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7.		The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington from Simon & Schuster Price: $18.45 Customer Review: Roald Dahl's own work is defined by twisting expectations and perceptions. So it is only fitting that Jennet Conant's look at his service as a British spy on the United States does just that to what most Americans think about World War II. The very idea that the Allies would have spied on each... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		Defiance: The Bielski Partisans from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $10.17 Customer Review: This is a brilliant social history of a Jewish resistance movement in Belarus and Eastern Poland. It focusses on the Bielski partisan group lead by the three Bielski brothers. What made this partisan unit different from the others active in the area was the fact A) they were Jewish and B)... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.		The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II from Random House Audio Price: $22.76 Customer Review: Book Review The Steel Wave By Jeff Shaara In this World War II historical novel, the second of an announced trilogy, author Shaara focuses on the role of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division training in England, night landing by parachute in Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944 and... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.		An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy from Holt Paperbacks Price: $11.56 Customer Review: Outstanding account of invasion of North Africa 1943. Well researched and written with an engrossing style. I have purchased other Atkinson books and they are all outstading historical narratives written in a manner that one can sense both the overall stratgic as well as human war experinces.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

11.		Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History from Pantheon Price: $10.17 Customer Review: When I was growing up in the 1980's, I found that Holocaust survivors were either glad to be alive and well, or full of bitterness. Some were eager to tell their stories to the young; others carried the scars deep inside. For many years (perhaps until the 1970's) it was almost taboo for the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

12.		With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa from Presidio Press Price: $7.99 Customer Review: December 29th, 1980, I arrived at the same Marine Corps boot camp which welcomed EB Sledge nearly 40 years before. With the Old Breed (WTOB) makes it perfectly clear why the stress and hardship of the Marine Corps boot camp experience is necessary. Thankfully, my generation was spared the subsequent... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

13.		Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II from Ballantine Books Price: $7.50 Customer Review: This was a heart pounding adventure book. Once the story really started unfolding, there was new twists and turns around every corner. Once the submarine was found, it became an obsession for the two divers who spearheaded the exploration to identify this unknown u-boat. Deep sea diving has such a... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

14.		Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters from Berkley Trade Price: $10.20 Customer Review: The book was delivered right on time and it was in mint condition. I was very happy with my purchase	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

15.		A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight from Little, Brown and Company Price: $18.47 Customer Review: A Dawn Like Thunder - Torpedo Squadron 8 - the Battle of Midway is a very interesting, well written and thoroughly researched book about a turning point of the Pacific War on 4 June 1942, the destruction of much of the Japanese fleet by this Squadron of skilled fliers, fliers who gave... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

16.		The Complete Maus from Penguin Books Ltd Customer Review: During my research last semester on graphic novels three pieces of information kept recurring: (1) Maus by Art Spiegelman is an amazing graphic novel that everyone--even the ones who don't like graphic novels at all--love. (2) Maus is amazing and, having won a Pulitzer Prize special award in 1992,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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