SeriesBallantine's Illustrated History of World War II

133 Works Popularity 5,121 (1,428 Members) 8,262 Books 50 Reviews 3.3
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D-Day: Spearhead of Invasion by R. W. Thompson 120 copiesBattle 1
Their Finest Hour: The Story of the Battle of Britain 1940 by Edward Bishop 140 copiesBattle 2
Stalingrad: The Turning Point by Geoffrey Jukes 135 copiesBattle 3
Bastogne by Peter Elstob 84 copiesBattle 4
The Siege of Leningrad: Epic of Survival by Alan Wykes 107 copiesBattle 5
The battle for Berlin : end of the Third Reich by Earl F. Ziemke 122 copies, 1 reviewBattle 6
Kursk: The Clash of Armour by Geoffrey Jukes 102 copiesBattle 7
Tarawa: a legend is born by Henry I. Shaw 69 copiesBattle 8
Airborne Carpet, Operation Market Garden by Anthony Farrar-Hockley 76 copiesBattle 9
Pearl Harbor by A. J. Barker 136 copiesBattle 10
Leyte Gulf: Armada in the Pacific by Donald Macintyre 70 copies, 1 reviewBattle 11
Okinawa: Touchstone to Victory by Benis M. Frank 80 copiesBattle 12
The Defense of Moscow by Geoffrey Jukes 83 copiesBattle 13
Raid on St. Nazaire by David Mason 67 copies, 1 reviewBattle 14
Anzio the Bid for Rome by Christopher Hibbert 53 copies, 1 reviewBattle 15
Warsaw Rising by Gunther Deschner 69 copies
Cassino by Dominick Graham 54 copiesBattle 16
London's Burning by Constantine FitzGibbon 56 copiesBattle 17
Kasserine: baptism of fire by Ward Rutherford 45 copies, 1 reviewBattle 18
Battle of the Reichswald by Peter Elstob 63 copiesBattle 19
Midway, The Turning Point by A. J. Barker 76 copiesBattle 20
Battle of the Ruhr Pocket by Charles Whiting 77 copies, 1 reviewBattle 21
Beda Fomm, The Classic Victory by Kenneth Macksey 57 copies, 1 reviewBattle 22
Bir Hacheim, Desert Citadel by Richard Holmes 46 copiesBattle 23
Salerno, Foothold in Europe by David Mason 51 copiesBattle 24
Armoured Onslaught, 8th August 1918 by Douglas Orgill 37 copiesBattle 25
Vimy Ridge 1914-18 Battle book #26 by Kenneth Macksey 40 copies, 1 reviewBattle 26
Rhine crossing by James W. Stock 29 copiesBattle 27
Rotterdam: Invasion of Holland (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century / Battle Book, No. 29) by Wilhelmina Steenbeek 34 copiesBattle 29
Ploesti: Oil Strike (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century. Battle Book, No. 30) by John Sweetman 33 copiesBattle 30
Zeebrugge: 23 April 1918 by James W. Stock 35 copies, 1 reviewBattle 31
Iwo Jima by Michael Russell 19 copies, 1 reviewBattle 32
Dien Bien Phu by John Keegan 39 copiesBattle 33
Afrika Korps by Major K.J. Macksey 158 copies, 1 reviewCampaign 1
The Raiders: Desert Strike Force by Arthur Swinson 95 copiesCampaign 2
Sicily: whose victory? by Martin Blumenson 81 copiesCampaign 3
Doorbraak naar de Seine by David Mason 89 copiesCampaign 4
Defeat in Malaya, The Fall of Singapore by Arthur Swinson 79 copiesCampaign 5
France, Summer 1940 by John Williams 72 copiesCampaign 6
Bomber Offensive: The Devastation of Europe by Noble Frankland 101 copies, 2 reviewsCampaign 7
The Nuremberg Rallies by Alan Wykes 45 copiesCampaign 8
Japan: the final agony by Alvin Coox 42 copiesCampaign 9
Liberation of the Philippines by Stanley L. Falk 46 copiesCampaign 10
Normandy bridgehead by Hubert Essame 52 copiesCampaign 10
Barbarossa, Invasion of Russia 1941 by John Keegan 75 copiesCampaign 11
New Guinea, The Tide is Stemmed by John Vader 58 copiesCampaign 13
Guadalcanal, Island Ordeal by Graeme Kent 51 copiesCampaign 14
New Georgia: pattern for victory (Ballantine's illustrated history of the violent century. Campaign book) by Dick Crofton Horton 40 copiesCampaign 15
Fall of the Philippines by Ward Rutherford 58 copiesCampaign 16
Schweinfurt: disaster in the skies by John Sweetman 68 copiesCampaign 17
Carpathian disaster; death of an army by Geoffrey Jukes 43 copies, 1 reviewCampaign 18
Pacific onslaught: 7th Dec. 1941/7th Feb. 1943 by Paul Kennedy 58 copiesCampaign 21
Operation Torch by Vincent Jones 49 copiesCampaign 22
Over the Hump: Airlift to China by William J. Koenig 47 copies, 1 reviewCampaign 23
The Winter War by Richard W. Condon 83 copies, 3 reviewsCampaign 24
Pacific Victory by Paul Kennedy 27 copiesCampaign 25
Tobruk: The Siege by James W. Stock 54 copiesCampaign 26
Palaus - Campaign Book #28 by Stanley Falk 17 copiesCampaign 28
Yom Kippur War (Campaign book : no. 29) by A. J. Barker 45 copiesCampaign 29
Nazi Regalia by Jack Pia 74 copiesFull Color Special 1
SS Regalia by Jack Pia 36 copiesFull Color Special 2
Patton by Charles Whiting 129 copiesWar Leader, 1
MacArthur by Sydney L. Mayer 60 copiesWar Leader 2
Hitler by Alan Wykes 91 copies, 1 reviewWar Leader 3
Stilwell by D. D. Rooney 44 copies, 1 reviewWar Leader 4
Bradley by Charles Whiting 34 copiesWar Leader 5
