I picked up the first book in the Mac Wingate Series by Bryan Swift at my local used book store.  This is one of those early 80s paperbacks so it stinks (not the content, the actual book).  The cover price is very low on this book so the store just threw it in with my [...]

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The Greatest War: D-Day and the Assault on Europe Volume II by Gerald Astor is a nonfiction book written from the perspective of the men who fought.  It is composed from oral histories of the war.  From the title, it seems to start at D-Day; however, D-Day is not until the midpoint of the book.  [...]

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Tide of Victory is the 3rd book in the Soldiers of War series by William Reed. This book follows the 40th Infantry Division of California’s National Guard. Even more specifically this book follows the 160th Infantry Regiment and Black Jack Company. The company heads through the battle for the Philippines Islands and Luzon and then [...]

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The Soldiers of War Series follows American GIs in World War II. Each book takes one division or regiment and follows them through the war’s battles. These books have been pretty hard for me to find, but I really enjoy them.
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Tide of Victory Book III – California

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Patton by Alan Alexrod is the first book in the Great Generals Series biographies edited by General Wesley K. Clark.  The book is easy reading and very informative, emphasizing the military career of George S. Patton from West Point through World War II and how and why he became such a controversial figure.  It [...]

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A World Ablaze is the third book in the Men at Arms Series by Con Sellers.  In this book Colonel Chad Belvale is fighting the Germans in Sicily and Major Keenan Carlisle is a raider working with British Brigadier Wingate on New Georgia Island.  Meanwhile the family’s generals, Crusty Carlisle and Preston Belvale manage their [...]

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With the Old Breed by E. B. Sledge is a World War II account of a private, E.B. Sledge, and his experience on Peleliu and Okinawa.  Sledge started out in college to be an officer, but decided to enlist as a private in the United States Marines .  His first battle was Peleliu which [...]

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Tarawa 1943: The Turning of the Tide by Derrick Wright, Illustrated by Howard Gerrard is the history of the Battle at the Tarawa Atoll during World War II .  Tarawa was the first attempt using Admiral Nimitz’s island hopping strategy.  When looking at a map of the South Pacific, Tarawa is in the far southeastern [...]

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A Game for Heroes by Jack Higgins takes place during World War II.  Towards the end of the war, the British Channel Islands are still occupied by the Nazis and they must be removed.  An English agent and a band of Americans join together to defeat the enemy who will battle on even after Germany [...]

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Luciano’s Luck by Jack Higgins is set in Sicily during World War II .  After I read this book, I saw a show on the History Channel about Lucky Luciano and whether or not he was let out of prison in the United States during World War II in order to solicit the help of [...]

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