SeriesBallantine's Illustrated History of World War II

133 Works Popularity 5,491 (1,539 Members) 8,751 Books 52 Reviews 3.3
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D-Day: Spearhead of Invasion by R. W. Thompson 137 copiesBattle 1
Their Finest Hour: The Story of the Battle of Britain 1940 by Edward Bishop 150 copiesBattle 2
Stalingrad: The Turning Point by Geoffrey Jukes 141 copiesBattle 3
Bastogne by Peter Elstob 90 copiesBattle 4
The Siege of Leningrad: Epic of Survival by Alan Wykes 112 copiesBattle 5
The battle for Berlin : end of the Third Reich by Earl F. Ziemke 131 copies, 1 reviewBattle 6
Kursk: The Clash of Armour by Geoffrey Jukes 105 copiesBattle 7
Tarawa: a legend is born by Henry I. Shaw 73 copiesBattle 8
Airborne Carpet, Operation Market Garden by Anthony Farrar-Hockley 84 copiesBattle 9
Pearl Harbor by A. J. Barker 146 copiesBattle 10
Leyte Gulf: Armada in the Pacific by Donald Macintyre 77 copies, 1 reviewBattle 11
Okinawa: Touchstone to Victory by Benis M Frank 81 copiesBattle 12
The Defense of Moscow by Geoffrey Jukes 88 copiesBattle 13
Raid on St. Nazaire by David Mason 69 copies, 1 reviewBattle 14
Anzio the Bid for Rome by Christopher Hibbert 56 copies, 1 reviewBattle 15
Warsaw Rising by Gunther Deschner 70 copies
Cassino by Dominick Graham 57 copiesBattle 16
London's Burning by Constantine FitzGibbon 58 copiesBattle 17
Kasserine: baptism of fire by Ward Rutherford 48 copies, 1 reviewBattle 18
Battle of the Reichswald by Peter Elstob 68 copiesBattle 19
Midway, The Turning Point by A. J. Barker 83 copiesBattle 20
Battle of the Ruhr Pocket by Charles Whiting 84 copies, 1 reviewBattle 21
Beda Fomm, The Classic Victory by Kenneth Macksey 61 copies, 1 reviewBattle 22
Bir Hacheim, Desert Citadel by Richard Holmes 48 copiesBattle 23
Salerno, Foothold in Europe by David Mason 51 copiesBattle 24
Armoured Onslaught, 8th August 1918 by Douglas Orgill 38 copiesBattle 25
Vimy Ridge 1914-18 Battle book #26 by Kenneth Macksey 42 copies, 1 reviewBattle 26
Rhine crossing by James W. Stock 32 copiesBattle 27
Rotterdam: Invasion of Holland (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century / Battle Book, No. 29) by Wilhelmina Steenbeek 35 copiesBattle 29
Ploesti: Oil Strike (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century. Battle Book, No. 30) by John Sweetman 34 copiesBattle 30
Zeebrugge: 23 April 1918 by James W. Stock 35 copies, 1 reviewBattle 31
Iwo Jima by Michael Russell 20 copies, 1 reviewBattle 32
Dien Bien Phu by John Keegan 41 copiesBattle 33
Afrika Korps by Major K.J. Macksey 166 copies, 1 reviewCampaign 1
The Raiders: Desert Strike Force by Arthur Swinson 102 copiesCampaign 2
Sicily: whose victory? by Martin Blumenson 85 copiesCampaign 3
Doorbraak naar de Seine by David Mason 94 copiesCampaign 4
Defeat in Malaya, The Fall of Singapore by Arthur Swinson 84 copiesCampaign 5
France, Summer 1940 by John Williams 74 copiesCampaign 6
Bomber Offensive: The Devastation of Europe by Noble Frankland 109 copies, 2 reviewsCampaign 7
The Nuremberg Rallies by Alan Wykes 50 copiesCampaign 8
Japan: the final agony by Alvin Coox 46 copiesCampaign 9
Liberation of the Philippines by Stanley L. Falk 51 copiesCampaign 10
Normandy bridgehead (Ballantine's illustrated history of World War II. Campaign book) by Hubert Essame 58 copiesCampaign 10
Barbarossa, Invasion of Russia 1941 by John Keegan 77 copiesCampaign 11
New Guinea, The Tide is Stemmed by John Vader 60 copiesCampaign 13
Guadalcanal, Island Ordeal by Graeme Kent 54 copiesCampaign 14
New Georgia: pattern for victory (Ballantine's illustrated history of the violent century. Campaign book) by Dick Crofton Horton 44 copiesCampaign 15
Fall of the Philippines by Ward Rutherford 60 copiesCampaign 16
Schweinfurt: disaster in the skies by John Sweetman 71 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 51 copiesCampaign 22
Over the Hump: Airlift to China by William J. Koenig 48 copies, 1 reviewCampaign 23
The Winter War by Richard W. Condon 84 copies, 3 reviewsCampaign 24
Pacific Victory by Paul Kennedy 29 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 46 copiesCampaign 29
Nazi Regalia by Jack Pia 79 copiesFull Color Special 1
SS Regalia by Jack Pia 36 copiesFull Color Special 2
Patton by Charles Whiting 136 copiesWar Leader, 1
MacArthur by Sydney L. Mayer 60 copiesWar Leader 2
Hitler by Alan Wykes 99 copies, 1 reviewWar Leader 3
Stilwell by D. D. Rooney 46 copies, 1 reviewWar Leader 4
