Fiction and Non-Fiction both works. I don't really need the information, as long as its interesting and a good read. Books on the ETO are preferable, but any aspect of the war is OK.
2007-07-05 07:34:27 · 10 answers · asked by underdog 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Slaughterhouse Five
2007-07-05 07:37:12 · answer #1 · answered by U_Mex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have two non-fiction recommendations. 1) Enemy at the Gates by William Craig. It is about the battle Stalingrad. 2) The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. At the outbreak of the war, Sajer considered himself French. His home province was suddenly annexed by Germany and he was drafted into the German Army. The book is his first-hand account of the fighting on the Eastern Front.
You could try anything my Stephen Ambrose or Cornelius Ryan.
Leon Uris has written some fiction based on history, including Battle Cry and QB VIII, but I am not a big fan.
An odd fiction recommendation is The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski. It is not really about the war, it is about a young orphan trying to survive in war-torn Europe. Be warned, it is not for the weak of stomach.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer is considered the most authoritative history of Nazi Germany. You might also look into Night by Elie Wiesel and the Autobiography of Anne Frank.
2007-07-05 07:55:20 · answer #2 · answered by Adoptive Father 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An Army At Dawn - Rick Atkinson - Great, comprehensive account of the US invasion of North Africa. Part two of this trilogy will be released in October.
Given Up for Dead - Bill Sloan - It is PTO, but if you don't know the story of Wake Island, it is a must-read.
Ghost Soldiers - Hampton Sides - Same, but about Americans overrun in the Philippines.
Night - Elie Weisel - First hand account of life in a concentration camp.
Auschwitz, A History - Lawrence Rees - Pretty self-explanatory.
I am an Easy Company buff, so:
Band of Brothers - Stephen Ambrose
Biggest Brother and Beyond Band of Brothers - Biographies of Dick Winters
Parachute Infantry - David Webster - Interesting for the perspective of a private soldier.
2007-07-05 10:28:23 · answer #3 · answered by E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James Jones, The Thin Red Line; Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead; Irwin Shaw, The Young Lions; Saul Bellow, Mr. Sammler's Planet (This book is set in the 1970's but frequently flashes back to WWII.)
2007-07-05 07:43:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best WWII book ive read is, Thunder in the East, The Nazi-Soviet War. I dont know who wrote it, but he gives an intersting view on the war.
2007-07-05 07:38:18 · answer #5 · answered by MyNameAShadi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read a book called Stones In Water...its not really about soldiers but about a kid who got taken to one of the camps where they had to dig trenches and other war facilities. A great movie is Pearl Harbor.
2007-07-05 07:42:09 · answer #6 · answered by SannMann87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Stephen Coonts' "Victory." It's short shorties by Coonts and other writers set in th European Theater, the Pacific Theater, and on the US home front. My favorite in it is "V5" by David Hagberg. It's all about an Allied mission to Penemunde to destory German rockets that could reach the US.
2007-07-05 07:59:07 · answer #7 · answered by knight1192a 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Diary of Anne Frank. Real diary of a 13 year-old girl who was in hiding and was captured by the germans and sent to concentration camp.
2007-07-05 07:43:21 · answer #8 · answered by Donner Woo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
night, the hiding place, ghost soilders, my hitch in hell, No Bended Knee all my favs
2007-07-05 07:43:12 · answer #9 · answered by cutest chick!!! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF
THE DAY WE SLEPT
PEARL HARBOR
RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP.
RISING SUN
2007-07-05 08:10:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