WW2 book recommendations?

Keegan and Ericsson are top-notch.

The 15 volume series by Morisson (History of US Naval Ops in WW2) is a great read, and provides a great deal of insght into the Japanese political situation (Vol 3).

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is probably the definitive work on the political situation in Germany.

As an aside, I would agree that reading some material from the "other side" is a great idea- Speer's book, Inside the Third Reich, and Iron Coffins, the Luftwaffe War Diaries were good reads for me. I have heard that Adolph Gallands book is very good, but have not read it yet.

There are hundreds of books that I could give to you, but I think you need to understand something first. There is an old saying that those who win the war get to write the history of it. So to just read Churchill, or just read accounts of the war by the Allies wouldn't give you a full understanding of World War II, for instance. A better choice would be to read a history book of Germany during the time right before the war, or read a history book of Japan to see what was happening before the war. In that way, you would see what went on in the minds of all parties involved in the conflict, giving you a well-rounded scenario as to why the war was fought in the first place. One place to start would be to read the book IWO by Richard Wheeler. This book is about the invasion of Iwo Jima. The book is divided into 3 parts: what went on at the American end in preparation for the invasion, what went on with the Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima as they prepared for the invasion, and then the invasion itself from both sides. Enjoy Churchill, but see what the Germans, Italians and Japanese were doing at the same time. Good luck. You've chosen a big challenge.

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For the Eastern Front John Ericsson's two volumes, The Road to Stalingrad and The Road to Berlin are superb, very well researched and very accurate. Antony Beevor's Stalingrad and Berlin are both very good - less academic than Ericsson's, but very well written and easy to read.

For the Western Front, Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 by Max Hastings is a good read.

An excellent, informative and accurate source is the 39 volume Time-Life World War II series of books.

Churchills will be biased as he was on one side of the war, so he would think he was right and Hitler was wrong but Im sure Hitler had his own views which if written in a book would be biased, the best thing to do would be is to read personal accounts for most parties affected by the war e.g. british, americans germans french and religions sections e.g. jews books such as band of brothers by steven ambrose i think, anne franks diary they will give you a much broader view and less bias and you will be able then to come to your own views on the subject. If your after evidence based then you need to read academic journals that state fact and come to conclusions... hope this helps and if you cant be arsed to read the books try and watch band of brothers its amazing although bias as it portrays americans as being saviors of the war like most WW2 films

Churchill's work is generally regarded as first rate by most historians. Of course it's somewhat biased, but the details are all accurate.

The best general work I know of is "The Second World War" by John Keegan, who is one of the foremost military historians of his generation. Keegan, in turn, includes his own list of the fifty best books on World War II, in his professional opinion. I would refer you to that list.

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Ambrose is a great author with several books on WW2, he also wrote the book which the series Band of Brothers was based on.

I would strongly recommend him if you're looking for a decent read with a lot of information

Just a few WW2 based books.

Band of Brothers

D-Day

The Wild Blue

Citizen Soldiers

The Supreme Commander

Night by Elie Weisel

Its about the, its about the holocaust. Its a very good read. A short Novel, im not sure if youre looking for a book with a story or like factual books

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