Extremely popular mini-series based on the book. This makes an outstanding gift. Also consider the masterpiece DVD documentary "World at War."

Vivid, impacting combat memoirs of a U.S. marine who survived the savage frontline fighting of the Pacific campaigns. A classic.

This masterpiece won the Pulitzer Prize. The underrated Mediterranean operations waged war against Hitler, diverting German resources away from the Eastern Front, leading to defeat at Stalingrad, while giving green American soldiers experience. Over 100,000 Axis soldiers were captured in North Africa.

This scholarly masterpiece won the George Louis Beer Prize. It brilliantly explains the causes, major events, and reasons behind events - what and why – of World War Two. This is probably the best WWII book from a big-picture, strategic decision view.

An absolute masterpiece documentary. This award-winning classic may never be bested.

This well-researched book won the Pulitzer Prize and Francis Parkman Prize. The writing vividly paints the period. It is the standard summary of the literature on the era and is a "must read" book, but it makes some harsh criticisms, so supplement it with a general WWII book and a good FDR biography.

Written by one of the greatest historians of World War II, this is the startling story of the massive D-Day Invasion and the ensuing bloodbath war on the Western Front.

Keegan's book is outstanding -- especially for the historical progression of field battles in Europe. I felt the strategic decisions of the war and the Nazi motives were better covered in Weinberg’s masterpiece “A World at Arms.” Read both.

They lived through the Great Depression and World War II, which claimed 55 million lives. The world was in crisis. They worked to make America and the world better so it would not happen again. They were the Greatest Generation.

The most complete and rigorous study of the Pearl Harbor attack.

The Economist Magazine called this book "a masterpiece.” The research is astonishing; the tidbits fascinating. FDR was a Navy man. This amazing book tells the history of the era. FDR said, "The Nazi masters have made it clear that they intend to enslave the whole of Europe, and then to use the resources of Europe to dominate the world... We must be the Great Arsenal of Democracy."

The turning point of the war. A massive part of the German military was captured and destroyed at Stalingrad. The American and British invasion of North Africa helped. It diverted resources, such as airplanes, away from the Eastern front. A big army was also captured in North Africa.

Midway was a great triumph naval triumph for America and, many believe, the turning point of the Pacific War. The well-researched book tells the story. Also read the other classic book on Midway by Gordon Prange.

Very, very disturbing stories by the perpetrators themselves. A classic in the literature of the Holocaust and the crimes of the Third Reich.

The conflict between USSR and Germany was by far the biggest and the bloodiest of WWII. Gigantic tank battles took place there. Massive armies clashed along lines hundreds of miles long. 17 million Soviets died. Millions of Germans were killed.

Maybe the best history of the WWII bomber war in Europe. The losses to both sides from the bombing war were astonishing.

This superb book won the Francis Parkman Prize by the Society of American Historians. It tells the amazing stories of the America’s commanders, FDR and WWII. FDR was great at picking the right men and then delegated widely. FDR was a lifelong sailor and navy man, and he built the Pentagon and Camp David. Also read the Pultizer Prize-winning "Roosevelt: Soldier of Freedom" by James MacGregor Burns.

A true epic of bravery and brutality. Also read the eye-opening "Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II" by Laurence Rees to learn how savage the Pacific war was.

This is one of the most popular histories of World War II, with a British emphasis. Unfortunately, it begins the straight timeline story with the attack on Poland, omitting the preceding was context. There is too little "why."

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. It tells the vivid stories of people living through the war. A masterpiece.