written many, but this one is the starkest. Also has some pages of black humour, which is very welcome.
BomberBomber by Len Deighton
Who are the good guys? The RAF bombing a town by mistake, or the Germans, supporting the regime that lets it happen?
The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: American Raids on 17th August 1943 (Cassell Military Paperbacks)The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: American Raids on 17th August 1943 (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Martin Middlebrook
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Worth it for the Germans' account of this disaster for the USAAF.
The Mighty Eighth: A History of the U.S. Eighth Air ForceThe Mighty Eighth: A History of the U.S. Eighth Air Force by Roger Anthony Freeman
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No stone left unturned in this exhaustive but compelling tome of the famous US Eighth AF
A Glorious Way to Die: The Kamikaze Mission of the Battleship Yamato April 1945A Glorious Way to Die: The Kamikaze Mission of the Battleship Yamato April 1945 by Russell Spurr
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Events leading up to and including the sinking of the mighty battleship Yamato, almost unknown in the UK. Tells the story mainly from the Japanese side.