Book Genre: World War II

Road to Huertgen: Forest in Hell

Road to Huertgen-Forest in Hell chronicles the 1944 combat experiences of U.S. Army Lieutenant Paul Boesch. The setting is the Huertgen Forest, a 1,300 square mile, densely wooded, hilly region along the German-Belgian border.

Citizen Soldiers

The inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World War II.

The Rape of Nanking

The story of Nanking from three perspectives: the Japanese soldiers, the Chinese civilians, and of a group of Europeans and Americans who refused to abandon the city.

The Bedford Boys

Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia - population just 3,000 in 1944 - died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day. This is the true and intimate story of these men and the friends and families they left behind.

Pegasus Bridge

This gripping account of it by acclaimed author Stephen Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed.

Ghost Soldiers

A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II - the rescue of American and British POWs behind enemy lines in the Philippines.