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The Day the Nazis Came Here: The Astonishing True Story of a Childhood Journey from Nazi-Occupied Guernsey to the Dark Heart of a German Prison Camp

By Stephen Matthews

The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018

By Bart van Es

Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War

By Laurence Rees

Treblinka: A Survivor's Memory

By Chil Rajchman, Solon Beinfeld, Samuel Moyn

The Last Torpedo Flyers: The True Story of Arthur Aldridge, Hero of the Skies

By Arthur Aldridge, Mark Ryan

Richard Hillary: The Definitive Biography of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot and Author of "the Last Enemy"

By David Ross, James Douglas-Hamilton

Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice: The True Story of WWII Special Agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne

By Susan Ottaway

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival

By Daniel Finkelstein

Secrets of the Lavender Girls: a heart-warming and gritty WW2 saga

By Kate Thompson

Out of Harm's Way

By Jessica Mann

Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer: One Pilot's Extraordinary Account of the Battle of France

By Alastair Panton

Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai

By Robert Bickers

The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

By Alexander McCall Smith

Fighting Back: A Memoir of Jewish Resistance in World War II

By Harold Werner, Mark Werner, Martin Gilbert

Homenaje a Cataluna (Edicion definitiva avalada por The Orwell Estate) / Homage to Catalonia. (Definitive text endorsed by The Orwell Foundation)

By George Orwell

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition of the World’s Most Famous Diary

By Frank, Anne

A Writer At War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945

By Vasily Grossman, Antony Beevor, Luba Vinogradova

Alan Moorehead

By Tom Pocock

No Picnic on Mount Kenya

By Benuzzi, Felice

Under Two Flags: Life Of General Sir Edward Spears

By Max Egremont

Tomorrow to be Brave

By Susan Travers, Wendy Holden

Tomorrow to be Brave

By Susan Travers, Wendy Holden

Irena's Gift: An epic World War II memoir of sisters, secrets and survival

By Karen Kirsten

The Tartan Pimpernel

By Donald Caskie, Mike Hughes

The Dog that Saved My Life: Incredible true stories of canine loyalty beyond all bounds (Heroes)

By George, Isabel

Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris

By Ian Kershaw

Hanged at Auschwitz

By Sim Kessel, M. Wallace

Tynan Letters

By Kathleen Tynan

Freedom at Midnight

By Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63

By Branch