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Hey /lit/

What's the best book to learn about WWII?

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>> No.1644933

the encyclopedia

>> No.1644942

>>1644933
lolwut

>> No.1644959

Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk was pretty good for the early war years. It helps that it was written by Len Deighton

Panzer Division: The Mailed Fist Was another good one. Covers most of the of the war (from the perspective of German armored units, of course)

The Battle for Okinawa Is also very excellent for the pacific war

'course, these are not very good general over-views of the war. The Origins of The Second World War by A.J.P Taylor and The Rise and fall of the third Reich are the two classics.

>> No.1644962

>>1644942
What's difficult to understand about that?

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1644966

I've just sort of absorbed it over the years through osmosis and various sources. But which front? Both? A general overview from the whole thing? Prewar lead up events and causes? or strictly post US involvement? Strictly Nazis, or holocaust? Too wide open a question really.

>> No.1644979

>>1644966
More interested in the Hilter/nazi POV

Thanks to >>1644959 for the info, much appreciated

>> No.1644991

The Second World War by Churchill. It got him the Nobel Prize in Literature. Only Prime Minister to receive such an award.

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1645003

There are a lot of aspects of WWII you could read about. But let me suggest one. Whenever I talk to people who were actually in combat, the thing that strikes me is how they didn't see it as really heroic or tragic, but just as not making any sense. The kind of thing that would have been hilarious if people weren't getting killed, almost like a Three Stooges episode.

The only thing I've read that really shows that side of the war is "Wartime" by Paul Fussell. "Saving Private Ryan" comes close, but only in certain scenes.

>> No.1645008

>>1645003
Paul Fussell is so fucking cool I love Paul Fussell

Also, this essay is dope: http://leesandlin.com/articles/LosingTheWar.htm

>> No.1645012

Horrible Histories: The Woeful Second World War

>> No.1645013

harry turtledoves worldwar series, its a 4 novel series but you get the real uncensored history of WW2

>> No.1645030

the history of WW2is to grand to be covered by any number of books, its causes alone would merit a thousand book library it is not something to be tackle little of ever truly known

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>>1645008

Yeah, although it's not strictly related, his book "Class" will also blow your mind. It's the kind of thing every American should read once in their life.