Top 3
#1

Dan Carlin
Blueprint for Armageddon
The planet hadn’t seen a major war between all the Great Powers since the downfall of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. But 99 years later the dam breaks and a Pandora’s Box of violence engulfs the planet.
#2

Dan Carlin
Ghosts of the Ostfront
Covering the conflict between the Germans and the Soviet Union in the Second World War. Dan gives an introduction to the subject and discusses the causes and opening moves of Operation Barbarossa.
#3

Dan Carlin
Supernova in the East
The Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that’s been called one of the most distinctive on Earth. If there were a Japanese version of Captain America, this would be his origin story.
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- The Pacific War Trilogy Ian W. Toll
- The Last Lion 1-3 William Manchester
- Destroyer of Worlds Dan Carlin
- Hunting Hitler’s Nukes Damien Lewis
- The Second World Wars Victor Davis Hanson
- Indianapolis Lynn Vincent
- The Story of World War II Henry Steele Commager
- War in the West 1-2 James Holland
- Band of Brothers Stephen E. Ambrose
- 40 Thieves on Saipan Cynthia Kraack
- The Second World War 1-6 Winston Churchill
- The Second World War Antony Beevor
- World War II Liberation Trilogy Rick Atkinson
- A Higher Call Adam Makos
- A World Undone: The Story of the Great War G.J. Meyer
- SAS Ghost Patrol Damien Lewis
- Rogue Heroes Ben Macintyre
- Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die Giles Milton
- Aftermath: The Remnants of War Donovan Webster
- The Western Front: a History of the Great War Nick Lloyd
- Nuremberg Diary Gustave Mark Gilbert
- D-Day Minute by Minute Jonathan Mayo
- The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson
- They Fought Alone Maurice Buckmaster
- The Fall of Berlin Antony Beevor
- Churchill’s Hellraisers Damien Lewis
- The World Crisis Winston Churchill
- Now it Can be Told Philip Gibbs
- The Winter Fortress Neal Bascomb
