About the project
The People's War project collected memories from those who lived through the war. Find out more about the project.
Related programme
We have a comprehensive reading list for anybody interested in the Second World War
THE FORCES
Non Fiction
Alamein by John Bierman and Colin Smith
Published by Penguin ISBN: 0141004673
Band of Brothers by Stephen E Ambrose
Published by Pocket ISBN: 0743429907
Battlefields of the Second World War by Richard Holmes
Published by BBC ISBN: 0563488123
The Dambusters Raid by John Sweetman
Published by Cassell ISBN: 0304351733
Run Silent Run Deep by Eddie Beach
Published by Cassell ISBN: 0304364657
Fighter Boys by Billy Bishop
Published by Perennial ISBN: 0006532047
Second World War by Winston Churchill
Published by Vintage ISBN: 0712667024
Biography
Reach for the Sky - the Story of Douglas Bader by Paul Brickhill
Published by Cassell ISBN: 0304356743
First Light by Geoffrey Wellum
Published by Penguin ISBN: 0141008148
Audio tape by Penguin Audio ISBN: 014180484X
Literary Fiction
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Published by Vintage ISBN: 0099470462
The Sword of Honour Trilogy by Evelyn Waugh
Published by Penguin ISBN: 014018967X
That Summer by Andrew Grieg
Published by Faber ISBN: 0571204732
Popular Fiction
Bomber by Len Deighton
Published by Arrow ISBN: 0099985004
The Guns of Navarone by Alaistair Maclean
Published by Fontana ISBN: 0006125077
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
Published by Penguin ISBN: 014100732X
Poetry
Complete Poems by Keith Douglas
Published by Faber ISBN: 0571202586
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Content last updated: 25/05/2004
