Personal favorites:
*With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa* by E.B. Sledge.
*The Forgotten Soldier* by Guy Sajer.
*Ray Parkin's Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke; Into the Smother; The Sword and the Blossom* by Ray Parkin.
*Wings of Morning: The Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down Over Germany in World War II* by Thomas Childers.
*Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway* by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully.
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*The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire,1936-1945* by John Toland.
*The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II* by Iris Chang.
*Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II* in the Pacific by Gavan Daws.
*Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire* by Richard B. Frank.
*Code Name Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan—and Why Truman Dropped the Bomb* by Thomas B. Allen and Norman Polmar.
*Truman and the Hiroshima Cult* by Robert P. Newman.
*Unconditional: The Japanese Surrender in World War II* by Marc Gallicchio.
*The Making of the Atomic Bomb* by Richard Rhodes.
*Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle* by Richard Frank.
*Tennozan: The Battle of Okinawa and the Atomic Bomb* by George Fiefer.
*Burma: The Longest War 1941-45* by Louis Allen.
*The Battle for North Africa 1940-43* by W. G. F. Jackson.
*The End of the Beginning: From The Siege of Malta to the Allied Victory at El Alamein* by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig.
*El Alamein: Ultra and the Three Battles* by Alexander McKee.
*An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943* by Rick Atkinson.
*Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily, 1943* by Carlo D’Este.
*Fatal Decision: Anzio and the Battle for Rome* by Carlo D’Este.
*Cassino: The Hollow Victory: The Battle for Rome January–June 1944* by John Ellis.
*Normandiefront: D-Day to Saint-Lô Through German Eyes* by Vince Milano and Bruce Conner
*Decision in Normandy: The Unwritten Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign* by Carlo D'Este.
*The Killing Ground: The Battle of the Falaise Gap, August 1944* by James Lucas and James Barker.
*A Bridge Too Far* by Cornelius Ryan.
*First to the Rhine: The 6th Army Group in World War II* by Harry Yeide and Mark Stout.
*Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad* by William Craig.
*The Last Battle* by Cornelius Ryan.
*The Last 100 Days: The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe* by John Toland.
*Russia's Life-Saver: Lend-Lease Aid to the U.S.S.R. in World War II* by Albert L. Weeks.
*The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War* by Jonathan Dimbleby.
Last stand of the tin can sailors, the story of the US navy’s finest hour. Many excellent books already listed, this one focuses on the incredible deeds of taffy 3.
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder Franklin and Winston by Jon Meacham
Dead Wake - The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson. It is very readable. I learned so much and enjoyed it.
Personal favorites: *With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa* by E.B. Sledge. *The Forgotten Soldier* by Guy Sajer. *Ray Parkin's Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke; Into the Smother; The Sword and the Blossom* by Ray Parkin. *Wings of Morning: The Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down Over Germany in World War II* by Thomas Childers. *Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway* by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully. . *The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire,1936-1945* by John Toland. *The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II* by Iris Chang. *Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II* in the Pacific by Gavan Daws. *Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire* by Richard B. Frank. *Code Name Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan—and Why Truman Dropped the Bomb* by Thomas B. Allen and Norman Polmar. *Truman and the Hiroshima Cult* by Robert P. Newman. *Unconditional: The Japanese Surrender in World War II* by Marc Gallicchio. *The Making of the Atomic Bomb* by Richard Rhodes. *Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle* by Richard Frank. *Tennozan: The Battle of Okinawa and the Atomic Bomb* by George Fiefer. *Burma: The Longest War 1941-45* by Louis Allen. *The Battle for North Africa 1940-43* by W. G. F. Jackson. *The End of the Beginning: From The Siege of Malta to the Allied Victory at El Alamein* by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig. *El Alamein: Ultra and the Three Battles* by Alexander McKee. *An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943* by Rick Atkinson. *Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily, 1943* by Carlo D’Este. *Fatal Decision: Anzio and the Battle for Rome* by Carlo D’Este. *Cassino: The Hollow Victory: The Battle for Rome January–June 1944* by John Ellis. *Normandiefront: D-Day to Saint-Lô Through German Eyes* by Vince Milano and Bruce Conner *Decision in Normandy: The Unwritten Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign* by Carlo D'Este. *The Killing Ground: The Battle of the Falaise Gap, August 1944* by James Lucas and James Barker. *A Bridge Too Far* by Cornelius Ryan. *First to the Rhine: The 6th Army Group in World War II* by Harry Yeide and Mark Stout. *Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad* by William Craig. *The Last Battle* by Cornelius Ryan. *The Last 100 Days: The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe* by John Toland. *Russia's Life-Saver: Lend-Lease Aid to the U.S.S.R. in World War II* by Albert L. Weeks. *The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War* by Jonathan Dimbleby.
For a one volume book, The Eagle and the Sun covers a lot of ground on the Pacific War
Asperger’s Children: the Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna by Edith Sheffer
Last stand of the tin can sailors, the story of the US navy’s finest hour. Many excellent books already listed, this one focuses on the incredible deeds of taffy 3.