Recommend me some good WWII books, Vietname too!

[Ricky_Bobby]

Chickenhawk is a good Vietnam book. Autobiographical book from a huey pilot. Freakin unbelievable the stuff those guys did with helicopters. It's not a history book but is a good read.

I also read a biography of Churchill a couple years ago. The Last Lion I believe it was called. A bit dry but worth the effort.

[IggyWH]

A World at Arms is THE WWII book. It's pretty technical, and even though I'm not a big book guy, I loved this book even though it is something like 1200 pages.

[LuckOfTheDraw]

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A World at Arms is THE WWII book. It's pretty technical, and even though I'm not a big book guy, I loved this book even though it is something like 1200 pages.

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And, densely packed with information, the pages are. Definitely, the all-encompassing book on WWII. Funny, I made a thread just like this years ago and ended up buying A World at Arms from a suggestion then.

OP, have any fiction books in mind? I just finished A Game of Thrones, and would highly recommend it along with the rest of the Song of Ice and Fire series. Especially since you got a long, cold winter ahead of you.

[SmileyEH]

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A World at Arms is THE WWII book. It's pretty technical, and even though I'm not a big book guy, I loved this book even though it is something like 1200 pages.

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I love this book. I tried to get all the way through it a couple years ago but stalled about 600 pages in. Now I just dip in randomly, still great stuff.