Books - Second World War - Memoirs
 Dear Miss Em: General Eichelberger's War in the Pacific, 1942-45. A collection of the wartime letters sent by General Eichenberger to his wife, edited by Jay Luvaas, and which provides an invaluable insight into the workings of the high command in the south west Pacific, and a revealing look at General MacArthur from someone who worked closely with him. |
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Darkness before the Dawn, Sgt. J.N. Farrow. This is the wartime diary of Sgt. J.N. Farrow, a prisoner of war in Changi for four years from the fall of Singapore to the end of the war. The book in provides an invaluable insight into the life of a P.O.W. in the Far East. [see more] |
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Popski's Private Army, Vladimir Peniakoff. A fascinating autobiography from the commander of one of the more successful of the small "private armies" that evolved during the fighting in North Africa. After operating behind enemy lines in the desert, Popski took his men to Italy, and we follow them all the way from the first landings at Taranto to his triumphal entry into Venice. [see more] |
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 Love and Sand, Howard M. Layton. The autobiography of a RAF Navigator who took part in the campaign in East Africa and the evacuation from Greece, flew on the Trans-Africa ferry route and fought in the El Alamein campaign. Layton weaves his military experiences into the wider story of his life, taking us from pre-war Coventry, through North Africa, and on to his post-war life in America [see more] |
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The Art of Leadership, Field Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. This is a revised edition of Monty's classic work on leadership including a chapter comparing Churchill and Eisenhower that was excluded from the original work. Of interest both for Montgomery's thoughts on what made a good leader and for the insight it gives us into his attitudes towards some of his wartime contemporaries. [read full review]
Memories of The Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers WWII, Sylvester Till. A short but very readable memoir of one of the millions of soldiers whose lives were disrupted by the Second World War. Till spent most of his war in Iraq, serving with one of the essential support units that kept the army working. As a result we see more of the daily life of the soldier overseas. [see more]
