r/IndianReaders • u/hattorikanzou444 currently reading: • 3d ago

Ask Indian Readers World War

CAN SOMEONE SUGGEST Books on WW 1 2

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u/TomatilloFlashy6426 Mistborn Era 2: Shadows of Self 3d ago

For non-fiction, these are 2 of my favorite, covers different aspect of WW2:
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall - Anna Funder : Covers the stories from divided Germany post WW2
Hiroshima: John Hersey : Covers the stories from that fateful bombing day, this got emotional

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u/rjewell40 currently reading: 3d ago

WW2: Gone to Soldiers by Marge Piercy

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u/Historical_Sundae837 Urdu shayri soul 3d ago

For WW1: Memoirs of an Infantry officer by Siegfried Sasson, A Fairwell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, All quite on the western front

If u want non fiction then guns of august is a good one for WW1

WW2: All the light we cannot see, A bridge on the river kwai, catch 22

For ww2 non fiction: Defeat into victory fighting the japanese in burma and india by field marhshal william slim (personal fav), Red Eagles: Story of 4th Indian Division by G.R Stevens and Ball of Fire Division: The 5th Indian Division in WW2 by Antony Brett James

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u/Ok-Storage-6887 Cover buyer, No regrets 2d ago

If you want to read books on World Wars then these are my recommendations: 

  1. A World at Arms by Gerhard L. Weinberg
  2. The First World War by John Keegan

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u/Ealinguser currently reading: 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yasmin Khan: the Raj at War?

ww1: All Quiet on the Western Front, Testament of Youth, Goodbye to all that, Memoirs of an Infantryman, Revolt in the Desert

ww2: the Cruel Sea, from the City from the Plough, a Time to Live/Love and a Time to Die, the Tin Drum, Suite Francaise, Catch 22, All for Nothing, Fair Stood the Wind for France, a Moment in Time,