“Spirit over Steel” is not just a chronology of the war, but a work of prose literature in its succinct and elegant literary style, with injections of trenchant humour. It was written by John Thompson, a defence & security expert, historian and long time member of the RCMI. Published by the RCMI, 2022. Almost 600 pages, PDF, Free. Click on the cover for a preview.
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D770.D48 2016 The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War By Jonathan Dimbleby Oxford University Pres, 2016
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D258.M38 2018 Europe in Flames:The Crisis of the Thirty Years War By John Matusiak The History Press, 2018
DA65.H65 2011 Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors By Richard Holmes Harper Press, 2011