Kriegsmarine Southern Command 1941–45 The Adriatic, Aegean and Black Sea Naval Wars
Lawrence Paterson
Published 2026
80 pages
The most popular world War II books of 2026
Books about the Second World War cover the largest conflict in history, from 1939 to 1945. Battles, resistance, occupation, the home front and the camps are told in novels, memoirs and histories from every side. No war has been written about more, or is more widely read. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
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Fw 190 Jabo Units in the West
Malcolm V. Lowe
Published 2026
96 pages
The Thin Khaki Line An Operational History of the British and Commonwealth Armies During World War II
Brian E. Walter
Published 2026
368 pages
Pasts Otherwise An Archaeology of War
Bjørnar Olsen, Christopher Witmore
Published 2026
240 pages
World War II Military Aircraft Highly-Detailed Gatefold Artworks
Chandler Bing
Published 2026
176 pages
Mosquito Intruders - Target Europe The RAF's First Elite Night Raider Units
Jeremy Walsh
Published 2026
272 pages
Afrikakorps at War, 1941-43
Simon Forty, George Forty
Published 2026
256 pages
Soviet Turncoats
Oleg Beyda, Igor Petrov
Published 2026
256 pages
The Face of Fire
Oleksii Nikitin
Published 2026
400 pages
Junkers Ju 88 - Combat on all Fronts
Published 2026
132 pages
Junkers Ju 88C Day and Nightfighters
Chris Goss
Published 2026
96 pages
Wielding the Trident Admiral Raymond A. Spruance and America's Victory in the Pacific
Andrew K. Blackley
Published 2026
368 pages
The Lost Dambuster Lancaster The Story of 617 Squadron's Attack on Hitler's V2 Rocket Site
Trevor Kerry, Gaëtan Sagot
Published 2026
248 pages
Franz Wanner Suspended Presences. Images of Exploitation
Merano Arte
Published 2026
176 pages
Heinkel He 219 Units
Martin Streetly
Published 2026
96 pages
The Gestapo's Most Wanted - the White Mouse The Life of SOE Agent Nancy Wake
Alice Sharman
Published 2026
224 pages
The Battle of Cherbourg First Allied Victory in Normandy
Jean Paul Pallud
Published 2026
136 pages
North Africa, 1942 The Turning Point
Philip Jowett
Published 2026
128 pages
Summer of Freedom How 1945 Changed the World
Oliver Hilmes
Published 2026
272 pages
The Wehrmacht in Russia
Bob Carruthers
Published 2026
196 pages
China’s Date Debate
Emily Matson
Published 2026
200 pages
Operation Forager The Pacific War's Decisive Campaign
John Grehan
Published 2026
136 pages
Predators Combat History of Schweres Panzer-Regiment Bäke
Norbert Számvéber
Published 2026
280 pages
Encounters in Wartime Italy A Social History of Invasion, Liberation, and Occupation
Fabio Simonetti
Published 2026
320 pages