The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Written and Narrated By: Annie Jacobsen
Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
I Am. GUTTED…
Operation Swallow
American Soldiers' Remarkable Escape from Berga Concentration Camp
By: Mark Felton / Narrated By: Fred Sanders
Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
Pretty good, but Curses! to the Ever-Misleading Publisher’s Summary!!!
Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die
How the Allies Won on D-Day
Written and Narrated By: Giles Milton
Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
D-Day: The Bad, the Ugly… the Oh Sooo Good!!!
Agent Zigzag
A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
By: Ben MacIntyre / Narrated By: John Lee
Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
A smarmy, schmoozy, amoral… Hero?!? This is so entertaining as To DIE For!!!
Checkmate in Berlin
Churchill's Hellraisers
The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress
By: Damien Lewis / Narrated By: Matt Bates
Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
Is it just me, or did the Publisher’s Summary get this AWEsome story entirely wrong?!
When Books Went to War
The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
By: Molly Guptill Manning / Narrated By: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
A trifle repetitious, but seriously! Huzzah!
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
By: Timothy Snyder / Narrated By: Ralph Cosham
Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
Overwhelming… Familiar…
The Longest Winter
The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
By: Alex Kershaw / Narrated By: Grover Gardner
Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
Kiiiiinda misleading secondary title. That noted, however? 9+ hours fly by when you’re actually there with the men
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
No Silent Night
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
The Unwomanly Face of War
Dawn of Infamy
Day of Infamy
By: Walter Lord / Narrated By: Grover Gardner
Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
If you want heavy-duty history, look elsewhere. Aaaah, but if you want Living History? Here it is!!!
Target Tokyo
Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
By: James M. Scott / Narrated By: LJ Ganser
Length: 20 hrs and 3 mins
AWEsome! Breathtaking! Riveting! Holy cow! …and I could go on and on and on!!!
Once There Was a War
By: John Steinbeck / Edited By: Mark Bowden / Narrated By: Lloyd James
Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
A look at the details of war—often humorous, sometimes touching, always oh so human…
Operation Mincemeat
How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
By: Ben Macintyre / Narrated By: John Lee
Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
I hear tell this is only for history buffs?!? Well, hallelujah and huzzah: That I most certainly am!!!
A Game of Birds and Wolves
A Woman of No Importance
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
By: Sonia Purnell / Narrated By: Juliet Stevenson
Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
From the print reviews? I do believe Juliet Stevenson makes this is a grand and daring tale