Originally Posted by
SurferLucas
Boys in the Boat is one of my all time fav books...really give one an idea of how hard the 1930's were for folks, and how present day people have zero idea of the struggles of the Great Depression.
Vulcan 607 - About the Operation Blackbuck raids in the Falklands War.
SkyGods - Find a free copy if you can, was written by a PanAm scab that became a Delta Pilot (A310 transfer). Good insight into the fall of PanAm.
Enterprise by Barrett Tillman - About CV-6, most decorated WWII Ship (and my personal fav boat)
Ian Toll has a GREAT 3 book series about the Pacific War: Pacific Crucible/Twilight of the Gods/Conquering Tide.
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer...loads of information from a first hand witness writer to Nazi Germany, must read for any WWII student.
Based on your above books you should also read The Winds of War and War and Rememberence. Combined with reading the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich I would be scared half to death if I lived in Eastern Europe and worried in Western Europe. Only the incompetence of the Russian army would keep me from moving!