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Rosemary Sullivan

Themes: Strategy • France • World War II

Fortress France The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II — J.E Kaufmann

Fortress France The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II

Themes: Strategy • France • World War II

Normandy ’44 D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France — James Holland

Normandy ’44 D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France

Themes: Strategy • France • World War II

Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris; June 6 – Aug. 5, 1944; Revised — John Keegan

Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris; June 6 – Aug. 5, 1944; Revised

Themes: Strategy • France • World War II

The Liberation of Paris How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light — Jean Edward Smith

The Liberation of Paris How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light

Jean Edward Smith

Themes: Strategy • France • World War II

Napoleon on War — Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)

Napoleon on War

Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)

Themes: Strategy • France • Wars & Conflicts

The Campaign of Waterloo 1815 A Political and Military History from the French Perspective — Antoine Henri Jomini

The Campaign of Waterloo 1815 A Political and Military History from the French Perspective

Antoine Henri Jomini

Themes: Strategy • France • Wars & Conflicts

Three Days at the Brink FDR’s Daring Gamble to Win World War II — Bret Baier

Three Days at the Brink FDR’s Daring Gamble to Win World War II

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

The Cretan Runner — George Psychoundakis

The Cretan Runner

George Psychoundakis

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Great Battles of the Hellenistic World — Joseph Pietrykowski

Great Battles of the Hellenistic World

Joseph Pietrykowski

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Sicily ’43 The First Assault on Fortress Europe — James Holland

Sicily ’43 The First Assault on Fortress Europe

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Hitler’s American Gamble Pearl Harbor and the German March to Global War — Brendan Simms

Hitler’s American Gamble Pearl Harbor and the German March to Global War

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

The Sources of Military Doctrine France, Britain, and Germany Between the World Wars — Barry Posen

The Sources of Military Doctrine France, Britain, and Germany Between the World Wars

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Operation Columba–The Secret Pigeon Service The Untold Story of World War II Resistance in Europe — Gordon Corera

Operation Columba–The Secret Pigeon Service The Untold Story of World War II Resistance in Europe

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

A Game of Birds and Wolves The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II — Simon Parkin

A Game of Birds and Wolves The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Decision in Normandy — Carlo D’Este

Decision in Normandy — Carlo D’Este

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Masters and Commanders How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945 — Andrew Roberts

Masters and Commanders How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Into the Breach — Paul L. Pearson

Into the Breach

Paul L. Pearson

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Forged in Hell The Gripping True Story of the Special Forces Heroes Who Broke the Nazi Stranglehold — Damien Lewis

Forged in Hell The Gripping True Story of the Special Forces Heroes Who Broke the Nazi Stranglehold

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Operation Chastise The RAF’s Most Brilliant Attack of World War II — Max Hastings

Operation Chastise The RAF’s Most Brilliant Attack of World War II

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Churchill’s Great Escapes Seven Incredible Escapes Made by WWII Heroes — Damien Lewis

Churchill’s Great Escapes Seven Incredible Escapes Made by WWII Heroes

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Panzer Leader — Heinz Guderian

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Exercise Tiger The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Silent Few — Wendy Lawrance

Exercise Tiger The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Silent Few

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

Zhukov’s Greatest Defeat The Red Army’s Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942 — David M. Glantz

Zhukov’s Greatest Defeat The Red Army’s Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942

David M. Glantz

Themes: Strategy • World War II • Wars & Conflicts

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