Good books about WWII?

[upsciLLion]

I'm looking for something to read for pleasure as opposed to dry history.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Kevin1211]

i really got into Band of brothers/easy company when the movie came out. So far ive read Band of Brothersby Stephen Ambrose, Biggest Brother (its about the life of Dick Winters, the man who led Easy company), D-Day , and Currahee ..

 

[elbosco]

Band of Brothers
D-Day
Citizen Soldiers
Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (same era, good book)

For WWI:
All Quiet on the Western Front

 

[Queasy]

"The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany" as well.

 

[loup garou]

Historical or Fiction set in WWII?

 

[xanis]

D-Day, June 6th 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose

 

[paulxcook]

I second the Band of Brothers recommendation. I've been meaning to read some more Ambrose books since I read it, haven't gotten there yet.

 

[GTaudiophile]

"Flags of our Fathers"

 

[wfbberzerker]

the medic

 

[meltdown75]

Anything by John Keegan on the subject is GREAT material. One of the best WWII writers / historians out there IMHO.

 

[mugs]

Anything by Stephen Ambrose

 

[chambersc]

mein kampf

i heard it's a real page turner!

 

[Mossimo142]

Outwitting the Gestapo by Lucie Abrac
- Pregnant French Resistor who takes part in many operations such as rescuing her
husband from a Vichy Prison

Night by Ellie Wiesel
- Family from Hungary I believe, sent to a concentration camp. Short and really good

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Half real / Half fake story about a guy who experienced the firing bombing of
Dresden, which was more devastating in terms of lives than the atomic bombs
dropped

 

[Mermaidman]

Once There Was A War
by John Steinbeck

Prior to reading this book, I didn't know Steinbeck was a war correspondent during WW2!

 

[broon]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
"Flags of our Fathers"

And Flyboys. Both by James Bradley whos father was on Iwo Jima. ..and was one of the "flag raisers".

 

[Gibsons]

Blood, Tears and Folly by Len Deighton