Memorial Day Reading List: World War II
Air Force subject headings
Air Force recommended reading
Heroes in the skies : American aviators in World War II by Ian Darling
Navy subject headings
World War, 1939-1945- Naval Operations
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations- American
Navy recommended reading
Pacific War subject headings
Pacific War recommended reading
The Fleet at Flood Tide: Ameican at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 by James D. Hornfischer
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
European Theater subject headings
European Theater recommended reading
Honor Before Glory; Epic World War II Story of the Japanese American GIs Who Rescued the Lost Batallion by Scott McGaugh
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
The Dead and Those About to Die : D-Day, the Big Red One at Omaha Beach by John C. McManus
Given up for Dead: American GIs in the Nazi Concentration Camp at Berga by Lint Whitlock
Women in WWII subject headings
World War, 1939-1945-Participation, Female
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography
Women in WWII recommended reading
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundi
American Women and the World War II by Doris Weatherford
Angels of the Underground: The American Women Who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II by Theresa Kaminski
New York During World War II
Helluva Town: The Story of New York City During World War II by Richard Goldsten
General History of the World War II
The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict was Fought and Won by Victor Davis Hanson
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