Mountbatten by Arthur Swinson 51 copiesWar Leader 6
De Gaulle by Philippe Masson 44 copies, 1 reviewWar Leader 7
Göring by Roger Manvell 157 copies, 7 reviewsWar Leader 8
Eisenhower by Martin Blumenson 46 copiesWar Leader 9
Tito: A Biography by Phyllis Auty 56 copiesWar Leader 10
Skorzeny by Charles Whiting 57 copiesWar Leader 11
Slim by Michael Calvert 35 copiesWar Leader 12
Mussolini by Christopher Hibbert 52 copies, 1 reviewWar Leader 13
Himmler by Alan Wykes 58 copiesWar Leader 14
Student by Anthony Farrar-Hockley 40 copiesWar Leader 15
Churchill by David Mason 40 copiesWar Leader 16
Goebbels by Alan Wykes 44 copiesWar Leader 17
Lawrence of Arabia by Douglas Orgill 30 copiesWar Leader 18
MacArthur in Japan by Sydney L. Mayer 26 copiesWar Leader 19
Guderian by John Keegan 41 copies, 1 reviewWar Leader 20
Heydrich by Alan Wykes 35 copiesWar Leader 22
Churchill, 1914-1918 by David Mason 16 copiesWar Leader 23
Yamashita by A. J. Barker 28 copiesWar Leader 24
Rundstedt by John Keegan 34 copies, 1 reviewWar Leader 25
Halsey by Benis M. Frank 22 copiesWar Leader 26
Rommel by Roger Sibley 42 copiesWar Leader 27
Zhukov by Otto Preston Chaney 82 copiesWar Leader 28
Tojo by Alvin D. Coox 13 copies, 1 reviewWar Leader 30
Stalin by Rose Tremain 26 copiesWar Leader 31
U-Boat: The Secret Menace by David Mason 133 copiesWeapons 1
Panzer Division Mailed Fist by Kenneth Macksey 137 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 2
Aircraft Carrier: The Majestic Weapon by Donald Macintyre 102 copies, 2 reviewsWeapons 3
Me 109: Willy Messerschmitt's Peerless Fighter by Martin Caidin 119 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 4
German Secret Weapons: Blueprint for Mars by Brian Ford 133 copiesWeapons 5
Spitfire by John Vader 123 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 6
Commando : Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II by Peter Young 86 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 7
SS and Gestapo: rule by terror by Roger Manvell 110 copiesWeapons 8
Zero fighter by Martin Caidin 56 copiesWeapons 9
Luftwaffe: Birth, Life, and Death of an Air Force by Alfred Price 105 copiesWeapons 10
The Guns: 1939/45 by Ian V. Hogg 102 copies, 2 reviewsWeapons 11
Airborne by Charles B. MacDonald 58 copiesWeapons 12
PT Boats by Bryan Cooper 43 copiesWeapons 13
Pacific Hawk by John Vader 54 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 14
Tank Force: Allied armor in World War II by Kenneth Macksey 56 copiesWeapons 15
Waffen SS, The Asphalt Soldiers by John Keegan 130 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 16
B29: The Superfortress by Carl Berger 79 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 17
Barrage : the guns in action by Ian V. Hogg 58 copiesWeapons 18
Allied secret weapons: The war of science by Brian J. Ford 52 copiesWeapons 19
Rocket Fighter by William Green 68 copiesWeapons 20
T-34: Russian armor by Douglas Orgill 65 copiesWeapons 21
Suicide Weapon by A. J. Barker 60 copiesWeapons 22
Hitler's High Seas Fleet : The Pan/Ballantine Illustrated History of World War II by Richard Humble 74 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 23
Mosquito: Wooden Wonder by Edward Bishop 52 copiesWeapons 24
Infantry Weapons by John S. Weeks 65 copiesWeapons 25
P-51: Bomber Escort by William N. Hess 72 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 26
The guns, 1914-18 by Ian V. Hogg 60 copiesWeapons 27
Flying Tigers: Chennault in China by Ronald Heiferman 53 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 29
Lancaster Bomber by D. B. Tubbs 42 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 30
Merrill's Marauders (Ballantine's illustrated history of the violent century. Weapons book, no. 31) by Alan D Baker 38 copiesWeapons 31
German General Staff (Ballantine's illustrated history of the violent century. Weapons book) by Barry A Leach 48 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 32
Japanese High Seas Fleet (The Pan/Ballantine Illustrated History of World War II) by Richard Humble 43 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 33
Chindits: Long Range Penetration by Michael Calvert 37 copiesWeapons 34
Condor Legion by Peter Elstob 42 copiesWeapons 35
Indestructible Jeep by D Denfeld 21 copiesWeapons 36
Grenades & Mortars by Ian Hogg 30 copiesWeapons 37
Wellington Bomber by Edward Bishop 28 copiesWeapons 38
Hitler's Bodyguards by Alan Wykes 31 copiesWeapons 39
B-17 Flying Fortress by William Hess 29 copiesWeapons 40
German Armor by Douglas Orgill 27 copiesWeapons 41
Midget Submarine by Thomas John Waldron 18 copiesWeapons 42
Gas by Ian V. Hogg 22 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 43
DC-3 by Arthur Pearcy 21 copiesWeapons 44

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