Recommended Books

Here is a list of recommended books to start your World War II library with.

 

Recommended Reference books:

Government Issue Collector's Guide   "U.S. Army European Theater of Operations" by Henri-Paul Enjames

Doughboy to GI, US Army Clothing and Equipment 1900-1945                                 by Kenneth Lewis

The World War II GI, US Army Uniforms 1941-1945 in Color Photos                      by Richard Windrow & Tim Hawkins

US Infantry Weapons of World War II                                                                          by Bruce N. Canfield

US Army Handbook 1939-1945                                                                                       by George Stanton

US Army Uniforms of World War II                                                                              by Shelby Stanton

Uniforms, Weapons of World War II GI                                                                        by Stephen Sylvia & Michael O'Donnell

 

Recommended Personal Accounts Books:

G Company's War                                                                                                             by Bruce Egger & Lee MacMillian Otts

There's a War to be won, The United States Army in World War II                          by Geoffrey Perret

GI, the American Soldier in World War II                                                                     by Lee Kennett

Roll Me Over, an Infantryman's World War II                                                             by Raymond Gantter

If You Survive                                                                                                                    by George Wilson

Enemy North, South, East, West                                                                                     by Robert Weiss

The World Within War                                                                                                    by Gerald F, Linderman

Before Their Time                                                                                                                 by Robert Kotlowitz

Company Commander, The classic Infantry Memoir of World War II                     by Charles B. MacDonald

Closing with the Enemy, How GI's fought the War in Europe, 1941-1945                 by Michael Doubler

The GI's War, American Soldier in Europe during World War II                             by Edwin P. Hoyt

Overpaid, Oversexed, & Over Her, The American GI in World War II Britian       by Juliet Gardiner

The Regiment, Let The Citizens Bear Arms by Harry M. Kemp.  This is written about the 109th Infantry Regiment During World War II

To Save Bastonge                                                                                                               by Robert F. Phillips

The Deadly Brotherhood "The American Combat Soldier in World War II"           by John C. McManus

Infantry Soldier "Holding the line at the Battle Of the Bulge"                                    by George W. Neil

 

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