Bradley by Charles Whiting 36 copiesWar Leader 5
Mountbatten by Arthur Swinson 53 copiesWar Leader 6
De Gaulle by Philippe Masson 45 copies, 1 reviewWar Leader 7
Göring by Roger Manvell 169 copies, 8 reviewsWar Leader 8
Eisenhower by Martin Blumenson 49 copiesWar Leader 9
Tito: A Biography by Phyllis Auty 57 copiesWar Leader 10
Skorzeny by Charles Whiting 58 copiesWar Leader 11
Slim (Ballantine's illustrated history of the violent century. War leader book) by Michael Calvert 37 copiesWar Leader 12
Mussolini by Christopher Hibbert 56 copies, 1 reviewWar Leader 13
Himmler by Alan Wykes 60 copiesWar Leader 14
Student by Anthony Farrar-Hockley 40 copiesWar Leader 15
Churchill by David Mason 43 copiesWar Leader 16
Goebbels by Alan Wykes 49 copiesWar Leader 17
Lawrence of Arabia by Douglas Orgill 33 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 36 copiesWar Leader 22
Churchill, 1914-1918 by David Mason 16 copiesWar Leader 23
Yamashita by A. J. Barker 30 copiesWar Leader 24
Rundstedt by John Keegan 34 copies, 1 reviewWar Leader 25
Halsey by Benis M Frank 23 copiesWar Leader 26
Rommel by Roger Sibley 42 copiesWar Leader 27
Zhukov by Otto Preston Chaney 86 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 136 copiesWeapons 1
Panzer Division Mailed Fist by Kenneth Macksey 143 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 2
Aircraft Carrier: The Majestic Weapon by Donald Macintyre 109 copies, 2 reviewsWeapons 3
Me 109: Willy Messerschmitt's Peerless Fighter by Martin Caidin 128 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 4
German Secret Weapons: Blueprint for Mars by Brian Ford 145 copiesWeapons 5
Spitfire by John Vader 134 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 6
Commando : Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II by Peter Young 91 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 7
SS and Gestapo: rule by terror by Roger Manvell 114 copiesWeapons 8
Zero fighter by Martin Caidin 67 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 9
Luftwaffe: Birth, Life, and Death of an Air Force by Alfred Price 110 copiesWeapons 10
The Guns: 1939/45 by Ian V. Hogg 112 copies, 2 reviewsWeapons 11
Airborne by Charles B. MacDonald 60 copiesWeapons 12
PT Boats by Bryan Cooper 44 copiesWeapons 13
Pacific Hawk by John Vader 57 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 14
Tank Force: Allied armor in World War II by Kenneth Macksey 62 copiesWeapons 15
Waffen SS, The Asphalt Soldiers by John Keegan 143 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 16
B29: The Superfortress by Carl Berger 83 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 17
Barrage : the guns in action by Ian V. Hogg 61 copiesWeapons 18
Allied secret weapons: The war of science by Brian J. Ford 56 copiesWeapons 19
Rocket Fighter by William Green 75 copiesWeapons 20
T-34: Russian armor by Douglas Orgill 67 copiesWeapons 21
Suicide Weapon by A. J. Barker 63 copiesWeapons 22
Hitler's High Seas Fleet : The Pan/Ballantine Illustrated History of World War II by Richard Humble 77 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 23
Mosquito: Wooden Wonder by Edward Bishop 57 copiesWeapons 24
Infantry Weapons by John S. Weeks 70 copiesWeapons 25
P-51: Bomber Escort by William N. Hess 80 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 26
The guns, 1914-18 by Ian V. Hogg 61 copiesWeapons 27
Flying Tigers: Chennault in China by Ronald Heiferman 59 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 29
Lancaster Bomber by D. B. Tubbs 46 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 30
Merrill's Marauders (Ballantine's illustrated history of the violent century. Weapons book, no. 31) by Alan D Baker 47 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 47 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 33
Chindits: Long Range Penetration by Michael Calvert 39 copiesWeapons 34
Condor Legion by Peter Elstob 42 copiesWeapons 35
Indestructible Jeep by D Denfeld 21 copiesWeapons 36
Grenades & Mortars by Ian Hogg 32 copiesWeapons 37
Wellington Bomber by Edward Bishop 30 copiesWeapons 38
Hitler's Bodyguards by Alan Wykes 32 copiesWeapons 39
B-17 Flying Fortress by William Hess 30 copiesWeapons 40
German Armor by Douglas Orgill 32 copiesWeapons 41
Midget Submarine by Thomas John Waldron 18 copiesWeapons 42
Gas by Ian V. Hogg 24 copies, 1 reviewWeapons 43
DC-3 by Arthur Pearcy 25 copiesWeapons 44

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