Their Darkest Hour Britain, Its Enemies and Allies
Jay Wertz
Published 2026
256 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.
See also World War II fiction
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Normandy to the Rhine
Bob Carruthers
Published 2026
196 pages
Monty's Normandy Hammer Operations ATLANTIC and SPRING
John Rickard
Published 2026
264 pages
Armored Thunderbolt The U. S. Army Sherman in World War II
Steve J. Zaloga
Published 2026
368 pages
German Defeat in the Arctic Then and Now
Steven Howard Casely
Published 2026
168 pages
SOE Operations Then and Now
Eve Edmondes
Published 2026
224 pages
The Dangerous Shore How a Motley Crew of Scientists, Mobsters, Double Agents, Retirees, Volunteer Pilots (and a Boy Scout) Stopped the Invasion of America
Sara Vladic
Published 2026
624 pages
Battle of Guam 1944 From Occupation to Liberation
Alexander Nicoll, John Grehan
Published 2026
192 pages
Messerchmitt Bf 109 E E-1/E-3/E-4/E-7 Models
Mariusz Lukasik
Published 2026
24 pages
The United States Marines A History, Fifth Edition
Edwin Howard Simmons, LtCol Charles Patrick Neimeyer
Published 2026
584 pages
Colours and Markings of Hellenic Spitfires 1943-1954
John Korellis, Tilemahos Panagiotidis
Published 2026
200 pages
Emilio Pucci The Astonishing Odyssey of a Fashion Icon
Terence Ward, Idanna Pucci
Published 2026
384 pages
Intelligence
Robert Newman
Published 2026
288 pages
Tanks in the Caucasus 1942–43
William E. Hiestand
Published 2026
48 pages
US Tank Tactics in World War II
Steven J. Zaloga
Published 2026
64 pages
The Singapore Secret An Absolutely Gripping and Heart-Breaking WWII Historical Novel of Love in the Face of War
Clare Willis
Published 2026
368 pages
Miracle The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chamber in Auschwitz
Michael Calvin, Naftali Schiff
Published 2026
272 pages
Churchill's Killing House The Story of the Men Who Created Churchill's Academy of Death, and Formed the SAS
Monty Halls
Published 2026
384 pages
F4F Wildcat vs A6M2-N 'Rufe' Solomon Islands 1942–43
Michael John Claringbould
Published 2026
80 pages
Blitz When World War Two Came Home
John Nichol
Published 2026
400 pages
Philippines 1941–42 America's Disastrous Start to the Pacific War
Mark Lardas
Published 2026
96 pages
Lana Kortchik Bk 6 PB
Lana Kortchik
Published 2026
288 pages
Fw 190 Schlacht Units
Robert Forsyth
Published 2026
96 pages
Mosquitos Units in the Far East
Jeremy Walsh
Published 2026
96 pages